King Country Kitchens
KCK Kitchens is a family business which has been running and satisfying customers for nearly 30 years. Our specialty area is our KCK state of the art spray booth and bake oven producing top quality truck paint finishes from matt to highly polished surfaces for modern/contemporary, traditional, country and classic styles.
We also work with Timber, Melteca, coloured glass, Stainless Steel, Formica, Stone, Plywood, Corian, Dekton, Laminan, Florim and Corian tops, Blum hardware, LED lighting effects and many other products are available. We are innovative and open to new ideas in design and materials, designing one off designs for customers.
Our Team
Richard Pethybridge
Richard is co-owner and manager of KCK and highly experienced kitchen designer, Richard has a passion for innovative design that works. He has 30 years experience creating and designing kitchens and with the experience brings practical and technical solutions to any design With the team of expert design and technical experience, KCK can design and build anything. Richard says "It's amazing to get invited into peoples homes and come up with a brand new design/feature and see excitement on their faces".
Wade Humffreys
Wade is a family man and has been in the trade for many years. He is a highly experienced tradesman. After completing his joinery apprenticeship in kitchens and furniture finishing, he works in the spray painting industry. This includes experiences in automotive, kitchen and furniture finishing. He is regarded in the industry as one of the top spray painters in the country. He has also helped us to develop and define our elite paint finish unique to kitchens produced here at KCK.
Steven Chapman
Steve is our most experienced tradesman at KCK and has committed his working life to perfecting his trade. He has trained many young joiners in the past and now works as Production Manager. His strengths are in the details and complicated joinery jobs where years of craftsmanship can perfect. Steve enjoys working with clients and understanding their needs and if anything needs to be invented or created that has never been done before.
Karen Pethybridge
Co-owner and office administrator Karen has worked on and in the business with husband and business partner Richard for nearly 30 years, and covers phone, office duties, advertising, and accounts. She also likes to spend quality time with family, friends and especially the grandchildren.
Alan Smith
Alan has been a part of our staff since 2021 who comes with years of experience as a tradesperson from Auckland and now enjoys the more relaxed environment of Te Kuiti. He is often cutting out and constructing kitchens and is also involved with installation in and out of the area. We are very pleased to have the extra experience joining the KCK team.
Shann Thompson
Shaan is our most recent staff member to join our team and he is presently doing a building apprenticeship where he brings his skills and talent to areas that are essential to the KCK business. Shaan’s kind and easy-going manner is a great asset to everyone.
Abel
Comes from the Philippines and has been working as a tradesman for the past 5 years. He is a happy and friendly part of the staff fitting into all projects.