The best bespoke kitchen brands

Andrew Hays, previously creative director of Poggenpohl and Smallbone, knows about stylish kitchens, so when he launched Cabbonet back in 2019, the design world paid attention. Producing kitchens that champion drama and eclecticism, the brand’s focus is on rich materiality and crafted details – its cabinetry is a highlight, from metallic, mesh-fronted shelving to wooden-slatted cupboard fronts that both disguise and display. From £55,000, cabbonet.com

Not only is this Kent-based company able to take your kitchen from the kernel of an idea to its installation, with in-house manufacturing and the promise to have one designer working on your project from start to finish, it is also an approved dealer for high-end appliance brands such as Gaggenau, Sub-Zero & Wolf and Miele. Choose a contemporary look (pictured) or more traditional Shaker-style cabinetry. From £40,000, chamberfurniture.co.uk

Founded by Philip deVries and Paul O’Leary, Devol has five styles of cabinetry – ‘Classic English’ (pictured in Banjo Beale’s Bath townhouse project), ‘Heirloom’, ‘Real Shaker’, ‘Haberdasher’s’ and ‘Sebastian Cox’ – that can be arranged to fit any space (the team relishes the challenge of wonky walls and period properties). The brand bottles the charm of English country homes, but with a modern twist; the emphasis is still on British manufacturing, with everything made in Leicestershire. From £12,000, devolkitchens.co.uk

With two showrooms in London (one in Wandsworth, the other in Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour), this supplier of the finest Italian kitchen brands and appliances is the place to find luxurious Cesar designs, as well as bespoke concepts such as the combination of dark-bronze metallic-laquered cabinet doors and Laminam’s ‘Cava Noir’ ceramic surface in a recent coastal property (pictured). Contemporary in outlook, Espresso creates kitchens with energy and individuality. From £42,000, espressodesign.co.uk

You may recognise this brand’s ‘One’ and ‘System’ collections of cupboard fronts, handles and worktops that can be used to personalise certain Ikea and Howdens kitchens, but that’s not the full story. Hølte’s bespoke service can create a wide range of custom creations, from steel-framed islands to brightly dyed veneers and storage solutions to help you organise the inside of drawers and cabinets to keep them as sleek as the exterior. From £20,000, holte.studio

The team behind this Lewes-based kitchen-maker takes an unconventional approach to self-promotion. Hand-built, the projects take time to create, putting a limit on the number the brand can work on every year. Of course, what some may see as a minus, others value for the positive it really is – this slow, personalised process creates special spaces such as this one in rural Sussex (pictured above), which combines blackened band-sawn and mid-century oak. From £45,000, inglishall.com

Working in a joinery workshop before the pandemic, interior designer and founder of Jetsam Made Francesca Gaskin gained the skills that would go on to inspire the signature features of her brand’s kitchens – powder-coated steel frames and wooden doors and drawers. From their base in Bristol, Gaskin and her team can make single freestanding pieces or entire kitchens, all of which can easily be relocated and reconfigured if you move house. From £8,000, jetsammade.com

The sister company of design retailer Holloways of Ludlow, this brand offers five modern styles of cabinetry to choose from – including the ‘Heritage’ range, seen in its recent Portland Road project (pictured) – and is also the producer of kitchens for the hardware firm Buster + Punch. Its experienced designers and architects can work on just the kitchen, or mastermind an entire extension from start to finish. From £70,000, kitchensbyholloways.com

The brainchild of Smallbone founder Charlie Smallbone, this studio takes bespoke kitchens to a new level of craftsmanship. The starting point is a modernised approach to the classic Shaker style, but with the application of artisan techniques and materials – think cupboard fronts made of verdigris copper, pewter or zinc and elaborate marquetry detailing, with each design handmade in the brand’s Wiltshire workshop. From £70,000, ledburystudio.com

There’s luxury, and then there’s Officine Gullo. This Italian brand’s designs are intended to bring professional, chef-quality appliances (sous-vide machines, lava-stone grills, blast chillers and much more) into domestic environments (and outdoors, too!) with a style that is instantly recognisable. It has created cooking havens for tastemakers including Tommy Hillfiger and Andrea Bocelli (whose ‘Lily White’ and nickel space is pictured). Cost no object? Opt for the 24-carat-gold frame. From £168,000, officinegullo.com

With a style that founders George Glasier and husband-and-wife team Lloyd and Leila Touwen describe as utilitarian, this brand based in Brixton has made a big impact on the kitchen-design scene. Part of the charm of its kitchens is the simplicity and joyful approach to colour, but also their sustainability credentials – cabinets are crafted from plywood with FSC-certified wooden veneers added to limit the use of hardwood, and there’s also a ‘carbon-neutral’ colour range. From £25,000, pluck.co.uk

This bespoke-kitchen brand was set up by architects – a fact that is evident when you realise the attention to detail it brings to every element of the design process, from initial ideas to completion. There are four showrooms in London, as well as locations in Guildford, Cambridge and Cheltenham, with every project made at Roundhouse’s state-of-the-art facility in Malvern, Worcestershire, using timbers that meet the highest FSC standards. From £35,000, roundhousedesign.com

From their workshop in Glasgow, this artisan brand’s founders Lewis Macleod and Ross Baynham aim to design kitchens that speak to their surroundings, with the locale informing the palette and the materiality. It may be the only Scottish company on our list, but it works on projects across the UK, with all cabinetry handmade using the finest hardwoods and top-grade veneers for a timeless finish that is built to last. From £18,000, studio-teller.co

One of the largest suppliers of reclaimed timber in the UK (it also produces great flooring and wall cladding), this family-run brand based in North Yorkshire creates beautiful kitchens using a wide selection of wood varieties – many of them more than 100 years old. If you think reclaimed means rustic, though, you’re mistaken. This firm can offer that style, but also an industrial look (pictured above) and contemporary designs for any home. From £25,000, maincompany.co.uk