Kitchen gadgets 2021: our experts recommend the best time-saving kitchen gadgets

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Whether you love to cook, or begrudgingly fix the family meals each evening, you’d be surprised at the difference a few choice appliances can make to the end result.

Indeed, if a worker is only as good as their tools, then our experts have tested and curated the best tools to help make cooking a pleasure, not a chore.

For those of you who adore the wiz-bot gadgetry of shows like Master Chef, there are entries that can help elevate your cooking from prosaic to professional. Ever coveted a sous vide machine, or watched Nigella hand-roll pasta and wanted to match her culinary prowess? We have you covered.

These products have been independently reviewed by our team of experts. We’ve done our best to ensure that there’s nothing too faddish included, though as with most things, these gadgets are only useful if you continue to use them. In each case, we think it’s worth the outlay.

It is something of a struggle to avoid hyperbole when describing the AnySharp Knife Sharpener, an appliance that did revolutionise our experience of cooking. Odds are high you may not be aware how blunt your kitchen knives are. Sharpen them with this sharpener (no skill required) and you’ll be delighted by how freshly capable and razor-sharp your knives now our.

The super-sucker secures it to your work surface, then simply pull your blades through the Tungsten carbide sharpening tool. Terribly satisfying.