Endorsed products

Nisbets’ range of Tsuki knives have achieves a coveted Craft Guild of Chefs accreditation.

The knives were put through their paces across a two week period, with feedback demonstrating that they had impressed across the board; receiving praise for quality, performance and style.

Simon Clark, head of catering at Great Ormond Street Hospital and one of the chefs who tested the knives, described them as ‘’well made, comfortable and very sharp.’’ He also noted that they were ‘’durable’’ and that he found it easy to maintain a well-honed edge.

Made from a Japanese VG-10 stainless steel core, hardened up to 60° Rockwell rating, Tsuki knives provide outstanding cutting performance. Two layers of attractive damascus steel cover the core to protect against corrosion, whilst the ergonomically designed micarta resin handles provide excellent grip.

The range includes an 8” Chefs Knife, 5” Santoku Knife, Paring Knife and Utlity Knife amoungst others. A number of knife sets and wallets are also available.

Other endorsed Nisbets products include:

For the full Tsuki range visit www.nisbets.co.uk/Tsuki or call Nisbets direct on 0845 140 5555.

Vogue’s Triwall Pan range has achieved Craft Guild of Chefs accreditation.

The Triwall range includes a number of heavy-duty pans, all boasting ‘stay cool’ handles and an innovative aluminum thermocore sandwiched between stainless steel walls, providing equal heat distribution for perfectly even cooking.

Leading UK chefs tested the pans across a two-week period, with the product receiving high praise for quality, performance and style.

The product range also includes a number of Mini Triwall Pans, complementing the heavy duty range, the mini pans were found the be ideal for sautéing, reducing and simmering, and boast many of the benefits of their larger counterparts.

The pans are dishwasher safe and suitable for use with all cooking surfaces including induction. The mirror polished exterior with brushed finish interior make for an attractive range of pans that are robust enough to withstand the needs of any commercial kitchen.

Panasonic’s latest professional microwave, the NE-1878 with inverter technology and full metal door, has been given ‘approved product’ status by the Craft Guild of Chefs, achieving 173 points from a total of 180, following testing as part of its Product Endorsement Scheme.

The NE-1878 is the world’s first commercial microwave to come with inverter technology and a full metal door.

All chefs that were involved in the testing agreed that the oven offered ‘huge advantages’ to their operations, saying, “We used this in one of our outlets that is customer facing, the perception of this being an oven and not a microwave is excellent, it fitted in alongside all other equipment and didn’t at all look like a microwave, this again could be a great selling point for customer-facing, open restaurants” and “We were really impressed at the even cooking ability of this product; we even tested delicate fish and it performed really well.”