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The team, and you'll meet most of them
Designers, fitters, an electrician, a plumber and an administrator. Between them, several decades in this showroom — and the same names on your project from the first sketch to the final adjustment.
Dan Smith
The next generation of the Smith family. Joined in 2020 and now runs day-to-day management and financial strategy — the person keeping the whole thing on the road.
Clare Chapman
Designing here since 2000, after a career change from coastal research. BKU Design of the Year finalist 2024. Loves architectural sketching in Promarkers, and singing, though not while measuring.
Alex Baldwin
Arrived in 2000 with a design degree and was shortlisted as Young Kitchen Designer in 2002. Cooks seriously, mostly in a combi-steam oven, which makes him the one to ask about appliances.
Dan Hunt
Joined in 2024 after six years in the industry. A county-cup-winning archer, which perhaps explains the precision. Also enjoys cooking, particularly in the showroom.
Rebecca Ellison
Super-organised, and with us since 2025. Keeps clients, designers and contractors in step with each other — the reason nobody is left wondering what happens next.
Simon Hollinshead
Our qualified electrician and a home-grown fitter, hundreds of kitchens behind him. Cycles, and restores classic cars.
David Young
A joiner before he came to kitchens in 2006, and has fitted hundreds of our kitchens in his twenty years with us. Windsurfs, surfs, or on a quiet day, fishes.
Dan Pirie
Seven years of kitchen fitting and a genuine enthusiasm for the technical side of carpentry. The one to ask about a tricky scribe.
Danny Clifton
Joined in 2026 from a tiling background. He and his wife had one of our kitchens, designed by Clare, a few years before, so he knows the process from the customer’s side too. Loves golf, and is a real people person.
Martin & Debra Smith
Martin founded the company with Tony Smith in 1992 and spent over thirty years drawing kitchens from this showroom. He and Debra retired in 2026. Martin may still turn up at a finished kitchen with a camera.