Professional Cutlery Sets

A well-equipped home kitchen should have at least four types of kitchen knives: a chef's knife, a slicer, a utility knife, and a parer. Forged-steel knives sliced, diced, and chopped their way to the top of our Ratings. They tend to be sturdier and less apt to bend than stamped-steel knives, but they're more expensive.

A kitchen knife is any knife that is intended to be used in food preparation. While much of this work can be accomplished with a few general-purpose knives - notably a large chef's knife, a tough cleaver, and a small paring knife - there are also many specialized knives that are designed for specific tasks.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.

Named one of the five favorite culinary books of this decade by Food Arts magazine, The Professional Chef™ is the classic kitchen reference that many of America's top chefs have used to understand basic skills and standards for quality as well as develop a sense of how cooking works.