A favourite among the Jamie Oliver food team, the santoku knife is great for slicing, dicing and chopping. Japanese in origin, the flat edge and sheepsfoot blade not only looks beautiful, but is super efficient, too.
Just so, what 3 knives are essential to a chef?
If you think about the knives that you use again and again, it comes down to three essentials: The chef’s knife, the serrated knife and the paring knife.
Likewise, people ask, what knives do Michelin chefs use?
Yohei Matsuki. The Michelin two-star chef’s favorites are the Maguro and Yanagiba knives made by Tatsuo Ikeda, a traditional, award-winning craftsman from Osaka, Japan.
What knives does Rick Stein use?
The Wolf & Dingo Kollell knife range is: Designed for kitchen prep and also as a table knife for chops or pizza – tested by many Cornish chefs as well as Rick.
Which knives do chefs prefer?
The two main brands used by professional chefs are Wüsthof and ZWILLING JA Henckels. These are both German brands that use good quality stainless steel.