When the Camerons exposed their kitchen during the Obamas’ visit to Downing Street, it was obvious that ‘the kitchen is the heart of the home’ is as true for the PM and his wife as any other family.

Their open-plan kitchen presents a contemporary and bright feel and right at the centre of the newly renovated room, is a
Sigma 100cm twin range- cooker in stainless steel, from leading quality kitchen appliance specialist, Britannia Living. RRP: £3,799.

• The Sigma’s modern good looks make it an ideal selection for the Camerons’ unfussy kitchen plan, with its emphasis on simplicity and quality that is complemented with stainless steel highlights throughout.

• Furthermore, the Sigma offers a definitive cooking experience – turning the task of cooking into a real enjoyment, just perfect for anyone with a passion for cooking or who enjoys entertaining.

• Other features include, a nine function oven, a four function oven with a rotisserie, a Quickstart pre-heat function and an automatic programmer. The resourcefulness of two ovens, plus a hob and a Chef Top is ideal for those who regularly prepare lots of dishes at on one occasion.

• For anyone aspiring to produce a similar look to the Camerons, but wants to add a bit more style with colour, Britannia’s unique Colourange colour-matching service, enables you to match your range cooker to any sample you provide – whether it’s a kitchen tile, or swatch of fabric.

• The Britannia Sigma range cooker is available in Stainless Steel, Gloss Black and Cream, with sizes ranging from 90cm up to 150cm. Priced from £2,999 (RRP).

Colourange prices start at £4,499 for a 90cm Sigma single oven range, with prices for specialist finishes such as pearlescent or metallic, available on request.

For further information and to view Britannia Living’s collection of range-cookers, please visit visit the website,

Tel: (0800) 073 1003.

The ‘BEST from Britannia’ has added six new models to its range of cooker hoods, so they now offer much more choice to help you make a true style statement.

The range includes an immense selection of thirty quality ceiling, pendant, wall mounted, downdraft and island models – and all offer great style and performance, so you don’t have to compromise to create the kitchen of your dreams.

The Phobos (RRP: £3,399, in our picture) and its counterpart, Enigma (RRP: £3,199), create a unique look and add impact to the kitchen architecture

The Enigma operates as a powerful ceiling fan, which is almost imperceptible visually. Meanwhile, Phobos uses the same structure and functionality, but with a molded round form that emphasises the hood as a decorative feature.

They both boast substantial extraction rates of 910m3/hour and are extremely quiet, with a minimum noise level of 49 decibels making them a perfect choice for open-plan spaces.

With a chrome mirror finish, the Sphera (RRP: £1,699) is a light, bright pendant hood, which gives the perception of both an appliance and lamp in one design.

Meanwhile, Equinox (RRP: £1,499) combines neutral white glass with a shiny chrome finish, to provide optimum contrast and an overall elegant, retro design, which is also available in a mirror glass/black surround finish combination.

Alternatively, the Surf (RRP: £999) is a landscape model, featuring a beautiful curved finish in brushed stainless steel. Or there’s minimalist design and classic styling on offer with Dune (RRP: £599), which is reminiscent of more traditional hood designs.

Britannia Living is the exclusive UK distributor for BEST hoods and provides full service and after sales support.

For further information about the ‘BEST from Britannia’cooker hoods, or to order a brochure, please visit the website.

Tel: (0800) 073 1003.

The design team at Elica has announced an addition to the range of cooker hoods in the OM collection.

Mini OM, the smaller version of one of the company’s best selling models, is now available in six colours including Apple Green, Electric Blue and Turquoise (in our picture). Sunrise Orange, Curry Yellow and Provence Purple are also available.

Mini OM represents the same exciting synthesis of design, art and technology as OM, but with the added advantage that, even if space is at a premium, you don’t have to limit the scope of your creativity:

• Elica’s rich palette of possibilities allows you to ‘paint’ your kitchen with the colour you feel best reflects your personality.

• Mini OM is made from glass and polished stainless steel; it has the same features as its big brother, echoing the original style and technology, with silk-screen painted glass.

• The hood has three speed settings in addition to washable grease and odour filters.

• Measuring a petite 550mm wide x 515mm, high, Mini OM has a projection of a mere 332mm.

• Despite being mini, the extractor hood has a maximum airflow of 850m3/h, yet only reaches a maximum decibel rating of 57 dB(A).

Elica’s Mini OM retails from approximately £1,300 including VAT.

For further information please visit:

Web:  http://www.elica.co.uk

Tel:    (01252) 351 111

Appliance specialist, Caple, has launched the innovative Luna wall chimney hood, into its range of designer cooker hoods.

Becoming a focal point within the kitchen, Luna demonstrates the rise in prominence of the extractor hood; reflecting the current trend towards glass appliances, the circular facing of the Luna hood, is available in both white and black glass.

Bringing an element of contrast, the stainless steel also provides a masculine touch, against the sweeping curves of the glass frontage.

Maintaining the simplistic clean lines of the kitchen, the Luna hood features discreet touch screen controls.

Illuminating the cooking area, the hood has two 20W halogen lights to provide the optimum task lighting.

Luna has a maximum extraction rate of 900m3/h and provides three different speeds, to conveniently remove unwanted odours from the kitchen.

Offering flexibility, Luna is available with a recirculation kit.

The unconventional design measures 600mm wide.

Other qualities include aluminium grease filters and a ducting spigot size 150mm.

The Luna hood retails from around £529 including VAT, in both black and white glass.

For further information on this, or any other appliance in the Caple portfolio visit:

Web: http://www.caple.co.uk
Tel: (0117) 938 1900

Introducing a hood that will not be intrusive in the home by creating unwanted background noise.

Providing powerful performance without disturbance, the GE Monogram Pro canopy hood distributed by LSY, operates at only 39.3 decibels on the lowest setting and 58.6 on the highest, making it extremely quiet compared to many of its competitors on the market.

A combination of sophistication and innovation, this stainless steel hood features four different extraction speeds and an internal blower rating of 1515m3/hr from two blowers.

The fitted halogen light bulbs have four light settings.

The Pro Canopy hood also features the best in convenience for users, due to a warming shelf surface with overhead infrared warming lamps, designed to keep dishes at ready-to-serve temperatures.

The Pro canopy hood is a perfect choice for those who enjoy entertaining.

Dimensions: H 45.7cm D 63.5cm W 121.8cm.

Web: http://www.lsy-appliances.co.uk
Tel: (01992) 478 109

Leading kitchen appliance manufacturer, Siemens has added a new concept into its collection of designer extractor hoods with the ‘cube’.

The LC70450GB is a 40cm wide cube style cooker hood, finished in trendy stainless steel to match other Siemens built in appliances. 

Designed to be wall mounted, the cube chimney offers a powerful extraction rate of 760 cubic metres per hour, with a minimum noise level of just 49 decibels.

 It can be ducted or re-circulated according to requirements and can be combined in tandem with another cube hood, thus doubling the extraction and the visual impact.

The front mounted push button controls are easily accessible, as is the electronic digital display for 3-speed plus intensive operation; two 20W halogen lights underneath the hood efficiently illuminate the cooking area below.

Other notable features include, saturation indicators to let you know when the grease filter and/or carbon filter need replacing, plus a stainless steel filter screen.

To ensure that all the unwanted odours are removed after cooking, the cube hood incorporates an intensive setting, to boost the extraction level; the hood automatically reverts back to a lower speed setting after ten minutes.
 
The new cube hood is priced around £750.

Web: http://ww.siemensappliances.co.uk
Tel:   (0870) 840 3300

Neff the built in appliance brand leader is introducing a whole new concept in extractor hood design.

The extractor’s unique angled design makes it a real trendsetter, which could be the centre of attention for any new kitchen installation.

The angled design has two main benefits:

It ensures no inadvertent bumping of your head and it allows you to cook on the hob below, at much closer quarters.

Although this hood is particularly powerful in performance, it operates at an extremely low noise level of just 54 decibels.
 
The push buttons, which are within easy reach, operate the lights and the 3 power settings including an intensive one.

An automatic run on facility is featured on this efficient hood, to ensure that all lingering odours are removed even after completion of cooking.

This 90cm wide stainless steel chimney hood is designed for wall mounting and can either be ducted out, or re circulated.

The Neff D99W5 retails at around £750.

Web: www.neff.co.uk
Tel: (0870) 513 3090 for brochures & stockists

An island unit is the ultimate status symbol in any kitchen, but who wants to waste time and energy running around the island to reach the appliance controls.

Neff has provided the answer with two new stainless steel extra wide island models, with controls on both sides.

The 80cm T15B8 ceramic hob and 100 cm wide D91T7 extractor hood are dual controlled models, which make cooking easier and more convenient by giving access to control from either side of an island unit.

The new dual controlled hob & cooker hood duo allows planners more room to manoeuvre and provides a more balanced look to the kitchen.

The Island hob T15B8 features innovative, mirrored-image magnetic ‘Point & Twist’ controls on both sides and incorporates four heat zones.

The matching island hood D91T7 has electronic controls on either side of the island and has many other outstanding features, including a powerful maximum extraction rate of 720 m3/h.

Both appliances are now available to order from Neff dealers nationwide. 

Web: http://www.neff.co.uk
Tel: (0870) 513 3090

A cooker hood, an extractor hood, call it what you like - but it’s an essential piece of equipment to keep your house free of cooking smells and your kitchen free of grease.

The problem is - if you’ve decided to have your hob on an island, you could be out of luck. Cooker hoods and islands just don’t mix that well. It’s often very difficult to fit a cooker hood above an island - and just about impossible to make it look good.

Fortunately, Gaggenau have come up with a solution to the problem with their ventilation table. The ventilation table is designed to be installed on the island worktop, and in recirculation mode it offers low noise and efficiency at extracting unwanted cooking smells.

The Gaggenau AT 400 ventilation table costs from £2,500. It will be available exclusively from Gaggenau studios from January 2006.

web: http://www.gaggenau.com
tel: (0870) 125 4500