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Background
In the old tradition of bringing families back together at the dinner table, the Pampered Chef is there with recipes and kitchen products to help prepare a delicious meal. Back in 1980, Doris Christopher founded Pampered Chef targeted to the family dinner environment. Though not a chef herself, she was a working mother who realized a need for terrific working kitchen tools at a reasonable price. Incorporating her teaching experience, she showcased the Pampered Chef product line with in-home cooking demonstrations.
Products
The Pampered Chef product line includes professional-quality kitchen tools such as:
Kitchenware - Such as peelers and measuring tools
Pampered Chef Cookware - Including skillets and stainless sauce pans, as well as rice cookers and serving ware
Stoneware - High quality baking tools
Bakeware - For making delicious cookies, cakes and pastries!
Bamboo - Including tongs, bowls and cooking sets, etc.
Cutting Edge - The high-class professional-quality cutting ware that no kitchen should be without
Miscellaneous - Other products include outdoor serving sets and BBQ tools, and items great for entertaining guests such as serving platters, napkin rings, table placements, etc.
Distribution
Pampered Chef products has a complete line for kitchen preparation and serving family and friends. The company has chosen individual direct sales as its method of distribution. Pampered Chef consultants perform in-home cooking demonstrations also known as "Cooking Shows." The company claims consultants have held in excess of 1 million Cooking Shows each year with more than 12 million customers using their high-quality products.
Structure
There are about 750 corporate staff members at the Addison, Illinois Pampered Chef headquarters. Their distribution sales force is comprised of about 60,000 independent Pampered Chef consultants around the world.
The Pampered Chef Consultants have eight levels to achieve their goals, going from direct sales to National Executive Directors. With no requirement to keep inventory in your home, Pampered Chef has made it simple to enter the business as an independent distributor. The company provides web courses, tele-classes, local sales meetings with advanced sales reps, as well as national events to help give you the training you need to make a successful career.
All Pampered Chef Consultants are given marketing tools including brochures, catalogs, and a personalized website. The Consultant is required to buy their own demonstration kit but for a reduced price of $155 rather than the $570 value but they are not required to stock inventory.
The Pampered Chef consultants are free to choose their own hours, full-time or part-time. The company doesn't have quotas. You can decide your own goals. Income is commission based on a sliding scale of amount sold per show. 20% is minimum commission, with 25% commission for sales of more than $4,000 in an individual show. Average earnings are around $1,300 per month for performing just one show a week. As with any mlm, building your own team of distributors improves your income but you can also earn jewelry, free vacations and other products.
Pampered Chef Consultants don't only earn money and a great living, but they can also earn vacations and free products. All the tools an individual would need to succeed as a Pampered Chef consultant are provided from the variety of help and training and the one-on-one time with other consultants and directors making this a remarkable opportunity for a full-time or part-time career.
