I Saw It On QVC - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Necessity is the mother of invention. If you ve spent any time in
the kitchen, you ve no doubt thought, more than once, about
building a better gizmo or gadget to help you cook, clean or
organize your kitchen. Perhaps you ve even done it. But have you
been able to get your invention before 250 million eyes on the QVC
shopping channel Gaye Sandoz has. If you don t recognize Gaye s
face from QVC you might recognize her name from the LSU Ag Center
Food Incubator, which she runs. In her spare time Gaye is the owner
of The Clever Kitchen, a company that has created the Microwave
Barbecue Roaster, a microwave roasting pan that turns out a perfect
rotisserie style chicken in 32 minutes flat. Whether the roaster
will take the culinary world by storm just yet remains to be seen,
but it s making a big splash on the QVC network, QVC.com and all
over the internet. Michelle Schroeder also knows a thing or two
about selling an invention on QVC. Her product, the Easy Greasy, is
a specially designed strainer that connects to a heat resistant
container, making the disposal of messy grease from your frying pan
a cinch. Michelle designed the Easy Greasy, has it manufactured in
Louisiana, and with her mellifluous Baton Rouge accent take a
listen and a product name like Easy Greasy, well, how could she not
be a natural on the home shopping channel Linda McAdams, together
with her husband and sister, produces a snack food item called
Pretzel Crunch that is finding its way onto dozens of supermarket
shelves around the country. Pretzel Crunch was Linda s sister s
special recipe and when Linda was laid off and couldn t find a good
job she decided to, as she describes it, "Take a leap of faith" and
throw herself into snacks. The leap has been hugely successful,
proving that sometimes getting laid off pays off. Photos at Mansurs
on the Boulevard by Ken Stewart.

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