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Having been at the same workplace for 5 years got me a pen holder, pen, framed certificate, and gift vouchers ... and the gift vouchers went towards the food processor you see on the left in the above picture.  Reading reviews of this particular model had me a little wary (given the low review volume for Australia I'm hoping it was just a quirk, because reviews in the UK seem be good), but we have one now, and so far, it's pureed a small can of tomatoes (in the mini bowl), and it's pureed a couple of boiled-for-an-hour oranges, without falling apart.  My one stipulation in the food processor choosing criteria was that it would be easy to clean - all the plastic (and glass) parts can go in the dishwasher, and it's still easy to clean if you're hand-washing.  The plastic will break if you drop it, though.  Which is what happened to the thing that goes in the feeding tube in the lid for the bowl.   It's still usable though - just an edge chipped off. It's definitely not the food processor I'd recommend if you were severely short on space (unless you were going for the one thing that could do everything, and with the number of attachments this thing comes with you might just get away with it).

The right is the Kenwood Chef, that was given to us by DKtE for our wedding, and it's been through many cakes, doughs, cookies, creams, meringues, and other random baking hijinks.  It doesn't feel quite as sturdy as the Kenwood Chef my parents had, but it does what I want most of the time. For whatever bizarre reason in my head, there's still some things that I prefer doing by hand (like mixing up choc chip cookie dough).   I'm sure there was a train of thought somewhere here ... but my brain's telling me that sleep would be useful!