The Pampered Chef

The Pampered Chef is a direct sales company founded in 1980 which sells kitchen items. Since 2002 it is part of the Berkshire Hathaway group of companies that are owned by the major U.S. investor Warren Buffett.

History

The housewife Doris Christopher founded the company The Pampered Chef in Addison in 1980 near the city of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. To earn money without leaving home and their two small children to leave, she hosted cooking shows for friends, in which she introduced kitchen helpers and gave cooking tips. Your concept worked and over time more and more people were part of The Pampered Chef. Between 1995 and 2001, the operating income grew 49% compared to the rest of the industry by 232 %. In 2002, the major U.S. investor Warren Buffett bought The Pampered Chef for $ 1 billion and integrated it into his Berkshire Hathaway group of companies.

Today the company is represented outside of the U.S. in many countries. Especially in the UK, Germany, Canada, and since this year in Mexico, Articles both in the hobby, as well as in professional appeal. In England was celebrated in 2009, the first successful decade and moved to a larger office. In addition, 500,000 pounds were as the revenue that has been made with special products, donated to cancer research.