Top Five: Kitchen Gadgets

They say only a poor workman blames his tools, but, when it comes to the kitchen, good quality equipment can make a world of difference. We’ve selected our top five kitchen gadgets that will transform your cooking experience.

• Digital kitchen thermometer £7.29 (This little guy not only tells you when your meat is cooked through, but is handy for deep frying, cakes and checking whether your partner really has a temperature or is just faking it to get you to do the washing up.) Available here.

• Microplane £15.11 (The king of speedy zesters, you can grate garlic with the skin on to shave off a few seconds from your prep, zest lemon without chopping your fingers off and add more parmesan than necessary fasta than you can say pasta.) Available here.

• Stainless steel soap bar £4.99 (We have no idea what the science behind this is, but wash your hands under cold water with this little piece of metal and make fish, onion and garlic hands a thing of the past. Magic.) Available here.

• Knife Sharpener £8.99 (Oddly, if you’re knives aren’t sharp, you’re in more danger of hurting yourself. Get one of these AnySharp knife sharpeners and never have a butternut squash struggle again.) Available here.

• Mandoline £6.93 (It’s not a musical instrument, but it’ll get people singing the praises of your exceptionally OCD potato dauphinoise. Just mind your fingers.) Available here.