Kenwood KM400 / KM410 Chef Classic 750 Watts Stand Mixer

Pros: Professionally designed, lasts for ages if it taken care of, produces wonderful baking. Many attachments.

Cons: Weight and size generally of machines - lighter than Kitchenaid though. Availability internationally.

The Bottom Line: Perfect for the home baker.

Review: If there is one kitchen mixer which has withstood little cosmetic decoration but has earned a well rounded reputation, it has to be the Kenwood Chef. Perhaps spurned on recently by young chefs and cooks in the public eye, the Kenwood Chef is a machine ...

Pros: efficient and hard wearing

Cons: bulky and heavy

The Bottom Line: The Kenwood chef is a very useful appliance for anyone who enjoys the taste of home cooking.

Review:
When I was a child my mother owned a Kenwood chef, she still does! Her Kenwood is at least 30 years old and has been used regularly over that time with no problems.

When I got my own home one of the items I had to own was my own...

Pros: Powerful, stable, durable, pretty, large mixing bowel

Cons: None

Review: I purchased two kitchen Aid mixers and they all developed problems within the first month so I returned them with a decision not to buy this brand again. I then purchase a Kenwood mixer which I have used regularly for almost two years without any flaw. ...