Specialist microwave centre opens

Press, 18 February 1986, Page 27

Specialist microwave centre opens

In the Noel Leeming Discount Centre at 575 Colombo Street is the specialist microwave shop, the Noel Leeming Microwave Centre. Staffed by experienced microwave consultants, Lee Waby and Sonia Leek, the centre displays all brands and models of microwave ovens. These can be operated so that customers can see how each work, and they can compare the features of each make. Accessories for microwave cooking are well represented. at the Microwave Centre. Bowls, jugs, cooking pans, utensils and serving dishes made of plastic, heat-resistant glass, and other ceramics are on display, and are used in all the demonstrations and cooking classes. Everyone who buys a microwave oven from a Noel Leeming shop is eligible to join a class at their cooking school. The Christchurch Microwave Cooking School is held at the Microwave Centre in Colombo Street

Tutors are the resident consultants, Lee Waby and Sonia Leek, along with Gwen Kerr, the wellknown home economist. Classes, which are held during the daytime and evening, are invaluable to a new microwave owner, because the concepts and methods of cooking are different from conventional methods. To get the most from a microwave it helps to learn from the experts, which even non-customers can do, by paying a small fee, which is refunded if they buy a microwave from a Noel Leeming shop later. The Noel Leeming tutors teach everything, from the very basics to the more advanced menu planning, preparing family meals, meat cooking, baking and converting existing recipes. Noel Leeming’s not only sell microwaves but they also operate a comprehensive service department in Christchurch, with technicians who specialise in microwave service.

Microwave ovens rarely break down or need repairs because there is very little that can go wrong. In the unlikely event that your microwave needs attention, Noel Leemings can fix it in Christchurch instead of sending it to the North Island. They will lend a replacement oven if the service takes longer than usual. Microwave cooking has become much more common and popular recently, and many people are now “trading up”—moving to a more sophisticated oven with more automatic features to help them save even more time. Noel Leeming shops welcome trade-ins. Because there is also a demand for second-hand microwaves at their Trade In Barn, they are pleased to accept these as trade-ins on new ovens at the Microwave Centre and any of their shops. They guarantee a minimum 8200 trade-in for an old microwave in good working order.