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TV Chefs' Best Kitchen Secrets

By Food & Wine Updated May 03, 2017
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From Giada de Laurentiis to Mario Batali, star TV chefs share their kitchen secrets and must-have appliances.
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Giada de Laurentiis: Italian Home-Cooking Goddess

Giada de Laurentiis: Italian Home-Cooking Goddess
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Pantry Essentials: Giada de Laurentiis can’t live without good olive oil, kosher salt, dried pasta, lemons and Nutella.

Kitchen Equipment: Her five most important pieces: sharp knives, an eight-inch skillet, a stockpot, wooden spoons and a Microplane grater.

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Giada de Laurentiis: Italian Home-Cooking Goddess

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Giada's Style Sources: On her set, Giada de Laurentiis showcases items from Los Angeles's The Micucci Collection, like Pampaloni's sterling silver flatware. micuccicollection.com.

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Mario Batali: Iron Chef & Über-Restaurateur

Mario Batali: Iron Chef & Über-Restaurateur
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Enameled Cast Iron: Mario Batali’s favorite cookware: enameled cast-iron pots. “They are fantastic for braising—whether indoors or in a brick oven—and cleanup is a snap.”

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Mario Batali: Iron Chef & Über-Restaurateur

Mario Batali: Iron Chef & Über-Restaurateur
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Brick Oven: Mario Batali cooks everything from leg of lamb to pizzas in the brick oven at his country house. He tosses vegetables in olive oil, then lets them cook in the residual heat of the oven overnight: “The vegetables develop a silken, creamy texture.” Batali has just introduced his own wood-burning “Amici” model with Chicago Brick Oven. $3,000; surlatable.com.

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Ming Tsai: Asian-Cooking Superstar

Ming Tsai: Asian-Cooking Superstar
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Induction Rice Cooker: Ming Tsai likes Zojirushi’s: “Induction means it heats along the sides and not just on the bottom, so it cooks faster and more evenly.” From $322; zojirushi.com.

Steamers: As a Western alternative to a bamboo steamer, Tsai uses All-Clad’s stainless steel steamer insert, which fits most pots. $100; all-clad.com.

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Ming Tsai: Asian-Cooking Superstar

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Wok: At home, Ming Tsai likes using a flat-bottomed cast-iron wok from Le Creuset: “The flat bottom means that more of the surface area is on the stove, so the wok heats up properly.” Tsai also preheats the wok in the oven for 15 minutes so that it becomes “screeching hot.” $225; lecreuset.com.

Espresso Maker: Tsai can’t do without his Le Cube capsule espresso maker from Nespresso. $350; nespresso.com.

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Michael Symon: New Iron Chef Megatalent

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Pot Filler: Michael Symon’s home cooktop has windows behind it, so when he redid his kitchen, he opted for a Blanco deck-mount model, which attaches to the countertop, not the wall. $775; blancoamerica.com.

Pressure Cooker: “On Iron Chef, I could not survive without a pressure cooker for braising, since I only have an hour to cook,” says Symon. $240 for a 7-liter Kuhn Rikon pressure cooker; kuhnrikon.com.

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Michael Symon: New Iron Chef Megatalent

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Appliances: Michael Symon chose a 48-inch Electrolux ICON gas cooktop: “Home cooktops are so powerful now—mine essentially performs like the one at my restaurant.” He splurged on an Electrolux ICON built-in coffeemaker: $4,100 for cooktop, $3,200 for coffeemaker; electroluxicon.com.

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Steven Raichlen: International Grill Guru

Steven Raichlen: International Grill Guru
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Grill Grates: “The best grates for searing meat are cast iron,” Steven Raichlen says. His second choice: quarter-inch stainless steel.

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Steven Raichlen: International Grill Guru

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Metal Skewers: Steven Raichlen recently became obsessed with grilling on skewers after seeing Azerbaijani mangal grills, on which the skewers are balanced over hot coals without a grate. He improvises at home by placing bricks in the front and back of the grill, then laying skewers across to suspend them above the fire—perfect for delicate foods like fish. From $15 for 6 skewers; bedbathandbeyond.com.

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