Famous Chef Favourite Chef Knives

A good chef knife is the most important tool a chef needs.  It is interesting to find out what chef knife famous Chef used for in preparing their famous signature dishes.

6 of the famous chef in America were interviewed on their favourite chef knives they used daily for their preparation, below is the knives they used:

 April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig, The Breslin Bar & Dining Room, and The John Dory Oyster Bar, New York City – the Misono 440 Molybdenum Santoku Marc Forgione of the Restaurant Marc Forgione, New York City – Korin’s Deba knife Jesse Schenker of Recette, New York City preferred a Misono Stuart Brioza of State Bird Provisions, San Francisco got himself an Asai aogami super tsuchime chef’s knife Chris Shepherd of Underbelly, Houston – the Takamura HSPS Gyuto [or Japanese chef’s knife] Stephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat and Little  Goat fromChicago – The Western-style Kikuichi slicing knife

It is interesting to note that these famous chef all love Japanese chef knives. Among the features mentioned of these chef knives, they all agreed that Japanese chef knives have strong and thin blades which are durable and incredibly sharp and easy to maintain.  The ease to hold a knife for a long period of time in a day is also one of the factors that makes them choose Japanese made chef knives.  These chef also agreed that the look also contribute to their choices of chef knives from Japan.

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