Neff SPA

At NEFF, we want people to enjoy cooking because we are passionate cooks ourselves.
NEFF is a brand dedicated to those who simply love cooking. Since 1877 it has been our mission to develop ideas which are exactly what enthusiastic cooks are looking for: Slide&Hide® - the disappearing oven door, CircoTherm® - NEFF’s special hot air system and TwistPad® - the removable, magnetic control knob for your cook top, for example, are ideal for everyone who enjoys creating great food together with family and friends. We are always looking for new ideas that will make cooking, baking, dish-washing and cooling easier – to ensure that passionate foodies enjoy their kitchens even more.
Cooking with enthusiasm is what identifies our brand – and has done so for 140 years.

140 years history

In 1877, in a small town in Germany's Baden-Württemberg province, smoke began to appear above a small semi-timbered cottage. Carl Neff and 6 partners had moved in and set up the first NEFF workshop. Little did they know that one little cottage would one day take over Europe.
Carl Neff was a master locksmith before he turned his talents to ovens. At his first factory, the very first NEFF models - coal burning stoves - were produced by just 6 pairs of hands. If you looked inside one, you'd notice how well built and how simple to use it was - exactly the same qualities you find in a NEFF appliance today. As well as having a craftsman's touch, Carl Neff also had the most important quality of all - a good nose. In Carl's case, a nose for always anticipating what customers would need in the future, and then satisfying their needs by using his natural ingenuity.
Fin de siècle Europe is a good time to be alive - hence the name, the belle Époque (or 'beautiful time'). Across the continent, arts and culture are booming, and urbanites are piling into cafes to discuss the latest topics over steaming coffee and baked treats. Thankfully, Carl Neff had noticed what was happening, and developed a new oven designed to help patisseries meet the rising demand. Thus, NEFF's new commercial ovens helped cater to Europe's new-found sweet tooth, and keep its conversations light, buttery and flavoursome.
Over the next two decades, NEFF was toiling away in its kitchens innovating and creating new models. First came the first large-scale ovens for industrial kitchens, then NEFF perfected a new gas-fired oven that would replace dirty coal stoves. In 1919, the first patented gas oven for patisseries came onto the market.
Dr. Alfred Neff was the son of our founder, Carl, and so one might call him a proud new model off the NEFF production line. This latest model, Alfred, inherited the entire business from his father during the war, and would soon continue in Carl's footsteps, anticipating cooks' needs by innovating. But first, the NEFF company and its new director would play a small role in a miraculous period in the German post-war recovery that would later be called the "Wirtschaftswunder" (economic wonder). During this time, factory output soared, and in a short space of time, 'Made in Germany' became a badge of engineering quality unmatched around the globe. Spurred by this extraordinary period of growth and success, it wasn't long before Alfred Neff started looking for new cooking frontiers to conquer, first overseeing NEFF's early forays into refrigeration, and then making a major impact in the washing machine category.