Pampered Chef - Real Business Opportunity or Scam
Pampered Chef, Ltd. offers a line of cookbooks, food products and kitchen tools, aimed at preparing food at home.
This company is the leading direct seller of kitchenware and kitchen gadgets. They are a subset of Berkshire Hathaway family business. The prime selling point of Pampered Chef is their multipurpose kitchen tools, mealtime techniques and simple recipes.
Pampered Chef was built by Doris Christopher in 1980 and the company began selling its items to homemakers in party plans similar to Tupperware parties. The idea is that home maker invites friends to her home and the products would be demonstrated and sold. Generally the Pampered Chef distributor would prepare food during the demonstration that would later be shared at the party. Over the years these products have began to gain popularity. Today the company operates in Canada, Germany, USA and the UK is gaining much popularity.
Recently, Fortune magazine has listed Pampered Chef as one of the fastest growing business in the United States. Large chunks of Pampered chef varieties are meant exclusively for their internal usage and they are not sold through the normal retail channels. Besides the U.S., Pampered Chef is doing brisk business in UK.
Pampered Chef - Products and Features:
The Pampered Chef website offers visitors many useful ideas as well as products. Pampered Chef’s most famous product is the food chopper which chops herbs, veggies and onions. The micro plane adjustable grate is another quite popular product offered. This tool will grate citrus rinds, garlic and ginger and includes a slider attachment that prevents bodily injury. A handy bonus is that both of these products are dishwasher safe.
Pampered Chef has great list of slicers, graters, choppers and more. These products are necessary in each kitchen. They have self sharpening knives, that make dull blades a thing of past. They also have restaurant quality cutting boards. They eliminate any concern about versatile utensils and bacterial contamination. On the contrary, they turn veggie platters and fruit bowls into a true culinary masterpiece.
In addition to the cool tools, Pampered Chef has great stoneware that distributes heat evenly for baking. Roasts come out more succulent and pizza crusts are crispier. There are even different sizes and shapes available. Pampered Chef is confident enough in their products that they all come with a warranty and some have lifetime guarantees.
Apart from kitchenware, Pampered Chef is also involved in social service. Each year, it dedicates May month to raise awareness about breast cancer. Till date, pampered chef, in partnership with other support groups has risen over $1, 00,000.