kitchen design dilemma - please help

[mum2015]

After various days spending on the plans, I have come up with two kitchen plans. Really cant decide which plan to go with.

Plan-A: Break the wall between Kitchen-diner and adjacent room and placed kitchen in it. That attached room has a door to garage, and garage will be converted to utility. It gives an overall bigger room but there is column coming in middle of island.

Plan-B: The little block cut off from kitchen-diner will have utility. Overall smaller kitchen diner because in this case, I have to cutoff a part for utility.

Please suggest which ones looks better.

We have similar to A. It means the back space is very open and flexible, which suits us when we have people (and more kids) over as we can move the furniture around to suit. Our neighbours are putting in your last version. They really want the kitchen to be the centre of their home. What's your priority?

Thanks for replies. The room is mainly for entertaining, so kitchen isn't the highlight of the room. Though since room is large and more than 3 sofas and a dining table larger than which can seat 8-12, looks odd. If I make a small kitchen, don't know what else to put in that room.

I am using Ikea kitchen planner.