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No. Weight distribution is what it is, and doesn't change.  It's designed that way and should be kept as original. You would probably never be able to get the noseweight right.

Jim

Imagine the trailer is like an old fashioned set of scales with the wheels as the pivot in the middle.  The trailer is designed to have a certain downward force on its nose to keep the hitch pressing on the tow ball.  The figure will be quoted in the handbook somewhere.  You need to load the trailer so that the noseweight is right.  Caravanners (should) use a nose weight gauge to check this when loading up as they carry so much junk.  If the noseweight is incorrect, the loading of the tow bar will be wrong.  The handling of your car & trailer will be altered if a big heavy lump like a kitchen is detached.  You may never notice this until the time you need to brake at 60 MPH going down a wet hill with a queue of traffic ahead of you. 

Check your campers nose weight limit in the handbook, borrow a nose weight gauge (or use a piece of wood fitted in the hitch resting on your bathroom scales) & then see what removing the kitchen does for it.

i belive your kitchen unit closes so it is inside the trailer unlike the conways/suncamp?if so i think you can leave yours off as it won't affect the balance in the same way.

you still need to check the nose weight but unlike the conways your axle won't have been moved to have the kitchen hung on the back.