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A chef plating dishes at the Napa Valley kitchen display during the Design Gallery grand opening in Roseville, Wolf wall ovens at left and guests looking on

The Working Kitchen · Roseville

See Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove Working, Before You Commit

A living kitchen at 900 Sunrise Ave in Roseville, where Sub-Zero preservation, Wolf heat and Cove cleaning are shown for you, not staged behind a rope.

Most kitchen decisions are made from a brochure and a hope. Ours are made in front of the flame. The only place in Greater Sacramento where you can see Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances working is here, on our floor.

The only working Sub-Zero, Wolf & Cove kitchen in Greater Sacramento is not a phrase on a wall here; it is the room you stand in. When a client has felt the difference in person, the specification stops being a leap of faith and becomes a decision they already trust.

  • Running, not staged

    The range comes to temperature and the refrigeration runs cold while you watch.

  • Hosted by our team

    Our team demonstrates every appliance; at a chef session, the chef cooks for you.

  • Built for the trade

    Bring a client into a live session. Your client stays yours.

A pastry chef in blue gloves finishing desserts behind orange gladiolus at the Design Gallery grand opening dessert island

The room

What the working kitchen is

A serious kitchen is a set of instruments, and instruments have to be heard. In the working kitchen you watch a Wolf range hold a precise low simmer and recover it. You see how a Sub-Zero dual-refrigeration system keeps two climates honest. You understand what a Cove dishwasher does quietly that a spec sheet cannot tell you. Our team demonstrates; guests are hosted, never asked to operate the appliances themselves.

The nearest comparable experience sits roughly one hundred miles away, in the Bay Area. That distance is why the working kitchen is a destination rather than a stop. People are brought here, and they travel here, because seeing the appliances live is the part of the process that cannot be shipped.

A session

How a working session runs

A visit begins hosted. You are welcomed at the island, and a member of our team walks the appliances with you before anything is brought to full heat. During a chef session, a guest chef then cooks a full menu in front of you: the range comes to temperature, a dish is built from raw ingredients to the plate, and the refrigeration and cleaning run alongside as they would at home.

Nothing is rushed. Questions are welcome at any point, and the demonstration bends to what you came to learn. Some guests want to compare two ranges side by side; others want to watch a single dish from start to finish, or to understand how the ventilation behaves at full draw. The session is yours to steer.

  1. A Design Gallery team member walking a guest through a catalog at a white kitchen island in the Roseville gallery, a stainless hood and marble backsplash behind

    Welcome at the island

    A member of our team walks the appliances with you before anything comes to full heat.

  2. A 60-inch Wolf dual-fuel range with red knobs and a built-in coffee system in walnut cabinetry at Design Gallery Roseville

    The range comes to temperature

    At a chef session, a dish is built from raw ingredients to the plate on the Wolf range.

  3. A chef plating dishes at the Napa Valley kitchen display during the Design Gallery grand opening in Roseville, Wolf wall ovens at left and guests looking on

    Steer the session

    Compare two ranges, follow one dish start to finish, or watch the ventilation at full draw.

  4. A Design Gallery host in conversation with a guest beside the cabinetry sample wall and a walnut kitchen display

    Sit down to plan

    Move to a private design room with screens when you are ready to work.

Inside a live session

A chef evening in the working kitchen, from the first sear to the last plate. This is how the room reads when the appliances are doing the work.

The Walnut Creek display at Design Gallery Roseville: a walnut panel-ready Sub-Zero refrigerator, a Wolf dual-fuel range with red knobs and a built-in coffee system in DreamLine cabinetry, beside the DreamLine sample wall

In person

What you can test in person

Some things show themselves in person and nowhere else. You can hold a Wolf knob and feel how the burner settles into a low simmer, then how fast it recovers a hard boil. You can open a Sub-Zero and understand why two sealed systems keep produce and frozen food honest for longer. You can stand beside a Cove cycle and hear how little it asks of the room. And you can read Cosentino surfaces and custom cabinetry at full scale, against the appliances they will live with, rather than from a small sample.

One brand at a time: Sub-Zero and Wolf in Roseville, Sub-Zero running near Sacramento and Wolf cooking near Sacramento.

On Instagram

The kitchen at work, as it happens

Short films from the chef evenings and the floor, posted from the working kitchen. Follow along to see the next evening before it happens.

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A Design Gallery team member walking a guest through a catalog at a white kitchen island in the Roseville gallery, a stainless hood and marble backsplash behind

Designers and homeowners

Who it is for

For an interior designer or architect, the working kitchen is the room that closes the conversation your drawings started. Bring a client into a live demonstration and the abstract becomes tangible in minutes; the questions that stall a project answer themselves at the counter. Around the kitchen, the building gives you a plaza with a stage and private design rooms with screens, so a visit can move from a hosted demonstration to a working session without leaving the floor. You bring your client, and your client stays yours.

Homeowners without a designer are hosted by our in-house design team, so no one is ever turned away and no designer's client is ever at risk. The register we build in is the one you already recognize from serious hospitality and design houses: warm, precise, and hosted from the first hello to the last question.

Designers and architects: see the Trade Program. Homeowners: book a hosted visit.

Questions, answered

Is the kitchen actually running during a visit?

Yes. The refrigeration runs cold, the range comes to temperature, and our team demonstrates each appliance while you watch and taste. It is a working kitchen, not a static display.

Do guests cook on the appliances themselves?

Our team runs the demonstration, and at a chef session the cooking is done for you on the Wolf range. You are hosted throughout: you watch closely, ask questions, and taste the result, rather than operating the equipment.

What can I actually judge in person?

How a Wolf range holds a low simmer and recovers heat, how a Sub-Zero holds two climates apart, how quietly a Cove dishwasher runs, and how surfaces and custom cabinetry read at full scale. These are the things a spec sheet cannot carry.

Can I bring a client as a designer or architect?

Yes. The working kitchen is built for the trade. Bring your client into a live demonstration, move to a private design room with screens when you are ready to work, and keep the relationship yours. Our house team stays in the background.

Where is the working kitchen, and when can I visit?

It is at 900 Sunrise Ave, Roseville, serving Greater Sacramento. A working-kitchen session is booked in advance and hosted by our team. Book a hosted visit and we will arrange your time.

How is this different from a display floor?

On a display floor the appliances are switched off and staged. Here they run. The only working Sub-Zero, Wolf & Cove kitchen in Greater Sacramento sits at the center of the building, and the rest of the floor is arranged around it.

Plan your visit

Bring a project to life in the room where the appliances are running. Sessions at the working kitchen are hosted and booked ahead: ask for a walk-through, or bring a client. Everything on the floor is available through the showroom team.

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