Andrew Zimmern: The 20 Best Gifts for Chefs That Will Complete Their Kitchen
Check out these cooking gifts recommended by professional chefs
Do you have a friend or family member who loves to cook? Or maybe you’re looking to gift yourself some upgrades to your own kitchen? We tapped professional chefs, restaurateurs and writers for their picks for the best gifts for chefs, from unique kitchen appliances to online cooking classes. We also include some of our top rated products that we’ve tested for ourselves. Want to do some more kitchen shopping? Check out our kitchen and dining section.
Sous vide precision cooker
“I think the most overlooked way for any food lover to save money and save time is using a sous vide cooking system at home,” says Andrew Zimmern, an “Iron Chef” and “The Silos Baking Competition” judge and star of “Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen” who is based in Minneapolis. While in previous decades only professional chefs used sous vide cookers, home chefs can now get a great one for as low as $100. Zimmern recommends the $150 Anova Nano Sous Vide Precision Cooker, which he uses to cook everything from perfectly medium-rare steak to tomato sauce. “There is no food system quite like it in the world,” he says. “It saves money, cuts down on waste and tastes better.
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