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RETAILOBSERVER.COM NOVEMBER 2018 24 GE APPLIANCES FINDS PERFECT RECIPE WITH SIDECHEF Owners to gain convenient access to more than 5,000 recipes and life-enhancing interactive features through this smart collaboration GE Appliances, the leader in connected appliances, announced a new partnership with mobile cooking platform, SideChef. The collaboration was officially debuted at the Smart Kitchen Summit, October 8–9, in Seattle, Washington, and will bring owners life- enhancing features and more than 5,000 recipes via the industry- exclusive GE Appliances Kitchen Hub that will be commercially available in 2019. "Our partnership with SideChef is one more way we are creating experiences for owners that are not only innovative, but also useful and memorable," said Shawn Stover, vice president of GE Appliances' Smart Home Solutions team. "Whether consumers want to save money, eat healthier or impress family and friends, SideChef has a recipe to match their needs. This integration is so smart that if a SideChef recipe calls for pre- heating the oven, no manual operation is required — it will happen automatically." FOR THE MODERN HOME CHEF GE Appliances' smart hub features a 27-inch smart screen that will be placed at convenient eye level above the range and also serve as an oven hood. The Kitchen Hub includes smart interactive features ranging from video functionality and multiple camera angles to task lighting and video chat. Now with SideChef, the GE Appliances Kitchen Hub capabilities have been expanded to include: • Access to recipes from renowned chefs and bloggers • Robust search filtering to help you narrow your recipe search • Meal planning • Digital cookbook creation • Step-by-step guidance • Photo sharing • Instructional videos • Hands-free voice command • Smart appliance control Through the GE Appliances app, SideChef recipes will also be fully integrated with GE Appliances' industry-leading breadth of WiFi-connected appliances running on the U+ connect platform. GE Appliances and SideChef will present their new partnership at the Smart Kitchen Summit where thought leaders from each company will be on hand to showcase the kitchen hub and discuss the collaboration. Visit www.geappliances.com/ge/connected-appliances to learn more. CHEFLING PARTNERS WITH HOME CONNECT DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM Through this partnership, Thermador and Bosch Home Appliances will be the first appliance brands to offer Chefling as part of their connected experiences Chefling, Inc., the ultimate solution for the smart kitchen, has announced a partnership with Home Connect, the leading open platform that connects home appliances to the Internet of Things. As a Home Connect global ecosystem partner, Chefling will interface directly with premier smart home appliance brands such as Thermador and Bosch home appliances, which will be the first appliance brands to offer Chefling as part of their connected experiences. At the Smart Kitchen Summit in Seattle, WA, attendees had the opportunity to see this integration via live demos on Bosch connected ovens and coffee machines – showing how Chefling makes it easier to navigate and streamline smart kitchen activities. "We are excited to bring Chefling into the ever-growing, dynamic Home Connect ecosystem," said Johannes Ochsner, head of connected products and digital services at BSH Home Appliances. "By continuing to introduce partners like Chefling into our platform, we are expanding a robust network to create unique experiences for consumers in the kitchen." HOW IT WORKS Chefling's AI-driven kitchen assistant features include inventory organization, intuitive recipe suggestion, and shopping list management and ordering. The app serves up the best recipes users can make based on what they have in the kitchen, minimizing trips to the grocery store and using up ingredients while still at their peak freshness. Once users find recipes they want to make in the app, they can use the integrated UltraConnect TM technology leveraging Home Connect functionalities in the Chefling app to adjust settings such as: temperature, mode, and timing of all I N D U S T R Y [ N E W S ]

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