Lucky silver coin to protect friendships
Posted on 23. May, 2009 by Paul in Yuppiechef Diary
These little guys arrived today and will ship with each and every one of our knives. Just incase. Some crazy looking old folk once told us that sharp gifts can slice friendships to smithereens unless a lucky coin is given with the gift. We like lasting friendships so we figured we’d throw this in, just [...]
Kyocera Ceramic Knives now available on Yuppiechef
Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by Shane in Kitchen Gear, Yuppiechef Diary
Ceramic knives are lightweight and maintain their sharpness for much longer that traditional high carbon steel knives. Although the traditionalists are not too convinced yet, the Ceramic knife movement is well under way and is growing across the globe slice by slice. Like diamonds and sapphires, the elements of ceramic are formed in nature through [...]
LIMITED EDITION – Gordon Ramsay Kin Knife
Posted on 26. Nov, 2008 by Shane in Kitchen Gear
1000 Limited Edition Gordon Ramsay Kin Knives are currently being hand crafted in Japan and for *only* £145 you can get your hands on one of these extremely sharp creations . The knife that KIN and Gordon have decided to launch is a beautiful 32 layered Damascus santoku with a blade length of 170mm. It [...]
WMF Knife Ads
Posted on 21. Mar, 2008 by Shane in News & Trends
We don't normally write about ads, but we couldn't resist German knife makers, WMF's latest campaign. Now we know we have to brush up our knife skills. (More after the jump)
Knives, Mezzaluna’s and moons
Posted on 19. Feb, 2008 by Mike in Kitchen Gear
We were thinking about Mezzaluna's today, namely because they exist and that we could; and putting the two together (and the need to occupy the mind for a time) we did some research and wrote this little article. Now a Mezzaluna is a very different way of cutting up your herbs (or equivalent) on a [...]
Kitchen knife basics 101: Part 1
Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Jon in Kitchen Gear
So you’ve decided to grow up and buy yourself a proper kitchen blade.
Ceramic Knives
Posted on 12. Sep, 2007 by Shane in Kitchen Gear
At some stage in the future we are sure to see a bigger trend toward ceramic knives. Set to hold their sharpness 10 times longer than most professional and high carbon steel knives.
