Jaime gets her hands dirty to help everybody else

Mother of two Jaime O’Connor got fed up of cleaning her oven door and so she invented a labour-saving device which is now being stocked in stores across the country.

Jaime, from Halifax, thought up the simple solution while juggling caring for Harrison, five and Holly, two, and helping to run her husband Dale’s business.

The 34-year-old found it difficult to find the time to clean her oven door and when Dale, 35, who services and cleans Aga cookers, told her that most customers wanted to know how they could keep their oven doors clean, she realised it was a universal problem.

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So 18 months ago Jaime began experimenting with ideas in an attempt to come up with the solution to every cook’s cleaning nightmare.

She eventually came up with the ingenious idea of an easy-to-fit oven door shield, which is held onto the oven door using suction pads and does not obstruct the view into the oven so cooks can still see food inside.

She first invented a shield for Agas, but growing in confidence she then made another shield which can fit any type of oven.

The shield, which is Jaime’s first invention, is easy to remove and can be put in the dishwasher or rinsed with soapy water, taking only seconds to clean.

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Jaime estimates the eco-friendly shield will save people a fortune on expensive oven cleaners.

In 2010, the Oven Door Shield was originally created especially for the Aga cooker.

It was such a success that the product range quickly expanded and the Premium Oven Door Shield was then launched.

The Premium Oven Door Shield is completely see- through.

It is suitable for all 50 and 60cm single ovens as standard, and can be cut down to suit double ovens and most make of range cookers.

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In 2011, Jaime secured her first large order with a major retailer.

The shield is available in all Lakeland stores and has been named The Oven Door Screen.

The Oven Door Shield is available to purchase alongside a new oven, to help keep it that way.

It is also intended The Premium Oven Door Shield will be available to buy online at Currys.

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Homeware retailers Lakeland and Currys have ordered thousands of the simple device which fits all types of cookers.

Jaime said: “The Oven Door Shield is a solution to a problem. I am so very proud of what I have achieved so far and would love to share our creation with the world.

“I have created it from scratch and brought it to market – with two children and also working full-time running my husband’s Aga servicing and cleaning business it’s not been easy.

“There have been a lot of late nights and early mornings and I have to juggle the work with looking after the children, but I want to show other mums it is possible to invent your own products and get them out there.

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“We first created the Aga Oven Door Shield especially for the Aga cooker, but then realised that we could extend into all households with the Premium Oven Door Shield which suits all ovens.”

Jaime has delivered the shields into Lakeland and is also working with an Australian television channel.

The shields are also available from her own website www.ovendoorshield.co.uk

The Aga Oven Door Shields retail at £17.95 and Premium Oven Door Shields retail at £19.99.

The shields are made in the UK and have patents pending here in the UK and overseas.

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