Taking a Look at the Pampered Chef Work at Home Business Opportunity

A Home Business Article Contributed by Cassandra L. Keller

Taking a Look at the Pampered Chef Work at Home Business Opportunity

Are you interested in starting your own work at home business, but don't have a special skill you want to capitalize on? Or maybe, you don't have a lot of money to invest into a new venture. If this sounds like you, maybe working for a direct-selling company is the answer to your work at home business needs.

The Pampered Chef is one such company that can allow you the flexibility of working in your own home business.

The Pampered Chef Work at Home Business Opportunity

The Pampered Chef, globally based in Addison, Ill., is a direct seller of guaranteed, professional-quality kitchen tools and pantry items. These items include, but are not limited to cookware, preparation tools, and kitchen gadgets such as the apple/peeler/corer/slicer and ice shavers. The Pampered Chef's star money maker are kitchen shows led by kitchen consultants who use their expertise to demonstrate the products by cooking and preparing meals in the private homes.

In 2000, more than 1 million kitchen shows were hosted in the United States. Sales for that year topped $700 million.

How the Pampered Chef Work at Home Business Opportunity Began

The Pampered Chef was founded in 1980 by Doris Christopher, an education, home economist and mother.

How You Can Make Money Participating in the Pampered Chef Work at Home Business Opportunity

To become a kitchen consultant, you must pay an initial start-up fee of $90 to gain access to the company's tools and products. This fee includes $350 worth of products and supplies, including extensive support technological support. The products you receive will be used to prepare and cook meals at the kitchen shows. Prior to this you are teamed up with a kitchen consultant who will assist you in booking shows to sell Pampered Chef products.

The kitchen consultant is also responsible for organizing, developing and maintaining an independent business. In return, they are allowed the convenience of flexibility with their hours and sales goals.

Along with selling products via kitchen shows, consultants also host shows at bridal expos and earn income through their own Pampered Chef Web site supported by the company for a small fee - less than $10 a month. The Pampered Chef also features fund-raisers and bridal shower shows as part of its business.

Commission rates for shows start at 20 percent and increase as your sales increase. You can also earn additional money by recruiting new consultants.

The company also provides incentives in the form of free products, jewelry and vacations.

You can sell Pampered Chef items in several locations across the world. The company has home offices and consultants in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany.

If you are interested in the Pampered Chef home business opportunity, call (800) 266-5562 to receive a general letter and a catalog in the mail. You can also visit their Web site at www.pamperedchef.com, to learn more about the Super Starter Program and to team up with a recruiter.