Christmas Gift Ideas: 14 chef-approved tools for the gastronomes on your list

Christmas Gift Ideas: 14 chef-approved tools for the gastronomes on your list

By Toronto Life | November 20, 2013

By Toronto Life | 11/20/2013

Tools of engagement

In food circles, chefs are like rock stars: we know their names, fan-girl over their credentials and try to ape their style on our own humble stoves. In order to cook like a pro, however, you need the right arsenal. We polled some of the city’s best chefs on the gadgets and pantry staples they can’t live without. Here, 14 tricks of the trade from Toronto’s top culinary brass.

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Robot Coupe Food Processor — (Image: courtesy Robot Coupe)

Gray Kunz Spoons — (Image: courtesy Gray Kunz)

Birkenstock Boston Clogs — (Image: courtesy Birkenstock)

Japanese Mandoline — (Image: courtesy Bento and Co.)

Wusthof Tongs — (Image: courtesy Wusthof)

Offset Spatula — (Image: Daniel Neuhaus)

Knob Creek Bourbon — (Image: courtesy Knob Creek)

Moving Pictures by Rush — (Image: courtesy Anthem records)

Powdered Cocoa Butter — (Image: courtesy Barry Callebaut)

Frantoio Olive Oil — (Image: courtesy Frantoio Grove)

Mortar and Pestle — (Image: courtesy Williams-Sonoma)

Gyuto Knife — (Image: Daniel Neuhaus)

Chasers Juices — (Image: Daniel Neuhaus)

Rum — (Image: iStock)

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