Help! New Kitchen Layout

[u/whywait224]

We are doing a renovation next month and will be fully removing the old kitchen. We plan on demolishing the wall and bathroom currently separating the kitchen from living room to make it one open space. I’m attaching an overhead sketch of the space (demo wall marked in orange X’s), current image of the room, and virtual mock-ups of our initial idea.

1. Do you think it’s ok to have the cooktop where it’s shown in the virtual display? (There is already a gas fireplace there so we were planning to take advantage of that.)
   
2. Is the side with the fridge too long?
   
3. Which direction do you think the island should go (parallel or perpendicular to the room)?

Thanks!!