Kenwood Mini Chopper, 0.35 Litre Dishwasher Safe Bowl, 2 Speeds, Rubber Feet for Food Chopper Stability, 300 W, CH180B, Assorted

A few years ago I was put off buying this chopper because of the label "a Delia cheat gadget" - not because of anything against the wonderful Delia but just not liking the idea of using a cheat! However, having bought one I would say that one of the things other reviews don't mention is how much FUN this wonderful gadget is to use. Its small but elegant design means it's a very neat and precise little tool. I really enjoy the whole experience of pulling it out of the cupboard to whizz something quickly, then rinsing the bowl and blade under a hot tap, without the chore of washing or dish-washing a full processor. (I've only dish-washed the bowl, blade and lid a few times, but for what it's worth I didn't see any sign of discoloration. Btw, the remaining motor housing is well sealed and easily wiped down.)Since buying the mini-chopper I've used it almost every day, and it shows no sign of wear. Mostly this is when cooking for two, but also easily for four. I use it a lot to make breadcrumbs for pané: preparing Scotch eggs or schnitzels for two, the chopper can take all the bread in one go if you want, but I've found it's actually faster in two short loads - a mixture of short and long pulses. I also use it when preparing baby food from fresh vegetables or fruit for our granddaughter.And having being used to laborious hand chopping when making duxelles for Wellingtons, etc., it is such a pleasure using the mini-chopper to render mushroom duxelles in about 4-5 seconds. Indeed, I now add mushroom and cabbage duxelles to most casseroles and pies for a really intense flavour, alongside diced onion (I still prefer to fine-dice onion by hand), and the chopper copes very well with finely chopping a chorizo sausage, mincing turkey and chicken meats, and grating up raw carrots, cabbage, apple and sprouts for coleslaw. (My wife now says her favourite way to eat sprouts is to have them finely chopped and sautéed for five minutes in a little butter with finely chopped chorizo.)Very, very highly recommended.

Great small chopper. Well priced. Nothing to dislike.

I have mixed feelings about this product. I bought one last year, several months before buying this unit, however the first one failed to arrive in time for Christmas, so I ended up keeping it myself and buying this one to give as a gift for my son and daughter in law much later in the year. From day one I have struggled to remove the bowl from the base unit on the one I have. The product is also stated to be two different speeds, however, no matter how gentle I am with the button the only two speeds I've noticed are 'on' and 'off' !!! I cannot differentiate between the speed it chops at when the button is depressed half way and when pressed down fully.No matter how gentle I am, it disintegrates mushrooms to mush and anything other than rock hard cheese just ends up in a glob that rolls round the bowl. Having said that, when it comes to vegetables, it is brilliant and reduces the time for which they need to be cooked when making soups or stews where it doesn't matter if neat slices of veg is important. With this in mind and because I had a new grandson whose food would need to be chopped up small, I went ahead and bought the second unit as a gift. Big attraction was that the item only has a small footprint so my son would be able to find space for it in his crammed kitchen.However, although they have not said anything about the unit, I noticed that after only a few weeks of use, one of the lugs on the bowl had been broken off, clearly because of the difficulty in removing the bowl from the base unit. A few weeks ago, when the unit was less than 3 months old, I noticed that the second holding lug had also been broken off the bowl. So Kenwood need to address the difficulty removing the bowl from the base unit. Thankfully the integrity of the bowl wasn't damaged and the chopper still works. My one continues to prove fiddly to remove the bowl, but I obviously have more patience than my son and d-in-l, so I jiggle the bowl until I get it off the base unit. I do consider it a design fault though.Small tip. The bowl is acrylic so will stain when chopping carrots. Put a few drops of olive oil or similar onto a piece of kitchen towel and rub round the bowl to remove any staining. Works a treat.

This is a really useful little chopper, great for making bread crumbs & crumble and finely chopping onions, garlic and ginger, bought to replace a previous one that had ran out of power after many years of great service. One of my most used gadgets that doesn't take much space for storage

TBF, all of these small choppers are lacking performance to rate them perfect, however if compare like to like, this one is the best I ever had. This is my second buy of the same model, for I broke a lid of the one I had, and am very happy with performance. I want it to chop, and it does that perfectly well.

Really great little machine. I use this for whizzing up Parmesan all the time. I do a massive batch and freeze it in bags. You'll never look back.

Excellent purchase highly recommended.

I am not one to be bowled over by marketing words and wow wow descriptions about a product. My usual reaction is "really?" said with a great deal of sceptism. However, after having binned yet another "mini chopper" because it would not chop my ingredients any smaller than chunks, I was browsing through Amazon in my work time as usual and came across the Kenwood Mini Chopper. Reading the product details which also blasted out that it was a "Delia Cheat" my initial reaction was to move on. But I decided to read some of the reviews posted and they were all hugely in favour of this item. So....I bought it. It was delivered just 2 days later and I tried it that evening. My reaction? IT WORKS. IT TRULY WORKS!!! I cook a lot of asian dishes that require pastes being made from lots of exotic ingredients. It is small, handy, easy to use and to clean. A finely diced onion? No problem. Also harder ingredients like nuts and lemongrass prove no match for this wonderful mini chopper. Perhaps I should now be less of a sceptic regarding product advertising!

Best chopper in the market,, using it from past one n half years...stylish,, compact n handy😍😍😍 truly satisfied...

I used it to make food for my baby and its working perfectly

I had use this same product before and had purchase it more expensive than wat amazon had offered . It was really handy and ease my work in the kitchen.

love it becos it is tiny and compact. easy to clean. and work as expected. been wanting this for a very long time.

Very good.