Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Webinar: Winning Outdoor Kitchen Design

Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet is presenting a LACES accredited webinar on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to noon CST.

The webinar, based on one of the most popular sessions at the 2009 ASLA annual meeting and covering some of the same material as the successful course from the 2009 NKBA annual conference, covers sound design principles for creating outdoor kitchens that really work. The material covers all four primary types of outdoor kitchen installations and avoids mentioning specific brands and products.

Course overview: This course will teach participants the key functional design principles for kitchen layout, including prep areas, storage, and equipment placement. The speaker will share specific and actionable guidelines that have been developed through years of experience with outdoor kitchens and are founded in some of the best practices for indoor kitchen design.


Learning objectives:

  • Learn to apply proven indoor kitchen design principles that have been translated to the specific needs of the outdoors. Also, identify and avoid the most common outdoor kitchen design mistakes.
  • Evaluate client cooking and entertaining needs and translate them into successful designs.
  • Discover specific and actionable recommendations for kitchen layout, including work space, storage space, equipment placement, seating and more.

Fees:

Registered Professional Partners, $30.00; Other Design Professionals, $70.00; Students, $15.00. To learn more about becoming a Registered Professional Partner, please call Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet at 1.800.868.1699.

Register online at http://www.kalamazoogourmet.com/webinar

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Follow Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet on Facebook

Our new Facebook page includes photo galleries of completed outdoor kitchens, recipes, design tips and more. The topic in our discussion area right now is our Top 10 Tips for Better Outdoor Kitchen Design. We would love to hear from you, so please join in the conversation.

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