Dieta Chef

Our Dieta Chefs develop working methods and recipes that surprise kettle users —
Pick up useful tips and ready-made recipes

Sami Lamminaho and Vesa Saaristo, known as Dieta Chefs, serve as industry developers, educators, and innovators. Dieta Chefs work together with customers to develop their kitchen operations and prepare delicious foods with ease, using the latest techniques.

If you’re interested in giving a familiar recipe a modern twist, just bring the idea to the Dieta Chefs. Dieta’s demo kitchen is ready to test and support your culinary projects.

Dieta Chef Sami Lamminaho

Sami's passion is problem solving – how to improve large scale kitchen operations while also maximizing the quality of food and the abundancy of flavors!

With decades of experience, Sami has mastered the balance between flavor and efficiency, working in everything from fine dining to large-scale operations. His extensive background allows him to bring innovative techniques and practical insights to Dieta Kettles, always with a focus on creating memorable dishes and a well-functioning kitchen.

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Dieta Chef Vesa Saaristo

Dieta Chef Vesa Saaristo

Vesa loves cooking challenges. He likes to find new ways with which familiar and a bit more exotic recipes transform into easily preparable portions.

Vesa’s road to Dieta Chef and an industry developer has travelled through cruise ship kitchens to Finnair catering, known for their excellent aeroplane food, and from there to Dietatec. Throughout the way he has been familiarized with feeding big crowds, working in a la carte -kitchens, as well as catering for heads of state. Unifying factors in all of these jobs have been providing good food and a functioning kitchen behind the food.

Dieta’s demo-kitchen – In Helsinki and an internet connection away

The Dieta demo kitchen is a fully equipped professional space, showcasing Dieta’s most popular kettles and accessories alongside a grill, oven, deep fryer, and ice cream machine.

"Kitchens evolve, and we aim to keep our demo kitchen up to date," notes Vesa Saaristo.

Here, food development and demonstrations go hand in hand, allowing customers to see firsthand how equipment can support their culinary needs.

For customers eager to learn the best techniques, the demo kitchen provides a hands-on experience, where dishes are prepared with methods tailored to each kitchen’s unique demands. Virtual demonstrations have also become a valuable tool, with live cooking sessions and webinars now offering interactive, remote learning.

Dieta Chefs field countless questions, testing methods, developing recipes, and creating useful guides and materials.

Working methods are easy to learn

Working with the modern Dieta mixer kettle is always easy and simple and the working methods can be learned in a few weeks. Changing attitudes, however, is harder. To change working methods in a kitchen you’ll need the whole crew. That is why it is recommendable to show in practice how the kitchen in question can benefit for modern equipment.

Read a blog about recipe testing with Dieta Chef >