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Kenwood kCook: an affordable alternative to the Thermomix?

For those that love healthy food (but understandably don’t want to spend thousands on a Thermomix!), the new Kenwood kCook makes cooking nutritious meals quick, easy and most importantly, affordable!

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The kCook is an all-in-one multi-cooker, which includes a slow-cooker function, various temperature settings for simmering, reheating and boiling and three recipe pre-sets. Chopping, stirring and steaming are also sorted, literally doing all the work for you without even having to change the bowl.

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While making healthy cooking easier and faster with the chopping, blending and stirring tools, the kCook stands out from the multi-purpose cooker market at $699, affordable for families and ideal for busy people.

To make life even easier, Kenwood has curated a series of step-by-step recipes designed specifically for the kCook. The recipes include a pea and parma ham risotto and white wine chicken casserole, all available through a free app which can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play.

The Kenwood kCook is available in all major electrical retailers and department stores. For more information visit their website.

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Aussie Thermomix alternative weighs in on Choice scandal

It has not been a good month for Thermomix! Whoever knew such emotion could be attached to a kitchen appliance! Mind you, it’s a very expensive and reportedly life-changing one! The brand was subject to not only a product recall, but was also handed a Choice Shonky Award for ”shredding the public’s trust”. And in the process, it broke the record for public nominations.

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The people behind the recently launched competitor, MyCook Premium, want to remind people there is a viable alternative. Designed and manufactured in Europe by the Taurus Group, it works by induction, meaning it transmits heat through the air and by contact with resistors. As a result, they claim the cooking and cooling process is faster, with greater temperature control and a cooking temperature that reaches a high-heat of up to 120 degrees.

Hamish Ingham, head chef and owner of Bar H in Surry Hills and winner of the prestigious Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year in 2004, has been trialling the MyCook Premium. He said: “The induction heating is far better than any competitor models I have tried. It’s much faster and more accurate. And the steam feature is also far superior to similar machines.”

Like the cult Thermomix, it’s not cheap, at $1,890. Also like Thermomix, it’s only available through ambassadors via in-home demonstrations. There’s a special introductory price of $1,650 until the end of October.

Do you have a Thermomix? Do you love it? Would you try this equally expensive but lesser known rival?

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Sous vide: the chef’s best kept secret, now available at home

Last week, I was lucky enough to attend a demonstration of Breville’s latest kitchen gadget, the Sous Vide Supreme, by My Kitchen Rules judge and celebrity chef Pete Evans (yes, he of the activated almonds) at Sydney Seafood School. It was my first visit to the fish markets, where the school is based, and wow, what a fascinating experience! A great way to get the mind buzzing with fish and seafood recipe ideas!

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So, sous vide. Had I heard of it? No. But then we all know I’m not much of a masterchef and my kitchen certainly doesn’t rule. Literally translated from the French, it means ‘under vacuum’. I’d heard of boil in the bag fish (takes me back to my student days, with mashed potatoes please) but this is something way more sophisticated and, Pete assures us, used by almost every top restaurant in the world. Who knew? When you order that perfectly done steak, the reason it’s so perfect is because it’s been cooked in a plastic bag in a temperature controlled bath of water, then finished off with a flash in the pan! Fascinating! Some would call it cheating. I’d call it smart.

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