Kitchen

Utensils and
Their
function
Tara Mustikaning Palupi, M.Hum.
 Kitchen Utensils

● Have been invented to make life more convenient

● Whether a home or professional kitchen, requires a good number of tools that
need to be present and handy.
● A well prepared kitchen is going to have a good stock of utensils ready to go
for what a recipe demands.
Why learn these kitchen
utensils?
● It will make tasks easier
● More efficient
● Produce product that are
better quality
 Spoon and Ladles

Standard Kitchen Spoon Soup Ladle: remove

soup and stew from
Wooden Spoon: a stirring larger pots to smaller
utensil that will not ones for serving
conduct heat. individual bowls

Spatula: utensils
Slotted Spoon: Utensil for lifting and
for lifting solid food such turning items like
as vegetables from liquid pancakes and
meat
 Knives and Cutting

The basic kitchen knife: it is Bread Knife: it is for

ideal for cutting large and slicing through bread
medium-sized food pieces that
need to be diced, sliced, or
separated apart.

Knife Sharpener: it is
Paring Knife: it is great for for sharpening blades
cutting small pieces of food or of knife
paring fruit.
Kitchen Scissors: it is for Vegetable Peeler: used to
cutting meat, dough, remove the outer surface of
pizza, and fresh herb fruit and vegetables

Pizza Cutter: Used for Grater: used to cut

cutting pizza and other cheese and vegetables
bar cookies. into thin strips or slices

Pastry Wheel: used to cut Cutting Board: used to

dough or pie crusts into protect counters when
strips cutting foods.
 Other Essential Kitchen Tools
Dry Measuring Cups: used Straight-edge
to assure that the right Spatula: used
amount of dry ingredients for leveling off
are used. ingredients or
frosting a cake
or cookies

Measuring Spoons: used

to assure the right amount Liquid Measuring
of a small ingredients is Cup: used to assure
used. the right amount of
liquid ingredients.
Oven Mitts and Hot
Pads: used to protect Muffin Pans: used
hands when handling for baking muffins
hot items and cupcakes

Cooling Racks: used Cookie Sheet: used for

for cooling hot warms baking cookies

Jelly Roll Pan: used Loaf Pan: used to

for baking bar bake quick and yeast
cookies and other breads, meatloaf and
baked items other items.
Tube Pan: used for the Saucepan: used for
cake to rise and yet the boiling simmering and
center to bake evenly steaming foods

Casserole/Baking Steamer Basket: used

Dishes: used to cook to keep the food above
large quantities of food boiling water to allow
for long periods of time steam to cook the food

Colander: used to drain

Skillet Fry Pan: used for pasta and other liquid from
broiling foods or cooking foods
in a small amount of fat
 Strainer: used to drain Dutch Oven: used for
liquids from smaller slow cooking foods on
amounts of food the stovetop or in the
oven for long periods of
time

Double Boiler: used to

cook food over boiling
water without burning
Kitchen
Thermometers: used
to read the
temperature of food
or kitchen equipment
Griddle: used for grilling
sandwiches and making
pancakes
 Vocabulary Buildings
● Handy : /ˈhændi/
easy to use or to do

● Convenient : /kənˈviːniənt/
useful, easy or quick to do; not causing problems

● Stew : /stjuː/
a dish of meat and/or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a container that has a lid (= cover)

● Blade : /bleɪd/
the flat part of a knife, tool or machine, which has a sharp edge or edges for cutting

● Counter : /ˈkaʊntə(r)/
a flat surface in a kitchen for preparing food on

● Crust : /krʌst/
the hard outer surface of bread

● Assure : /əˈʃʊə(r)/
to make yourself certain about something

● Frosting : /ˈfrɒstɪŋ/
a sweet mixture of sugar and water, milk, butter or egg white that is used to cover and decorate
cakes
 Vocabulary Buildings
● Grater
● Wok
● Peeler
● Juicer
● Whisk
● Rolling pin
● Colander
● Knife
● Gloves
● Cooking pot
● Pan
 Five Most Important Utensils in the Kitchen
The utensils needed by big kitchens are different with small or home kitchens. These are the most five
important utensils which are very important to a kitchen. What are they?
One of the most important things in the kitchen is knife. A sharp knife can help us shape everything
ingredients into the proper cut based on the needs. We also need to make sure that our knives are always clean before
and after using it to any food. Next is cutting board. It is important to avoid knife mark sliced in the kitchen surface.
They are made of wooden, plastic, and sometimes glas. It is good if we can separate the cutting board for veggies and
meat. The third one is measuring cup. We might not always be sure with the amount of ingredients in cooking.
Measuring cup is very helpful for us to decide and it can be used both for liquid or dry ingredients. Another most
important utensils in the kitchen is spatula. It is important to help us stir and mix the food while cooking to make the
well and equally cooked. Spatulas are made of wooden or steel. The last are mixing bowls. We do needs bowls in our
kitchen to help us put the different ingredients separately. It also helps us save our time by keeping washing the same
bowl repeatedly.
Those are the most important things that every kitchen need beform we start using it. It is better to have
different utensils for different kinds of foods or wash it clean before using it for different food.
 Answer the following questions with your friends

a. Why do we need a cutting board in the kitchen?

b. What are spatulas usually made of?

c. What are the benefits of measuring cups?

d. If you could put one utensils as one of the most important things in the kitchen, what is it? Why?
 Language Focus

We use these sentences to tell the function of tools

● It is a .......

● They are ...

● It is used to ... (singular)

● They are used to .... (plural)

We use these sentences to tell what the tool made of

● It is a ......

● They are ...

● It is made of ....

● They are made of ...

 Language Focus

Example:

Colander is used to separate the rough powder with the refined powder

Mixing bowls are used to keep difference ingredients so we don’t have to wash the same tool all the time

Cutting board is made of wood and plastic

Knives are made of steel

 Let’s Practice

Match the description of how to use and the utensils below

Activities Utensils
Put it under the skin of the fruit and go
down Sieve

Put the food inside and shake it to the left Colander

and right put them in our hands
Put pieces of fruits on the top and don’t Microwave
forget to put a glass at the bottom
Juicer
Don’t forget to always check the
temperature before we put the food in it Wok
The meat will be cooked using this tool
Gloves
 Let’s Practice

Match the utensils with the meal below. Put the utensils in the right column

Cake filters Pepper mill Cake cutter Bakery Meat Pasta

Sieves Pastry brushes Wok Cake cutter Chopping Wok

board
Whisk Rolling pin Colander
Knife Gloves Cooking pot
Frying pan Spatula Measuring cup
Peeler Tray Skillet
Ladle Wooden Spoon Chopping
Grater Grinder board
Saucer
 Language Focus: Preposition

To give information about a place of something we can use some preposition as below:

Under in above over in the middle

In front between on near on the other side

Example:

There is a dishwasher machine under the sink.

There is a green flower near the window.

There are some knives hanging on the wall over the sink.

There is a big table on the other side of the storage.

Look at this picture below and Let’s Produce
describe the kitchen using the
preposition provided.
a. There is an oven between the
storages.
b. There are cooking pot on the stove.
c. ......
d. ......
e. ......
f. ......
g. .....
h. .....
i. ......
j. .......
 Learn More about Kitchen Utensils and Their Uses

https://www.cooksmarts.com/cooking-guides/create-a-functional-
kitchen/20-must-have-kitchen-tools/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-av6cz9upO0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2d_BnEve8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5hW_65fTxs
 Sources
● https://www.sps186.org/downl
oads/basic/524300/Kitchen%2
0Utensils%20PPT.pdf
● https://www.homestratosphere
.com/types-of-kitchen-utensils/