KITCHEN
Shiny & Sharp
GADGETS
The coolest new kitchen gear and vital cooking kit
KitchenAid Artisan Food Mixer
RRP £ 429, but often discounted to £ 380
Providing the best excuse for a nation to explain why their
cakes don’t come out like they do on the Great British Bake
Off, these iconic American mixers – as seen on every TV
contestant’s worktop – are an investment piece for serious
bakers. Able to mix up just about anything you throw in the
bowl at 10 different speeds, they use a ‘planetary’ motion to
turn the bowl the opposite way to the whisk to reach every last
morsel. You’ll tire of making cakes long before the mighty,
diecast metal-encased motor does; it’s guaranteed to purr effortlessly for five years. One thing’s for sure, looking this
magnificent in any of its 20 different colours, it’s never going
to be one of those gadgets that ends up at the back of a
cupboard. Now, if only KitchenAid made cars...
www.kitchenaid.co.uk
For cleaner clear-ups
Joseph Joseph Elevate Wood tools
RRP £ 55, available for £ 44
These five cookware tools
continue Joseph Joseph’s mix of
bright colours and smart design.
Combining beech wood and
silicon, they’re heat resistant to
270oC/520oF and do everything
they can – short of levitating – to
avoid leaving sauce or oil on your
worktops, with a rotating stand and
a silicon collar that keeps them off
your counter when you plonk them
there in the heat of a stressful cook.
www.josephjoseph.com/
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To get a crush on your fruit
Vitality 4 Life Bio Chef Silent Cold Press Juicer
RRP £199 but you’ll find it for £170
Continuing Japan’s rep for sharp cutting implements, these
knives attract rave reviews from top chefs. By sandwiching two
softer layers of steel around a super-hard middle they achieve
top marks on the international hardness scale to create the
ultimate cutting edge. As well as being sharp enough to make
you wince just by looking at them, they retain their edge for
longer before you need to sharpen them. www.ioshen.co.uk
This strips toasting down to its primitive origins - applying heat to
bread. Sure there’s a clockwork timer and a lever to flick up the toast
when you think it’s done but that’s about it. What you get instead of
fancy settings are iconic good looks and robust heating elements that
make for crisper toast. They’re replaceable, too, meaning this could be
the last toaster you buy, no matter how many butter knives you jam in
there on hot cross bun rescue missions. www.dualit.com
I.O.Shen Mastergrade Knives
Individual knives start at £60, sets £ 300
Dualit Classic Vario AWS Polished 4 Slot Toaster
RRP £200 but shop around to get it for £170
To steel from the pros...
For people who want toast from a design classic
Cold press juicing slowly crushes your orange to pulp rather
than eviscerating it with blades, supposedly preserving more
of the live enzymes. You get more juice this way from your
fruit and veg, particularly with this juicer’s dual extraction
process. www.vitality4life.co.uk
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