The kitchen gadgets the top chefs can’t do without

Have you got a top-of-the-range blender? A nifty garlic press you couldn’t do without? Or a set of measuring spoons that used to belong to your gran? British households spend almost £14 billion a year on kitchen gadgets and utensils, some of them used daily and others languishing at the back of the cupboard shrouded in dust (and regret). Sometimes the oldest ones are the best. A recent report by Waitrose ranked the humble microwave ahead of the air fryer in a list of kitchen staples we couldn’t do without.

But with so many new-fangled gizmos on the market, it can be difficult to know which ones are helpful and which are hyped. If you really want to separate the time-savers from the money-wasters, you’re