topic Re: Bob Warden in Kitchen

Bob Warden

snowshooz — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:47:08 GMT

Is Bob Warden still on QVC?

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m0rgan — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 20:43:03 GMT

Been wondering myself. Haven't seen him in quite a while.

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RE — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:26:51 GMT

I've wondered, too. The blue-jean chef (very nice lady) has been presenting all the Cooks Essential Products. Every now & then Bob will appear when he is demonstrating the Ninja products. Was he let go by the Q? Did he quit the Q? Why? Did he get a better monetary offer? Is he ill?

I met him personally at the Q a few years back. He was so very nice and genuine. So sorry to not be able to watch him anymore! Anyone know anything

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Daysdee — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 01:52:47 GMT

I like Bob Warden too and have noticed lately he is only on for the Ninja products and Meredith presents Cooks Essentials. I also wondered why. I like Meredith too. Seems like the CE line has become very small compared to years ago. I always enjoyed the helpful hints Bob gave.

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Mominohio — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:52:31 GMT

I used to enjoy Bob W. but in the last couple of years, not so much. I have noticed some tension between him and David V. (there were some threads about that awhile back) and I think a time or two he seemed almost inappropriate with female hosts. I kind of wonder if they just sort of phased him down with the intention of getting him out.

I know he does lots of Ninja infomercials, and was doing one for a vacuum cleaner as well. Perhaps he choose to move on.

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KYToby — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:46:23 GMT

I think he was phased out as a representative for the Cooks Essentials line when QVC restructured these lines a while back.

In addition to the CE line, QVC also had Prepology, presented by Eric Thiesse (sp?) and Technique and the Blue Jean Chef lines, both presented by Meredith Laurence. QVC has combined all of the lines under the CE umbrella, and Meredith will be presenting them all.

I think Meredith was chosen because many shoppers like her, and with Bob's representation of Ninja (and Eric's representation of other items), this reduced confusion amongst the viewers who may have assumed that these products were all by the same manufacturer.

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Reever — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:15:42 GMT

I think David Venable and Bob Warden had some friction and it was evident on the air as a few posters pointed out. Not sure what caused it but I remember reading about it.

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kjae — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:05:23 GMT

There are all different categories of vendor reps on the Q. Bob Warden has his own endeavors/company in the food industry. He was on when Bob Bowersox did the cooking shows. He comes in to present items when needed. Then there are those reps who are directly employed by the company-like the Algenist girl, Perricone, Christine from HP(gone now) and Nate from Dell etc. They present whenever their company has a product on the Q. Clairisonic has changed their rep recently. Chaz finally hired Gina--(

So maybe Q is not calling on Bob Warden as often. Jan Muller works outside the Q but is called on for Vitamix, Food Wrapper etc.

You do not know what their committments are outside of the Q. They are all trying to make a living.

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lolakimono — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:09:09 GMT

Interesting legal development from a few years ago...

http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/11d0810p.pdf

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kjae — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:43:36 GMT

sad, isn't it

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Reever — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 04:36:15 GMT

I always suspected David liked Meredith ""The Blue Jean"" Chef better than Bob. I think Bob Warden was closer to Bob Bowersox.

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RE — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:08:54 GMT

On 1/8/2015 lolakimono said:
Interesting legal development from a few years ago...

http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/11d0810p.pdf

Thank you so much for providing the court documents! I do remember (obviously some time ago) that he would mention his girlfriend on air & appeared smitten. I particularly do not like that the Q let him go before all the facts were in!

Losing his job, unable to publish his books and an attempt to tarnish his reputation by the woman he once cared for- what a shame! I noticed that when he is presenting the Ninja on the Q, he does not allow David nor Rick to interrupt his presentation! I guess Bob is really angry--and well he should be!

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Annabellethecat66 — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:17:31 GMT

I don't understand why there isn't room for everyone. Come on people. You have to realize that there are very few people in any of the 'cooking' or 'selling' kitchen appliances unless David is on. He's in almost every segment.

Not a complaint. It's just that they can only have but so much time for everyone to get on the air.

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Perkup — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:23:02 GMT

Could there have also been a problem with both Bob and David wanting to publish cook books? Back when I did watch (a long while ago) I did notice some tension between the two of them. I don't see David as someone who wants competition for power in the kitchen!

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scotnovel — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:16:05 GMT

On 1/10/2015 Perkup said:
Could there have also been a problem with both Bob and David wanting to publish cook books? Back when I did watch (a long while ago) I did notice some tension between the two of them. I don't see David as someone who wants competition for power in the kitchen!

Why does everyone always assume there must be a problem? People move on from jobs all the time, they change their priorities and decide to do other things. That doesn't mean there was a problem. There is info online that says he is working with Ronda Pierson on a new TV series with celebrity chefs.

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forrestwolf — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:19:56 GMT

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ValuSkr — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:26:38 GMT

On 1/8/2015 Reever said: I think Bob Warden was closer to Bob Bowersox.

I think so too. After Bowersox was let go, it seemed Warden's days were numbered too, by his own choice, theirs, or both. It's too bad, I like them both.

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Happydays — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:31:33 GMT

After reading the legal notice posted here, I see why Bob is gone. When I first started watching the Q, he would talk about his family and mention his wife. As time went on he never mention them, but one day mentioned a girl friend. So now we know how all that went.

I too miss him, and he writes great cook books.

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Caaareful Shopper — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:47:37 GMT

It's interesting how some definitive conclusions are made based on very questionable foundation of facts. I've seen Bob doing presentations within the last 6 months with David and there were absolutely no indications of any tension. To the contrary, they seemed to be getting along and enjoying the presentations wonderfully.

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Mominohio — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:09:15 GMT

On 1/14/2015 Caaareful Shopper said:
It's interesting how some definitive conclusions are made based on very questionable foundation of facts. I've seen Bob doing presentations within the last 6 months with David and there were absolutely no indications of any tension. To the contrary, they seemed to be getting along and enjoying the presentations wonderfully.

How come, when you see some limited presentations where there is no strife, the assumptions you are making are correct. But when someone else has seen presentations where there was definitely strife on air (and it was posted about on here by more than one person) those posters are deriving conclusions based on questionable foundation of facts? Unless you've seen every presentation from the time David took over, I'd say it's the pot calling the kettle black.