Show appreciation to the cooks in your life this holiday season with gifts they’ll love and use everyday. Your relative who never needs help for holiday meals, your friend who spends hours in the kitchen prepping for their dinner parties, and even your closest budding young chef deserve gifts perfect for their favorite hobby–cooking. Get them a gift that fits any budget, whether they’ll use it up immediately in their favorite recipes or hold onto it a long time.
1. 6-Piece Brilliance Nonstick Metal Bakeware Set
This set has everything a cook needs to make and bake a delicious homemade meal. They can use the 9” x 13” (23 cm x 33-cm) Brilliance Nonstick Baking Pan With Lid to make Chicken & Stuffing Casserole and the Brilliance Nonstick Half Sheet Pan With Rack for roasting veggies. And for dessert, they can prepare a Pumpkin Pie Á La Easy in the 8”(20-cm) Brilliance Nonstick Square Pan. If they’re any leftovers, they can pop on the lids and save them in the fridge or freezer for later.
2. Pivoting Peeler
All cooks need a reliable peeler. And this peeler is perfect! With one quick move, they can rotate the blade between two different positions. The horizontal position is perfect for rounder, smaller foods like apples and potatoes while the vertical position is perfect for longer, thinner foods like carrots, zucchini, and cucumbers.
3. Mix N’ Chop®
From mashing avocados for guacamole to crumbling ground beef for bolognese, this tool will keep your cook efficient in the kitchen. Get your cook excited and recommend recipes for this versatile tool, like Turkey Picadillo Stuffed Peppers or Chipotle Turkey Tacos.
4. Cup Slicer
The Cup Slicer will be a super timesaver for cooks who want to zip through slicing fruits and soft veggies quickly. Equipped with five stainless steel blades, this handy slicer cuts through everything from strawberries to grape tomatoes fast, cutting down the prep time! Plus, it’s dishwasher-safe, so cleanup is a breeze!
5. 10″ (25-cm) Cast Iron Skillet
This gift is a solid investment that your cook won’t soon toss—cast iron lasts. This skillet comes preseasoned, and it will keep developing a nonstick surface in the same way your cook gains cooking skills—the more they’re used, the better they’ll get! The skillet rocks for everything from Skillet Cookies to Cheddar Jalapeño Cornbread.
6. Food Chopper
This chopper stands the test of time—and it’s one of our most popular kitchen tools. Your cook can chop veggies and nuts with ease, and avoid the tears with onions. They’ll love the low mess and fast chop this tool gives.
7. Rapid-Prep Mandoline
Your cook knows different cuts of their ingredients affect cook times, texture, and flavor in their culinary creations. Give them control, confidence, and uniformity over chopping in the kitchen with this mandoline. They can safely slice, dice, julienne, and even fry-cut fruits and veggies in seconds.
8. 5-Piece Brilliance Nonstick Cookware Set
Every chef needs cookware, and this nonstick set includes all the essentials for creating simple and masterpiece meals alike. Each piece has a high-quality nonstick coating on the inside and outside, so your food slides right out! They also look great in any kitchen and are dishwasher-safe, so cooks can enjoy a delicious meal without spending too much time cleaning up afterward.
9. Modular Sheet Pans
Sheet pans make great roasted, baked, and broiled dishes, but sometimes more control of cook times is nice. With these pans, the chefs in your life can roast chicken, potatoes, and asparagus at the same time as chicken tenders and fries for the kids. And when a dish is done before the other, they can be taken out with ease.
10. Garlic Parmesan Seasoning
Popcorn, wings, and even pizza benefit from this cheesy seasoning mix. Give a gift of easy flavoring with this mix that withstands high air fryer heat–perfect for fries and chicken wings!
11. Garlic Prep Tool
With this handy tool, cooks can slice and dice garlic as well as turn it into paste. This also changes the final flavor and garlic intensity in their dishes! They’ll be able to make some truly delicious stir-fries, pasta sauces, and chilis with this all-in-one system.
12. Coated Knife Set
This quality knife set makes a perfect gift for a budding chef who is just starting out and needs some solid kitchen tools. Each knife in the set holds up to even inexpert paring, chopping, and mincing—and holds up to the dishwasher, too!
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