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Meredith Laurence

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Meredith Laurence was born in Ontario Canada and attended the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vermont. She has worked in numerous capacities and settings in the food world - as a line cook in France and the USA, a culinary instructor, a test kitchen manager, a food consultant and a kitchen product consultant. She is known as the Blue Jean Chef® on live television doing on air cooking demonstrations on QVC, giving customers advice on cooking and equipping their kitchens, and writes and appears in the Youtube series called "The Basics".

Meredith is the author of six cookbooks. The first book, Blue Jean Chef: Comfortable in the Kitchen, has sold over 45,000 copies, received rave reviews, and helped home cooks broaden their reperto Meredith Laurence was born in Ontario Canada and attended the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vermont. She has worked in numerous capacities and settings in the food world - as a line cook in France and the USA, a culinary instructor, a test kitchen manager, a food consultant and a kitchen product consultant. She is known as the Blue Jean Chef® on live television doing on air cooking demonstrations on QVC, giving customers advice on cooking and equipping their kitchens, and writes and appears in the Youtube series called "The Basics".

Meredith is the author of six cookbooks. The first book, Blue Jean Chef: Comfortable in the Kitchen, has sold over 45,000 copies, received rave reviews, and helped home cooks broaden their repertoire and become more versatile with a variety of cooking techniques in the kitchen. In her second book, Blue Jean Chef: Comfortable Under Pressure, Meredith offered easy-to-read instructions for pressure-cooking and provided a wide variety of recipes for the pressure cooker, along with clear instructions and tips, selling over 160,000 copies. Meredith’s third cookbook, Delicious Under Pressure was released in September 2015 and sold 75,000 copies in the first month for a grand total of over 150,000 to date. Delicious Under Pressure was one of Publisher's Weekly's best selling cookbooks of 2015. In 2016, Meredith released a third pressure cooker cookbook, Fast Favorites Under Pressure, which sold over 75,000 copies.

In 2016, Meredith launched into the fast and furious world of air frying with Air Fry Everything! Air Fry Everything! has sold over 235,000 copies to date and was also in PUblisher's Weekly's best selling cookbook list for 2016. In 2017, Meredith's second air fryer cookbook, Air Fry Genius will be released in November. With air frying as popular as ever in the cooking world, Meredith is the leader in the field and Air Fry Genius shows off all the genius tips and tricks that Meredith has discovered with this fascinating kitchen appliance.

As the Blue Jean Chef, Meredith’s belief is that being comfortable in the kitchen is key to successful and enjoyable cooking. How comfortable? Well, as comfortable as you would be in your blue jeans, relaxing with friends. ...more

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	Air Fry Everything: Foolproof Recipes for Fried Favorites and Easy Fresh Ideas by Blue Jean Chef, Meredith Laurence 4.11 avg rating — 354 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delicious Under Pressure: Over 100 Pressure Cooker and Instant Pot ™ Recipes 4.19 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Air Fry Genius 4.11 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comfortable Under Pressure: Pressure Cooker Meals: Recipes, Tips, and Explanations 4.25 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comfortable in the Kitchen: A Blue Jean Chef Cookbook (The Blue Jean Chef 1) 4.26 avg rating — 53 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fast Favorites Under Pressure: 4-Quart Pressure Cooker and Instant Pot ™ Recipes, Tips for Fast and Easy Meals by Blue Jean Chef, Meredith Laurence 4.12 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comfortable Under Pressure: Pressure Cooker Meals, Instant Pot ™ Recipes, Tips, and Explanations: Pressure Cooker Meals: Instant Pot ™ Recipes, Tips, and Explanations (The Blue Jean Chef Book 2) 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Pot Comfort: Make Everyday Meals in One Pot, Pan or Appliance (The Blue Jean Chef Book 7) 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Make it Sous Vide!: Easy recipes for perfect results every time! 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Comfortable in the Kitchen: A Blue Jean Chef Cookbook 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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