Kitchen appliance for processing foodstuff and method of operating same

A kitchen appliance for processing foodstuff comprising:

• a housing enclosing a motor and a switch mechanism to actuate or permit actuation of the motor;
• a bowl removably mountable onto the housing, the bowl including an upper rim defining a mouth for receiving a rotatable tool within the bowl;
• at least one actuation member movable between a first position and a second position, in the first position the actuation member being spaced-apart from the switch mechanism to maintain the switch mechanism in an open position and prevent actuation of the motor, in the second position the actuation member engaging the switch mechanism to actuate or permit actuation of the motor;
• and
• a bowl lid removably mountable onto the upper rim of the bowl, the bowl lid including a top wall and a plurality of flanges depending downwardly therefrom, the plurality of flanges including a first flange, a second flange and a third flange, the first flange being spaced radially inwardly from the second flange, the second flange being spaced radially inwardly from the third flange, and the first flange extending downwardly from the top wall of the bowl lid further than both the second flange and the third flange,
• wherein, when the bowl lid is properly positioned onto the upper rim of the bowl, the motor is actuated by pressing downwardly on the bowl lid such that at least a portion of one of the plurality of flanges contacts at least a portion of the actuation member to force the actuation member to the second position.