KITCHEN

UTENSILS
AND
EQUIPMENT
KITCHEN ESSENTIALS & BASIC
FOOD PREPARATION
A kitchen apron is acloth used by chefs
and other cooks to protect their clothing
and prevent food and debris from
contaminating their clothes.
 BLENDER
• Blender is a utensil used in kitchens
to mix food ingrdient
BATTLE OPENER
• A bottle opener is a device
used to open a bottle cap from
a sealed bottle.
 BOTTLE
• A glass or plastic vessel is used for
holding or storing beverages ,
foodstuffs , and other liquids.
 BOWL
• A bowl is a round container typically
used for holding or preparing food or
any liquid .
 BUTTER KNIFE

A butter knife is a dull edge knife

used for spreading butter on toast ,
sandwiches , pancakes , baked
potatoes , soft bread , and other
items.
 CAKE SLICER
• The cake slicer is a device that
allows you to cut and lift pieces of
cake easily
 CHOPSTICK
• Chopstick used as an eating utensils
are made of wood and are long and
thin . Chopstick are used to eat food
such as rice and noodles.
 CLEAVER

• Cleaver is a tool mainly used as a

kitchen or butcher knife for
chopping and preparing meat.
 CORKSCREW

• A corkscrew is a tool that makes pulling

corks from bottles easy
 CUP

• A cup is a small and top open container

with a handle used to drink liquids
[commonly for coffee or tes ], usually
made of ceramic material.
 CUTTING BOARD

• A cutting board is a flat piece of wood

used for chopping , slicing , and dicing
vegetables, fruits , and other food.
 DISH RACK

• A dish rack is a kitchen utensil used to

hold dishwaher upright to allow air to
circulate to dry or for water to drain.
 EGG SLICER

• An egg slicer is atool used to slice

boiled eggs.
 DEEEP FRYER
• A deep fryer is an electric cooking
device that, by immersing foods in
hot oil, gets fried until it’s crispy.
 FUNNEL

• A funnel is used to pour liquids into the

small openings through its narrow ,
cylindrical opening.
 GARLIC CRUSHER

• The garlic crusher crushes garlic with

no effort at all.
 GAS STOVE

• The stove in which combustion takes

the place of which heat is used for
cooking food.
 HOT POT

• A hot pot is a tightly closed container

used to preserve food fresh and hot.
 JUICER

• A juicer is a device that extracts juice from

fruits and vegetables. Thus , juicers are
sometimes referred to as ‘uicing machines’
 KETTLE

• A kettle is a kitchen utensils used for

boiling or simmering water and other
liquids such as tea , coffee , soups , and
other hot beverages. It consists of base
unit with a vertical spout and a lid that
opens upwards to pour the contents
out.
 KITCHEN PAPER

• Kitchen paper can be used for many

things like drying hands after washing ,
wiping greasy hands , and wiping the
plate after finishing can be used to
absorb oil and water.
 KITCHEN SCISSORS

Kitchen scissors is a kitchen tool that

gives users precise control even when
cutting meat and poultry . These kitchen
scissors are also perfect for cutting
herbs, vegetables, and other foods.
 AIR FRYER

• An air fryer is a small countertop

convection oven designed to stimulate
deep frying without submerging the
food in oil
 KNIFE SET

• A knife set can be utilized to prepare

food for cooking , serving , or storage
purposes . It contains steak knives , bread
knives , chef’s knives , or carving knives.
 LEMON SQUEEZER

• A lemon squeezer is kitchen utensil

that helps extract juice from lemons or
limes . To squeeze the lemon , you
place the cut fruit in the bottom cup
and use your hands to put pressure on
top of the upper cup.
 MIXER

• This mixer is a tool that allows you to mix

the contents of a pot or bwl.
 MORTAR

• Mortar is a tool used to crush and

grind ingredients into a fine paste or
powder in cooking , often used in
pharmacy.
 PAN

• When it comes to kitchenware , a

pan is a must – have . You can
cook almost anything in a pan ,
from an omelette to a pancake.
 PEELER

• A peeler is a kitchen gadget

that peels or otherwise removes
the skin from fruits and vegetables
more accessible. It consists of a
handle with an attached blade.
 PEPPERMILL

• Peppermill is a hand mill for

grinding peppercorns . It is a
small, portable , self – contained
device that allows you to grind
pepper without electricity or
batteries.
 PLATE

• A plate is aplane dish , commonly

cicular , used in dining service.
 POTATO MASHER
• It’s an essential kitchen tool used
to mash potatoes . When the
potato masher is pushed through
the potatoes in acircular motion , it
smashes them without shredding
them.
 PRESSURE COOKER

• The pressure cooker , a sealed pot in

which food can be cooked instantly
under steam pressure, will save you
time and money.
 REFRIGERATOR

• A refrigerator is a kitchen appliance

used to store food and drinks at low
temperature . Refrigerator are widely
used in households , restaurant , hotels ,
hospitals, laboratories,supermarkets etc.
 BOWL

• A bowl is a round container with a

wide uncovered top.
 TEASPOON

• A teaspoon is asmall spoon used

for eating , cooking and stirring.
 SPICE BOX

• Spice box is a kitchen utensils that

has a different spice rack for each
of your spice jars. It saves time
from looking for the right spices
 THERMOS

• Thermos is a kitchen utensil that

keeps hot items hot and cold things
cold .
 TOASTER

• A toaster is a small electric appliance

that browns and toasts slices of bread.
 TRAY

• The tray makes it easy to bring

food from the dinning room to the
kitchen and from the kitchen to
the table .
 SINK

• A kitchen sink is a bowl – shaped

plumbing fixture that people
commonly utlize for dish washing ,
washing hands , etc.
 WOK

• A wok is a versatile round – bottomed

cooking vessel used in Chinese cuisine to
quickly cook food over high heat . Woks
are used chiefly for stir frying but can also
be used to steam and deep fry.
 JAR

• A large – opening spherical vessel

is made of glass or ceramics and
usually has lid used mainly to store
food.
 JUG

• A jug is a type of container or vessel

that is used to store liquids . It has an
opening for pouring and often has a
handle on the side of its body for easy
holding.
 COFFEE MAKER

• A coffee maker is an electric

countertop appliances that brews hot
coffee automatically .
 MICROWAVE

• A microwave is a kitchen appliance

that heats and cooks food faster
and easier, as well as keeps your
food warm until you’re ready to eat
it.
 COOKIE CUTTER

• A device with sharp edges for

cutting cookie dough into a
particular shape.
 CHEESE SLICER

• A cheese slicer is used usually to

cut semi – hard and hard cheeses. It
produces thin , even slices.
 EGG SEPARATOR

• A utensil to separate the egg white from

the egg yolk.
 BEAN POT

• A covered pot of heavy crockery

made especially for the slow
cooking of beans.
 BROILER PAN

• An open , rectangular metal

container , often with a frame of
metal bars inside , on which food is
cooked under a very hot surface in a
stove.
 FOOD STEAMER

• Steamers are used primarily to

cook vegetables , seafood, and
other foods where moisture
retention is essential to visual
appearance and taste .food
cooked in a steamer also
maintains more of its nutritional
value.
 SPATULA

• A kitchen tool that has a handle

which bent upward and a wide,
thin blade used for lifting and
turning foods on a hot surface.
 TONGS

• Tongs are used for picking

up holding object s that are
too hot to handle.
 PESTEL

• A pestel is a tool used to grind ,

crush , or mix ingredient kept in
mortar.
 FORK

The fork can be used to eat meals . It can

be used to hold food , stab food , and
push food onto spoon.
 CUTLERY

• Cutlery comprises knives, forks , and

spoons , we use them to cut our food
into tiny pieces to make it easier to
eat them.
 STEAK HAMMER

• A steak hammer is a kitchen tool

used to break down the fibers to
tough cuts of meat , enabling you
to easily cut them into thin slices .
This helps you prepare yoursteak
withoput destroying the tenderness
of the flesh.
 TIMER

• A timer is a device that can be

used to measure for different
amounts.
 NUT
CRACKER
• It is used to crack the shells of
hard nuts such as almonds,
walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts,
palm nuts, also capable of
shelling watermelon and
pumpkin seeds, and peeling
peanuts and cashew nuts.
 GLASS WASHER

• It washes and dries almost

2000 glasses per hour .
 DISH WASHER

• It can dry as many as 18000 dishes an

hour and eliminates the possibility of
contamination caused by
conventional drying methods. It
conducts speedy washing od dishes.
It also keeps the micro organic
particles depositing at bay for long
time.
 RICE COOKER
• A rice cooker is a piece of kitchen
equipment that can cook many varieties
of rice and grains.
 ICE CREAM
SCOOP
• A kitchen utensil that is made to form ice
cream into a slightly rounded or well
rounded ball shape as the ice cream is
taken from container and placed into a
cone , a bowl or onto a dessert.
 ICE CUBE TRAY

• A small tray with separate compartments

, filled with water and placed in a freezer
to make ice cubess,.
 COLANDER
• A bowl with holes to allow liquids to pass
through. Used for separating solid materials
from liquids and washing veg and fruits.
 GRATER
• A grater is a kitchen utensis used for
grating and shredding vegetables and
other into fine chunks.
 LADLE
• A ladle is a kitchen utensils used for serving
soups , stews , or other liquids.
 SKILLET PAN
• Cast – iron skillets can be used for
sauteing, pan – frying , searing , baking
braising , broiling , roasting , and even
more cooking techniques.
 PERFORATED
SPOON
• In the kitchen , a perforated spoon is a
cooking utensil that can be used in
various ways. In addition , to stirring
foods in pots and pans , this type of
spoon has deep holes that are ideal for
draining grease from meat or vegies
 BREAD KNIFE
• The primary job of a bread knife is to
slice bread . A good bread knife should
saw through a tough crust without
mangling or compressing the tender
crumb within .
 SALAD SPINNER

• A salad spinner is your best friend whe it

comes to having a crisp salad.
 MEASURING
CUP
• Measuring cups are used for precisely
measuring the volume of liquid or solid
cooking ingredient.
 MEASURING
SOPOONS
• Measuring spoons are used to
precisely measure smaller amounts of
liquids or solid cooking ingredients than
measuring cup.
 SPLATTER
GUARD

• A splatter guard is a device that is placed

on top of skillets or saute pans during high
heat cooking in order to stop splattering
hot oil and food coating your stovetop.
 MUFFIN PAN

• A muffin pan is baking pan 6 or 12 built

–in cups . Besides making muffins, they
are great for individual quiches and on
the go breakfast cups.
 MIXING BOWLS

• For mixing together salad dressings,

spice rubs, marinades, sauces , and
even for storing leftovers, a set of high -
quality mixing bowls is a must.
 BAKING SHEET
PAN
• A baking sheet pan [ or sheet pan ,
baking tray , baking sheet sheet] is a flat
, rectangular metal pan that is used for
roasting and baking food in the oven.
MAYBERLYN C. ALDAY
HM1A