Chef Marcus Samuelsson’s New Dream Kitchen at Home in Sag Harbor
This previous winter, Marcus Samuelsson and Maya Haile were being expecting their 2nd little one when they embarked on the renovation of a 1970s shingled cottage in Sag Harbor, New York. Maya is an intercontinental model, Marcus is a chef, foods activist, and cookbook creator who operates an empire of dining places (several of which partnered with Planet Central Kitchen in the very first months of the pandemic to serve neighborhood foods). In other words and phrases, their plates ended up comprehensive and they wanted to get the project carried out quickly.
Conveniently, Marcus had a short while ago begun doing the job with GE’s Monogram Luxurious Appliances team, helping them, in their text, “to develop a culinary POV.” When Marcus pointed out that he and Maya could use assistance on their kitchen area transform, the firm linked him with imaginative director for Monogram appliances, Richard Anuszkiewicz, and the three hit it off.
Considering that travel was inadvisable, the Nashville-centered kitchen area designer labored on Marcus and Maya’s spot remotely: “we experienced a lot of Zoom tours and exchanged a good deal of shots.” To attain considerably-essential supplemental space, Richard instructed “dissolving the dining space,” and connecting the kitchen to the living space, for a considerably much more informal strategy that built perception to all. “As was, the kitchen area was pushed in a corner I wished it to stand for how big the kitchen is in Marcus’s daily life,” claims Richard. In coming up with a system, Richard took his cues from the chef’s culinary panache and also his vogue perception and cultural references: “Marcus is not fearful to be daring his fashion is all about layering in pattern and color.”
The basis for the style and design was a black-and-white diamond-patterned flooring tile the few had presently picked out. The textural oak cupboard doors came from Reform of Denmark, a nod to Marcus’s Scandinavian upbringing (“I may be the only Swediopian you’ll ever satisfy,” he suggests: like Maya, he’s from Ethiopia, and he and his sister were raised by a household in Gothenburg, Sweden—Sag Harbor, he frequently feedback, reminds him of the fishing village where he grew up). An emerald backsplash serves as a vivid backdrop for images of the chef in motion. And the appliances, of training course, are by Monogram. The kitchen area was much more or much less ready in a mere a few months. Be a part of us for a appear.
Pictures by Angie Mosier, courtesy of Reform and Monogram Luxurious Appliances.
The quarter-sawn, oiled-oak cabinets with stainless metal knobs are from Reform’s Body line by Note Layout Studio. Reform is a international Danish organization specializing in adaptable kitchen types by prime architects and designers that front Ikea Sektion base cabinets: see, for instance, Base Cupboards by Ikea, Stylish and Vibrant Doors by Reform and Danish Style and design Star Cecilie Manz’s Ikea Hack Kitchen area. The organization now also makes its have modular cabinets and solid-wood drawers, which are what ended up applied right here.
The “tower” cupboards on both aspect of the stove are where by the household shop everyday tableware. Marcus keeps his knives in a typical wood block and in a equipped drawer in the island.
The counters and expansive island are topped with Cosentino Dekton, a strong floor in brown-black with gold veining. At Marcus’s request, the island is inset with a Monogram 36-inch Induction Cooktop which is beautifully flush, so it can be made use of for serving. For chopping, the chef has a selection of chopping boards that tuck into vertical storage slots by the sink.
Monogram generated a video series of Marcus in motion in his kitchen that can be viewed on Bon Appétit. Marcus’s hottest cookbook is The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Meals. Check out his places to eat and projects at Marcus Samuelsson and Marcus Samuelsson Team.
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