For nearly 25 years, The Pampered Chef® has been helping to gather families around the table for quick, delicious meals that are as much fun to prepare as they are to eat. The business was launched in 1980 by company Founder and Chairman, Doris Christopher — an educator, home economist and mother who saw the need for professional-quality kitchen tools in the everyday kitchen. Capitalizing on her knowledge of food preparation techniques and her natural talent for teaching, Christopher amassed an inventory of what she considered to be “the essential home kitchen tools,” promoted them under The Pampered Chef® name and began showcasing them at in-home cooking demonstrations called Kitchen Shows. The tools and cooking techniques were an instant success, and before long, in an effort to keep up with the increasing demand for Kitchen Shows, she recruited and personally trained the first generation of Pampered Chef® Kitchen Consultants. Today, The Pampered Chef® is a rapidly expanding, multimillion dollar enterprise with more than 70,000 independent Kitchen Consultants across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany and has a reputation as the premier direct seller of high-quality kitchen tools. The author of the book Come to the Table (Warner Books, 1999), Christopher's success story has been featured in Fortune Small Business and on CNN-TV. She served as the chairperson on the Board of Directors for the Direct Selling Association, where The Pampered Chef® is a member in good standing.
