Meghan Markle’s Favorite Farmhouse Kitchen Fixtures Revealed

Over the past eight years, Meghan Markle’s kitchen style has evolved from understated practicality to unmistakable luxury, bringing together marble worktops, copper cookware and an expensive butler sink.

Since entering the royal family in 2018, the Duchess of Sussex has occasionally offered glimpses of her polished cooking spaces. They have ranged from the farmhouse-inspired kitchen at £2.4 million Frogmore Cottage to the more pared-back interiors of her Montecito home.

This week, the 45-year-old gave followers a look at another lavish kitchen in a promotional post for her lifestyle brand, As Ever. The room featured a stainless-steel range cooker costing between £13,000 and $20,000, paired with oak cabinetry and a silver-finished wall-mounted tap.

The space closely matched Meghan’s well-known design preferences, prompting fans to speculate that the photograph could have been taken at the new Cotswolds home she shares with Prince Harry, after the couple reportedly moved there from California in August.

Jordana Ashkenazi, founder and design director of Element One House, said there is “definitely a thread running through all of Meghan’s kitchens”.

She told Our News Outlet: “Meghan appears to like a serious cooker, natural timber, open or accessible storage, handmade-looking accessories and a kitchen that feels functional rather than formal.

“The aesthetic changes, but the ingredients are remarkably consistent.”

Here is how Meghan’s kitchen style has shifted over the years—and which of her sophisticated homes came closest to the “charming English kitchen” look.

Nottingham Cottage 

Meghan joined Harry at Nottingham Cottage, his two-bedroom home on the grounds of Kensington Palace, in November 2017, shortly after their engagement was made public.

In his memoir Spare, however, the Duke of Sussex acknowledged that the London property, where he had lived for six years, was “no palace”.

“I was excited to welcome Meg to my home, but also embarrassed,” he wrote. “Nott Cott was no palace. Nott Cott was palace adjacent—that was the best you could say for it.”

The kitchen featured a restrained palette of white, charcoal and royal blue. White cabinets were set against grey worktops, while a chequered floor added a traditional touch.

Its details included classic Shaker-style doors, bold black panelling and Breville toaster and kettle appliances, which can cost roughly £60 to £90.

Interior designer Benji Lewis previously described the kitchen to Our News Outlet as an “unpretentious” room that may have been left behind by a former occupant.

He observed that the décor had been kept simple, with the room centred on off-white, charcoal and royal blue tones.

Benji added: “There’s no suggestion of a table and chairs in the kitchen. I wonder if this is more of a pantry—somewhere to feed the dogs rather than cook the Sunday roast.”

Frogmore Cottage

When Prince Harry and his newlywed wife moved into Windsor’s Frogmore Cottage in 2019, avid royal fans were curious how the Sussexes would decorate their new space. 

The Duchess enlisted the help of Vicky Charles, a top designer of the Soho House clubs and close friend to the Beckhams and George and Amal Clooney, to decorate the property.

As part of their renovations, the couple opted for an open-plan kitchen – complete with a spacious breakfast bar. Throughout the room, the pair had dark wooden cupboards, finished off with a luxury marble countertop.

To give it a more modern feel, the circular handles on the drawers and cupboards were a trendy shade of gold. The couple had also added personal touches to the property, adding picture frames to the walls and decorating the kitchen island with a vase of blooming roses.

According to Jordana, this kitchen showcases ‘elements of the Soho Farmhouse aesthetic’.

She added: ‘You’ve got the timber, the central island, the relaxed country feel, and the more contemporary industrial touches. But Soho House is known for creating interiors with so much character, layering and atmosphere. 

‘This feels much safer by comparison. It has all the right farmhouse ingredients, but it’s missing some of the charm.’

The expert added that this home also ‘gives you a clear sense of the aesthetic Meghan gravitates towards: warm timber, a central island, farmhouse references and a kitchen designed to feel informal and sociable’.

‘For me, it’s less wow and more very nice English kitchen,’ she said.

‘There’s nothing wrong with that, and perhaps understatement was exactly what they wanted, but given the pedigree of the property, the budget and the design team involved, I probably expected something with a little more magic.’

Former Montecito home kitchen

In January 2025, the Duchess offered fans a rare glimpse of her real kitchen in an Instagram reel to pay tribute to her beloved beagle Guy.

In the background of clips showing Meghan playing with her beloved late beagle Guy, her stunning kitchen could be seen in the background.

The kitchen was filled intricate details, including luxury cookware and furnishings, as well as many items demonstrating the Duchess’s love of cooking.

Meghan showed that her real kitchen is a vibrant family space, adding a pop of colour with some blue tiles in the background.

The signature tiles had been seen in the mansion’s listing in 2020 before Harry and Meghan moved in – so had not been added personally by the Sussexes.

However, they’ve clearly shown a fondness for the design by keeping it over the past four years. The blue-and-white design is fitted around the kitchen’s windows, bringing light into the space.

On the kitchen island were several white ceramic bowls – a design known to be favoured by Meghan. In addition, the Duchess decorated her home with a stylish houseplant in a slim white vase near her cooker. 

Another area of the kitchen the Sussexes hadn’t changed from the initial property listing are the wooden fittings.

Meghan opted to keep the wooden drawers and cabinets, giving a rustic feel to the kitchen. The wooden fittings include several cupboards, a kitchen island, drawers and wicker baskets in the central island.

Newly redecorated Montecito home kitchen

When Meghan celebrated what would be her final birthday in her $14million (£11milion) Montecito home in August, she gave her fans a rare insight into her newly redecorated kitchen. 

Her swish new kitchen had not just one – but two – kitchen islands, positioned in the centre of the farmhouse-style room. One, featuring a dark wood base and a marble tabletop, while a second, with a lighter colour, was also visible.

Her farmhouse-style kitchen is accentuated with a statement, hanging chandelier in the dining table area, thought to be the $798 (£592) ‘Selene’ fixture from Ping lights.

The Duchess has spoken about her love of cooking in her lifestyle show and through her As Ever brand – so it’s perhaps no wonder she has a trendy ‘pot filler tap’ by her oven.

Designed to avoid having to carry around bulky trips with heavy pans, from sink to oven, this allows for easy access. These can start from $150 to $3,000 in the US, or from £100 and go to anywhere upwards of £2,000 in the UK.

She has long sworn by her $379.95 (£449) Vitamix blender – and it also featured heavily in her birthday festivities. 

The Sussexes cooker, believed to pay homage to their recent Portugal getaway, featured a blue and white pattern, which seems to be depicting a town square, and was made using traditional Iberian ‘azulejo’ methods. 

According to Jordana, this kitchen has ‘more character than Frogmore’ and feels ‘genuinely lived in rather than overly styled or pristine’. 

‘The sandstone is probably my favourite part of the room. It brings so much warmth and texture and feels as though it really belongs to the architecture of the property, rather than being a fashionable finish that has been added afterwards,’ she said. 

‘It also really does look like a working kitchen. There are pans, utensils and everyday pieces on display, and I quite like that. It doesn’t feel like an immaculate show kitchen that nobody touches. It feels like somewhere people genuinely cook, gather and live.

‘Again, you can see Meghan’s consistent taste coming through: natural materials, warm timber, a substantial cooker, visible cookware and a kitchen that feels functional and informal rather than overly grand.’

Montecito Netflix Kitchen 

During the eight-episode series ‘With Love, Meghan’, the Duchess filmed her famous cooking demonstration videos and culinary tips in a kitchen that was not actually her own. 

Instead, she chose a sprawling £8million estate just two miles from her family home in Montecito. 

During the videos, the Duchess gave fans a sneak peak of her cooking, baking, cocktail making, flower arranging and party planning using its kitchen’s £15,000 cooker, £600 pans, £60 chopping boards.

The property featured the centerpiece of the estate: a spacious kitchen with Caesartone countertops, estimated to cost about £200 to £550 per square metre. 

Alongside other kitchen staples such as copper pans, for around £200 to £600 and her favourite Vitamix E320 Explorian Blender, which is loved by countless other stars such as Miranda Kerr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Zac Efron but will set you back £450.

In perfect influencer style Meghan also uses an array of state-of-art Le Creuset cookware, all in matching white. A single pot online retails for about £180-£250.

In another shot, a beautiful salad bowl sits on top of the stunning island bench.The bowl resembles one found to be from Astier de Villatte – a line of ceramic made in Paris from black terracotta clay finished with a signature milky white glaze.

The websites notes that each piece is handmade and will feature unique variations, with the large Adelaide Salad Bowl retailing for £280 ($345).

Meghan also served guests a dessert that appears to resemble Eton Mess in a old fashioned ice-cream dish, with similar versions found on Crate and Barrel for an affordable £3 ($3.95) per cup.

According to Jordana, this kitchen space is ‘much brighter, fresher and more polished than Meghan’s actual darker kitchen, but it’s also much safer from a design point of view’.

She added: ‘It’s very classic farmhouse, with white Shaker-style cabinetry, pale worktops, a large central island and a range cooker, so it immediately feels familiar and approachable.

‘It also feels extremely on-brand for Meghan. Again, you have the serious cooker, natural timber, visible utensils and a kitchen designed around cooking and gathering rather than anything too formal. There’s a real consistency running through all of these spaces. 

‘Interestingly, I think this kitchen sits somewhere between Frogmore and Meghan’s actual Montecito kitchen. 

‘It has the lightness and simplicity of Frogmore, but it also has more warmth and layering. It feels more polished than her own darker kitchen, but perhaps has a little less character.’

The Rumoured Cotswolds kitchen  

This week, the Duchess of Sussex shared an image on her company’s Instagram page that has been speculated to be the new home she and Harry have relocated to in the Cotswolds. 

In the new image, Meghan, 45, was seen stirring one of the Mauviel M. copper pots, with a cookware set of six retailing for £1,759. 

Behind her, two wooden shelves held a large chopping board, candles and stylish cookware. Small decorative pieces were also added to complement the farmhouse-style kitchen.

The Duchess’ cooker is thought to have been from the 2017 Thermador 48” Pro Grand range, with the latest versions priced between $13,000 and $20,000. 

Two small As Ever jams were also spotted on the shelves, while the brand’s Mulling Spice Kits, which retail for approximately £12 each, were placed proudly on display by the duchess.

A silver wall-mounted tap and white marble kitchen tops highlighted the chic contemporary design of the space, while a pale wooden extractor fan provided a modern touch to the luxury room.

Keeping with the fashionable style of the kitchen space, a spot of greenery and fruit were also visible, while a large chopping board and partially eaten pie were also seen on display on a Martha Stewart board. 

For Jordana, this kitchen ‘feels like a much stronger evolution of Meghan’s taste’.

She added: ‘You can still see the same love of natural materials and a relaxed farmhouse influence, but this is far more pared-back and sophisticated.

‘It’s still farmhouse in spirit, but this feels much more contemporary and European than Frogmore. There’s less of the traditional English country-kitchen language and more of that understated, organic look that has become very popular in high-end interiors. 

‘From this image alone, I prefer it to Frogmore. It feels more grown-up, more confident and much more design-conscious.’