Siemens, the leading kitchen appliance specialist has introduced an inspirational collection of small kitchen accessories.

The Porsche Design Breakfast set of matching kettle toaster and filter coffee maker, presents the high tech looks that match the high tech features!

The three futuristic small electrical devices provide an ideal finishing touch to any kitchen:

• The Toaster’s unique cover floats back at the touch of a button and the residual time indicator on the digital display counts the minutes until your toast is done; an integrated bun warming rack delivers perfect heated croissants, muffins or bread rolls.
• A soft pop up lid and specially shaped spout on the kettle enables filling through either the spout or the lid and the cord storage in the base minimises the cable trailing on the worktop.
• The Filter Coffee maker features a unique swing out serving position to indicate that the coffee is ready; it also has a removable water tank for easy filling and a hassle free de-scaling function, to ensure the perfect cup of coffee every time.

The Porsche Design Breakfast Set would make a great present for the coming festive season.

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

Brabantia has introduced three bright new covers for its extra large ironing table - Fresh Circles, Red Ornament and Titan Oval, with matching metallic frames.
 
The new designs are available on Brabantia’s wide 135 x 45cm steam ironing table that now has an integrated ‘parking area’, on which to place your iron while adjusting or changing garments; this area is heat resistant up to 220 C and prevents burn marks, thus extending the life of your ironing cover.
 
The new striking patterns are designed to add colour to any laundry room and feature matching metallic frames:

•    Fresh Circles is a modern, circular pattern with a metallic blue frame.
•    Red Ornament shows an intricate design with metallic red frame.
•    Titan Oval is more masculine, a grey pattern and metallic black frame.

The covers are made of 100% cotton and backed with resilient foam and viscose layers to provide for years of use.
 
Brabantia’s steam ironing table is ergonomically designed and has a large surface area, perfect for ironing sheets and a rounded end for easy ironing of shirts; safety features include child safety locks and a complete frame lock for simple and safer storage.

All three ironing tables retail at around £79 and come with a 10-year guarantee.

Web: http://www.brabantia.com
Tel:   (0870) 240 7641.

Mercury Appliances based in Lincoln, are leading manufacturers of professional catering equipment, using the best materials and skilled craftsmen.

New from Mercury and available from their online shop, is a range of IITTALA cookware.

Featured here is one outstanding example; designed by Sarpaneva and inspired by his blacksmith grandfather, it celebrates a contrast of natural materials – the detachable wooden handle is used to lift the lid and the pot.

The IITTALA 3ltr Cast Iron casserole pot with wooden handles, will look as beautiful on the dinner table as it is functional in the kitchen.

This is a must have kitchen accessory for all serious cooks, either for entertaining, or everyday use Priced at £121.60. (Introductory offer)

Also available, IITTALA 3 & 5ltr Cast Iron Pots with lids in a handsome contemporary design, just perfect for stews soups or curries. Introductory prices are £61.60 & £78.40.

Web: http://www.mercury-appliances.co.uk
Tel: (01522) 881717

Following a long period of demand for plain, bold colours, intricate patterns are back, both on the catwalk and in the home.

In recognition of this trend, Brabantia is launching a new design - Silver Clover - for its kitchen accessories, to cater for their most style conscious customers; this bold, floral design is sure to enhance the look of any contemporary home.

The ‘Silver Clover’ pattern also co-ordinates perfectly with Brabantia’s existing range of matt black products.

Items now available include:

5 litre Pedal bin, with plastic inner bucket.
12 litre Pedal bin, with plastic inner bucket.
20 litre Pedal bin, with plastic inner bucket and food trap.
Roll top bread bin.
Fall front bread bin.
1.4 litre canister.
1.4 litre window canister.
1.7 litre canister.
2.2 litre canister.
Biscuit barrel.

The new Silver Clover range is available from leading retailers and prices range from around £6 for the 1.4 litre canister, to around £37 for the 20 litre pedal bin; all items in the range come with a 10-year guarantee.

Web:  http://www.brabantia.com
Tel: (0870) 240 7641.

Enjoy the luxurious feel and beauty of silver with Culinary Concepts’ stunning new silver-plated tableware in the Wine cellar range, which will delight even the most demanding wine and champagne lovers.

As the average Briton drinks around 14 litres of wine a year, the designers at Culinary Concepts thought that as well as appreciating what we are drinking, we should consider the style in which we drink it.

In the Wine cellar collection the aim was to produce gorgeous silver-plated Goblets, Chalices and Flutes etc. not only of pleasing shape, balance and weight, but also practical for washing and storing.

The striking new Silver Plated Leather Handled Collection, will help you to entertain in style with a wonderful selection of wine coolers, cooler and flute sets, water pitchers and champagne buckets; also available are novel corkscrews, bottle openers and bottle stops in quirky designs.

You are sure to find something here to ensure your summer party goes with a swing!

Featured here are:

A Leather Handled Champagne Bath to keep your wine and champagne chilled; ideal for parties and family gatherings.
Size: H 21 cms L 50 cms W 34 cms.

Stylish Champagne Goblets, perfect for serving a chilled Dom Perignon or Veuve Clicquot.
Size: 23cms.

You can buy in pairs, or in sets of six (as a special offer), to cater for those special occasions.

Web: http://www.culinaryconcepts.co.uk
Tel:   (0870) 2411689

Ella’s Kitchen Company was established in 2004, when Katherina Saunders, inspired by her Norwegian heritage began making products that aim to turn your kitchen into a space saving and stylish place to live and cook.

The first product to be created was the 12-scoop Kitchen Storage Cabinet; a replica of the original cabinet left to her by her grandmother, which she had seen and used in childhood at her home in Oslo.

It is a charming piece of kitchen furniture - a spice and dry food storage cabinet, that is space saving, simple, convenient and fun to use, as well as child friendly and mouse proof!

The extraordinary, wooden, painted, storage cabinet featured here, has 12 aluminium scoops that take a whole packet of dry food, and a row of 9 vacuum-sealed glass spice jars, available with or without spice names.

Katherina has stayed faithful to the original manufacturing process, so the cabinet is robustly built with FSC woods by local Shropshire craftsmen, to ensure that Ella’s Kitchen Cabinet becomes a family heirloom.

The 12 and the smaller 6 scoop kitchen cabinets, are available exclusively from Ella’s Kitchen Company in a fabulous choice of colours including, Norwegian blue, antique white, stone and charcoal.

Size: Width 77cm; Height 50cm; Depth 25cm. Priced at £399.00.
 
Katherina has now created an entire range of kitchen accessories that are ‘Simple, Stylish and Practical’, all inspired by her Norwegian background, with its emphasis on simplicity and function.

Web:  http://www.ellaskitchencompany.com
Tel:   (01588) 673976

Brabantia’s new Comfort pedal bin is a revolutionary time saving and environmentally friendly waste disposal solution.
 
The kitchen bin has an inner bucket with a rubberised folding top, which allows you to press down and compact your rubbish, without getting your hands dirty.
 
As the volume of waste is reduced the bin liner doesn’t need to be changed as often; also if your refuse collection is charged by volume, it will save you money!

Brabantia is the first manufacturer to introduce this type of compression system and the Comfort bin also retains all the features of it’s existing popular pedal bin including:

• Odour proof solid metal lid, and ‘clever’ hinge, which holds the lid open if required.
• A non-slip base stops the bin from moving and prevents damage to the floor.
• The inner plastic bucket has special ventilation holes, to prevent a vacuum being created when changing the bin liner; Brabantia supplies extra strong quality bin liners to fit.
• Capacity 30 litre; Height 660 mm; Diameter 293mm.

The Comfort bin is available from leading retailers, in brilliant steel priced around £61, or fingerprint proof matt steel retailing around £67; it comes with a 10-year guarantee.

Web:  http://www.brabantia.com
Tel: (0870) 240 7641.

Rosendahl has launched a beautiful, practical and highly functional magnetic knife holder to compliment their knife range, designed by Komin Yamada.
 
When you have invested in a high-quality set of kitchen knives it is essential that you look after them correctly; if they are just left in a drawer, they can become scratched, dull and damaged and no longer cut as they should – worse still, they can slip and cut you instead!
 
The new Magnetic Knife Holder from Rosendahl is easily attached to the wall and since it is 45cm long it can hold lots of knives.

The design on the knife holder of the characteristic five grains of rice, also adorns the knives and it really looks stunning in the kitchen!
 
The magnetic knife holder retails at £51.95.
 
Web: http://www.rosendahl.com
Tel:  (01252) 377 900

The new Ainsley Harriott Professional hand mixer from Home-tek International has two unique design features:

The hand mixer can just be rested on its base when not in use and it also boasts a useful automatic cord rewind.

The cord rewind facility of this kitchen appliance is also a smart safety feature, as it enables the user to select only the desired length of cord from the socket to the worktop, thus preventing any dangerous trailing flex.

With its silver finish the stylish AH156 hand mixer is ideal for any kitchen and comes with two dough hooks, two beaters and a balloon whisk for the easy creation of a whole variety of recipes.

The mixer incorporates a 300W motor and a three-speed selector with turbo boost; the latter overrides the speed control and gives maximum power immediately and still delivers a boost even when set at full speed.

The recommended retail price is £24.99 and the mixer is guaranteed for two years.

Extras - All kitchen appliances in the Ainsley Harriott Professional range come with a free DVD, which features recipes demonstrated by Ainsley, using the various appliances in the Professional range.

Purchasers of the products can also obtain Ainsley Harriott oven gloves.

Web:  http://www.hometekinternational.co.uk
Tel:  (01924) 491188

Designer Jakob Wagner has redesigned the Menu wine waiter’s classic corkscrew and the new version is even easier to use.

The solid spiral with five broad Teflon-coated steel threads provides a sure grip without the danger of the cork breaking - even old and long corks.

The classic lever principle also ensures that stubborn corks are lifted easily and elegantly out of the bottle; the foil cutter just slides out of the end of the handle.

Materials: Synthetic material, steel
Recommended Retail Price: £ 24.95

Jakob Wagner, the internationally acclaimed designer, created the wine accessories series for Menu.

Web: http://www.menu.as
Tel: +45 48 40 61 00