The promise : chopping, kneading, mixing, mixing, emulsifying ... The basic of a multifunctional robot. Its extra stuff: cooking since the Kitchen Companion belongs to the very select category of cooking robots dominated by the Thermomix of Worverk (direct sale only while Moulinex launches Cuisine Companion in GMS).

Its assets : it has 6 programs to prepare, to choose, soups, sauces, simmered dishes, pasta to make rise (pizza, fougasses, bread ...), desserts, and steaming. You can also choose the manual mode. But here, it must undoubtedly be well ground his machine and be a good cook. Side gear: it is equipped with a chopping knife, a drummer, a mixer, a knife to knead and crush and finally a basket steam.

The life-size test: gazpacho melon-papaya. Just to make this gazpacho of melon-papaya with coconut milk, to put 300 g of each fruit, cut into pieces and about 30 cl of coconut milk. Then 4 minutes of blender. Result: amazing. In no time, gaspacho is ready. In addition, the neighbor of the discovery workshop of Cuisine Companion, who always misses his custard, has just managed one (a little too sweet but that's related to the cook not to the robot), while another was preparing a risotto. Usually the risotto is tedious as it is necessary to wet the rice regularly with broth, which deprives the cook of any freedom. Here we put all the ingredients in order and all the broth at once ... And the result is really successful.

Its more: It answers the promises and its 4,5 l bowl is big enough to prepare comfortably enough to serve 6 people. In addition, a real cookbook (300) comes with the robot, all adaptable to everyday life from ingredients easy to find.

His least : in mixer mode, there are sometimes some pieces .... And The Kitchen Companion is still quite expensive (700 euros), although it is considerably less than its competitor.