People love to cook. In fact, probably the busiest part of any home is the kitchen, and every kitchen should have the necessary tools for cooking, foremost of which, aside from pots and pans, are knives. You can’t cut food ingredients properly without a good set of knives. Needless to say, there should be a good quality knife in every home.
But then again, not all have access nor have the knowledge about choosing the right knives for their cooking needs. Knives are definitely one of the most important kitchen tools people should invest in, and owning at least one good set pays dividends in the long run.
First, a really good knife helps cut down total preparation time, and makes cooking a breeze to allow you more time to experiment in the kitchen. Second, having a quality set of knives enables you to precisely chop, pare, slice, or dice every ingredient and cut them cleanly the way top chefs do on TV.
The good thing is, Filipinos will now have access to quality and world-class knives as Chef Gene Gonzalez, a Filipino culinary icon, who also owns top culinary school, Center for Asian Culinary Studies (CACS), together with the makers of Masflex, will finally launch the Masflex KitchenPro Culinary Knife Collection in the country this year.
The Masflex KitchenPro Culinary Knife Collection features eight types of essential knives, each with a different functional use depending on the type of food: the Paring Knife, Boning Knife, Fillet Knife, Cleaver, Santoku, Serrated Knife, Slicing Knife, and Chef’s Knife. Each knife was subjected to a meticulous two-year development process to ensure that the functionality of each knife is at its finest. “We have secretly been working on research and development with Masflex for the last two years; soon, everyone will be able to use good knives designed to do good work,” says Chef Gene.
The Paring Knife is a handy and versatile knife for small cutting jobs. The Boning Knife has a streamlined, narrow yet firm blade to help reach into bone and cartilage, slit and probe narrow areas to debone or separate protein or tissue from the bone. The Fillet Knife features a streamlined narrow and flexible blade that can debone, probe, deskin and separate protein tissue for fillets, roulades and escalope. The Cleaver is suited for mostly heavy work like chopping meat and vegetables for stir fry. The Santoku, a lightweight, scaled down knife with an Asian designed recessed kullens cutting edge is built for fast cutting tasks.
There is also the Serrated Knife, which needs no sharpening and best used to cut breads and slice cakes for layering and frosting with ease. The Slicing Knife is made of a streamlined blade built for slicing large fillets, roasts, processed meats like ham and slices cakes and crusts with accuracy and ease. Finally, the Chef’s Knife is the ultimate knife built for heavy tasks like cutting, chopping, slicing and mincing, and also provides stability, weight and enough slicing length for all kitchen activities.
The collection includes 3 types of Kitchen Shears; Basic, Multipurpose & 5-in-1. The shears can be used for clean, even cuts and shreds of fresh herbs and vegetables, and it also cuts through small bones in chicken and fish. Another important tool in the collection is the 14-inch Honing Steel, which is the longest honing steel available and the only size Chef Gene prefers for the daily honing of knives.
And to make the culinary enthusiast’s knife experience even greater, Chef Gene added the Knife Accessories that includes Knife Guards to protect the knife blades, the Wall Mounted Magnetic Knife Holders for easy storage, and even a Hand Washing System to eliminate hard to remove strong odors from the hands, fingers and nails due to handling, cutting and chopping all types of food.
With its premium design, solid durability and competitive pricing, the Masflex KitchenPro Culinary Knife Collection is set to expand any kitchen’s set of tools, cookware and equipment. The new product line is also poised to empower youth communities and broaden local consciousness of culinary arts. Hiren Mirchandani, Masflex KitchenPro Marketing Manager, pointed out that a portion of Masflex KitchenPro’s sales will go towards culinary education scholarships as well as culinary livelihood programs.
Chef Gene’s Masflex KitchenPro Culinary Knife Collection is available in all leading department stores nationwide. For more information on the collection, visitwww.kitchenpro.com.ph and facebook.com/ChefGeneKitchenPro. You can also watch Chef Gene teach you how to properly use the knives through his instructional knife skills videos on youtube.com/ChefGeneKitchenPro
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