Kitchen design expert and SieMatic dealer, Stuart Frazer, launched its Ribble Valley showroom with a two-night gala and a cooking demonstration by celebrity chef patron Nigel Haworth and fellow Northcote chef, Michael Vanheste.

More than 120 guests joined the Stuart Frazer team for drinks and canapés at the new showroom in the Friendship Mill in Whalley Road, Read.

Mark Harrison, managing director of Stuart Frazer Kitchens, said: ‘The Ribble Valley showroom is amazing and displays some of the most beautiful and advanced kitchen designs available. I’m proud to have breathed life into an old mill building, created new jobs and achieved our aim of bringing the business to east Lancashire.’

Michelin-star chef Nigel Haworth demonstrated how to make dishes such Northcote-style steak tartar and mulled autumn pear and chef and Michael Vanheste, head tutor of Northcote cookery school, , also provided cookery demonstrations for guests on both nights.

Nigel said: ‘It was a pleasure to be a part of the Ribble Valley showroom launch and show guests how satisfying it is to cook in a brilliantly-designed kitchen.’