Cabinets and open shelves that line the longest flank wall were custom-made from oak-veneered plywood and form the main backdrop for the client’s videos. “Catharina is keen on clean eating and wanted something natural and neutral that still had character and warmth,” says Mahindroo. The long run extends into an intimate reading nook formed by the curving facade, allowing cameras a wide-angle view. At the other end, the woodwork continues into a passage that leads to the dining room. It was created from the old kitchen, along with a laundry, and doubles as a 66-square-foot pantry where less telegenic kitchen equipment can be kept out of sight.

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Expansive glazing provides daylight (3 & 4). Photos © Henry Woide

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Choi had firm ideas about how the kitchen should work, from the depth of drawers to the proper place for every utensil. She also wanted push-operated cabinets without visible handles, but was concerned that they could pop open if visitors leaned against them. DROO solved the problem by recessing doors and drawers within the cabinet boxes, whose exposed edges add subtle texture to the joinery. Where handles are an advantage, they are integrated in additional ribs that blend seamlessly with the framing.

Elsewhere, the aim was elegant simplicity. Cabinets within a large kitchen island are neatly composed around a camera-facing cooktop, which has downdraft ventilation, so no hood clutters the view. Finishes are plain, with white quartz countertops, pink tile backsplash, and polished concrete underfoot, but they are dappled with daylight from circular skylights and coming through gauzy drapes so that surfaces are animated. Occasional accents, like the brushed brass faucets over twin sinks, provide color, as of course does the food prepared for guests or viewers.

While the demands of content creation have produced a more professional kitchen than is typical in domestic settings, it is also one well equipped for daily life, with hard-wearing materials and considered connections to the rest of the house and the garden—a functional hub for a family home, served up with style.