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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Emma Henderson

Best kitchen knife sets, tried and tested by a food writer

From student-friendly sets to serious chef must-haves, I’ve found the best kitchen knives for meal prepping - (Emma Henderson/The Standard)

More often than not, our kitchen knives are blunt. It's also very likely that anything that once resembled our best knife set is now a random collection that lives among everything else in the utensils drawer, while knife blocks are full of mismatched knives, or empty.

A decent set of knives brings plenty to the table, and as soon as you use a new, sharp knife, you'll instantly see the difference. But when it comes to finding a set right for you, it can be a little overwhelming, especially when there are so many, and it's not always obvious what each knife is for, so we've detailed this below.

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