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Is it true? Meredith Laurence returning to QVC?

KLevineFan — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:42:24 GMT

Haven't seen any posts here...but FB comments are saying Blue Jean Chef is returning to QVC! I really enjoy Meredith, so hope it's true...but haven't seen confirmation here or on FB.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 03:10:36 GMT

They need to do something to revitalize the kitchen shows. They're dull as dishwater.

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Reever — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 03:11:34 GMT

@KLevineFan wrote:
Haven't seen any posts here...but FB comments are saying Blue Jean Chef is returning to QVC! I really enjoy Meredith, so hope it's true...but haven't seen confirmation here or on FB.

is there anyone who can provide confirmtion of this? Will she return as a Cooks Essenitals vendor or in some other capacity. Also miss her mentor Bob Warden. Used to love the banter between the two Bobs (Warden and Bowersox)

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homedecor1 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 03:52:51 GMT

I'll believe it when I see it! So many "rumors" get started on social media🙄

Although, I was watching in the beginning her cooking segments but lost interest. I guess when vendors & hosts leave they start social media platforms, then, it fizzles out🤷‍♀️

I really am not enjoying Aaron McCargo doing Cooks Essentials -- I think the "skype" transmission is terrible & he really doesn't do anything but sell. I thought it would be different yet everything about ITK shows is about selling food which doesn't interest me.

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MarkeieMark — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:15:58 GMT

They should be so lucky. Her Christmas cooking show a couple year's ago was so professional, and so good. I highly doubt it.

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deedledeedeedle — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:13:09 GMT

oh, I hope this is a true rumor. Love and miss the Blue Jean Chef.

dee

@KLevineFan wrote:
Haven't seen any posts here...but FB comments are saying Blue Jean Chef is returning to QVC! I really enjoy Meredith, so hope it's true...but haven't seen confirmation here or on FB.

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Emmie1165 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:20:49 GMT

David actually mentioned this possibility on one of his Coffee Talks. So I think it is true. He also alluded to writing another cookbook!

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SharkE — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:56:44 GMT

Everybody has a book to plug.

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Mimi 1883 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 14:12:36 GMT

@KLevineFan That would be great. 🤞 She was one of the few that I actually enjoyed watching. I think her presence would give QVC a needed boost.

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kelsey17 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 14:30:41 GMT

I enjoyed her in the past also.......would have liked to have seen her talents/suggestions more....it got to be more just another sales pitch after a while.

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loriqvc — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 17:02:45 GMT

I love the Blue Jean Chef and her recipes, so I follow her on Facebook and get her daily e-newsletter—which means I often receive communications from her multiple times every day—and she has made no mention of this, so I'm guessing this is all pure speculation. I would not be surprised if she came back to QVC to promote a new cookbook when she writes one, but she is quite busy right now and even just launched a new series of cooking classes through Zoom.

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Reever — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:12:53 GMT

Id like to see her be assigned as "host" on some of the kitchen shows. Why pigeon hole her with Cooks Essentials Brand items ? She surely could sell and demonstrate all kitchen items.

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hellokitty — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:26:22 GMT

That would be wonderful. I don't care for the CE representative. I also don't care for watching the vendors from home.

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chrystaltree — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:31:31 GMT

I would only believe that if the "Facebook comments" came fro Meredith herself.

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Razzy 7 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:58:57 GMT

I suspect it's just a rumor but why doesn't anyone who wants to know, just contact Meredith? I can't imagine why she'd want to retur to QVC. When she was associated with QVC, she was the Cook's Essentials person and now they have Aaron McCargo so it's unlikely that Meredith is returning.

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Razzy 7 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:02:07 GMT

"You miss her mentor, Bob Warden?" Bob Warden, Meredith's mentor? No way. Meredith is a graduate of culinary school and a professional chef. No way was Warden her mentor. He was/just a product pitchman with no professional culinary training.

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Razzy 7 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:03:51 GMT

Agree, the Skype transmission of McCargo is terrible. I suppose if he continues in this role, they'll upgrade the equipment he's using from his home. Right now it looks like he's broadcasting from a dungeon.

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ULY — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:37:25 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
They need to do something to revitalize the kitchen shows. They're dull as dishwater.

IMO there are certain kitchen items (cookware) unable to be effectively demonstrated w/o actual chefs or those with training in person in studio.

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beach-mom — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:44:23 GMT

Oh I hope so! I also get emails from her, and I've seen some of her cooking classes. Some of her recipes are our favorites!

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Reever — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 03:31:21 GMT

Bob Warden sadly disappeared from QVC several years ago. Many appreciated his down to Earth style and recipes.I know I own a pressure cooker cookbook that he wrote. A few people on here commented that he had a fallng out with his girlfriend and may have left due to emotional stress but no one ever said with certainty why he disappeared after all those years as the Cooks Essentials Representative.