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You are here: Home / Blog / Kenmore Blogger Summit: Day One Recap #HolidayHosting

Kenmore Blogger Summit: Day One Recap #HolidayHosting

October 28, 2013 by Beeb 9 Comments

Kenmore Blogger Summit

Travel and related consideration provided by Kenmore.

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Kenmore Blogger Summit in Chicago, Illinois. This fun gathering brings together bloggers to check out the latest appliance innovations and see how they might help them in the kitchen – especially important with the holidays around the corner. “Holiday Hosting” was was this year’s theme, with bloggers bringing recipes and tips for making the season bright.

Kenmore Christmas Tree

To get us all into the spirit, they decked out the studio with a full blown Christmas tree, topped with a spatula. Isn’t that adorable?

Utensil Tree Topper

Bauble

Bow

Golden Bauble

Bow & Bauble

To welcome us, they served cocktails and a delicious dinner buffet. The appetizers which were served were actually favorite recipes submitted by several bloggers in attendance!

Salad

Sweet Potatoes

Brussels Sprouts

Chicken & Salmon

Desserts

Coffee & Wine

The proceedings were hosted by the wonderful Chef Kari Karch and the awesome Kenmore team. Kari shared some neat “Holiday Hacks” for making the season easier, such as adding chilling a glass of wine by adding frozen grapes, or putting a pair of too-tight shoes in the freezer with a bag of water to stretch them and make them more comfy for holiday parties:

Shoes in The Freezer!

Another suggestion was to add a festive fragrance to your home by sprinkling cinnamon on the carpet and then vacuuming.

Cinnamon in Carpet

After we had gotten a chance to eat and mingle, they brought out Brandon Ogborn, a stand-up comic who recently auditioned for Lorne Michaels. “Yeah, Lorne asked me to do SNL this week and I said, ‘Nah, I’ve got this Kenmore thing,'” he quipped. He brought out two comediennes, who helped with his efforts to dramatically retell holiday disaster stories. Each blogger had submitted a story about their most hilarious holiday mishaps, and Brandon called several of the funniest onstage to tell their epic stories. One of my favorites was the story of well-meaning parents who mistook a pan of frozen ground beef for Tiramisu and unwittingly served it to their guests who were too polite to say anything!

Brandon Ogborn & Friends

After they read out a few blogger stories, the comedians also shared a few stories they had written, inspired by the blogger accounts they had read. It was pretty funny to see these guys embrace the bizarre angle and have fun integrating snippets about Kenmore appliance features in their stand-up comedy!

Hotel Felix

After the entertainment, we headed back to the cozy Hotel Felix and hit the hay for a little shut-eye after a long day of fun and travel!

Kenmore
Cookmore

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Filed Under: Blog, holiday Tagged With: #holidayhosting, #KenmoreSummit, Blog Events, Kenmore, Kenmore Summit

About Beeb

Beeb is a British journalist living on the north Oregon coast. Blogging since 2008, she covers everything from coupons to contests in addition to running a network connecting UK bloggers with brands. In her free time, she loves to drink coffee, watch reality TV, and spend time with her fiancé, Jai. Join her on Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BeebAshcroft/

Comments

  1. Daisy says

    October 28, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    Sounds like a fun day! I’m so envious and wish that I could have gone. I love Kenmore!

    Reply
  2. Emily says

    October 28, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    What a fun event! I have not heard of the cinnamon trick before!!

    Reply
  3. Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says

    October 28, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    They sure started out your adventure in a very, very fun way!

    Reply
  4. Hanan says

    October 28, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    Love the holiday decorations & the food looks delicious!

    Reply
  5. Megan @mnmspecial says

    October 28, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    Love that tree topper and those yellow pants. Looks like it was a beautiful time.

    Reply
  6. Ellen Christian says

    October 29, 2013 at 2:16 am

    Wow it looks like you all had an amazing time!

    Reply
  7. MIZ says

    October 29, 2013 at 3:21 am

    there is nothing more fun and more LEARNINGTASTIC 🙂 than these blogger trips.

    Reply
  8. Jessica @FoundtheMarbles says

    October 29, 2013 at 3:24 pm

    The top of that tree is adorable!

    Reply
  9. Jackie says

    October 30, 2013 at 5:19 am

    Now that sounds like a great trip!

    Also… I can’t believe that the holidays are so close.

    Reply

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