The times and the demands placed on kitchens are changing. With the kitchen workbench of 1988, bulthaup is the first manufacturer to create an entirely new style of kitchen adapted to meet these changing needs. Based on the duality of fire and water, the elements originally used in cooking, the freestanding unit is the first ergonomically designed unit to bring together all essential kitchen work areas in one place. Today the kitchen workbench is considered a design classic. The media proclaim it to be the first innovation since the Frankfurt kitchen.