2011 House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year: Anticipation!

This year the 2011 House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year is venturing outside with a large outdoor cooking space.

Chef Tyler Florence worked in collaboration with Lori Yeomans of USA Interior Design to create House Beautiful’s Northern-Californian inspired kitchen, complete with manly undertones (can’t wait to see that illustrated!).

The big reveal takes place on Monday, July 18^th atRockefeller Plaza,New York City. In the meantime, here’s some scoop to start you drooling:

About Chef Tyler Florence

Not only is Tyler a Food Network TV personality and a columnist for House Beautiful magazine, he owns several restaurants, and recently published a new cookbook “Start Fresh”. Busy guy!

About the Kitchen

It’s a 2,500 square foot kitchen – actually, it’s two kitchens. One set up indoors and a larger outdoor kitchen that incorporates great entertaining features.

Photo Source: House Beautiful

Here’s a sneak peak:

Photo Source: New York Times 

Afterwards, the products and building materials used will be donated to ReStore Habitat for Humanity.

The 2011 Kitchen of the Year is officially unveiled tomorrow (July 18^th) at 2pm. If you’re in the NYC area, check out the calendar of events.

Check back here at Your Home, Only better and I’ll post a review – would love to get your feedback!