More of the Miele Experience Centre…

Yesterday I promised to cover the posts by Feast With Bron and Source It, Cook It, Eat It, two of the bloggers who were among the seven that spent Saturday with Miele and ForeverBetter at the Miele Experience Centre.

Bron’s entry begins with imagery, the start of her Miele kitchen, before plunging into the details of the day. Arriving in time for the coffee demo, she was suitably impressed by the built-in machines,

“I tend to be hesitant about any coffee I don’t know but this was good enough to have another. So I did, getting to press the button myself!”

The rest of the day was spent split between four workstations, each offering a different setup. One had a steel plate for quick sealing, another had a salamander for the perfect grill finish, Bron worked out with a wok and a induction heated hollow and the final workstation offered a cast iron open grill.

Robin the man behind Source It, Cook It, Eat It mustered up, among other things, Malaysian tiger prawns. He like Bron was impressed with coffee and in his post passes on some facts. However it was the Miele name he was most intrigued by,

“I was interested to learn about some of the history of the company, since branding (especially cool and quality brands) was the topic of my dissertation. The heritage of the company goes back a long way; it being an innovator in a number of product areas since it was founded in 1899.”

In the experience centre this heritage is on display, in the form of products they created throughout their history. These include the moped depicted below - photo credit to Robin.

Go to either Bron’s or Robin’s post to read more, and don’t forget to check in on the other guys who came along.

If you’d like to get involved with this sort of activity, then drop an email to Claire telling her why you’re interested and she’ll get back to you.

How good are induction hobs?

As something of an early Christmas present saltireblue has promised his other-half a new hob and as they’ve no gas supply to the house is looking at the alternatives including induction hobs. As a novice in these kinds of things, he’s turned to the fellow members of the Land Rover Forums for their thoughts on the subject.

As an induction hob owner and whitegoods supplier, sherpa87 explains the benefits of induction cooking including speed: “faster than gas, takes about half the time to heat the same amount of water”, safety: “a lot safer, because the hob itself doesn’t get hot” and ease of cleaning: “if something does boil over it’s unlikely to be burnt on”.

All of which prompts saltireblue to make use of his decent year-end bonus and splash out a little bit extra on a Miele: “was originally thinking of spending about £750″, although for the grand he spent he got “auto non-boil feature, boost on all 4 zones, timer on all 4 zones” and a “5 year guarantee”.

If you’ve got any experience of induction cooking why not pop across and share your thoughts.