Kitchen

[coffee drinker]

I'm hoping with all the QVC & HSN product and guest vendor crossovers, Curtis Stone and his sous chef Rochelle (sp?) Will be 2 of them.  That would be a change I would welcome and watch.  How about you?

ETA correct Curtis' sous chef's name. 

[Krimpette]

I can't recall QVC ever having professional chefs.  HSN has always had a few....Curtis Stone, Wolfgang, Ming Tsai, to name a few.  I prefer they stay on HSN because they often have free shipping deals on their shows.  Not sure QVC would buy into that.

[chrystaltree]

I think the crossovers have been all QVC to HSN.  It's all one sided.

[noodleann]

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@coffee drinker wrote:

I'm hoping with all the QVC & HSN product and guest vendor crossovers, Curtis Stone and his sous chef Renny (sp?) Will be 2 of them.  That would be a change I would welcome and watch.  How about you?

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It would be interesting to see him bring out a premium line just for QVC, like large sets of the cookware with stainless steel exteriors (unpainted). He did that with knives; he had a line made in Japan by Yaxell that was very pricey, and then he had the "Samurai" line, which is still offered on HSN (the Santoku). The Yaxell knives blew the Samurais out of the water. I returned the 2 Samurais I'd bought from HSN and have several of the Yaxell knives. They're beautiful and incredibly sharp.

Back to cookware, I'd like more stainless steel because the painted exteriors of the standard pots and pans can be tough to clean, especially cooked-on fats and sauces.  It's easy to take the paint off if you scrub too hard (all hand washing).

Another thing he could bring here are other tableware designs.  He's got a very basic place setting on HSN, but something with more verve, as well as flatware and serving pieces, would be interesting.

He can only go so far with the cookware before the market is saturated, b/c you don't really use up cookware. His is so durable, I don't think I'll ever replace it. So he's going to have to diversify to expand, IMO. I'd love to see Curtis textiles (potholders, towels, aprons, etc.) and kitchen clogs, for example.

[WindingRoad]

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@chrystaltree wrote:

I think the crossovers have been all QVC to HSN.  It's all one sided.

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@chrystaltree  I'm pretty sure Too Faced cosmetics went from HSN to QVC.

[iwrite]

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@coffee drinker wrote:

I'm hoping with all the QVC & HSN product and guest vendor crossovers, Curtis Stone and his sous chef Renny (sp?) Will be 2 of them.  That would be a change I would welcome and watch.  How about you?

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@coffee drinker 

nope, i like him right where he is. if he needs to go over the allocated time for a product by a minute or two, it's ok there. not here.

the hosts there let vendors explain things without butting in on the regular, for lack of a better word. david, leah and mary would let curtis speak, after that . . hmmm...

he also has a cooking entourage. i don't recall ever seeing vendor here come with an entourage. have you?

plus, the prices would be higher here, based on the few other brands that have come here from hsn, that i've looked at. fortunately, most of the movement has been from qvc to hsn

[EatWell]

No.  I prefer to watch the pro chefs on HSN.

[Daysdee]

Interesting that years ago on QVC we saw more cooking demos with Bob B. and Bob Warden.  I remember when HSN sold gazillions of a cookware they had (which I think later had some lawsuits) and they never showed anyone actually cooking with it.   I like watching Wolfgang and Curtis Stone.  Prefer them on HSN so we can actually see the items being used.

[forrestwolf]

I can remember when Tfal was the go to cookware on the Q...That was some, and still is some, quality cookware....Then Emeril had his cookware made by Tfal, and that was good, although, more expensive with his name on it...That was back in the days when chef's were on and allowed to demonstrate "COOKING", and not just mention a dish, and saying you could could cook it in their pans....Bring back the old days!!!! Bring back cooking, and showing the true ways a product can be used, and not just a minute or 2 of sauteeing and put in the oven...or show a finished food and how you get to the finished food. Don't make us "beg" for every recipe, and tell us to go to Facebook, Instagram, or such....I do not do those things.....I COOK.....Show me how you cook!!!

[Daysdee]

@forrestwolf A set of T-fal sold by Bob Bowersox was my very first QVC purchase.  I was so happy with it as my set from wedding registry was so much harder to clean.  I have bought Cooks Essentials and also another T-fal set later on.  A few years ago I bought a set of Lorena Garcia's from HSN because I liked the color.  I think it has been good, but once I got a couple of pieces from Curtis Stone--his is the best.  I pre-ordered the TS on the 27th and it showed it was to delivered today--29th.  I don't think it will be, but it is in my State so if I don't get it tomorrow, perhaps on Monday.  Will clean out my extra older pieces from other brands and donate the good ones.