Traditional Home and Thermador ” Great Kitchens” Getaway

I have been waiting to share my trip to Thermador and Traditional Home Magazine. 2nd Annual “Great Kitchens Event” and now seems like the perfect time since the online magazine featuring the event went live this week. I was joined by a fabulous team of designers and lifestyle bloggers from across the country; Dana Wolter, Nancy and Eric Dalton, Karen Williams, Lisa Mende, Beth Le Manach, Jennifer Markanich, Karin Edwards, Kelly Morriseau and Courtney Price. To read the “Great Kitchens Event” on Traditional Home website, access the online magazine here . You will learn more about our experience, see pics of us cooking together and find the fabulous recipes from the event. Anyone entertaining during the holidays will want these recipes. Everything we made was pretty, easy and so delish! There are also many helpful cooking and entertaining pointers in the article as well.

While in California, our group were guests of the Thermador Experience Showroom. We learned valuable information about this leading luxury appliance brand, engaged in discussion about cutting edge kitchen appliance technology, and participated in interactive cooking sessions in the amazing Thermamdor Theater Kitchen. We also had a competitive social media cooking contest! I’ll tell you who won that later. Designers and bloggers from across the United States were invited to the event to learn more about Thermador and celebrate the Traditional Home Magazine’s online issue of “Great Kitchens.”

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After breakfast, we toured the showroom and learned about the appliances from Graham Sadtler, who is a product designer for Thermador. The showroom has several kitchens designed to show case the Thermador appliances in an active environment. The kitchens range in design aesthetics from traditional to contemporary. It is interesting to see how many ways their appliances can but designed to create custom options to suit any cooking style. If you live in the Irvine area, you should make an appointment to visit or take clients who are considering Thermador appliances. One trip to the Thermador showroom and they will be sold! The showroom is 17,000 sq feet. Anything and everything Thermador makes is here for all to experience.

There were small demonstrations in each kitchen to educate us on features that set the Thermador products apart from their competition. We really enjoyed this demonstration by

Richard Hackett. He asked who wanted to try premium scotch on the rocks. Of course I raised my hand. He had us all fooled. As we slowly sipped, we discovered the scotch was ice tea! The point of the exercise was to show how the Thermador ice cubes allow the liquid to circulate around the cubes, unlike other ice cubes which clump together as they melt. This keeps your beverage cooler and prevents your drink from being watered down in taste.

Tim Anton demonstrated the attributes of the Thermador Steam oven by cooking a 14 lb turkey. The steam oven looks small, but it held this big turkey like a champ! They say seeing is believing, so after experiencing this, I am now a believer. The turkey went in frozen, was defrosted, steamed and cooked on convection for a total of 90 minutes! We were all amazed at how fast the Thermador Steam Oven cooked a frozen turkey this large. I don’t eat meat but those that tasted it, said it was cooked perfectly with a crispy, golden brown skin. It smelled amazing while it was cooking, even to someone who doesn’t eat meat. We were all dreaming of owning a steam oven by Thanksgiving.