# The Pampered Chef
The Pampered Chef is a direct-selling company founded in 1980 that markets kitchen tools, cookware, and food products through independent consultants who host in-home and virtual cooking demonstrations.
## Facts
- Founded: 1980
- Headquarters: One Pampered Chef Lane, Addison, Illinois, 60101, United States
- Category: Kitchen tools, cookware, and food products
- Compensation plan: Party plan / unilevel (consultant commissions on personal sales plus override earnings on recruited downline sales)
- Ownership: Wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway (acquired 2002)
- Key markets: United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, France
- Website: https://www.pamperedchef.com
- Phone: (630) 261-8900

## Overview
The Pampered Chef sells kitchen and food-preparation products, including cookware, stoneware, bakeware, cutlery, and cooking tools, primarily through a network of independent consultants who demonstrate products at in-home or online cooking parties. Doris Christopher started the company from her suburban Chicago basement in 1980, building it into one of the best-known names in the U.S. party-plan direct-selling sector before Berkshire Hathaway acquired it as a wholly owned subsidiary in 2002. Today the company operates as a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary from its headquarters in Addison, Illinois, and sells through consultants in several countries beyond the United States, including Canada, Germany, Austria, and France. Its go-to-market model remains built around consultant-hosted product demonstrations rather than traditional retail, supplemented by an online store and virtual party format.
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## Sources
- Pampered Chef - About Us: https://www.pamperedchef.com/about-us
- Wikipedia - Pampered Chef: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampered_Chef
- The Pampered Chef Ltd Corporate Office & Headquarters: https://www.corporateoffice.com/The-Pampered-Chef-Ltd.html
- Berkshire Hathaway - Pampered Chef to be Acquired (press release, Sep 23 2002): https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/sep2302.html
- Pampered Chef LinkedIn Company Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pampered-chef