08.24.2018

Things You Need for a Serious Chef’s Kitchen

Guest Article Contribution: Emma Joyce

Whether you consider yourself a real cooking expert or you’re just a fan of cooking shows on TV, you have to have a proper kitchen if you want to prepare proper food. This doesn’t mean you need to break the bank when furnishing and decorating your kitchen, but there are a couple of things you simply must have if you want your meals to be tasty, visually intriguing and exciting. If you’re still not sure how to create a kitchen that’s going to show the world how serious about cooking you really are, here are a couple of things every professional chef’s kitchen needs.

Islands

No matter how spacious your kitchen is, it could definitely use a kitchen island – it’s not just a way to organize your space, but also a surface for preparing, serving and eating food, as well as some additional storage space every kitchen needs. You can design and make a kitchen island on your own, even if you have less cooking space than most people, and there are lots of ideas you can try out. So, find an island that suits you the most and take your kitchen to a whole new level right away!

 

Knives

You can’t prepare food if you don’t have a set of sharp knives, can you? This is something most of us don’t pay enough attention to, but it’s still quite important, so getting a set of professional knives should be high on your list of priorities. Again, you don’t have to go all out and get a full knife set – as that can be surprisingly expensive, to be honest – but sticking to a paring knife, a bread knife and a chef’s knife will be quite enough for starters. It goes without saying that you have to learn how to use them first, both for your safety and for the quality of the food you’re cooking, so start slowly and don’t try to replicate what your favorite TV chefs are doing just yet.

 

Ranges

Whether you prefer eating grilled meat or boiled vegetables, you need to have a powerful range in your kitchen that’s going to make all your wishes come true in a matter of minutes. This might seem like a huge investment at first, but just imagine the commodity of using it every single day and being sure everything you cook is going to taste amazing. Opting for a reliable gas-powered Thor range is a sure way to serve your family quality and healthy food every day of the week, so take this idea into consideration as soon as possible.

 

Cutting boards

This is one of the kitchen essentials all chefs just love and something you’re going to use every step of the way – from preparing your veggies to cutting your meat before serving it. Moreover, small kitchens sometimes don’t include huge countertops and that’s why a proper cutting board is even more valuable for people living in small homes. When choosing it, you can pick between glass, stone, plastic, bamboo or wood, and basically whichever board you choose is going to be quite alright, but make sure it’s strong enough to endure all those things you’ll be cutting on it.

 

Pots and pans

Once you’ve prepared the food, it’s time to actually cook it, and you need proper cookware for that. Finding high-quality pots and pans seems easy, but it’s actually harder than you think, and you should put in a lot of time into the search. There are lots of different options on the market and everyone loves different things, but the selection that most chefs recommend includes cast-iron pans, aluminum pressure cookers, covered saucepans and Dutch ovens. These are things that will allow you to cook a wide range of food and cover all your basic recipes, and since you have to be prepared for anything your family wants you to cook, having lots of different pots and pans is definitely the way to go.

 

Some of the other ways to enrich your kitchen include getting things like immersion blenders, read thermometers, powerful food processors and pressure cookers – these are going to make your cooking more special and turn every meal you make into something really delicious.