Please tell me how to survive in a West facing kitchen

A cheap gazebo with sides, right up against the window, put the side down on the west facing edge

I remember when we bought ours .. we are south westerly although more westerly … we have two sets of bifolds… I’ve put some foil blankets on the outside for now… but electric awning will prob be the way forward

South-facing kitchen in SE of UK. We deliberately didn’t build a row of bi-fold doors as needed wall space. We keep Roman blinds on window and doors pulled down when hot and have blinds on velux windows on ceiling. The room ends up quite shaded. Your issue sounds horrendous but lots of options to help.

Goodness, floor to ceiling windiws overlooking a concrete patio in a west facing kitchen - were the previous owners of your house actual lunatics?

Short term solution - black out blinds.

Longer term, get external shutters and/or and an awning fitted and dig up tht patio and plant it with shrubs and trees.

I have a west facing kitchen. I have a big blind across the window and tend to open the back door a lot (dog wandering in and out) which seems to do the job. But then I'm quite heat-resistant.

Batch cook at the weekends and just microwave
Sandwiches prepared in the morning
load dishwasher in the morning with the dishes from the night before
Screen the patio with bamboo
Tall plants in pots

For ventilation we open the front and back door ( putting a child gate in front to keep the dog in)
Blackout blinds and curtains that we keep closed on the sunny side. We are East/West facing.

As many pp have said there’s lots of ways to overcome this OP and solving it won’t be difficult. Have you thought of having a wooden pergola installed directly outside the kitchen? Strategically placed tubs with tall shrubs will filter the suns rays, climbing plants will soon cover part of the framework but awning on the top would work too in the short term whilst plants get established. Bamboo screening is also a consideration and I believe that isn’t expensive.
The pergola would also create a lovely outside seating are for al fresco dining or if you have children, a place to play in the shade.
Think on about the slow cooker, batch cooking, having salads, even a BBQ……with a little lateral thinking life isn’t so bad.

Plant some nice trees or shrubs at the end of your garden. That will cool the garden, the house and stop the sun getting in your eyes.

That sounds miserable, especially when it hits at exactly the time of day you need to cook for children. We had a similar issue with a very sunny room and honestly opening windows didn't help much because the heat was already inside. What made the biggest difference was stopping the sun before it hit the glass, so external shading if that's an option, or reflective film on the glass. I'd also rely heavily on easier summer meals and anything that avoids standing over the hob for ages. It doesn't solve the room itself, but it does reduce the amount of time you have to spend fighting with it every evening.

Big tilting parasol, preferably on a heavy base WITH WHEELS. You can move it to block the sun on the outside of the window

We have a UV blind.
Lets light in but takes all the heat out. It’s brilliant.

You can UV tint the windows, makes a big difference.

I live in Queensland, where summer can be extremely hot, so know how you must be feeling!

Are your windows tinted? (They're standard where I am now but older houses don't have it and our last house you felt the difference) Also good insulation is important.

An awning or patio to block the direct sun without making it too dark. Then open the doors (ours are all screened). Lovely airflow without the intense heat. If not, thermal blocking blinds. Blockout blinds just make it hotter imo.

You need to stop the glass magnifying effect by stopping the direct sun being on the glass & directed into your house, if possible. The bricks retain heat as well.

Thermal roller blinds for your window, and thermal vertical blinds for your back wall. They will cost a bit more money because the material is expensive but they keep most of the heat away.

I live in Sydney and have a huge window on top of the sink facing N/E. In Summer it receives full sun from 11am until about 4pm and trust me, the heat in Sydney in summer is relentless. It's the best money I've spent.

Also get air/con. With climate change and temperatures on the rise, air conditioning is not longer a luxury in Britain, it's a necessity.

Get high LevelUV film fitted of the inside of all the windows, this will reduce the sun in the room hugely. Also why cook in this heat, give the kids a cold dinner, bread salad, cheese etc.

I've never understood the hate for north facing gardens. In the spring/summer, you have shade as well as sun!

Our awning definitely works for our west facing kitchen. Mind you, what also works now that the kids have left home and it’s only me and DP at home is getting a ready meal delivery service so I no longer cook.

I have photophobia and have temporary blackout film on my kitchen windows for half the year. I also have blinds. Sometimes I wear a baseball cap indoors to protect my eyes.

Blackout blinds. Keep them closed during the day. Air conditioning. Depends what your budget is.

My parents had big picture windows in a 1960s house with a wide canvas a striped awning ( it jutted out from the wall at least 6 ft like a shop awning plus venetian blinds and curtains over the top of the blinds . It still got still quite warm in the room, but kept the direct sun out and reduce the magnifying edge of the glass . If an awning g doesn't work because of the sun's position maybe you can o install a tall wide canvas screen ( a bit like a windbreak) on your patio to block out and reflect the sun before it reaches your windows.

In countries like Greece people cook their evening meal during the earlier hours of the morning . Don't use your big oven. If you want to bake or roast use an air fryer and/or microwave to minimise heat generated. .

Out door blinds.
Long tubs of plants against wall growing hops on lines that attach above eaves. Or non clumping bamboo or tall shade climbing plants lkke Morning Glory. Seek advice from a plant nusery and awning shop.

I would put up 2 washing line poles, buy sone of the study aluminium stuff that you use for car windows and on the days when it's sunny, suspend them from the line. Ugly, but only when used and can be folded away easily.

Have solar tint installed on all the glass, don’t do some hack diy job but get professionals in to do it with top notch film.

Then look at other stuff such as really large plots and put clumping bamboo in them, that grows several meters high, providing pots are big enough.

We've got south West facing garden and a large window and glass door. We open doors and window in early morning and keep them open for a while. Then close the windows and blinds and do not open them again. Even if you think it feels stuffy don't open the window while it is hotter outside, you'll just heat the house up.

And then eat salads or use the air fryer. Not a chance I'm using the oven etc