Hi. I'm thinking of buying either a magimix or kenwood chef for the kitchen.
This will be mostly for baking but i would like the food processor
capabilities aswell. Is the magimix any good for cake making or would i be
better off getting the kenwood chef which is designed for baking? Has anyone
bought either of these machines. How have you got on with them? Cheers,
Chrissy.

We've had the Kenwood Chef for over 10 years. It's the best. My parents
had a previous model for over 40 years. I think this argument will go on
national lines - the English and Australians seem to prefer the Kenwood,
with Americans preferring the Magimix - of course there will be exceptions
to this! I think it's mainly to do with availability of parts, attachments
etc.

"Paul Craven" > wrote in message
...
> Hi. I'm thinking of buying either a magimix or kenwood chef for the
> kitchen. This will be mostly for baking but i would like the food
> processor capabilities aswell. Is the magimix any good for cake making or
> would i be better off getting the kenwood chef which is designed for
> baking? Has anyone bought either of these machines. How have you got on
> with them? Cheers, Chrissy.
>

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:12:11 GMT, "Viviane" >
wrote:

>.... I think this argument will go on
>national lines - the English and Australians seem to prefer the Kenwood,
>with Americans preferring the Magimix ....

The Magimix is almost unknown in the US, where KitchenAid dominates, with
Kenwood a distant second.

-- Larry

Woops - got my brands mixed up!! I knew there was one that was popular than
Kenwood in the US. Thanks for putting me straight.

"pltrgyst" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:12:11 GMT, "Viviane"
> >
> wrote:
>
>>.... I think this argument will go on
>>national lines - the English and Australians seem to prefer the Kenwood,
>>with Americans preferring the Magimix ....
>
> The Magimix is almost unknown in the US, where KitchenAid dominates, with
> Kenwood a distant second.
>
> -- Larry
>

i have my mothers kenwood chef for the last 6 years and it is now about 30 years old....
it is still going like a trooper i would highly recommend the kenwood.. i use mine for making fruit cakes all the time the only problem that i have at the moment is that the bowl is getting a little small for me when i make a double batch of fruit cake mix. i am also in the process of working out which brand to get but i do know about the kenwood you will love it.....

In article >,
Viviane > wrote:
= Woops - got my brands mixed up!! I knew there was one that was popular than
= Kenwood in the US. Thanks for putting me straight.
=
= "pltrgyst" > wrote in message
= ...
= > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:12:11 GMT, "Viviane"
= > >
= > wrote:
= >
= >>.... I think this argument will go on
= >>national lines - the English and Australians seem to prefer the Kenwood,
= >>with Americans preferring the Magimix ....
= >
= > The Magimix is almost unknown in the US, where KitchenAid dominates, with
= > Kenwood a distant second.

Yeah, but KitchenAid is, in my experience, not nearly so well made
as it was when Hobart owned the company.


--
Charlie Sorsby

Edgewood, NM 87015
USA

In article >,
johannap73 > wrote:
=
= i have my mothers kenwood chef for the last 6 years and it is now about
= 30 years old....
= it is still going like a trooper i would highly recommend the kenwood..
= i use mine for making fruit cakes all the time the only problem that i
= have at the moment is that the bowl is getting a little small for me
= when i make a double batch of fruit cake mix. i am also in the process
= of working out which brand to get but i do know about the kenwood you
= will love it.....

Where in the US can the Kenwood Chef be seen/bought?

Anyplace, for example, in New Mexico?

Also what about on-line sources (in the US, of course -- trans-
Atlantic shipping on such a gadget is apt to be pricey...).


--
Charlie Sorsby

Edgewood, NM 87015
USA

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 12:10:20 -0600, (Charlie Sorsby) wrote:

>Yeah, but KitchenAid is, in my experience, not nearly so well made
>as it was when Hobart owned the company.

....which has nothing at all to do with a discussion of market dominance.

-- Larry