Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies is 6th and 7th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 7 |
SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 8 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 6 |
The estimated word count of The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies is 74,865 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 20 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 47 mins.
The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies - 74,865 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 8 hrs 20 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 5 hrs |
Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 47 mins |
for The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies
The Pampered Chef is Doris Christopher’s extraordinary account of how she turned an innovative concept and $3,000 investment into a business with annual sales approaching the billion-dollar mark. It is packed with real-life lessons and inspiring insights for small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.In 1980 Doris Christopher, a former home economist and teacher, was itching to get back into the workforce after an eight-year hiatus as a stay-at-home mom. Drawing on her personal and professional expertise, and determined to make cooking easier and more convenient for families, she started selling high-quality kitchen tools through cooking demonstrations to groups of women in their homes. Today, the company she started in her basement, The Pampered Chef, is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary and has grown into a corporation (now owned by Berkshire Hathaway) with tens of thousands of independent Kitchen Consultants who present more than a million Kitchen Shows a year, attended by more than 12 million people.The Pampered Chef is the story of the vision, energy, hard work, and chutzpah that drove Christopher and her company to the height of success. She describes her early days as a “one-woman show,” chronicles the company’s gradual expansion, its challenges and growing popularity, and the process, offers invaluable advice and sound strategies on how to found and grow a business, including:• Hard learned lessons for start-up entrepreneurs• How to create a business concept and set your priorities• Knowing when to expand and when to slow growth so that demand doesn’t overwhelm your operations or supplies• How to counter the naysayers and deal with adversityToday, as at the company’s founding, achieving a better balance between work and family remains central to The Pampered Chef’s mission. The Pampered Chef brings Christopher’s recipe for success to women, and men, everywhere.