Knives are practical and necessary tool in the kitchen. Using the right knife for each task is important. Here is a list of different knives and what they are used for.
Knives
Boning Knife
Boning knives allow users to separate meat from bones while reducing the amount of wasted meat.
Bread Knife
Bread knives are used for cutting bread, cakes, and sometimes meat, poultry, and seafood. They are designed in a way that allows you to saw through the bread without pushing down or squishing it.
Cheese Knives
Cheese knives are specially designed to cut through dense, sticky, and hard cheeses, and they’re the perfect tool for restaurants that offer charcuterie boards. Cheese knives come in a variety of designs that match with specific types of cheeses.
Chef and Utility Knives
The chef’s knife can be used for almost every cutting task in the kitchen, from cutting chicken to chopping carrots. That is why it is the must-have item in every kitchen knife set collection. Utility knives are a mix between slicing and paring knives. They feature scalloped edges and blades that are slightly longer than standard paring knives. A sharp utility knife is very efficient for slicing fruits and vegetables, and they’re an ideal tool for food prep
Herb Scissors
5 blades herb chopper can be used for shredding and chopping fresh mint, rosemary, sage, cilantro, parsley, basil, and chives.
Kitchen Shears
Kitchen shears are used to cut herbs off their vines, chop salad greens, and open up the packing on processed foods. You can also use them to cut bacon into small pieces if you’re adding it to pasta
Paring Knives
This extremely versatile type of knife can be used for many food prep tasks from peeling vegetables and chopping fruits to deveining shrimp and slicing cheese. Paring knives typically have blades that range between 2 ¼” and 4 ½”, and there are a number of different styles of paring knives.
Sandwich Spreader
Sandwich spreaders are a utility knife. The sharp serrated edge can effectively cut through bread, bagels, tomatoes and more where the wide "spatula" is ideal for spreading mayo, cream cheese or peanut butter
Santoku Knives
Santoku knives or to give them their full name Santoku bocho knives, which translates as 'three uses', are ideal for mincing, dicing and slicing, as they feature a straight edge with a narrow sheep's foot blade. These knives have evolved from the traditional Japanese vegetable knife which has a rectangular blade
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