Every kitchen knife is designed with a specific task in mind, ensuring precision and ease when preparing different ingredients. The material and construction of a knife influence its durability, while proper cleaning, sharpening, and storage help preserve its quality for years to come. Check out these simple tips and tricks to care for your knives

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Types of knives explained

Knife styles offer unique advantages, with some designs drawn from different countries and cuisines. Each blade shape affects how it slices through certain ingredients. Explore the best knife brands available at Kitchen Warehouse.

• Chef's knife: A versatile tool for chopping, slicing, and dicing fruits, vegetables, herbs and meat. Its large, curved blade is great for rocking cuts. An essential knife for home cooks and chefs alike.
• We recommend: Wolstead and Global.

• Utility knife: Similar to a chef’s knife, but with a slightly smaller blade to prepare medium sized ingredients. From cutting carrots and apples to sandwiches, it’s a great all-rounder.
• We recommend:Wusthof and Yaxell.

• Paring knife: A small, precise blade that is easy to manoeuvre. Ideal for peeling fruit and vegetables and intricate work like deveining shrimp or deseeding chillies. Easy to reach for in a pinch.
• We recommend:Victorinox and Shun.

• Santoku knife: The hollow indents along this blade reduce suction, ensuring food won’t stick to the blade as you cut. Originating in Japan, ‘santoku’ translates to ‘three virtues’ or ‘three uses’. This knife is great for slicing, dicing and chopping to prepare vegetables, fish and meat.
• We recommend: Shun, Furi and Yaxell.

• Boning and filleting knives: Designed with a very long, thin, flexible blade to remove bones and fillet meat. Perfect for poultry, red meat and fish.
• We recommend: Global, Victorinox and Yaxell.

• Carving knife: A long and sharp blade designed to cut large cuts of meat. Using the wrong knife for carving tasks is dangerous and can lead to hacking or rough cutting. A carving knife creates elegant, thin slices of roast beef and poultry, Christmas ham and more.
• We recommend:Tramontina and Victorinox.

• Kitchen scissors and shears: Kitchen shears bring extra strength when faced with tougher tasks, like cutting through meat bones and they are also a useful option for snipping delicate ingredients like herbs or salad leaves. Shears even come in handy to cut open packaging.
• We recommend:Scanpan and OXO.

• Ceramic knives: Super sharp with superior edge retention. A ceramic blade is naturally antibacterial, for more hygienic use, and generally forms a lightweight knife.
• We recommend:Kitchen Pro Ceramic.

• Specialty knives: We’ve curated a range of high quality speciality knives for unique, particular tasks and ingredients. Think sashimi, herbs, steak and oysters, all prepared with care.
• We recommend: Wusthof, Laguiole and Victorinox.

Find your next kitchen knife

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