Kenwood Chef Prospero

nell2

Have any of you seen this model which is in the new Argos catalogue and is also in the Lakeland catalogue. It comes with the liquidiser and food processor attachments, which is all I would ever need I think, and it takes up a bit less room on the counter than the normal chef. Has anyone got one? Any thoughts about whether this is a good buy or should I go for a bigger chef?

kodokan

Hi nell

I've just bought one of these this morning, to replace my terminally ill Kenwood A901 (which I got from Freecycle a couple of years ago, so fair enough). So far, so good - feels more solid than I was expecting, no flimsy bendy plastic attachments, nice satisfying clunks when you lock and unlock the hinged top and change the tools.

Haven't actually switched it on yet, though! If you can wait, I'll do a full product report in a couple of days, and let you know how it compares to my 'normal' Kenwood.

Cheerio

kodokan

TokSik

kodokan wrote: »

I'll do a full product report in a couple of days, and let you know how it compares to my 'normal' Kenwood.

Any update on this yet? Is it as good as the original chef ? TIA

vivw_2

They seem a good price here

vivw_2

Also a voucher code here for 10% off

SammyD_2

I bought one of these before Christmas and returned it...I felt that it was not set to mix close enough to the bowl. My Mum always had a Kenwood and used it all the time for baking, but with this one I couldn't get the butter and sugar creamed properly without manually mixing it to the middle of the bowl. It might have been just a dud one I had, but I was very disappointed.

thriftmonster

SammyD wrote: »

I bought one of these before Christmas and returned it...I felt that it was not set to mix close enough to the bowl. My Mum always had a Kenwood and used it all the time for baking, but with this one I couldn't get the butter and sugar creamed properly without manually mixing it to the middle of the bowl. It might have been just a dud one I had, but I was very disappointed.

I have a Kenwood Chef and found the same problem if you use the K beater as recommended. I shifted to using the balloon whisk with soft marg/ butter - no problems - it mixes really well.

seraphina

On the Kenwood Chef there is a nut you can adjust to alter the position of the beater with respect to the bowl. I imagine this is the case on the other Kenwood food mixers - it might be worth a go?

vivw_2

Has anyone any more information on this machine?

npsmama

seraphina wrote: »

On the Kenwood Chef there is a nut you can adjust to alter the position of the beater with respect to the bowl.

Where do I find this pls?

lilibeth

npsmama wrote: »

Where do I find this pls?

If you look on this link
http://www.kenwoodworld.com/Global/Instruction%20books%20(User%20manuals)/Food%20Mixers/KW89108%20KM200,%20KM800%20multi.pdf

Scroll down the PDF to page 5 'Troubleshooting' It has clear instructions and pictures.
But I'm not sure this will be the same on a Prospero model.