What You Will Learn
Chef Andrew Forlines, of CHEFAF.com, will illuminate the modern built-in kitchen appliance design, selection, and purchase process from inside the industry for designers and end users.
In this presentation you will learn which cooking techniques and technologies are prevalent in fine dining and modernist cuisine restaurants. These technologies are now available for the home kitchen, and you can learn how to design with them in mind.
As a designer, you can match clients with the type and style of home kitchen appliances that best suit their lifestyles and cooking preference. You’ll gain insight into steam ovens, induction burners, probe thermometers, sous vide cooking and other modernist cuisine technology. Finally, you can guide your clients through the kitchen appliance selection process and provide an awareness of the variety of options that the industry has to offer.
During this session, you will:
- Discover the up-to-date portfolio of advanced cooking technology available for residential built-in appliances.
- Destigmatize induction burners and embrace the all-electric kitchen.
- Identify client archetypes and match them with home kitchen appliances that suit their lifestyle and cooking preferences.
Featured Presenter
Andrew Forlines – Chef and Owner – Chef AF, LLC
Chef Andrew Forlines has spent several years in the residential appliance industry teaching home builders, kitchen designers and end users about all aspects of residential cooking appliances. He focuses on advanced cooking technologies and techniques from the fine dining restaurant industry that are now available for the home kitchen.
He trained and worked his way up the ranks for many years at the Five-Star, Five-Diamond rated, Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado. His career has always been at the nexus of fine dining, molecular gastronomy, refined customer service, advanced cooking technology, food science, and culinary teaching.
Chef Andrew offers consulting and training services for appliance manufacturers, retailers, and kitchen designers through his CHEF AF LLC label. Find out more at www.CHEFAF.com
Webinar Sponsor
Delta Faucet Company
Founded by Masco Corporation in 1954 with the introduction of the single-handle faucet, Delta Faucet Company is proud to be America’s faucet innovation leader, featuring Delta®, Brizo® and Peerless® products. A WaterSense® partner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delta Faucet is a global organization offering kitchen and bath faucets, showerheads, tub and shower systems, toilets, bath sinks and related accessories, selling products in more than 53 countries.
At Delta Faucet Company, we work together to make things better, whether we’re launching a new line of faucets, building a Habitat for Humanity house or helping a co-worker through a rough patch. We’re like a family – we trust each other, we’re willing to challenge each other and we always have each other’s backs.
