INTRO TO FOOD PREP & HOSPITALITY HAND TOOL CHART

NAME: Ronell Dials

Directions: Fill in the chart for each hand tool. Categorize the tool by its function – MEASURING, MIXING,
THERMOMETER, CUTTING, or OTHER

Hand Tool Description (What is it used for) Category Picture

Bench Scraper Cut or portion soft items Cutting

Bowl Scraper Combine ingredients in bowl/Scrape from Mixing

work surfaces

Peeler removes the peel or skin from fruits and Cutting

vegetables.

Grater cutting food into very small pieces. Cutting

Rolling Pin to flatten dough into sheets, rolling it out Flattening

on a wooden or marble board.

Pizza Cutter cut pizzas. Cutting

Can opener opening cans of food. Cutting

Pastry brush to apply egg wash or melted butter prior to Other

cooking in the oven to give the product a
golden-brown crust.
INTRO TO FOOD PREP & HOSPITALITY HAND TOOL CHART

NAME: Ronell Dials

Directions: Fill in the chart for each hand tool. Categorize the tool by its function – MEASURING, MIXING,
THERMOMETER, CUTTING, or OTHER

Colander to rinse vegetables or strain foods such as Draining

pasta. The bottom has holes which allows
for water or liquid to drain through while
holding on to the solids inside.

Strainer to separate liquids from fine solids in Separating

cooking

Straight spatula scraping food from the sides of pots, Cutting

stirring ingredients in curved bowls or
folding ingredients into each other.

Food Mill to mash and sieve soft foods. Cutting

Cheese cloth train homemade cold brew, nut milks, other

infused oil, stocks and broths, and tofu

Sieve (sifter) aerate and separate dry ingredients like Separating

flour, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar

Wire whisk whip and aerate cream, meringue, eggs, Other

and stir light sauces and butter in pans.

Rubber spatula help mix the dough, scrape stuck parts out Mixing
of pans, and fold hot omelets,

Skimmer recovering spilled oil from the water's Separating

surface
INTRO TO FOOD PREP & HOSPITALITY HAND TOOL CHART

NAME: Ronell Dials

Directions: Fill in the chart for each hand tool. Categorize the tool by its function – MEASURING, MIXING,
THERMOMETER, CUTTING, or OTHER

Cooks Fork spearing and moving around foods that are other
bulky

Tongs to grip something and lift it. lifting

Spoons eating, serving, and cooking foods. other

Turner to flip things (thus, turner, or flipper) while Flipping

cooking,

Bimetallic residential devices like air conditioners, Thermometer

thermometer ovens, and industrial devices like heaters,
hot wires, refineries, etc.

Ladle to dish soups of all kinds from the pot to other

the soup bowl.

Portion scoops measure and scoop vegetables, rice, cookie Measuring

dough, and other soft foods.