30 best gifts for cooks and kitchen enthusiasts

Timeless in style, instantly recognisable, made from pleasingly weighty enamelled cast iron and comes with a lifetime guarantee - you really can't go wrong with Le Creuset. This clean white edition will look great in any kitchen and is a meaningful gift for a keen chef that will last for years to come.

There’s a reason every self-proclaimed foodie is raving about Our Place and that’s because of its delightful, multi-functional non-stick, pastel-toned cookware. Much easier to clean than its cast-iron or stainless steel counterparts, we think this versatile pan is an absolute kitchen game changer. Read our full Always Pan review here.

A one-of-a-kind chopping board, hand carved to create a charming companion for a kitchen worktop.

Made with solid oak and with a touch of terrazzo, this delightful cheese board will add style to any dinner party. A perfect Christmas gift for the cheese fanatics in the family.

This Prep Set from Falcon Enamelware is the perfect, all-around Christmas gift for the avid home cooks in your life. This set has a bowl for all occasions, whether for baking cakes, whipping up sauces or preparing nibbles.

We never thought we'd write the phase ‘this much coveted pinch pot’ but here we are. Created by Henry Holland, this beautiful piece is made from waste clay.

Just launched, this striking looking knife is not, despite its appearance, a meat cleaver, but an all-purpose traditional Chinese knife. Designed in Hong Kong and made in Yangjiang, China where knives have been crafted since the Tang dynasty, this versatile chef's knife has an ultra-sharp blade edge and a beautiful carved Chinese rosewood handle, making it a kitchen tool to treasure. A luxurious leather sheath for storing the knife is also available to complete the set.

A good set of kitchen knives is a necessary kitchen tool for any aspiring home chef. This set from Sous Chef is perfect for slicing and dicing.

Citizens of Soil offer an ingenious letterbox subscription of small batch pouches of olive oil, priced at £15 a month. This Spanish set is a great gift to start an epicurean friend off on a curated olive oil journey, with a full size bottle of verdant Andalucían oil, as well as a large pouch to refill it, meaning packaging and waste is reduced.

Sourced in North Yorkshire and Scotland, this seasonal honey is made by bees when Ling Heather is in bloom, resulting in a rich, thick honey that is totally raw and unprocessed. Black Bee Honey also give back 2% of their sales to the creation of wildflower meadows, an ideal environment for honey bees.

This show-stopping outdoor pizza oven from Ooni makes a perfect gift. It can reach up to 500ºC with relative ease. Sleek, made with durable stainless steel, and cooks pizza in 60 seconds –what’s not to love?

Fizzy water fans will be very pleased to hear that this latest release from Smeg combines the pleasingly sleek style that we have come to expect from the brand with a number of considered elements to make a thirst-quenching gadget that deserves centre stage on the counter. Available in four colours and made from 50% recycled materials, the soda maker is surprisingly light and is brilliantly portable too. You can decide how carbonated you want your drink — twisting the dial on the front just briefly for lightly sparkling water, and holding it for longer for an explosion of bubbles. A single gas canister will produce up to 60L of fizzy water, and when you’re all out, you can take it to Smeg to be refilled. Until now, the options for fizzy water drinkers have been rather limited, but it seems that with this stylish new gadget, times are changing

HexClad are known for their brilliant hybrid pans that delivery quality and ease (just chuck them in the dishwater and now meet their heavy-duty grinder duo. It's Gordon Ramsay approved so you know you're in for a treat, and these grinders feel like a luxurious and smart way to take your cooking to another level. There are 10 burr grinder settings, from ultra-fine powder to coarse granules and the lids means that the mills keeps your spices at their best, preserving the peppercorn freshness.

With six grind settings, a clear basket and clever output control mechanism, Ortwo’s spice grinder is a unique gift that will be quickly become any chef’s best friend in the kitchen.

This hand-crafted Himalayan salt block is a genius gift idea. Giving a new flavour dimension to sous vide meats, fish, or veggies – this salt block activates once hot and can be used as a griddle to season while cooking. A perfect holiday gift for to inspire gastronomically inclined loved ones this Christmas.

This handy kitchen gadget is the perfect gift for wine lovers. No need to empty those rare vintages in one sitting, because Coravin’s Pivot Wine Preservation System lets you pour wine without removing the cork from the wine bottle. It is also the ideal gift to match with a wine subscription.

Made with polished stainless steel, this double-walled French Press keeps coffee warm for longer and is rather easy on the eyes too.

Perfect for style led kitchens and coffee lovers alike. You can't do much better than a cheerful piece from HAY.