In 2006, Dutch engineer Fred van der Weij invented a kitchen device that changed the way many of us cook today – the air fryer.

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Fred’s first prototype was nearly as big as a dog kennel and made of wood and aluminium, with a chicken wire basket. It was only a partial success.

But Fred was certain he could make the machine work thanks to an idea he patented called rapid air technology.

Four years later, and after several more prototypes, Fred took his invention to the electronics company, Philips, and signed a deal.

Fred died of cancer in 2022 but his daughter Suus van der Weij witnessed the development of his invention. She tells Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty about the family’s pride in her father.

00:00 Introduction
00:39 Coming up with the idea
02:30 Creating the air fryer
05:30 Becoming an obsession
06:30 Rapid air technology
09:30 Selling the dream
11:00 Success
12:50 The air fryer craze
15:21 My father’s legacy

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