Learn how design and food prep/recipes contribute to a healthy kitchen.
By Loren Kessell
The importance of a healthy home increased during the pandemic as many consumers reconnected with their homes. As a result, consumers are looking for ways to create healthy, flexible spaces with a particular focus on the heart of the home: the kitchen.
Even before the pandemic refocused attention on a healthy home, global appliance brand Beko was developing products that inspired wellbeing from nutrient-saving kitchen appliances to refrigerators that extend food preservation. Beko also started the Healthy Kitchen Council.
For more information and to register for the NKBA Summit: Designing the Healthy Kitchen on Thursday, January 27th from 2-4 pm ET, go here.
As a part of its ongoing effort to focus on health and wellness, Beko has partnered with the NKBA to host an exclusive Summit called “Designing the Healthy Kitchen” to be held on Thursday, January 27th, from 2 pm to 4 pm ET. The event will feature sessions that explore sustainability, wellness and healthy design with experts and members of Beko’s Healthy Kitchen Council. Speakers will include:
Nadia Subaran
Co-founder/Co-owner of Aidan Design
MaryJo Camp, CMKBD
Owner, DesignCamp and Member of the Beko Healthy Kitchen Council
Tricia Zach
Head of Research, NKBA
Scott Koehler
President, Dream Kitchen Builders
Bridget Bueche
Professional Chef and Trusted Appliance Authority
Melanie Marcus MA, RD
Nutrition and Health Communications Manager, Dole Food Company
Aysegul (Ice) Sanford
Recipe Developer and Food Photographer, Foolproof Living, and member of the Beko Healthy Kitchen Council
Molly McCabe, AKBD
Co-Owner/Principal Designer, A Kitchen that Works, LLC,
Lynn Jessee
Owner/Designer, LKJ Designs and Kitchen Concepts
Zach Elkin
President, Beko U.S. Inc.
Bill Darcy
Chief Executive Officer, NKBA
Salih Zeki Bugay
Director of Marketing & Product Management, Beko U.S., Inc.
Pam McNally
VP of Marketing, NKBA
Vaishali Makim, AIA
Principal of Makim Architecture
A preview of the sessions featured during the NKBA and Beko Summit are listed below.
The Healthy Kitchen of the Future
Meet Michel Wann, Chief Strategy Officer for Super League Gaming and social media and tech icon, who is building one of the world’s healthiest, most sustainable homes. Healthy living is his passion, and he will have not just one, but two healthy kitchens.
The Importance of Health and Sustainability to the Emerging Luxury Home Buyer
Discover how designers are taking advantage of trends and the shift in customer preferences that are creating a “perfect storm” of factors that are establishing the kitchen as the new intersection of personal and planetary health.
Kitchen Design as a Source of a Healthier, More Sustainable Life
NKBA President Bill Darcy chats with Zach Elkin, kitchen appliance industry veteran and current president of Beko, U.S., Inc., about the rise of the healthy kitchen movement in the last couple of years.
Next-gen Appliances and Technologies that Promote Health and Wellness
The panel previews the best new products for personal and planetary health from refrigerators that simulate natural sunlight and washing machines made from recycled water bottles to dishwashers that clean and sanitize dishes using less water.
How Nutrition, Food Prep and Recipe Development Drive Successful Kitchen Design
See how today’s designers are working side-by-side with nutritionists, recipe developers and wellness experts to design kitchens that not only look good, but actively contribute to a healthier diet and enhanced wellness for both body and planet.
Sustainability in the Kitchen
Everyone knows that a healthy kitchen is only possible on a healthy planet. Hear how two kitchen industry veterans are combining their love for health, wellness and sustainability into kitchens that are good for both people and the planet.
For more information on the sessions and to register for the NKBA Summit: Designing the Healthy Kitchen on Thursday, January 27th from 2-4 pm ET, go here.
