When Clarke opened its first showroom in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, more than a quarter-century ago, one of the defining features was live cooking. “There’s nothing more captivating when designing a kitchen than to walk into an appliance showroom and smell the aroma of cookies baking,” says Clarke President Sean Clarke. “For that reason, we have evolved into a place where homeowners can design a kitchen using all of their senses: sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste. The importance of the last two (smell and taste) have inspired us to hire and train one of New England’s finest culinary teams.”