Kenwood Cooking Chef CE439
The basics
Hailed as the most advanced development in the history of Kenwood this imposing food mixer and liquidiser has the added bonus of an super efficient induction heating element built into the base. It features three stirring and eight mixing speeds, a 6.7 litre cold capacity, 3 litre cooking capacity, LCD display, dishwasher safe bowl and safety locks to guard against prying fingers.
It also comes with a plethora of attachments to beat, whisk, stir, fold, kneed and cook a huge range of dishes, has 1500W mixing power and 1100W cooking power to rival a hob plate.
The good
The original Kenwood Chef is a design classic, popular in both domestic and professional kitchens and capable of doing a dizzying number of tasks. But with the addition of an induction element in the base the chef can now prove dough, melt chocolate, make choux pastry, stews and risottos, even steam vegetables and rice using a the steam basket.
The Cooking Chef comes supplied with a stainless steel dishwasher safe bowl, K beater, power whisk, spiral dough hook, flexible beater, stirring tool, spatula, heat-resistant mat, splash-guard, steamer basket plus a food processor and stainless steel blender that slot on the top of the unit.
One of the other great things about the Kenwood Chef range is all the optional extras you can buy – take your pick from pasta roller, mincer, ice cream maker, citrus press and even a slot in centrifugal juicer.
The bad
At around £1000 you've got to be a serious chef to invest, especially as the regular Kenwood Chef costs under £400. The Induction hob is a great gadget but with four hobs already in the kitchen we're not sure anyone really needs another one.
The bottom line
The Cooking Chef from Kenwood is the Rolls Royce of food processors. With so many attachments included (and available to buy) there aren't many jobs it can't do in the kitchen. If you can afford it you'll have an appliance for life.
User comments (4)
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cookmaster27 July 2010
i have a better one at home the regular kenwood chef it is much better because the old one are the best
Report as inappropriateJackie28 March 2011
I don't think this is the first of it's kind. The Thermomix has been around for years and does as much if not more than the Kenwood on a smaller footprint. So sorry Kenwood you were beaten!!! :)
Report as inappropriatePeter15 November 2011
Bought it to replace a 33 year old Cheif that was worn out, leaking oil and just tired. Looked at a Thermomixer, neat but the Kenwood "machine" is much more versatile than the Thermomixer, and as a support for an Aga TC it is excellent, especially in the summer when you might not want to have the Aga on just to boil some spuds. If you want a reason to buy it try making risotto....it cooks and stirs and the result is resturant quality creamy rissotto, every time. The quality of the K beater, dough hook and whisk are so much better than the standard machine, heavy stainless vs light alloy. Making bread is so easy, the Panasonic breadmaker is also now scrap, along with the Magi-mixer. 3 itemas replaced by one: waht "footprint"?
Report as inappropriateFrederic06 January 2012
This is the best machine that I have ever used in a kitchen. I am in love with it. Really it is the iphone of the kitchen. Forget the Thermomixer' there is nothing that can beat this baby. It is so versatile , I have done a pastry creme, custard, ice cream, ganache, genoise, chocolate sponge, brownies, choux pastry, whipped cream, Italian meringue, French meringue, .......without touching a pan. Everything done by the kenwood apart from heating the sugar for the Italian meringue. The results were excellent. This was only the first time I was using the machine. When you think of all the other things that it can do such as pasta or sausages , there isn't really anything that can be compared with the Cooking Chef. The gadget show said that they cannot see the point of having a induction hob but that's because they don't know anything about cooking. It is true that the same machine without heating can be bought for under £400 but you will not be able to make genoise , choux pastry , slow cooking onion , risotto ...... all those preparation that require your constant attention. It is such a time saver. I used to dread having to stand with a bain-marie and a hand held mixer doing a choux pastry for 20 minutes..... no more. There is one bad point though , I think that at this price it should come with a complete recipe book specific to the Cooking Chef. Instead you have to go online to find recipes. That's not right. Let's not finish on a bad note, if you can afford it ,this is the best thing you will ever buy for your kitchen. I love it.
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