Specialist Equipment

Once you have assembled the foundation of your kitchen equipment – good-quality pans, knives and so on – it may then be time to consider speciality tools that could make your style of cooking more efficient and at the same time artistic.

The utensils and appliances here are not essential in everyone’s kitchen, but they may be useful in yours. It all depends on what you like to cook – if you make pasta often, for example, it may be worth investing in a pasta machine; if you like to serve moulded puddings and savoury jellies, you might want to have some pretty moulds; pastry makers will value a marble board and lots of individual tins in different shapes; a Chinese wok is indispensable for anyone who likes the quick cooking style of stir-frying.