topic Re: Blue Jean Chef in Kitchen

Blue Jean Chef

QVCkitty1 — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:51:46 GMT

I really enjoy Meridith's videos on Facebook. Her recipes look delicious and she explains her technique very well . Also when she is on tv, there is no nonsense, just calm, pleasant presentations.🍝

Re: Blue Jean Chef

DukeBlueNan — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:12:15 GMT

@QVCkitty1 Agree! She's so professional and personable.

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Perkup — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:47:25 GMT

I soooo wish she could do some of the kitchen shows herself - and alone!! I suspect they don't allow others like Meredith to do their own shows because "someone" can't handle (or risk) the competition.

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Marp — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 01:01:56 GMT

Meredith did have her own weekly show, The Blue Jean Chef, for a brief period a couple of years ago. I don't think she found the format to her liking.

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Razzy 7 — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 04:56:27 GMT

@Perkup wrote:
I soooo wish she could do some of the kitchen shows herself - and alone!! I suspect they don't allow others like Meredith to do their own shows because "someone" can't handle (or risk) the competition.

"...because "someone" can't handle or risk the competition." Really? You think this has something to do with egos or that David (I assume that's who you're referring to) has that much power? QVC is a SHOPPING network - it's all about profit$, period. As long as folks are buying products when David is on the air selling them, he'll be on QVC. David doesn't own QVC, he's simply a hired hand - albeit an apparently quite successful one, but a hired hand nonetheless. He's a very experienced on-air personality who is good as what he does - selling. Meredith is terrific but is a professionally trained chef, not a pitchwoman. She adds credibility to cookware shows and products she and David present. Frankly I doubt that Meredith really is interested in doing a kitchen product show herself. Her strength is in cooking knowledge and teaching not pitching products. I can see Meredith having her own show - on the Food Network, not a sales network. And I do remember her briefly having her own show on QVC. It likely ended, not because "someone" couldn't handle or risk any competition, but because products weren't flying out the door fast enough or in great enough quantities.

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terrier3 — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 23:31:32 GMT

I bought her pressure cooker cook book - the recipes are fantastic...I haven'y had a "flop" yet!

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Tigriss — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 00:20:50 GMT

@foodie7 That was a jump to take with no names mentioned.

QVC is a shopping channel not a cooking channel, so Meredith's talents are better used in demos and on her Facebook page. She could start a youtube channel with great success.

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ANewHue — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 23:20:14 GMT

We enjoyed viewing her segments during the holiday break. Learned some new thing. She should have a show on Foodnetwork for sure.

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little daisy — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 23:24:47 GMT

Recipe for the blue jean chef for smoothie with pineapple, kale, ginger root, coconut water. It also had a pear

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momtochloe — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:18:19 GMT

QVC did experiment with giving Meredeth her own hour and the show was lovely but in terms of selling I am sure QVC knew it was a one and done as she is not suited to high power selling. Thank goodness for YouTube as this is a perfect vehicle for her talent. I thoroughly enjoyed her videos over the Christmas break and was very pleased that QVC didn't shove item numbers or selling techniques into her videos.

eta: Sorry @Marp I didn't see your previous post . . .

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Girlboss — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 04:57:28 GMT

I thoroughly enjoyed watching her during the Christmas Day programming and I recorded her segments. I wanted to print her receipes but not all of them were listed on her website. For example, I didn't see any receipe for the Green Smoothie. Does anyone know if those receipes exist anywhere else? I can write them down, but I'm just being lazy...

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KaySD — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 22:13:58 GMT

Three cheers for Meredith Laurence! Yes, her videos are great to watch. Although don't "sell" her selling ability short--I've bought more than one thing she demonstrated that turned out to be foolish!

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SharkE — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:39:56 GMT

I like her way of hosting. Pleasant

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Qshopper1991 — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:51:45 GMT

@QVCkitty1

Did you get a chance to see Meridith on Q when they were off the air during Christmas? I actually did and she was amazing. The recipes she made looked delicious. She made a homemade pizza dough, a Caesar salad made with homemade dressing, ribs - you name it.

Although when she was making the dressing for the Caesar salad, the seeds from the freshly squeezed lemon were in the dressing. I guess they forgot to edit that out. Lol.

But it was really cool watching her make so many different delicious recipes

Re: Blue Jean Chef

QVCkitty1 — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:05:19 GMT

@Qshopper1991 wrote:
@QVCkitty1

Did you get a chance to see Meridith on Q when they were off the air during Christmas? I actually did and she was amazing. The recipes she made looked delicious. She made a homemade pizza dough, a Caesar salad made with homemade dressing, ribs - you name it.

Although when she was making the dressing for the Caesar salad, the seeds from the freshly squeezed lemon were in the dressing. I guess they forgot to edit that out. Lol.

But it was really cool watching her make so many different delicious recipes

@Qshopper1991@Yes, I saw many of the segments, I especially enjoyed the chocolate souffle demonstration. I was so impressed by Meredith's style, I actually emailed QVC to compliment her, and I have never done anything like that.🌺

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Qshopper1991 — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:15:51 GMT

@QVCkitty1

I forgot about the souffle! Yes, I was very impressed with her technique. She made all of her recipes look easy.