‘Hands down my favourite bit of kit’: 13 kitchen gadgets top chefs can’t live without | Chefs

WAll have that tool that we reach in the kitchen; The daily element that changes the way we cook, make cutting, acids, citrus fruits, transport fish and grinding spices that are slightly easier (plus, saving fingers). Gamechanger kitchen should not be fictional, though – though – feast‘s Georgina Hayden He finds the tomato knife taken on an indispensable vacation.
So what are the tools and tools that will make the life of the kitchen complete (and perhaps more enjoyable)? We asked some UK chefs about the things they could not live without.
The best kitchen tools – chosen by chefs
Ikea Koncis Garlic Press
“I couldn’t live without the IKEA garlic printing press. I love garlic but I hate the continuous smell on my fingers. Without the press, I will not use garlic with the same amount, which will be very sad, or I had fingers all the time.”
Braun Multique 1 hand mixer
24.99 pounds in John Lewis
24.99 pounds in Carrie
“Mixer stick Get my vote – Brown is effective and durable. It is ideal for mixing small quantities quickly and is incredibly comfortable for cleaning – just clicking and rinsing them. In addition, you can direct the soup directly in the bowl while it is still hot. And when it comes to homemade mayonnaise, there is nothing more useful: you only need to put an egg, some rice wine (or lemon) and salt in a jug, and it is raised with neutral oil, and mixed until it becomes thick and fat. “
Fish Steel made of stainless steel in Lielland
4.99 pounds in Lielland
4.99 pounds in Amazon
Stainless steel FishIt is a flexible metal spoon with holes. This is the only thing that I always have because you can use it to face things, fail and avoid them. When I was working in the Fish section in the Oxo Tower, my right hand was, and I will do everything with it. “
Sixxi six -salt and pepper mill collection
199 pounds in Hexclad
Salt Mill 129 pounds sterling in Amazon
Pepper -mill pepper 129 pounds in Amazon
‘hexclad salt and Pepper mills It is the best thing I have experienced ever; It is expensive but Mega. “
Microplane fine Gratr
29.99 pounds in John Lewis
29.99 pounds in Lielland
“I always insist on garlic and ginger with Microplane Ginger first, so that garlic can help push any parts of the rebel ginger – and use it in lemon, lemon, parmesan, etc. It is my favorite ritual hands, and the right level of sharp versus conquest is that it will not take off my fingertips. The fine plane of an evil husband, just to use it if I have a dishwasher. “
Tim HayardThe restaurant, broadcaster And an author steak
thermapen
52.80 pounds in ETI
42.80 pounds in Amazon
A thermapen Digital thermometer: Hold it with meat and will tell you when it is medium success. It also tells you about the perfect preparation point for the custard, it prevents your eggs from going to go rubber, and you can know when the bread is cooked on the road. All basic temperatures are available on the Internet. If you are honest, though, the tools that I have never been able to live without the laptop and the phone; You spend a lot of time examining temperatures and cooking times, keeping my notes, and I use the timer on my phone as well. “Siri, temporary appointment”, will change the boiled egg game overnight. “
Victorinox, carcinogenic tomatoes, knife
5.98 pounds in Nisbets
6.90 pounds in Victorianox
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“My tomato knife, a talented friend of Greece. It is a very good, old, given, curved; nothing costly, but Gamechanger. Since you are Greek, I eat a lot of tomatoes, and if I cut it with a regular chef, you will crush it. It is one of my favorite things in my kitchen.”
Mitch TonxFounder of the sea horse in Dartmouth And rocky fish Restaurants
Magimix Juice Expert 3 in 1 Juicer
250 pounds sterling in John Lewis
250 pounds in Phoenic
“Cold pressure juice. I love it, not just to put fresh fruit or anything you got for juice, but to make ginger shots – you should not peel it – for guarantees for raw fish.”
Stainless steel mill
27.99 pounds in Lielland
25 pounds sterling in Dunelm
“My food mill must be a sieve with a cupcraft that presses the flavor and maintains texture in a way that no other tool can.”
Ravenit GilleThe feast of the Eid column, the chef of pastries, and the judge on Junior Junior
Hakim Parista Express
629.95 pounds in the curry
630 pounds in Argos
“My Sage Bean to Cup Coffee Machine. He adds a great deal of happiness to my kitchen. There is no good coffee where I live and I don’t like drinking burning alcohol, coffee badly. The rituals put it in the morning make me smile always – sad, but right.”
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Margot HendersonChef and the co -owner of the Roshil shelling in London
Gray marble mortar
35 pounds sterling in John Lewis
“I love grinding spices in the mortar and custodian of the Thai sauces. I love the movement, I love their appearance, and they are just a really good tool. I have one medium in size and then my little one presented me.”
Richard CorganThe head of the chef from the Kurgan Group
Japanese Japanese Mandoline Police
39.99 pounds in Sous Chef
43.99 pounds in Amazon
“I would like to hate to live without Mandoline, with all its various attachments. It is a quick and arranged way to cut vegetables and fruits, and we will stand in preparatory time – just see those fingers!”
Paul Einsworth, the owner of the chef for Paul Einsworth in No. 6, Badisto And an author In order to love food
Large wooden cutting plate
“I am not sure that you can call it a tool, but my favorite element in the kitchen is a large wooden cutting plate. There is something very satisfactory about working on a good one.”