Right, kitchen painted. Magnetic knife rack purchased and attached to wall.

Could somebody please recommend me a nice chef’s knife. I’m after durability and sensible value for money, but will pay for something that will do a good job for a long time…

Whilst I’m at it, what about pepper mills? I understand that Peugeot are the brand for those in the know….?

some nice ceramic knifes would look good on the rack. 😉

I’ve got a couple of Wüsthof knifes including the 16cm one of these though I wished I got a slightly bigger one.

Get a Wusthof chefs knife.

A 18cm blade one will do most things.

ooh – liking the Wusthof in a “getting the job done” way

Next to a decent chef knife imo the next best one to have is a decent paring knife.

Global Knife

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Errr, the ceramic knifes won’t stick to the magnet?

This topic is done once a week, try a search, failing that get a global G2 chefs knife it’s all you will ever need.

Gustaf emil ern, made in Germany. All you will ever need, well those and a steel to sharpen those babies.

Errr, the ceramic knifed won’t stick to the magnet?

🙄

Don’t go Global, go Henckel! Awesome knives.

Errr, the ceramic knifed won’t stick to the magnet?

Didn’t see the wink, too small on the phone.

See the hifi thread.

If there’s anything dafter than people waffling on about hifi it’s people waffling on about bloomin kitchen knives ffs!

I suggest one of pure obsidian forged in the fires of Hades by Vulcan’s own hand. That’ll make your spag bol taste amazing!

If there’s anything dafter than people waffling on about hifi it’s people waffling on about bloomin kitchen knives ffs!

Nearly as daft as waffling on about bikes 😉

I’m with Molgrips. Don’t go getting spensive knives so’s you can pretend to your friends you’re a top chef or sumfink, when all your good at is doing a Pot Noodle…

I suggest one of pure obsidian forged in the fires of Hades by Vulcan’s own hand

Hah! Obsidian can’t be forged! in either sense.

Global are overpriced, but look nice. I wouldn’t buy another. I don’t think you’d ever see a Global in a professional kitchen (could be wrong though).

Hah! Obsidian can’t be forged!

In the fires of Hades, by Vulcan’s own hands it can, so ner! 😛

For salt and pepper, get something with a crushgrind mechanism. It’s astounding how much better than anything else they are.

Whilst we’re on kitchen stuff, what deep-fat fryer?

we have just inherited a set of victorinox forged knives, not bad at all.

is obsidian magnetic?

see if you can get to a good shop and try a few for size and weight.

FWIW, I like Tesco’s “professional” range.
This Independent newspaper just covered this: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-ten-best-kitchen-knives-2203832.html

Global are overpriced, but look nice. I wouldn’t buy another. I don’t think you’d ever see a Global in a professional kitchen (could be wrong though).

Global knives are easily the most common brand of knife in professional kitchens. Yet I have worked with chefs who use cheap nylon handle knives and others who spend a lot more. You can only tell what suits you by trying a knife for comfort in the hand.

One thing for sure is that chefs rarely have a whole range of the same brand knife. For example I have several larger Global knives but hate there smaller paring knives.

I’ve used these for years…

http://nipponkitchen.com/acatalog/Tojiro_DP_Range.html

Really like them.

Tee hee!

>For salt and pepper, get something with a crushgrind mechanism<

Whats a crushgrind?

Crushgrind

Global knives are easily the most common brand of knife in professional kitchens.

That told me! I thought Global recommended against using them to crush garlic etc. with the flat of the knife though?

If you watch anything with Jamie O or GR cooking in their own homes, they both use some Global knives when cooking. They’re so distinctive it’s easy to spot.

Personally I love Global knives.