Who does the cooking in your house? And don’t be ashamed to say it’s not you! Because while you may not love it, there is someone in your life who probably does — and it’s time to celebrate them! So even if you can’t create a tasty meal for them, you can create a terrific tribute by treating them to cute and convenient kitchen gifts perfect for any home.
Like any menu, there are so many great gift options when it comes to cooking that it may be a challenge just to choose. But don’t worry — that’s where today’s specials come in!
1) A Nice Knife Block Set
There are so many utensils in a kitchen that you can gift someone. Where do you begin? Depending on how much time your home chef spends prepping their food for the pot, an appropriate knife set may be the key! Because while your home chef may have a high-end restaurant-level skill set, the sound of their potatoes boiling over onto the stove and chicken sizzling too long and loud in the oven while they struggle to push their blade through the next target and begin falling behind can make your favorite cook favor more convenient activities! So while the razor-sharp blade of a knife isn’t exactly cute, it’s a lifelong investment that will keep your favorite home chef happy.
2) An Appealing Apron
Whether they are entertaining in the kitchen while they cook or they are all alone going all-out and making a mess, an apron is likely always welcome in the eyes of your home chef! Especially if they spend an extraordinary amount of time in the kitchen and even if they have a handful of aprons already, a crisp, clean and cute apron just can’t be combated. From shoulder straps and neck loops to special features and finishes, the options for aprons are endless — which means that you have the opportunity to showcase your home chef’s skills as much as their personality and style!
3) A Pair of Patterned Oven Mitts
Whether you’re doing a stir fry, baking a whole bird or grilling burgers at a barbecue, if you want to keep that good food coming, you might want to consider investing in a pair of oven mitts for your gourmet grill chef! From cute to creepy, oven mitts are offered in an array of aesthetics — and there is no going wrong with any of them!
4) Different Dish Towels
Before a meal, during a meal, after a meal, and anytime in-between, dish towels are always called upon, and they’re always caught on sale somewhere odd when you see them. Instead, give the chef in your life the opportunity to feel as fancy as the meals they feed you with some nice luxury dish towels. While it may seem simple, the sheer amount that they are used (not to mention the sight of the hanging and awaiting orders) will make this a significant gift that’s sure to be appreciated at every use. If your home chef isn’t quite so fancy, consider shifting from nice luxury dish towels to fancy and funny dish towels that fit any style of kitchen for a guaranteed smile.
5) A Home Herb Garden
While the home chef in your life may not be the home’s gardener, they likely love the unrivaled taste and texture that fresh herbs have to offer and would love to be more involved with their ingredients. Not only is a home herb garden a great gift, but the array of varieties offered means that you can cater the idea to them and their kitchen as well as they cater meals out to you from their kitchen. So whether it be a traditional terracotta grow kit or a modern self-watering, light-producing and pre-seeded smart garden, it’s best to not think twice and just get growing!
6) An Adjustable Cell Phone/Tablet Stand
While it’s not impossible that your home chef is at an actual professional chef level with their stunning knife skills and a head full of recipes, it’s more likely that they are just a person who’s passionate about the art of cooking, and they’re learning as they go! This is an inspiring endeavor that should be encouraged, and while you could read them their recipes in an attempt to embrace and encourage their growth, you could also do them one better! Allow them to record the trial and error process when trying out new recipes, follow tutorial videos, read recipes, and do conversions from the comfort of their kitchen counter with an adjustable cell phone or tablet stand!
7) A Special Chopping Board Set
It doesn’t matter how amazing their skills and supplies are — without the right cutting boards, the chef in your life can’t get cooking very conveniently! Along with this, your chef probably understands the effects of cross-contamination and undoubtedly doesn’t want to put you all at risk by using one cutting board for all sorts of food prep. So from gifting the chef on your list an assortment of colored chopping boards to distinguish their designated purposes to gifting your home chef a set of luxury chopping boards to ensure they always have a nice one to use, if the chef on your list doesn’t have a set, they should make the cut!
8) The Perfect Pizza Peel
Whether your home chef creates their pizzas in a wood-fired pizza oven, in the regular oven or even not at all, there’s a good chance that they would LIKE to be making pizza the proper/professional way! And while you probably can’t gift them a proper pizza oven, you CAN gift them the perfect pizza peel! Wooden pizza peels are generally preferred among professionals and passionate pizza cooks — but “perfect” in this particular instance could mean anything from the perfect aesthetic for their kitchen area to a personalized pizza peel with their name engraved onto it!
Leave the Prep Work to Someone Else
The home chef in your life knows their strengths and weaknesses in the kitchen, and they turn to tools like the ones above for support when it helps. If finding the perfect gift is one of your weak points, it may be worthwhile to turn to something of your own for support. Clever curated gift boxes for the home chef can be cooked up very quickly. If this is the case for you (or if you’ve simply run out of time), they are worth a try to say the least!