The Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Specialists Association (KBSA) has revealed the shortlist for its KBSA Designer Awards 2025, which will once again take place in the evening of this year’s KBB industry conference.
Taking place on October 1 at The Belfry Hotel, the awards are an annual event held by the association to recognise the creativity, skill and professionalism of KBSA members. This year’s categories and finalists are:
Kitchen Designer (up to £25K) of the Year
- Adam Bomok, Cu_cuine
- Diane Berry, Diane Berry Kitchens
- Felicity O’Hare, Kitchens by JS Geddes
- Tom Kent, Steven Christopher Design
Kitchen Designer (£25K-£50K) of the Year
- Diane Magee, John Willox Kitchens
- Nathan Damarell, KF Kitchens
- Felicity O’Hare, Kitchens by JS Geddes
- Alina Lotocka, TC Kitchens
- Davide Dellanzo, Urban Myth
Kitchen Designer (over £50K) of the Year
- Michelle Pickstock, Callerton Kitchens & Interiors
- Diane Berry, Diane Berry Kitchens
- Victoria Otty, Diane Berry Kitchens
- Jamie Harding, Et Lorem (with two entries shortlisted)
- Tom Baker, Steven Christopher Design
Bathroom Designer of the Year
- Scott Richards, Bathroom & Kitchen Planet Stirling
- Hazel Di Pasquale, Bauen Design
- Gabi Riseley, Henry Rose Interiors (with two entries shortlisted)
- Tom Baker, Steven Christopher Design
- Daniel Thomas, Thomas Vaughan
Bedroom Designer of the Year
- Hollie Clark, Bauen Design
- Licia Di Pasquale, Bauen Design
- David Allen, Diane Berry Kitchens
- Sophie Temple, Eat Soak Sleep
- Peter Hill, Urban Myth
Young Designer of the Year
- Sophie Temple, Eat Soak Sleep
- Kaitlyn Bruce, EKCO (with two entries shortlisted)
- Sophie Owen, Qudaus Living
Kitchen Concept Designer of the Year
- Liam Butler, Butler Interiors
- Simon Mayor, Butler Interiors
- Adam Bomok, Cu_cucine
- Jansen Ma, Elements Kitchens
- Araminta Glenn, Kitchens International
Signature Spaces Designer of the Year
- David Allen, Diane Berry Kitchens
- Joanna Geddes-Campbell and Felicity O’Hare, Kitchens by JS Geddes (two entries shortlisted)
- Lucy Gentle, Ream Interiors
- Tom Kent, Steven Christopher Design
- Peter Hill, Urban Myth
To reach the initial shortlist, all of the 2025 entries were reviewed by Richard Hibbert, the KBSA national chair, and Renée Mascari, founder of Mascari Design and former CEO of the KBB National Training Group.
The KBSA says the shortlisted entries were then scored by a panel of industry experts against four core criteria: how well the design met the brief, ergonomic and technical compliance, use of materials and/or technology, and overall creative impact
This year’s judging panel was headed by creative director of Bilbao Design, Ainhoa Bilbao. Also on this year’s panel was Elizabeth Pantling-Jones, the managing director of Lima Kitchens; Dan Stronge, MD of Jones Britain; Andrea Hillier, customer engagement lead at Blum UK; and Keith Myers, founder of The Myers Touch.