As Julia Child once said, “People who love to eat are always the best.” I’ll just add a little to that: people who like to cook, especially for other people, aren’t bad either. If your current valentine fancies themselves a home chef or hopes to improve their cooking skills, consider yourself lucky because there are probably a few out there. tasty things in your future. If you want to encourage their cooking activities, we’ve rounded up the best Valentine’s Day gifts for someone who cooks.
While this gift guide is meant to inspire and offer suggestions for kitchen equipment we’ve tried and loved, it’s a good idea to first take stock of your kitchen utensil inventory. gift. If they’ve already splurged on great pots and pans, they may not want or need more. If not, you can bet we’ve tested everything since cookware to dutch ovens, chef’s knives, rice cookers
and hand blenders find the best of everything for his kitchen. We’ve also figured out where you can find the best specialty ingredients online or the top premade delights from Goldbelly’s sprawling online marketplace.
Pulled from our relentlessly tested best lists and constant hands-on, oral research, these are the best Valentine’s Day gifts for a home cook this year.
Milo
There are plenty of quality Dutch ovens to choose from – Le Creuset, Staub, Vermicular – but Milo’s enamel pot has a very distinct minimalist look. It also comes in at an appetizing price of $125 for the 3.5-quart size. Compare that with those French and Japanese luxury brands that will probably cost you nearly three times as much.
The Milo is available in 10 great colors and makes the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for a chef who lacks an enameled cast iron pan.
Snake River Farms
For beef eaters, Wagyu really is worth the hype. Swirled with rich marbling for vibrant flavor, this beef can get expensive, so a pack is the most economical way to purchase it. Snake River Farms specializes in this stuff, and you can secure this pack with two tenderloins, two top sirloins, two dogs, and two pounds of beef for $179. That still might sound like a lot – and it is – but wait until you try it.
Yamazaki
For a recipe hawk, having a dedicated tablet holder for the kitchen is essential. This sleek unit doubles as a cookbook holder for all the analog compendiums they’ve dragged from yesteryear.
Galanz
If you’re going to gift someone an air fryer, and I highly recommend it if they don’t have one, make it a model with a bit of aesthetic flair. Galanz’s 4.8-quart cooker blasts all your air fryer favorites — wings, carrots, fish fillets — and does it in style.
GE
If you’re ready to splurge, and I mean really splurge, GE Profile’s new smart blender with built-in scale and auto-sensing technology that senses when you need more or less punch is the gift. ideal for a baker in 2023. Jessica Dolcourt got to try out the smart blender at CES when it was unveiled at the huge tech show, and has since called it “very important”. Now, it’s fully accessible to the public and can be purchased exclusively from Crate & Barrel.
Ingarden
It’s perhaps the most attractive smart garden we’ve come across and it’s incredibly easy to use. Microgreens are best known for their role as starter garnish, but these baby greens are packed with vitamins and antioxidants.
Ingarden has LED grow lights and a reservoir for water which is drained into the soilless seed pads. In about seven days, you’ll have bushy microgreens to use for salads, sandwiches, and a host of other applications. The sleek, simple and clean indoor grower is crafted from ceramic and steel and fits on virtually any windowsill or shelf for a welcome splash of green. It’s the perfect Valentine’s Day gift if your loved one wants to enjoy some extra freshness in their daily meal planning. Read my full review of the Ingarden here.
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blue apron
My father bought me and my three siblings cast iron skillets for last year’s vacation. While I’m grateful, I wish it had been this one, which is lighter than the average cast iron skillet (ours were quite the addition to our suitcases when we got home). This one is non-stick and makes a great serving dish for something like a large chocolate chip cookie. And it’s so beautiful to look at.
If you want something even lighter but equally equipped to handle high heat for cooking steaks and other meats, try our favorite. Made In Blue Carbon Steel Frying Pan ($89).
On the table
This is a perfect little board for serving cheese and charcuterie on date night at home. The olive’s natural grain patterns are undeniably beautiful, as is the price; only $17 for the Italian made cheese platter. Add it to a gift box or basket with some fine cheese and a bottle of wine for a wow effect your valentine is sure to love.
Ten speed press
If there’s one chef whose cookbooks we’ve been leafing through in recent years, it’s Yotam Ottolenghi. The Israeli-born British chef and restaurateur is a master of flavor with a focus on plant-based cuisine.
In its latest release, Flavor, Ottolenghi, and author Ixta Belfrage focus on process and technique for incredibly tasty recipes like coconut dal, eggplant dumplings, and chickpea pancakes with yogurt. with mango and pickle. Exotic flavors made accessible, this book is one of the most perfect Valentine’s Day gift options.
by Melinda
I don’t know who Melinda is, but she makes great sauces. Many of these dips and condiments have a good heat, but don’t induce tears, but they’re also built with complex flavors that make them hot sauces worthy of a true chef or food fan. I cracked hard on the habanero honey mustard and spicy garlic parmesan all year round. It’s a perfect Valentine’s Day food gift, you can carry in a gift box a sample of six sauces for $40 and spice up your relationship.
Food52
Who says oven mitts can’t be stylish? These smarter mitts have built-in magnets (!) to place them on the fridge or grill to keep them together when not in use.
belly of gold
I’m lucky to have an Italian market a block away that sells fresh pasta. My snobby self just can’t go back to canned dried stuff. You can send pasta-loving Valentine 4 pounds of freshly made pasta at Raffetto in New York (via Goldbelly) for $30.
Choose from five different cuts including linguini and pappardelle and seven different recipes like the classic egg or add more adventurous varieties like lemony red pepper or rosemary. Anything they don’t use in the early days can be frozen and thawed for later.
Blue Apron Market
You might not use a small knife every time you crack a recipe, but having a good, precise utility blade for small, intricate cuts is huge, especially when slicing fish, tomatoes, and other soft foods. exactly as you want. Shun is a world-class Japanese steel supplier, and their sleek 6-inch Sora utility blade would be a welcome addition to any chef’s block.
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Urban
The first step is to make sure they like the truffles before buying them, because they are not cheap. Most of us normal people don’t cook with truffles or eat them regularly, so scoring a few ounces for your valentine to shave on pasta or risotto will be a major treat.
Bonus: you could also benefit from it.
Porter Road
Does a can of meat seem like a weird Valentine’s Day gift to you? Well, it shouldn’t – unless your partner is vegan, I guess. Porter Road’s Best of the Box is a treasure trove of quality cuts including two dry-aged rib eye steaks, two pork chops, 2 pounds of dry-aged ground beef and 1 pound of bacon, country sausage and of chorizo. From there, the possibilities are endless.
