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Kenwood Chef KM336 Kitchen Machine

• Powerful 800w motor
• 4.6litre bowl capacity
• Gloss white
• Includes kbeater, balloon whisk, dough hook
• Comes with 1.5l Liquidiser and Splashguard

Delighted, 2008-06-19
I have never owned a Kenwood Chef before and must admit I was a bit dubious after reading the reviews but I am delighted!! A LOT less washing up than my previous food processor and so easy to use. Only one beater which works really well (we did have to adjust it slightly but it wasn't complicated) and now making my husband lots of gluten free bread and cakes.
Incidently the delivery was soooooooooooo fast I couldn't believe it!!

Richardson Sheffield Entertain Cheese Knife Set, 4 Piece

True Sheffield Quality, 2007-11-25
Aesthetically this set looks like a real quality item. The quality of the Sheffield steel knives really shines through. A must for any cheese lover.

Zap Ben 10 Printed towel

• Official Ben 10 printed towel
• Approximate Size: 150cm x 75cm
• Machine washable
• Great for the Beach or Bathtime

waffer thin, 2008-10-29
lovely print on towel, however, be warned its paper thin for such a large towel, but my son will love it.

Zyliss MultiPeeler, Electronic Peeler, Grey

Very Handy to have., 2008-11-16
I like useful gadgets in the home and decided to purchase what looked like an unique item. Generally I've never been satisfied with Vegetable peeler's until some months back, I found one with a sturdy thick handle and good blade. So I now have two.

This model takes 4 AA sized batteries and it't both pretty powerful and feels nice and chunky in the hand. The plastic blade cover is pretty useless and easily falls off. Poor retaining clip - actually zilch clip.

To give it a fair trial; I got two young female friends as well as myself to test both peeler's on Potatoes; Tomatoes and Apples.

They both liked the Electronic model but felt (as I did) that it had a distinct preference for working at it's own pace whereas you could control the pace of the conventional hand peeler. I don't feel that this is a criticism but rather an example of how fast people like any peeler to work. So for speed the conventional won pretty easily. However for delicate peeling - such as the tomatoes, the electronic one was better as the vibrating blade bit easily into the fruit whereas you "pushed" into the fruit with the other one.

So who would use it?

Well in a nutshell, anybody with poor hand usage and ability to hold and push as with an ordinary peeler, as it does it for you. It's slower of course, but is that such a big deal when you suddenly find you can now do things, you haven't been able to do for years?

I recommend it.

Bosch Tassimo TAS4011GB Multi-Beverage Machine, Silver and Black

Great little machine!, 2008-10-04
Coffee is one of those things that for some reason I cannot do - even instant coffee is beyond me! Seeing my guest's faces as I serve a perfect latte is just hilarious - there's no way I could ever do this without my Tassimo!

This is a great little machine and a big improvement over the old Tassimo machine. This new model machine is more compact and of a higher build quality than the old one. It has a larger 2litre water container which is now much less fiddly than before and can be very quickly removed/refilled with zero effort. You can prepare about 8 drinks before having to fill up the tank.

The hot drink is now prepared immediately with no waiting for the machine to warm up, it now takes 45 seconds from cold to prepare a standard drink - compare this to a kettly boiling which takes about double that time just to heat the water. A second drink can also be prepared immediately after the first without delay.

The quality of drinks is very high, it produces the best at-home hot chocolate that I have ever tasted! This maybe because the hot chocolate is made from syrup rather than the more commonly used powder. The coffee is also great and comes second only to freshly ground coffee - please remember it takes several minutes and a much more expensive machine to prepare coffee from scratch - this machine does an excellent job immitating those machines! I have not tried the tea so can not advise on those flavours.

The T-Discs (pods) themselves vary in price and flavour from brand to brand. Just standard Kenco coffee costs £2.99 (at Asda, Tesco etc) for 16 servings. This prepares a good regular tasting coffee at under 20p per mug. This is the same price for Twining's tea and Suchard's hot chocolate. For something a bit more fancy you can choose latte or cappucino from various brands including Carte Noire, for £2.99 or sometimes £3.49 for 8 servings which works out at 40-50p per cup. These items require 2 discs and so take a little bit longer to prepare.

Overall I would heartily recomend this Tassimo machine to any potential viewers but I must quickly point out a few of the pitfalls.

- You are limited to what coffee/tea/hot chocolate you buy - this is true of other pod coffee machines, but the Tassimo does have a very good selection to choose from.

- The portion size is too small for some people - hot chocolate is only 180ml. Latte/cappucino is 200ml. While most coffees are 300ml.

- Requires some cleaning (but not much)

Kenwood CH180 Mini Chopper, 300W

Excellent product, 2008-08-09
This is a fantastic little machine. I've had mine for a while now and have found it really useful for chopping and fine chopping veg (that's all i've used it for so far). It chops one small to medium sized onion, at a time, and although you need to chop things into large chunks (1/4's or 1/8's) to fit them in the small bowl, I still find this less hassle compared to handling and cleaning a normal sized processor. I've also found the bowl quite easy to remove and replace. The best thing is it hardly takes up any space at all in the cupboard, on your work surface or in the dishwasher and it's really lightweight.

Zyliss Peelers Range

George Foreman 12617 Next Grilleration Health Grill with Removable Plates

Very easy to clean, 2008-10-22
I have had a George Foreman before, but cleaning it could be a bit of a hassle until I got this one. It is very easy to use and extremely easy to clean.

It is a great price for this model and overall I love it!

The Yes! No! Game

• Stocked and sold by Kerfoots of Porthmadog - over 125 years of Customer Service
• For 2 - 6 players
• Take your pick of cards, but don't say yea or no
• suitable for ages 8 and up

Yes No Game, 2006-01-03
Fab game, lots of fun for all the family. Ask the questions really quickly and in different tones makes it more fun. Played it several times now and it still has us in stitches!

KitchenAid Classic Stand Mixer (White)

Brilliant Piece of Kitchen Equipment, 2008-11-17
I bought this a few weeks ago when it was reduced to £179.99, as an upgrade from having a Kenwood Chef Classic.
The kenwood chef was ok at mixing and kneading but this maching is amazing.

So far since I have got this machine I have made:
100 cupcakes
2 10" xmas cakes
2 8" xmas cakes
2 6" xmas cakes
3 birthday cakes
Pizza Bases
Beef Burgers
mountains of buttercream
scones

The mixer handles everything i throw at it with no problems. a 10" xmas cake is a lot of mix, 500g sugar, 500g butter, 9 eggs, 2 KG of fruit, 500g flour.

The mixer quite happily coped with the butter, sugar and eggs, half the flour and 1/3 of the fruit before the bowl was full, but i believe it would have happily kept going without any problem.

This is the ideal addition to your kitchen, and will take the hard work out of baking and cooking as it is so versitile.

And a snap now that is has been reduced further to £149.99