One of the best ways to learn those skills is by hosting a Pampered Chef party with your favorite people — which I learned recently when I invited a Pampered Chef consultant to come to my home.

And so begins my first Pampered Chef party. So I was curious ... There are hundreds of Pampered Chef consultants on Facebook hosting “virtual parties,” which seem to be just event pages ...

Pampered Chef is a company that, like most direct-selling companies, relies on its legions of consultants to set up a “party” ...