Chef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
"I'm always on the run at the restaurant," Splichal says. "It's nice to come home, just cook, and then sit at the bar with the door open to the patio." More profiles: California home and gardens Our...
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Instead of using a drawer or cabinet to store spices, Splichal prefers to clip fresh thyme and oregano from a vertical herb garden outside the kitchen door.
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
One of the cabinets, from a different angle. After dinner, Splichal finishes up work in his small office nook, tucked around the corner from the glass cabinets, while the kids clean the dishes.
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
The chef custom designed these two glass corner cabinets with metal mesh shelving. Initially, he had art projects in mind. "I wanted to build a pyramid of Illy espresso cups in all different designs,...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
Some nights, Splichal and his sons gather around the modern maple dining table in the nearby alcove, where a cozy leather banquette runs under the windows.
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
For a chef who has his own sparkling wine label and often entertains dozens of friends at a time, that 42-bottle Viking wine refrigerator looks awfully small. Splichal says the pullout drawers and...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
Those who build a custom kitchen often find at least one element that probably would not make the cut the next time around. For Splichal, it is the built-in microwave in the island. "You need a stove,...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
The pantry's lower pullout shelves are home to a few bags of dried beans and pasta and bars of chocolate. "That's really all you need in the kitchen at any one time," Splichal says. "People buy too...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
Splichal installed a Sub-Zero Pro series refrigerator-freezer near the stove. The glass panel allows him to take one look in the morning and know what to pick up for dinner. He says the dedicated...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
Other drawers house cooking essentials -- a fish spatula, whisks, wooden spoons, as well as some unexpected finds. "Kite string is good for tying up chickens," Splichal says. Those stainless-steel...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
In the top stainless-steel drawer, lined in wood: knives that Splichal uses every day. "Knife blocks take up too much space," the chef says.
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
The gas range is a six-burner Viking, the place where the chef whips up quick pastas or sears aged steaks that he picks up from Nick & Stef's, the downtown Los Angeles steakhouse he named after...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
Stephane takes a turn by the Kohler vegetable sink. The granite island has 3-foot-wide butcher blocks at both ends to maximize ingredient prep time. The one nearest the refrigerator got the produce...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
The layout calls for most of the action in one corner. Within a few square feet, Splichal can access a small trough sink for washing produce, his built-in butcher block, the stove, the refrigerator...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
The San Marino estate that Joachim Splichal shares with his sons, 15-year-old fraternal twins Nicolas, left, and Stephane, has two kitchens. The Monterey-style home opens onto a courtyard with an...
View ArticleChef Joaquim Splichal's home kitchen
Dueling faucets at the main sink. Natural light spills in from windows as well as doors leading to the patio.
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