# Kenwood Limited

> Kenwood Limited is the British kitchen-appliance company behind the Chef stand mixer, food processors, blenders, kettles and connected cooking machines. Founded by engineer Kenneth Wood in 1947 and owned by De’Longhi Group since 2001, it sells durable consumer hardware through retailers and its own ecommerce channels, using a long-lived attachment ecosystem to turn one countertop motor into a platform.

- **Founded:** 1947
- **Headquarters:** Havant, United Kingdom
- **Founders:** Kenneth Maynard Wood (Founder and engineer), Roger Laurence (Early co-founder of Woodlau Industries)
- **Team size:** Approximately 270 employees in supplied company data; LinkedIn lists 201-500.
- **Products:** A100 turnover toaster, Kenwood Chef, Food processors and blenders, Cooking Chef, Kenwood Go collection
- **Notable:** The original Chef launched at the 1950 Ideal Home Exhibition and sold out at Harrods within a week., More than 10 million Chef machines were sold before founder Kenneth Wood left the company in 1968, according to the Science Museum Group., Kenwood says its products have won more than 100 design awards since 2004.

## Products & services

- **A100 turnover toaster** — Kenwood’s first product, designed to toast both sides without the user touching the bread.
- **Kenwood Chef** — A planetary stand mixer built as an expandable kitchen machine with powered attachments for multiple preparation jobs.
- **Food processors and blenders** — Countertop machines for chopping, slicing, grating, pureeing, kneading, blending and juicing, including the MultiPro families.
- **Cooking Chef** — A stand-mixer platform that adds induction cooking, weighing and controlled stirring to preparation functions.
- **Kenwood Go collection** — Compact, portable stand mixers, hand mixers and processors aimed at smaller homes and younger cooks.
- **Kenwood & Me** — A recipe and appliance companion app replacing the older Kenwood World app, with support rolling out across product families.

## Achievements

- The original Chef launched at the 1950 Ideal Home Exhibition and sold out at Harrods within a week.
- More than 10 million Chef machines were sold before founder Kenneth Wood left the company in 1968, according to the Science Museum Group.
- Kenwood says its products have won more than 100 design awards since 2004.
- The iF Design company profile lists 34 awarded Kenwood projects and ranks it first among four UK kitchen-appliance companies for 2022-2026.
- The MultiPro Go received a Red Dot product-design award for compactness, performance and its direct-serve attachment.
- A TikTok case study reported 5.01% engagement, 1.46% click-through and a 2,100% year-over-year sales increase for a Norway campaign promoting the Titanium Chef Patissier XL.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — The new connected Cooking Chef launched with induction cooking, onboard recipes, weighing and touchscreen guidance.
- **2025-09** — Kenwood marked 75 years of the Chef with the £1,249 Cooking Chef, sold direct and through Harrods at launch.
- **2026-02** — Kenwood & Me app support rolled out to Kenwood Go, Chef, Chef XL, Titanium Chef Baker, kMix and MultiPro Go families.
- **2026-04** — A Cooking Chef software update added custom programs, automatic dough detection, 14 presets, recipe bookmarks and search.
- **2026-07** — Kenwood announced that MultiPro Go Blend had received a Red Dot Design Award.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kenwoodworld.com/en-gb
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kenwood-limited
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kenwoodworld
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AuORP_yDhLXIrJH1hoCBw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenwoodworld/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KenwoodFrance/

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Last updated: 2026-08-21