Top Chefs Kitchen Appliances and Gear

Great chefs use many kitchen appliances and utensils to work their culinary magic. What home cooks take for granted such as pots and pans, knives, etc., professional chefs view these as tools of their trade and usually want the best, or at least what works best. To have consistency and durability in your kitchen equipment is important when you are cooking for hundreds day in and day out. For example, a professional chef knows the difference in performance between a thin, cheap, skillet and a copper-clad quality one. The copper distributes the heat more evenly and like the heavy cast iron skillets, will last a lifetime.
He can feel the balance of a quality knife in his hand while trimming meat or chopping vegetables and will usually bring his own set to work. Many chefs will get uptight if anyone else uses their knives, much like an artist with their brushes. They are extensions of their hands and vital to their craft.
In the top kitchens of the world you will find differences in styles, techniques and ingredients but there is one common denominator, the kitchen appliances and utensils are crafted well and made to last for generations.
What are considered the best brands of knives, cookware and kitchen appliances by the top chefs? In surveys done by the ACF in 2008 the chefs and culinary schools were overwhelmingly in favor of just a handful of brands that were available for commercial kitchens and the general public alike. Most specialty items and high-end kitchen knives cannot even be found in Sears, Walmart, etc., but are readily available at sites such as Kitchen Universe and a few others.
For kitchen knives Chroma, and Henckels were the chefs choice, Chroma being the favorite for overall quality and balance.
In the pots and pans category professional chefs overwhelmingly preferred Allclad with Emile running second.
For kitchen appliances like mixers, Cuisinart and Chefs choice were preferred.
Specialty Appliances that many home cooks never even knew existed are now available due to 21st century kitchen technology, these in particular got our attention:
Egg Cooker-

Another Egg Cooker

Kitchen Sprouter-

Pasta Machine-

Whether your a home cooking enthusiast or a professional chef quality kitchen gear and appliances are indispensible in the long run and make things easier and more efficient.
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