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Best chef's knives available in 2020: Our picks

A chef’s knife, or cook’s knife, is a large bladed tool used in a variety of food preparation techniques. In general, it will have a blade length of 8” and a height of 1.5 – 2”, although many models will range in length from about 6 – 14” and can measure up to 3” in depth. The actual shape of the blade is determined by the style it’s meant to emulate. If you’ll visualize a straight line from the base of the heel to the point of the tip, the area below this imaginary line is where the main difference lies. Now let's see our picks for the best chef's knives available in 2020.

Why are Stainless Steel Knives preferred when cutting acidic foods?

For a long time now there has been some debate about whether acidic foods can actually affect sharpness or edge retention of steel kitchen knives. And many professional chefs have declared that for this reason, they use only Stainless steel kitchen knives when dealing with acidic foods. Today, we are here to discuss why are stainless steel knives preferred when cutting acidic foods.

Which is sharper: a Ceramic or Steel blade?

Whether you’re in a search for the sharpest knife or just interested in these two types of blades, here you’ll find the answer to this question. Naturally, having a sharp knife is crucial for every cook and a lot of people are not sure which knife to buy. We are here to help you out with that decision especially if you're interested in ceramic and steel blades.

Our most popular knives of 2019

The year is close to its end and we are delighted to look back and see which were the most popular knives of 2019. And we were not surprised to see some of our personal favourites in there. So if you are interested, sit back with a cup of hot tea and see if your knife made the list or choose your next knife by the reviews of our customers.

Essential knives you need in your kitchen

Professional chef’s always praised the idea of having a good collection of just a few knives that will do all the cutting work and will last you a long time. And they are not wrong there. It is better t have a couple of good quality essential kitchen knives than to have dozens of cheap breakable knives. Yes, we are going to talk about essential kitchen knives today but that doesn’t mean they can’t be unique.

Let’s break the essentials down and see what they look like: