General Chat

I have just put away my trusted Kenwood Chef it has never let me down in the years I have had it . The fuse is still the same (I know that because it is a sealed plug) and my goodness it has been worked very hard , well brought up a family of 6 and baked every day when they were growing up and even now it is used at least 2/3 times a week , so how old is it? 40 years this month and bought for about £74 OH bought it for me I think as a sweetner as we had just been told we were being moved from Scot. to Eng,
Anyone else got anything as old as this?? :-D

I have just passed on my 40 year old Kenwood Chef to my daughter because I don't use it very often these days. The other day I went for a visit and found daughter and grandchildren mixing a cake in the Chef just as I did with my children when they were little. It made me feel very sentimental :-)

I too have a Kenwood Chef - tried to work out how old it is - about 45-46 yrs. Only had it repaired once - new brushes - it took a hammering I used to make my own petal paste and sugar paste (in the days when one could not buy it) and also made and designed every type of cake from christening to wedding.

Apparently these older Chefs are much in demand as superior to more recent ones with lighter bases.

I had a blender that went on the top of the Chef and it still works as well as the new ones.

My food processor is nothing like as old as that, only about 14/15 years old but I would just like to say how good Kenwood are about repairs.

Mine fell off the top of the freezer and wouldn't work, funnily enough! I thought I would need to buy a new one but took it back to the factory anyway. Not only was it repaired at a most reasonable cost but it came back with a new bowl on it as well.

Can't grumble at that.

My parents gave me their old Kenwood chef which I remember from the 70s about 15 years ago....never used it but wont part with it.

Monday I had their old Dyson off of them as they were going to give it to my daughter who has just got her own place....just realised that is 20 years old but works a treat....Daughter can now have my two year old Vax instead

Now I think that might say something everyone so far has only mentioned Kenwood. I might say my Mum's one was 30yrs old when she got rid of it in 1981 wish I had kept it bet it would still be going now, the funny thing is my family turn their noses up at such a large object they all seem to go for a smaller food processor I've nothing against them but wouldn't swap for anything. And good on Kenwood for the repairs I dropped my liquidiser a few years ago alas I couldn't get one but they did try:-D

My Kenwood Chef is also still going strong after at least 45 years. I broke the mincer attachment - my own fault - but the liquidiser that goes on top is still in constant use.

My big chest freezer is 33 years old so that's not doing bad either.

My God, this thread has just made me realise how old my Kenwood is,

Its not as old as some of yours but I won mine in a raffle in 1983 and yes even the attachments like the blender and grinder still works just as good as new,

I'm the main cook in our house, don't no how the OH managed all those year with me working away from home:-S

Think i may have been conned :-0

Roy

I have a Kenwood Chefette which is 45 years old. Not in daily use but still works well.

I don't have a Kenwood...... mine is a Sunbeam Mixmaster, had it for 41 years!

I confess, I don't know when I last used it.

:-)

I always longed for a Kenwood Chef, my husband would never let me have one.

We were given a Kenwood liquidiser as a wedding present, so nearly 40 years old.

It has a coffee grinder which was always in use when we drank proper coffee, I now use it to grind spices.

The blender bit makes soups, smoothies and spent many years making baby food.

An excellent product. M

Pensioned off my Chef when it was about 40 - probably just needed grease on the bearings but the chef wanted something a little smaller to fit our midget kitchen. Still in use, though, is a set of Prestige kitchen tools (egg and fish slices, palette knife, etc) with wooden handles - 44 years old and used regularly and the wood is still brown, no greying.

I can never remember a time when the ladle I washed yesterday was not here. One of the rivets has finally give way on it and a leg fell off the colander that has always been in the kitchen recently too.

It's wonderful to see how good workmanship has lasted and how many of us have our old things instead of buying new just for the sake of it (not like the young ones today) , wonder if todays implements will last as long, my g/mothers Hoover had a tiny little hoover?? and she had it for at least 50 yrs I of course threw it out when I got it as it was too small - how I wish I had it now it was so light bet it would still be going too - don't know how many vacuums I have had in the last 10 years at least 6 . Oh I still have the bread knife my Mum got as a wedding present in 1934 as good as new except Dad left it too near the gas hob and burnt a bit out of the old yellow handle but I would not be without it, keep asking kids who wants me to leave it to them in my will but they look at me as I'm daft :-0

I've still got a hand whisk which was a wedding present 48 yrs ago .
like nolls, I still have my mothers bread /carving knife which was a wedding present to her ( bone handle is still perfect ) that would be well over 70 yrs old now . iris

I have a Bamix blender bought in 1972 and used regularly - it's a wonderful piece of kit, wouldn't be without it

I have a 1980's slow cooker that was my Nan's....Dark brown in colour not that nice to look at but it is worth its weight in gold......I can still see my Nan making here chicken stew and dumplings in it now....LUSH..... <3

I have a hand whisk that was my G.Grandmothers, I would be lost without this too...its the best thing for whisking lumps out of my gravy :-(....my Nan would be shaking her head in disgust ...she was the best cook ever in my book....shame it wasn't passed down in the genes.

I HAVE A CERAMIC GOLD COLOUR CHICKEN FOR STORING EGGS
ON TOP OF MY CUPBOARD IT WAS A WEDDING PRESENT 45 yrs AGO

YOU HAVE JUST REMINDED ME IN THE LOFT IS A FOOD MIXER
THAT BELONGED TO MY FATHER IN LAW STILL IN THE BOX ,