The other week I came home to find something very exciting in my front porch. It was my brand new Kenwood Titanium Chef. This was my early birthday present to myself, and I hope I get enough birthday money to pay my credit card bill off!
I’d spent weeks researching and agonizing over which mixer to get. Looking at websites, reviews, catalogues. I finally decided on a Kenwood Chef because you can get so many attachments for them (I’m hoping to get the mincer and mini-mill soon, and I’m seriously considering the ice cream maker), and it has an excellent reputation for durability and efficiency. Then I spent more time trying to decide which model to get (more poring over websites, reviews, catalogues). I opted for the Titanium because I’d also been considering buying a food processor, and this model comes with that attachment as well as blender (something else I didn’t have).
I’d read on reviews that the box was huge, this wasn’t an exaggeration. It was heavy too! I managed to slide it into the living room, and decided to unbox everything there and move them separately into the kitchen, much less taxing! My cat was very interested in the box for all of a minute, it mustn’t have smelt enough like food so he then ignored it. I, on the other hand, was like a kid at Christmas, I couldn’t wait to unpack everything. 
In the box there was:
- The mixer
- Glass blender
- Food processor with knife blade, thick slicer/shredder, thin slicer/shredder, and a julienne disc
- K-beater
- Flexi-beater
- Dough Hook
- Whisk
- Splashguard
- Spatula
- Spanner (to adjust beaters if necessary)
- Instruction book
- Leaflet about attachments
- Recipe Book
- Recipe CDROM
Anyway now my kitchen has been brought out of the kitchen gadget dark age into the bright and shiny technological age, literally, the machine is very shiny! I’ll be doing more posts on the attachments, so look out for them. You’ll also notice my Chef featuring in my recipe blogs too. I’ve already made cakes, buttercream frosting, whipped cream, and bread in it so keep checking my blog for posts on them and other goodies in the coming weeks!
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Cooking with Corinna 
Oh, this looks nice! I am at a loss, my Kitchen Aide is slowly dying! Apparently they use plastic gears now! grrrr. I need to find a new one before I am stuck kneading by hand! I love the scraper, that is very cool! I will be curious to see how you like it!
I’ve used it quite a bit already, and I don’t know how I managed before, even with a hand mixer! I’ve done one batch of bread and that turned out great!
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I got a new Kenwood Premier Chef in May as an early birthday present (I really wanted a KitchenAide but that’s another story!) I got the multi-mincer with mine and have already made homemade sausage. It’s funny how I really want to make more things now just so I can use it! My cats also loved the box and I still have it out in the conservatory. They still love to go into it. 🙂
My cat is a fiend for sleeping in boxes too, sadly I didn’t have any free space in the house to put it out for him.
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I am using the k beater to cream soft butter but it always sticks to the sides of the dish and stops moving in the mixing bowl and so it doesnt soften sufficiently what am I doin wring
You might need to adjust the height of you K-beater (check your instruction manual).
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As a professional chef we use Kitchen Aid at work in the kitchen but at home I use a Kenwood Chef and I love it, I have loads of attachments for mine including the Ice Cream maker, Mincer, Blender, Food Processor and the Mill it is a fantastic piece of kit and if any of the Kitchen Aid break at work I shall be replacing them with the Kenwood
I looked at Kitchen Aid when I was deciding which mixer to go for, but I was more impressed with range of attachments for the Kenwood, and I think they look more sturdy and serious.
I’m surprised you use Kitchen Aids at work, I see them in a lot of foody TV shows, but mostly the celeby type ones, where I imagined they chose them more for their design and colour range. I noticed in Raymond Blanc’s last series that they use Kenwoods at Le Manoir, and Cooks to Market have Kenwoods in their professional kitchen.
I love my ice cream maker, and I just used the mincer for the first time at the weekend. I was amazed how quickly it minced the meat, and it made the tastiest, best textured mince I’ve ever had. I won’t be going back to shop bought mince again!
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i have just brought a kenwood chef premier, i have made love light fluffy victoria sponges with a standard electric mixer for years and was looking forward to using my kenwood chef and have been completely disappointed with my sponges, they are rising but they are either dense in texture or have a fatty texture, i am using the same ingredients i always use, so any idea what i am doing wrong? i use the creaming method, ie cream butter and sugar then adding eggs then folding in flour. i also tried the all in one method but neither has worked. please help.
This is the recipe and method I use to make Victoria sponge with my Kenwood: https://cookingwithcorinna.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/victoria-sandwich-with-freshly-whipped-cream/
You could try experimenting with the speeds you use, or it may be that your beater is positioned too high and ingredients are being combined properly at the bottom of the bowl. The manual will tell you how to adjust that.
thank you, i will give it a try and let you know how i get on.
i tried your recipe, and my cake has turned out lovely, i must have been over beating once i put the eggs in, thank you very much for your help, i can now enjoy my kenwood chef.
Great, I’m glad it worked out for you.
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Hi Corinna
I release this is years later but I thought I’d try you as I can’t find the answer I’m looking for…
I’ve just got myself a Kenwood Titanium Major. Very exciting. But I’m having issues removing the connector from the food processor so I can wash it. Any ideas? Have you experienced anything similar?
Thanks
Hi,
I do find mine a bit stiff sometimes. I find the best way to remove it is by attaching it to the Kenwood and lifting the bowl off the connector.
Hope this helps!
Oops, *realise
I’ve just recently bought my titanium 010 and it is a dream
Some of the disks are confusing me though e.g which is the best for doing cheese? Can you shred the likes of chicken for the likes of toasted sandwiches
What do you use your disks for?
I assume you’re talking about the food processor discs. I don’t actually use mine all that much. When I do it’s usually just the slicing blades to quickly chop carrots and celery for soups. I find for small quantities it is just as easy to use an ordinary grater or a knife. I’m afraid my only advice is just to have a few experiments and see which you prefer. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help!
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