Blum kitchen inspirations

1 2 64 250 kg of items are kept on average in the kitchen. This is the same as about 17 crates of drinks. In France, many kitchen users have a special pull-out for their baguette. In Mexico, you will find a molcajete in almost every kitchen, a pre-Hispanic stone tool (the Mexican version of a pestle and mortar). The Aztecs and Mayas used it like a blender. PUT TO THE TEST - TRIAL COOKING IN KITCHEN LABS Surely the best persons to assess product prototypes are real kitchen experts: kitchen users themselves! We invite private individu- als to trial cooking sessions very early on in the development of our products. They prepare specific menus in one of Blum's kitchen labs for seven days. At the end of the week, we ask them questions. What's more, we film them cooking and analyse the findings. The research we do to make kitchens more practical KEEPING CLOSE TABS ON KITCHEN USERS To find out what actually goes on in kitchens and what the real requirements are all over the world, we survey kitchen users and everyday kitchen use. What do they keep where? How do they use their kitchen cabinets? For 14 years we have been gaining insights with the help of question- naires and have collected more than 1,000 hours of video material. These insights are incorporated into product development. Other countries - other cuisines. Culinary specialities differ depending on continent and country and reflect cooking and eating habits. Blum has been researching into the needs of kitchen users all over the world for many years. The company uses its findings to develop inno- vative fittings that make kitchens even more practical. Cooking around the world kitchen inspirations | Cooking around the world