We don't think cooking in a caravan is a success. Heating up soup or boiling an egg: fine. But you’d rather not start frying meat or fish because of the grease in the interior and the fact that you’ll have to sleep a little later surrounded by cooking smells.

To be able to cook outside or in the awning, we're building a foldable outdoor kitchen. After a bit of searching, we found a camping cupboard and a gas stove that we could assemble so the whole thing would still be foldable.

We used a camping cupboard from the brand 'Redwood' (De Vrijbuiter) and a gas hob (CAN FRN369) that we found at the shop Obelink.

The top is loose on the frame. In it we saw the cutout for the gas hob.

We covered the underside of the gas hob because that's where the vulnerable pipes and flame protectors are located. A hole is cut into the fabric of the top of the kitchen, into which the gas hob fits perfectly. And to ensure the glass cover doesn't open during transport, we used two super-strong magnets: one on the underside and one with felt padding that accommodates a locking screw for the hole. See the following photos:

Magneet kookplaat
Magneet kookplaat

The "Redwood camping cupboard" comes standard with a sturdy storage bag with a double zipper.

Even with a gas hob, it still fits in the same bag.

So far, so good. But by now, we also use the outdoor kitchen when we don't have an awning with us at all. In that case, some protection against the side wind becomes useful too. We're going to make wind flaps from the material of the worktop we cut out to mount the hob. These side flaps will be attached to the hob lid with an aluminium profile and Velcro. At the front, they will be fixed with magnets. And: if the kitchen is really outside, a cover against rainfall is also very useful. We forgot to take photos; that will come as soon as the kitchen is in use!