Working in the kitchen is a high pressured situation if ever there was one. There’s a reason that chefs are often known for throwing pans and cursing at their kitchen porters. There are many things that contribute to this feeling, from the high temperatures, to the pressure put on you by the customers, to the precise timings that are required at every step of the way.

What certainly doesn’t help though, is when the kitchen becomes disorganized and full of unclean crockery, cans of various foodstuffs and a plethora of small kitchen appliances. Not only can this make you feel claustrophobic, but it can also prevent you from being able to find what you need or even any space to work on. In the worst case scenario this kind of disorganization can even cause an accident, so how do you re-instate order to your kitchen environment? Read on for some suggestions.

Have Lots of Cabinets

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Having lots of cabinets might leave you with less free wall-space, but in doing so it gives you all the more space for storing your belongings. This is highly useful, because it means you’ll be able to store more of your ingredients, your kitchen crockery and your appliances where they won’t be in your way and where they won’t be likely to get damaged.

What this means in turn is that you can keep your worktops freer, but what it also means is that you’ll be able to put less in each cabinet. In turn, that then means that you’ll be able to more easily find each thing you need. Now apply a hierarchical and logical organizational system to everything you store – cans should go in one cabinet, pans in another and condiments in yet another. Then once inside your cupboards, make sure that your items are organized roughly by how likely you are to need them. If you never use a condiment, then stick it at the back of the cupboard. If you always use it, then put it at the front.

Fancy Storage

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Some storage systems provide fancy options to further help you get at what you need quickly and easily. A great example is the humble spice rack – by allowing you to spin your spices around, this will give you easy access to any of those items without having to route through your cupboards or pile things on top of one another. Some cabinets and draws have similar systems – folding out in all manner of ways once you open them.

Go Wireless

Wires are a big problem in kitchens, and particularly when draped across your cutting boards. A solution is to try and use wireless appliances where possible, so that you don’t have to worry about chopping through electric cables or getting things tangled up.

Tidy As You Go

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This is what most of us used to hear from our parents, but it’s definitely true. If you can tidy up as you go in the kitchen, then it will make a world of difference to the amount of mess you generate and the amount of work you have to do at the end. Create ‘systems’ to guide the way you use each appliance and the way you perform each job and you will find that the mess can actually take care of itself – chop onto your board then tip the remnants into the bin immediately, or peel into the sink then turn on the waste disposal.

Follow these tips and you should find that your kitchen is at least marginally less stressful and that you can operate more efficiently as a result.

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