• If prep is on the island, knives might be better there also. Utensils by the hob, where you use them.

    Spices by the oven - might get too warm, which they don't like.

    Mugs & hot drinks between prep & cook means nobody can do hot drinks during meal prep.

    Similarly, dishwasher by the oven - the other side would mean that it can be emptied at any time.

    Does the island just have drawers on one side? It's all where the prep & cooking is being done - lot's of scope for overlap & being on top of each other.

  • We originally had knives and utensils swapped for this reason but as the island drawer is larger went for utensils there.

    I don’t think I run such a tight prep kitchen that teas won’t be able to be made also that can be accessed from the sink side of things.
    Spices getting hot good point.

  • i generally prefer not to keep knives in a drawer. Get a nice magnetic bar (like this) for them and have them on display and away from where someone might cut themselves reaching into a drawer

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