Kitchen lighting should be both beautiful and functional. Our collection of kitchen lights are ideal for both contemporary and traditional kitchen designs. Find the perfect pendant light for your kitchen island or wall light for above your worktop.
Kitchens ask more of lighting than any other room. They need bright, shadow-free light for cooking, warm light for eating, and fittings that look right in the one room everyone ends up standing in at parties. One central ceiling light cannot do all three, which is why so many kitchens feel flat.
The answer is layering: kitchen pendant lighting over the island or table for task and style, kitchen wall lights to soften the edges, and good general light from kitchen ceiling lights or kitchen lanterns. Over an island, hang pendants 75 to 90 centimetres above the worktop; for most islands two or three sit right. Our kitchen lighting bundles take the guesswork out of pairing.
Every fitting is designed and handmade in our Herefordshire workshop, as we have done since 1982, and most can be customised in finish, size and drop. Kitchens are hard on fittings, steam, grease and daily knocks, and solid brass and proper glass cope in a way plated alternatives do not. Tell us about your kitchen and we will suggest a scheme, including where you can keep it simple.
Kitchen lighting works best in three layers: pendants over the island or table for task light and style, good general ceiling light for cooking, and wall lights to warm the room for eating. One central fitting alone leaves worktops in your own shadow. Fritz Fryer makes each layer to order.
For most kitchen islands, two or three pendants sit right. As a guide, allow one pendant for every 60 to 80 centimetres of island length, and choose a diameter around a third of the island’s width. Hang them 75 to 90 centimetres above the worktop. Send us your island dimensions and we will advise.
Kitchen island pendants should hang 75 to 90 centimetres above the worktop. That is low enough to light the surface and feel intimate, high enough to keep sightlines open across the kitchen. Because our pendants are made to order, we set the drop to suit your ceiling height.
Yes, and it is worth asking in a kitchen. Our fittings are made from solid brass and proper glass, which wipe clean and do not pit or peel the way plated finishes do around steam and cooking grease. Simple glass shades are the easiest of all to keep looking new.
Yes. All our kitchen fittings take LED bulbs and dim normally with dimmable LEDs on a compatible dimmer, so the kitchen can run bright for cooking and drop warm and low for dinner. We recommend putting pendants and general lighting on separate dimmed circuits.
Modern kitchens suit clean-lined pendants in brass or glass, cluster lights over islands, and discreet wall lights. The warmth of handmade materials keeps a contemporary kitchen from feeling clinical. If your kitchen is Shaker or period in style, lanterns and classic pendants sit naturally instead.
A kitchen-diner needs the room split into zones: brighter, practical light over the cooking side, and warmer, lower light over the dining side. Pendants over the dining table at a lower drop signal the change of pace. We can suggest a two-zone scheme from your floor plan.
A single made-to-order pendant is priced comparably with premium retail brands; a typical island run of three plus wall lights costs more but transforms the room. Our kitchen bundles offer a designed combination at a set price. We will always tell you where a simpler fitting will do the job.
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