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If you know Chef’n you know we are foodies who love a home cooked meal. You know we’re also busy parents and professionals who want to save time and money wherever we can. When shopping for Christmas this year we’ve kept a sharp eye, trying to buy only the most needed, most creative gifts that we know will get used…well, the most.
Today, cruising through our favorite facebook pages, we saw a picture of the Stem Gem on NPR. We thought hooray! This little strawberry huller is a Chef’n Essential and at only $7.99 great stocking stuffer! Then we saw the title…
Now, we understand that yes, there are goatee shavers, small toe towels, and enormous counter-space eating apple corers out there. But what about the garlic press, the electric can opener, or the oyster knife? We think some of these gadgets are truly worth their salt. At Chef’n, we love making products like the Stem Gem that save you time in the kitchen. It’s also important we just make cooking a little more fun. Because come on, who doesn’t need a set of grinders equipped with their own knife and fork?
Linda Graebner, Chef’n Executive Chairwoman and recognized industry leader, will serve as panelist and moderator at the Chief Housewares Executive Super Session, or CHESS Conference, being held October 16 and 17 at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare.
The blue ribbon panel will be talking about a variety of issues including forecasts for the business climate in 2013. Other questions covered include: How does a company stay pro active about product development, while at at the same time remaining fiscally conservative? What is the best way to finance growth in today’s market? What sourcing challenges and opportunities are being seen in the marketplace?
The keynote address given by Keni Thomas, a member of the Ranger Task Force, an elite group that participated in the mission resulting in the feature film “Blackhawk Down”. Ken Harris, CEO at Kantar Retail Americas Consulting will present “Digital Marketing: Time to Hit the Easy Button or the Panic Button?”
Check out the great article “Cook Anything Faster” from the September issue of Redbook. Featuring the Chef’n VeggiChop!
How many of you love your VeggiChop?
We just had to post this feature about the most clever and colorful citrus juicers Better Homes and Gardens could find. Yes, our FreshForce Citrus Juicer was featured as a press with power no lemon can withstand. But to this little copywriter the best part was the clever title Pulp Friction. Love it!
Chef’n has won an award from Seattle Business Magazine for being one of Washington state’s 100 Best Companies to Work For! Chef’n and other local businesses like them, have “created better workplaces by addressing such issues as communications, leadership and culture,” said Leslie Helms, editor of Seattle Business. “As the economy recovers and competition for talent intensifies, these companies will have an edge.” 
We’re proud to be Chef’neers. We work here but we also cook, shop, eat out, clean our houses and hang out with our families. We’re busy but trying to be healthy and we know you are too. Thanks Seattle Business Magazine and to all of our fans! Just check out this good looking group at the awards dinner that night!
Chef’n Corp
- Chef’neers with Pete Carroll, Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks
- Blue Thunder at Best Companies Awards
Did you know today is “Learn about Composting Day”? We didn’t either but its true! Currently in the U.S. we reuse or recycle only about 3% of our food waste. Considering Americans waste 40% of the food we grow and raise, that is a lot of food waste building up in our landfills. Want to be part of the solution? Learn to compost! And there’s no better looking way than with our EcoCrock Compost Bin. Visit the links below to get started, and Happy Composting!
http://www.howtocompost.org/
http://www.gardenersnet.com/atoz/compost.htm
The EcoCrock Compost Bin from Chef’n
Chef’n’s Mini Burger Machine was reviewed by our friends at Good Housekeeping today!
3 Top Tools for Grilling
May 20, 2012 at by Sharon Franke | 0 Comments
According to Weber’s 23rd GrillWatch Survey, 71 percent of you will be firing up your backyard grill next Monday for Memorial Day. And you’re most likely to be cooking the old standbys: hamburgers, chicken, and steak. But if the folks who manufacture grilling equipment have anything to say about it, you’ll be grilling up a whole lot more. This year we’ve seen tools specifically designed for grilling meatballs, meat loaf, quesadillas, chicken legs standing up, and even s’mores. While we had a lot of fun testing all of them (you can tell from the picture above, that the s’mores maker was a big hit with my grandkids), three of them struck us as particularly worthy of room in the storage area under your grill.
For cute little hamburgers, there’s the cute little Chef’n Slider Burger Press ($7.95). It stamps out perfect 2 ½-ounce sliders, great for little kids or appetizer portions for adults.
What are you grilling this weekend? If you need help deciding, be sure to see all the recipes our test kitchen has to offer. For help setting up, check out Elizabeth Karmel’s post on how to get ready for grilling season.
To learn how we put consumer products to the test and keep you safe, sign up for a tour of the famous Good Housekeeping Research Institute. If you visit, be sure to say hello when you come by the Kitchen Appliances & Technology Lab.
To read the full post go to:
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/product-reviews/research-institute/3-top-tools-for-grilling
The 70 Power Players in the Seattle Food World
“Who keeps Seattle’s food engines running? Who has the power, the respect and the influence to set trends, challenge the status quo and reshape the culinary landscape? We sussed out the people and institutions who have had—and continue to have—the most substantial impact on how we eat, what we eat and what we’ll want to eat in the future.”
David Holcomb, that’s who! Our own CEO and Famous Inventor has been included on a list of 70 people and places that have the most sway over the city’s vibrant foodie scene. The list was compiled by one of its most influential publications, Seattle Magazine. What a great birthday surprise for Chef’n! Congratulations David!
If you haven’t yet, better head to http://www.facebook.com/ChefnCorp/app_28134323652 and enter to win a limited edition 30th Anniversay PepperBro!
Are you looking for informative articles, delicious recipes, smart weight loss solutions, and cool stuff? Are you on a budget and crunched for time but trying your best to be healthy and fit? Then tune in to Appetite for Health http://www.appforhealth.com/ where registered dietitians Julie Upton MS, RD, CSSD and Katherine Brooking MS RD share with you what to eat, they’re favorite new foods and how to eat right when you’re traveling or eating out.
On top of that they have a great Chef’n giveaway going on right now! February was Heart Month at Appetite for Health and to encourage incorporating more fruits and veggies into the diet they’ve teamed up with Chef’n to giveaway a Garlic Zoom, Stem Gem, FreshForce™ Collapsible Skimmer, PalmBrush, PalmPeeler and more! Ten people will prize packs worth over $70! To enter “like” Appetite For Health on Facebook here http://www.facebook.com/appforhealth and sign up for the AFH newsletter on their website. If you haven’t be sure to “like” Chef’n on Facebook too – we’ve been known do to a giveaway or two for our fans as well ;)
Julie Upton MS, RD, CSSD
Katherine Brooking MS RD
The SleekStor® Pinch+Pour™ Measuring Beakers have been named one of the five finalists in the Gadgets & Kitchen Tools Category for the 2012 Housewares Design Awards. According to an article in November’s issue of HomeWorld Business “Housewares Design Awards finalists were chosen based on design believed to differentiate a product with unique appearance and/or function. The judges considered appropriate aesthetics, innovative materials and technology, user benefits (i.e. performance, comfort, ease of use, safety) and market response.” Well, we think that about covers it. Congratulations Chef’n!
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