Being a chef is hard. You cook food using all the best ingredients, and using the best kitchen utensils, while following a secret recipe. So, what do chefs really need to make a great food?
Is there a secret utensil we need to know about? Is it what the chefs wear during their cooking? How about spices? Do the chefs need extra ingredients? We seldom watch cooking reality programs, and thought we knew everything about preparing food and all the items needed to create one. So, do we really know about it?
Let’s look at 15 gifts that chefs really want.
1. A wooden ladle
Most of the ladle in marts are made out of plastic. So, give the chefs a gift of wooden ladle. A wooden ladle is sturdier. A wooden ladle would bring out more health benefits in comparison to using a plastic ladle, since a wooden ladle are made from natural wood.
2. A Japanese knife
Japanese knifes are pretty sharp and can slice raw fish pretty thin. It is a good knife in preparing shashimi which is thinly sliced raw fish. You can also use Japanese knifes in just about anything, preparing sushi, cutting wasabi and mincing garlic.
3. Oven mitts
A chef bakes too, and they need to protect their hands when removing the cake from the oven. Here is where the oven mitts come in handy. With it, chefs can easily remove the bakery from the oven without fearing the heat.
4. Egg steamer
What better way to prepare soft boiled eggs than to use an egg steamer? Secretly, chefs would rather use these convenient ways of preparing soft boiled eggs or even half boiled eggs. It would steam the eggs at the right temperature for the set time suggested in the manual.
5. Herbs and spices
A chef would need a rack of herb and spices. The chef can easily pick up the spices and sprinkle it on the food. Each herb and spices would bring out a delicious taste to the dish. The more herbs and spices, the better.
6. All purpose flour
A chef needs an all-purpose flour. This flour can be used to wrap the chicken, as well as vegetable. You can also bake a cake with this floor. Making a pasta starts from flour too.
7. Cake mixer
Give the chefs a gift of cake mixer. It will speed up the process of mixing flour with eggs and water. A mixer beats all regular ladle in terms of speed, and this makes this time-consuming process ease as breeze and saves time too.
8. Blender
Your chef would need to blend the vegetables and chillies and garlic so they can make a base for that beef or chicken soup or simply marinade them. The taste would be out of this world and all your chef need is the blender to mix the ingredients together.
9. Juicer
A juicer would do a good job in getting that citrus juice from limes, oranges and lemon. These citrus flavor would taste great to pour on top of a fish dish. Chefs can just simply use the juicer to make juice too, or make a citrus flavored ice cream, sorbet or popsicle.
10. Meat tenderizer
To prepare a steak, a meat tenderizer would be great in tenderizer the beef. Especially the tenderloin needs to be tenderized and be set before cooking it. The technique of tenderizing meat will bring the taste of the beef to a whole new level.
11. Rice cooker
A chef would want to cook rice in a rice cooker. Rice cooker will bring the result of a more evenly cooked rice compared to rice cooked in a pot. May you prefer softer rice or harder rice, your chef can adjust the water level to bring about the desired quality of the cooked rice.
12. Wok
Wok is simply a large round pan. It has a half round feature. Wok is simply great for cooking fried noodle, fried rice, fish and meat too. Put in the chopped garlic and chillies and cooked them in the wok until the the smell spices come out.
13. Frying pan
A brand new frying pan to cook the fish and meat would certainly replaces the old ones. Frying pans were first sold as non-stick pans. However, as time goes by, the non-stick materials starts to come off, and that is when you need to buy a new pan.
14. Pot
Cooking soup in the right pot is essential to making a great appetizer. When you are waiting for your beef soup to be boiling, it would be great to take note on adding salt to your soup.
15. Set of cutlery
It would be great of you gift a chef a set of cutlery consist of spoons, fork and butterknife. So that when we can by to eat in the chefs’ house, he would be able to prepare the cutlery. The chef can also use the cutlery during cooking time.
So, with all these great ideas, your chefs will surely have a great time cooking. As long as your chef is passionate about anything, they can definitely prepare a delicious and successful dish. The items may look common and basic, but these items are the most sought after and basically the first that chefs will look for. A chef can never have enough of these items, since the need to use this item on a daily basis that that includes wear and tears.