Welcome Annabel - good to see there are more people from the UK coming onto here. I hope you get to enjoy your machine as much as everyone on here does. It seems a bit overwhelming at first but then it becomes like your best friend in the kitchen (and it doesn't answer back
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As well as the great help and support you can get from this site, the UK Thermomix people are really helpful if you have any queries. I have rung them with some really dumb questions and they've been very very kind and patient.