topic Re: Food Vendors in Kitchen

Food Vendors

bajsf — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:50:13 GMT

What happened to the food vendors? I only see about 6 of them demonstrating all the products. Where are the others..I am tired of seeing the same few do all the products.

Re: Food Vendors

We rescue cats — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:55:20 GMT

I heard about one that was very popular but chose to leave because her products were copied and were then sold at knock-off prices.

Re: Food Vendors

rockygems123 — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:43:34 GMT

@We rescue cats wrote:
I heard about one that was very popular but chose to leave because her products were copied and were then sold at knock-off prices.

@We rescue cats

What kind of products?

Re: Food Vendors

They CallMe MRWILKES — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:29:19 GMT

I'm a bit curious about which guests specifically the OP is missing.

If there were products or names provided, researching what may have happened would be much easier. As is, it's too vague a question to be answered.

Re: Food Vendors

loriqvc — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:57:09 GMT

I believe the OP may be referring to the food *presenters* rather than vendors/brands. There has definitely been a shift over the past year to having a few presenters handle six or seven brands rather than just two or three; this may be due to requests from the vendors or it may be due to QVC trying to save money through the agency it uses for the brand representatives. (In addition, a couple of long-time presenters have moved on, and who knows if MarkCharles Misilli will return.)

I honestly don't find this to be much of a problem—the majority of the presenters do a nice job, sharing key details about the products and providing engaging presentations. If they happen to represent multiple vendors/brands, there typically seems to be the same level of quality in all of the presentations.

Re: Food Vendors

Caaareful Shopper — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:53:32 GMT

It's not just the food genre, it's a lot of items.

The brand rep that used to present only Duraflame heaters every winter, now represents several brands/items all year long. She does a fantastic job, so no worries.

Re: Food Vendors

Patriot3 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:55:45 GMT

Why have presenters? All Rachel B and Alberti do is talk over them and eat and talk w/their mouths full.

Re: Food Vendors

Caaareful Shopper — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:09:52 GMT

Also, food brand reps from HSN are now also food brand reps on QVC. The QVC Kuhn Rikon brand rep this morning is the same brand rep that presents many kitchen items in HSN. Pat James Dementri made note of it in her show, saying she [brand rep] is "from Florida." I noticed her right away.