Kenwood Chef

The Chef Mixer was an instant success in the UK and is still Kenwood's top seller today[update].

The A700 was the first model, launched on the market at the 1950 Ideal Home Show, superseded by the A700D with minor cosmetic differences and internal updates.

Its planetary action (which ensured the beater or whisk reached the outer parts of the mixing bowl) and various motor outlets for attachments made it very versatile.

In around 1983 a white with silver and maroon trim "Chef Excel" with slight changes in appearance was introduced.

The model, based on a KM200 but with an all-metal top arm, was finished in Aubergine with a special 'limited edition' plate with unique number, and a stainless steel mixing bowl.

There also is a version which has a cook-and-stir function, that is called "Cooking Chef" but has the bowl size of a Major type machine.

[citation needed] A much smaller model (which does not resemble the Chef or Major at all), the Kenwood Chefette, has also been produced.

Older attachments for the A701 that may be found second-hand say on the box that they are for "All Chef and Major Models", true at the time but no longer so.

This includes beaters, which need to reach to the bottom of the bowl, potato peeler, ice cream maker and others.

[citation needed] Many attachments (e.g. coffee grinder, slicer and shredder, cream maker, grain mill, liquidiser, tin opener, potato peeler etc.)

[2] The contemporary Kenwood Cooking Chef includes all the following attachments in its purchase price as standard: K-Beater, power whisk, spiral dough hook, stirring tool, flexi beater, food processor, steamer basket, and blender.

[citation needed] In North America, the DeLonghi DSM5 and DSM7, and the Kenmore Elite Kitchen Machine (re-badged DSM5), are the same appliance as the Kenwood Chef and accessories are interchangeable between them.