FAO Schwarz Baby Chef Cooker Food Processor

 (3 customer reviews)

When it comes to nutrition, I want the best for my son. So when I saw this baby food maker, I had to have it. Being on sale at Babies R Us was a plus! Originally about $150 bucks, I scored it for about $40. I used it last night and it is amazing. I sliced up some apples and placed them in the steam side, they were done in about 10 minutes. Perfectly fork tender. Then I placed them in the blender side and added some canned pumpkin to make pumpkin apples sauce. Its delicious, although my son is still getting used to the pumpkin taste.
Then for bed time I used the bottle warmer option and that worked perfect as well. The bottle wasn't too hot and it wasn't cold.
You have to read the directions though, there are a lot of parts to it. The water in the steam side does get hot so be careful. The blender side is a bit noisy, but it works well. Cleanup was easy. I cant wait to use it again!

My baby was born in September of 2010 so I didn't start using my maker until early February 2011. Since then I have gone through two machines and the third one just broke two days ago! I never had any issues with the steamer part of the machine and it preformed as it was intended with no issues. All of my hatred towards this product is focused on the blender part; which in my opinion is the most important part of the machine! The first two machines I returned to the store (Babies R Us) was because the rubber ring seal came out of the blender during food processing and was chopped up into my baby's food. Wasted time, money and endangering my baby. The only reason I knew it happened was because I ran the food through a sieve and found the plastic pieces. After the seal was gone I still tried to use the machine but, of course, it then leaked everywhere every time I tried to process purees. The third machine, that broke two days ago, is now thrown in my garage! I went to snap the...Read more

I picked this bad boy up at Babies-R-Us for $37 and I believe this is the same as the $100 baby chef. I've been using it for a few weeks now and I'm pleased with this appliance's performance and haven't had any issues. As with any blender-type item, you do need to make sure the rubber seal is seated properly before turning the unit on. I love the convenience of having the steamer and blender all in one unit so I don't have to drag out different appliances. My daughter is loving the baby food I'm making and when she's happy I'm happy!