Gwyneth and Chris are cookin' in LA

LOOKS LIKE actress Gwyneth Paltrow and hubby, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, have finally succumbed to the allure of Tinseltown.

The pair have long resisted the usual move to Hollywood for any A-list couple of their calibre, by steadfastly remaining on the East Coast in penthouses in Manhattan or weekending in the Hamptons.

Not so any more. This week it emerged the couple have paid $10.45 million for a six-bed home in Los Angeles. But not for Gwyn and Chris those tacky, hacienda-

style behemoths; the new home is a tasteful estate in Brentwood, located in LA’s Mandeville Canyon. And they even got a good knockdown on the original $11.96 million asking price. (Its all relative you know.)

We know what a whizz Gwyn is in the kitchen between her blog and best-selling cookbook, so it’s no surprise that a major feature of this 743sq m (8,000sq ft) home is the designer kitchen by Windsor Smith. Smith told the LA Times, kitchens are the new living rooms, and so it is that this one has a deep farmhouse sink and an enormous table surrounded by mismatched chairs. Really? For that money surely they could manage a complete set.

Paltrow and Martin have been married since 2003 and also own several properties in London, including Kate Winslets former home.