Kitchen knife sets comprise a variety of knives and tools that you can use for cooking and many tasks in the kitchen.
They vary from small sets which will probably include a chef’s knife and a paring knife – through to kitchen knife sets that have over 20 items in them.
Most large sets will include a knife block, sharpening steel and kitchen shears.
Some of the types of knife you might expect to find in most general kitchen knife sets include the following:
• Paring knife
• Bread knife
• Utility knife
• Boning knife
• Slicing knife
We also have several specialty kitchen knife sets, for example:
• Carving sets (containing a carving knife and fork)
• Asian Knife sets (containing a santoku and paring knife)
• Steak knife sets (containing steak knives
• Bread knife sets (with a bread knife and cutting board)
• Mincing Sets (containing a curved blade and concave cutting board)
There are kitchen knife sets available for almost every brand of cutlery including: Classic Wusthof Knives, Wusthof Ikon and Wusthof Grand Prix II, Shun Classic, Shun Ken Onion Knives, Shun Elite and Kyocera Ceramic Knives.
The Cook’s Warehouse has kitchen knife sets that vary from simple two piece knife sets, through to complete collections of knives with shears, sharpening steel and storage block and includes specialist sets like sets of steak knives or ceramic knives. There is sure to be a set here that you need - or that you would want to give as a gift.