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An outdoor kitchen is only as good as the design behind it — the layout, the workflow, the relationship to the dining area, the materials, the lighting. Matthew Oliver Landscapes approaches every outdoor kitchen as a design project, creating spaces that are as functional as they are beautiful and that work genuinely well for the way you cook and entertain.

It's also the element most often positioned badly. A kitchen that sits in shade by six, blows smoke across the dining table or forces you to walk the length of the garden for a plate stops getting used within a season. We work out the orientation, the prevailing wind and the route back to the house before anything is built.

WHAT WE OFFER

Complete Outdoor Kitchen Solutions

Every outdoor kitchen is designed around the way you cook, how many you entertain and where the sun sits — built in materials that handle a Hertfordshire winter as well as a July evening.

01 Bespoke design Laid out around how you actually cook — where the prep space sits relative to the heat, and which way the smoke blows on a summer evening.

02 Built-in grills Barbecues and grills set into the run rather than parked beside it, with the clearances and ventilation the appliance actually requires.

03 Pizza ovens Sited and founded to take the weight, with the flue and heat clearances worked out before the structure goes up.

04 Worktops Porcelain, granite or composite — chosen for how they take heat, frost and a spilled glass of red, not just for the colour.

05 Storage & cabinetry Weatherproof units that stay dry through a Hertfordshire winter, so you are not carrying everything back indoors each time.

06 Shelter & pergola Cover that extends the season either side of summer, designed as part of the structure rather than added over the top of it.

07 Lighting Task light over the worktop and softer light over the table — two different jobs, and the reason one downlight is never enough.

08 Plumbing & utilities Water, waste and power run in during the build, with isolation for winter so nothing freezes and splits.

09 Refrigeration Outdoor-rated units built into the run, so drinks stay where the cooking happens rather than in the house.

10 Dining area The table designed alongside the kitchen, at the right distance and orientation, so the cook is part of the evening rather than behind it.

Only as good as the design behind it

The layout, the workflow, the relationship to the dining area, the materials, the lighting. Every outdoor kitchen is approached as a design project — built to work for the way you actually cook and entertain, not just to look right in a photograph.

our service areas

Covering Hertfordshire & Surrounding Areas

Matthew Oliver Landscapes covers the whole of Hertfordshire — including Stevenage, St Albans, Harpenden, Radlett, Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn, Knebworth, Hitchin, Hertford, Ware, Bishops Stortford, Oaklands, Tewin, Burnham Green, Watton-at-Stone, Datchworth, Ayot St Lawrence, Wheathampstead, Little Berkhamsted, Essendon and Bengeo.

Hertfordshire · based in Stevenage

Stevenage Base Knebworth 8 min Datchworth 10 min Hitchin 12 min Watton-at-Stone 12 min Welwyn 15 min Tewin 18 min Welwyn Garden City 18 min Hatfield 22 min Hertford 25 min Wheathampstead 25 min Harpenden 28 min St Albans 30 min

Also working in Radlett, Ware, Bishops Stortford, Oaklands, Burnham Green, Ayot St Lawrence, Little Berkhamsted, Essendon and Bengeo.

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Made for outdoor dining

Explore patio, barbecue and dining areas for relaxed meals and spending time together outdoors.

Freestanding kettle barbecue on a paved terrace beside a timber pergola

Barbecue and pergola area

Paved outdoor dining area beside a timber pergola and garden bench

Patio dining and pergola

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Matthew Oliver Landscapes is a design-led landscaping company creating bespoke outdoor spaces across Hertfordshire. From initial design through to the finished garden, every project is delivered with careful planning, premium materials and quality craftsmanship.