9 cool cooking gifts for avid home cooks, as recommended by professional chefs
- We asked a few professional chefs to tell us the best gifts to give someone who loves being in the kitchen. They are working chefs and corporate chefs at top restaurants in New York and California, not to mention "Top Chef" alumni.
- They personally use these 9 kitchen tools and appliances, which include a nonstick frying pan and sous vide precision cooker, in their own lives to make delicious meals.
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Professional chefs - you watch them duke it out on reality cooking competitions, snatch their cookbooks off shelves in hopes of recreating their original recipes, and make reservations months in advance for a seat at their restaurants.
If you like food and cooking, you probably look to professional chefs to learn what to eat and how to cook, but rarely are the actual kitchen tools they use at the center of the conversation.
We asked a few working chefs to tell us the best gifts to give someone who loves being in the kitchen, whether that's yourself or another avid home cook in your life. They personally use these products in their professional or home kitchens, so you know that they stand up to some real heat and pressure.
The nine gift recommendations come from the following professional chefs:
- Leah Cohen, owner and chef of Pig & Khao in New York City and "Top Chef" alum
- Brad Warner, corporate chef at Bodega Negra and Tao Group Hospitality in New York City
- Brooke Williamson, co-owner of Hudson House in Redondo Beach, California and "Top Chef" winner
Learn more about why the chefs love these 9 kitchen tools and appliances and why they make great gifts.
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