Food Presentation: 10 Essential Tools to Slice Vegetables

Have you ever wondered how restaurant chefs come up with such great looking food presentations? Skills are one thing for sure, but knowing what tool to use for which purpose, and how to use it is another thing that you can master with practice. Here’s a selection of 10 tools which will help you streamline the preparation of vegetable: curly slices, ribbon, balls, julienne, decorative vegetable cut won’t have any secret for you! Some utensils will be great helpers, whereas some others will be mandatory if you need to perform specific shapes.

1. OXO Good Grips Melon Baller – $8.99
2. Paderno World Cuisine A4982799 Tri-Blade Plastic Spiral Vegetable – $21.78
3. Victorio VKP1010 Apple and Potato Peeler, Suction Base – $25.24
4. Vegetable Crinkle Cutter and French Fry Slicer – $9.65
5. Mono Gifts Giro Apple Slicer – $45.00
6. Progressive International GPC-4000 Fruit and Vegetable Chopper – $24.88
7. Kotobuki Set of 6 Small Stainless Vegetable Cutters – $9.40
8. Kuhn Rikon Julienne Peeler with Blade Protector, Stainless Steel Handle – $15.00
9. GEFU Spirelli Spiral Cutter – $25.22
10. Progressive International HGT-11 Folding Mandoline Slicer – $16.28

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