The Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Specialists Association (KBSA) has revealed which KBB designers are finalists for the 2024 Designer Awards.
The winners will be announced at the KBSA Designer Awards dinner on October 9, 2024, which follows the KBSA Conference earlier that same day. As in previous years, the event is set to take place at the Belfry Hotel and Resort in the West Midlands.
This year’s awards judging panel includes Ainhoa Bilbao, a kitchen designer at Bulthaup; Andrea Hillier, customer engagement lead at Blum UK; Dan Stronge, director at Jones Britain; and Keith Myers, director at The Myers Touch.
The 2024 Designer Awards finalists are:
Kitchen Designer of the Year (up to £25k)
- Elizabeth Pantling-Jones – Lima Kitchens
- Michelle Pickstock – Callerton Kitchens & Interiors
- Francis Russell – Callerton Kitchens & Interiors
- Nathan Damarell – KF Kitchens Ltd
- Andreya Ciampa – Lima Kitchens
- Adam Bomok – cu_cucine
Kitchen Designer of the Year (£25k-£50k)
- Liam Butler – Butler Interiors (3 entries shortlisted)
- Alistair Glover – Alexander
- Marzena Moks Rodriguez – Urban Myth
- Hollie Clark – Bauen Design
Kitchen Designer of the Year (over £50k)
- Jaye Tidbury – The Myers Touch
- Charlotte Jewkes – KC Design House
- Victoria Otty – Diane Berry Kitchens
- Carissa Snelling-Doe – Nicholas Anthony
- Licia Di Pasquale – Bauen Design
- Joanna Geddes-Campbell – Kitchens by JS Geddes
Bathroom Designer of the Year
- Ami Wheatland – Sovereign Bathrooms Winchester Ltd
- George Green – Nicholas Anthony
- Nicola Whyte – KI Bathroom Interiors
- Hazel Di Pasquale – Bauen Design
- Martin Flanders – Alexander
- Bilal Patel – Dezign Studio
Young Designer of the Year
- Alistair Glover – Alexander
- Andreya Ciampa – Lima Kitchens (3 entries shortlisted)
- Sophie Owen – Qudaus Living
Kitchen Concept Designer of the Year
- Lauren Goodbrand – Kitchens International
- Liam Butler – Butler Interiors
- Sophie Askew – Butler Interiors
- Annie Mitchell – Diane Berry Kitchens
- David Allen – Diane Berry Kitchens
Bedroom Designer of the Year
- Alistair Glover – Alexander
- Alice Hartland – Vesta Space Ltd
- Mike Hughes – Mike Hughes Kitchens & Bedrooms
In addition to revealing this year’s finalists, the association also recently named author and speaker Tina Southgate as one of the presenters of the 2024 KBSA Conference.
Southgate founded her own coaching business in 2006, and has since mentored thousands through workshops, conferences and training programmes.
Earlier this year, The KBSA announced it had made a deal with German furniture manufacturer KH System Möbel to launch a brand new range of kitchen furniture that will be available exclusively to KBSA members.