Kenwood Chef Foodmixer

If there is one kitchen mixer which has withstood little cosmetic decoration but has earned a well rounded reputation, it has to be the Kenwood Chef. Perhaps spurned on recently by young chefs and cooks in the public eye, the Kenwood Chef is a machine which is used by food lovers regardless of whether you consider yourself a master chef or experimental. Appearing just before the 1950’s, the Kenwood Chef has been made with so many different bodies; it is still recognisable even from its first machine design. Forget Kitchenaid mixers for a start? Why? Because there aren't many aftermarket attachments available for use (there are only 10 similar attachments to ...

This is a serious piece of equipment. Try lifting it! So the first point to make is that, unless you have much more storage space and much bigger muscles than me, it is going to be sitting permanently out on your work surface. Is it good-looking enough for that? Definitely. Light battleship-grey in colour, which adds to its serious, purposeful aura, and with shiny chrome trim, it's an asset to any kitchen. The Kenwood Chef has not changed a great deal over the years. There's a 30 year-old one in my family which is not very different from mine, give or take the colour, some new curves and re-designed accessory fittings. And that one is still going ...

I love to cook. I like making homemade cakes, pies, yogurts, you name it. Generally I try to avoid feeding my family processed foods. Making everything from scratch is not only usually cheaper, but healthier as you control what goes in it. The down side is that when trying to do it all by hand, it is a lot of hard work and time consuming, especially when doing it for a family or aload of guests! Enter the Kenwood Chef. With its large capacity bowls, I can make small or large quantities of biscuit dough, sponges, etc. without tiring my arms and constantly having to mix yet another batch because I need more. This means I can make enough biscuit dough in one go to ...