I had an amazing time last weekend cooking at the AllSouth Appliance booth at the 50th Tri-State Home Show!
If you follow Chattavore on Facebook, you no doubt saw a few posts last weekend about me serving grilled pimento cheese sandwiches and homemade biscuits at the Tri-State Home Show, which is an annual event sponsored by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Chattanooga. Some of you might have even come by the AllSouth Appliance booth and seen me whipping up said sandwiches and biscuits. It was a great time!
Back in November, I went to the Southern Food Bloggers’ Retreat in Prattville, Alabama. It was an amazing experience and I got to meet some wonderful Southern food bloggers, including Stacey Little from Southern Bite and Christy Jordan from Southern Plate. Stacey and Christy both work with AllSouth Appliance in their Montgomery and Huntsville locations, respectively, and shortly before the retreat Stacey sent me a message on Facebook to let me know that they were looking for a food blogger to work with in Chattanooga. Was I interested? Um, yes! Turns out that AllSouth had opened in Chattanooga just a few months before. They were one of the sponsors of the retreat, so at our Friday night reception, Stacey introduced me to their wonderful marketing director, Leah.
I was SO excited to go to the Chattanooga showroom to meet Leah back in January and talk about a partnership with AllSouth. Their showroom is filled with gorgeous high-end appliances, but AllSouth has appliances for every budget. They’re family-owned and they’ve been around for nearly 20 years, with locations in Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and now Chattanooga. It didn’t take long for me to figure out that this was just the type of company that I wanted to work with.
The first thing on the agenda was the Tri-State Home Show, which is held every February or March at the Chattanooga Convention Center. I’ve never seen so many home-related vendors all in one place…I can truly say that I don’t think there is any product or service that you might need for your home that wasn’t represented there! I got to use the GE Profile Advantium, which is a microwave, convection oven, speed cook oven, and warming drawer. Can I just say that I’m in love with this machine? It has a grilled cheese setting. DID YOU HEAR ME? A GRILLED CHEESE SETTING!. And, true to its name, that grilled cheese setting churned out gorgeous, golden, melty grilled pimento cheese sandwiches that got snatched right up. 252 tiny little sandwiches to be exact. It’s safe to say that Home Show goers were fans.
This is just the beginning for Chattavore and AllSouth, though. On April 21st, I’ll be teaching my first cooking class at their Chattanooga Showroom! We are hoping to make this a monthly occurrence, so check back often to find out what we have up our sleeves. I’m so excited to work with AllSouth Appliance!
AllSouth Appliance is located in Chattanooga at 6431 Bonny Oaks Drive, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37416. They are open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment on Saturdays. You can call them at 423-664-4275 or check out their website, http://myallsouth.com. You can like AllSouth Appliance on Facebook and follow them on Twitter and Instagram.
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