Professional Chefs Offer Favorite Kitchen Gadget Gift Ideas
April 17, 2004
- Just in time for Mother's Day, Father's Day and bridal showers, here are some gift-giving suggestions for your favorite kitchen gadget lover courtesy of the professional chefs from the culinary programs of The Art Institutes. From Atlanta to Minneapolis, Denver to Los Angeles, the one kitchen tool that kept coming up on the lists was a mandoline slicer. The slicer device is often made of stainless steel, which slices, grates and chops vegetables and fruits, as well as other firm foods.
"The mandoline is handy, it's quick -- it's a great timesaver," says chef John Fisher of The Art Institute of Seattle. "Plastic versions run from $30 to $60 and professional metal mandolines run from $85 to $110."
Other suggestions range from the simple - paring knife, mallet, and blender -- to the not so simple -- induction stove and pans and a backyard wood-burning pizza oven. And one of the chefs says he once gave his wife a smoke detector for the kitchen and it has turned out to be the best and most used gift ever.
Top favorites from The Art Institutes chefs:
Chef Jim Morris, The Art Institute of Atlanta
Food processor
Mandoline slicer
Marinating syringe
Chef Richard Battista, The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles
Commercial-level food processor
Kitchen paring knife
Mandoline for cutting vegetables
Chef Chris DeJohn, The Art Institute of Colorado
Coffee grinder for blending spices
Food dehydrator
French or Chinese mandoline for cutting vegetables
Good mallet to pound your favorite veal dish
Handheld immersion blender
Induction stove and pans
Pasta machine
Smoker for outside the kitchen
Chef Ted Reemtsma, The Art Institute of Houston
Handheld immersion blender
Pepper mill
Pizza stone
Chef Amy Carter, The Art Institutes International Minnesota
Butane mini-torch
Instant digital thermometer
Mandoline
Potato ricer
Chef Byron Korus, The Art Institutes International Minnesota
Chinois (a finely meshed, cone-shaped strainer for straining sauces)
Gas satay grill
Mandoline
Master Chef Walter Leible, The Art Institute of Phoenix
Backyard wood- burning pizza oven
Chef Bill Sy, The Art Institute of Phoenix
Home ice cream maker machine
Rice cooker/steamer
Pasta drying rack
Set of cleavers
Chef John Fisher, The Art Institute of Seattle
Digital thermometer
Fish poacher
Garlic peeler
Handheld immersion blender
Mandoline
Stove-top pan smoker
The Art Institutes system of 24 educational institutions is located nationwide, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals. The Art Institutes have provided career-oriented education programs for over 35 years, with more than 125,000 graduates. For more information, visit The Art Institutes Web site at www.artinstitutes.edu/nz.
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"The mandoline is handy, it's quick -- it's a great timesaver," says chef John Fisher of The Art Institute of Seattle. "Plastic versions run from $30 to $60 and professional metal mandolines run from $85 to $110."
Other suggestions range from the simple - paring knife, mallet, and blender -- to the not so simple -- induction stove and pans and a backyard wood-burning pizza oven. And one of the chefs says he once gave his wife a smoke detector for the kitchen and it has turned out to be the best and most used gift ever.
Top favorites from The Art Institutes chefs:
Chef Jim Morris, The Art Institute of Atlanta
Food processor
Mandoline slicer
Marinating syringe
Chef Richard Battista, The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles
Commercial-level food processor
Kitchen paring knife
Mandoline for cutting vegetables
Chef Chris DeJohn, The Art Institute of Colorado
Coffee grinder for blending spices
Food dehydrator
French or Chinese mandoline for cutting vegetables
Good mallet to pound your favorite veal dish
Handheld immersion blender
Induction stove and pans
Pasta machine
Smoker for outside the kitchen
Chef Ted Reemtsma, The Art Institute of Houston
Handheld immersion blender
Pepper mill
Pizza stone
Chef Amy Carter, The Art Institutes International Minnesota
Butane mini-torch
Instant digital thermometer
Mandoline
Potato ricer
Chef Byron Korus, The Art Institutes International Minnesota
Chinois (a finely meshed, cone-shaped strainer for straining sauces)
Gas satay grill
Mandoline
Master Chef Walter Leible, The Art Institute of Phoenix
Backyard wood- burning pizza oven
Chef Bill Sy, The Art Institute of Phoenix
Home ice cream maker machine
Rice cooker/steamer
Pasta drying rack
Set of cleavers
Chef John Fisher, The Art Institute of Seattle
Digital thermometer
Fish poacher
Garlic peeler
Handheld immersion blender
Mandoline
Stove-top pan smoker
The Art Institutes system of 24 educational institutions is located nationwide, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals. The Art Institutes have provided career-oriented education programs for over 35 years, with more than 125,000 graduates. For more information, visit The Art Institutes Web site at www.artinstitutes.edu/nz.
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