By Claire Reilly

In line with plans to expand its presence in the cooking category and launch a new range of more premium cooking appliances to market, Whirlpool Australia has announced the appointment of a new product manager to head up its cooking division.

Patrick Cugnetto has joined Whirlpool as manager of regulatory affairs and product development for cooking. Cugnetto has previously worked at Think Appliances – distributor of the Baumatic, Venini and Linea appliance brands – as technical operations manager and product development manager.

Since 1997, he has also worked as a product engineer at Electrolux Home Products and product compliance manager at Miele Australia.

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Speaking about Cugnetto’s appointment, the general manager of marketing at Whirlpool Oceania, Carole Blundell, said that he had proven experience and would help drive Whirlpool’s increased commitment to the cooking category.

“Patrick has quite a wealth of knowledge – he’s worked across a number of cooking brands and he brings a lot of experience to our business as well, which we’re really happy with,” she said. “From our managing director down, we’re very committed to our presence in the cooking category.”