Archive for March, 2011

BLANCO’s Design Council is a group of elite kitchen design professionals who also blog. BLANCO’s industrial designers work closely with this talented group to dream up new ideas for sink and faucet innovations. Importantly, the Design Council offers you links to the best ideas and resources for kitchen design. We would like to welcome three new members for 2011:  Andie Day (www.andieday.com/blog), Sarah Lloyd (www.kitchenclarity.com) and Vicki Payne (www.foryourhome.com). We invite you to visit all the Design Council blogs for today’s hottest design trends.

Stay tuned as next week we begin our 30 day countdown to Earth Day with daily tips from BLANCO’s Design Council to make our homes more “earth friendly.” Follow us on Twitter @blancoamerica.

Here’s some of the latest news on BLANCO from Kitchen and Bath Design News, Qualified Remodeler, 3 Rings, Wholesaler, CFT411 and Builder.

Celebrity chef Hubert Keller just finished recording Season 3 of his hit cooking show, Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef, on a new set at Vegas PBS.  The show, by award-winning producer Marjorie Poore, is set to air nationwide this spring.  The new set (custom designed and built by Wood-Mode) is completely outfitted with BLANCO MicroEdge technology and professional series faucets.

Chef Keller poses with his new kitchen set which features a BLANCO Meridian Semi Pro Faucet.

Featuring 26 half-hour episodes, the show will take viewers step-by-step through Keller’s recipes.  It takes place on a new, custom kitchen TV set, with additional segments recorded inside the kitchens of Hubert’s Las Vegas restaurants, including Burger Bar and Fleur at Mandalay Bay.

“We are thrilled to assist Chef Keller and Vegas PBS with their new season,” states Christy Emens, marketing communications manager for BLANCO. “It is a great honor to work with such a respected chef.” In addition to Secrets of a Chef, Hubert regularly appears on Bravo’s Top Chef.