Searching for the best kitchen gifts of 2025? Whether you’re shopping for a passionate home cook, a professional chef, or treating yourself, this curated guide features practical, timeless, high-quality kitchen gifts that are functional, beautifully designed, and long-lasting. From must-have cookware and innovative kitchen gadgets to chef-approved knives and smart appliances, these are the top kitchen gift ideas that elevate any cooking experience. This post contains affiliate links.
Timeless Kitchen Gifts: You only buy once
KitchenAid Stand Mixer
The Classic Series 4.5 Quart, Tilt-Head KitchenAid Stand Mixer is excellent for dough, cake batter, and cookies. KitchenAid recently released this beautiful wood bowl –it is dreamy!
Staub Braiser
Go from stovetop to oven in a classic French braiser. This 4-quart option is oven-safe up to 500°F and suitable for all cooktops, including induction. Requires no seasoning.
Dutch Oven
My Favorite Dutch Oven – This Staub Dutch oven is so elegant! Ideal for bread baking and simmering stews, it will last a lifetime. For more on Dutch ovens, please read this in-depth Dutch oven post!
Shun Chef’s Knife
My Favorite Knife – I recently tried this 7-inch Blond Shun Knife and fell in love. Perfect for every skill level, it is a beautiful chef’s knife!
Pizza Oven
Fast and hot! The Koda 16 outdoor pizza oven reaches temperatures of up to 950°F, is ready to go in 20 minutes, and can cook authentic stone-baked pizza in just 60 seconds. Really!
Gooseneck Kettle
This electric gooseneck kettle makes coffee and tea feel like a ceremony! I use it twice daily, morning coffee and afternoon tea – and it feels luxurious. I figure the amount I save in making coffee at home versus buying it, justifies it somehow. 😉
Boos Cutting Board
This solid maple cutting board boasts reversible sides, recessed finger grips, an oil finish, and a level cutting surface suitable for your finest cutlery.
Field Cast Iron Skillet
American-made, lightweight, with a very smooth surface, these skillets come pre-seasoned. Compatible with all burner types, including induction, glass, and ceramic – a lightweight, smooth cast iron frying pan built for every kitchen.
PARIS Peppermill
This pepper mill is made by “Peugeot Paris”! Revered for their highest-quality mills, which they’ve been making since 1840. With a handsome design and adjustable grind control system, prepare for unlimited showers of fragrant, perfectly cracked pepper exactly to your liking.
This Stoneware olive oil bottle is free of toxic heavy metals (such as cadmium and lead) and holds a generous 34 ounces of olive oil! Dishwasher safe.
Whipped Cream Dispenser
This Otis Whipped Cream Dispenser makes whipped cream so easy (just pour the cream in and voila!), but you can also use it for frosting, savory fillings, foam, froth, and mousse. It’s incredibly handy! A good friend bought this for me and I’m in love with it!
The Beast Mini Blender
The same friend recommended this mini blender. I use it all the time for small-batch salad dressings and smoothies. It’s called the BEAST! It is designed for smoothies, dressings, sauces, homemade mayo, and pretty much anything made in small batches. It makes me happy every time I use it!
Spice Jars
I am a sucker for these wooden top spice jars. I love jars with a wide opening- big enough to dip a whole tablespoon into. These come with ample preprinted and blank labels (including top labels). A little secret… when life feels overwhelming, I sometimes spend 30 minutes organizing my spices, which somehow puts my mind right. A little piece of chaos that I can control. Haha!
Immersion Blender
If you love making soup, this immersion blender is a godsend! They come in so many fun colors. They also make a cordless one, which I am also considering…
Vitamix Blender
It took me a while to jump on the Vitamix Blender bandwagon, but ever since then, I’ve never looked back. I love how the dial can be rotated at any point during the blend, so you’re in complete control! I love that I can blend HOT liquid without an explosion. The size and shape of the 64-ounce container is ideal for blending small to large batches. And, you can even heat soup in the blender- with its powerful motor.
Cuisinart Food Processor
Because I am a hummus girl through and through, this Cuisinart Food Processor is probably the most-used small appliance in my kitchen. I use this more than my Vitamix for sauces, pesto, and so many other things! This powerful food processor is great for shredding cabbage, mincing, dicing, puree & kneading pie dough, cutting prep time in half!
My favorite Toaster Oven
During the summer months, we rely on this toaster oven to keep our kitchen cool, rather than firing up our big commercial gas Wolf. I love how small this is- but has 8 different cooking functions: Toast, Bagel, Bake, Broil, Pizza, Roast, Cookies and Reheat. I use it for reheating, toasting small batches of nuts and making small batches of cookies.
Air Fryer
My husband bought me this Air Fryer for Christmas one year, which I thought was quite funny, since it was really a gift for himself. I was initially resistant to using it, but it won me over in the end. This one is affordable, sleek and works great!
Ice Cream Maker
This is hands-down my favorite appliance. This Whynter Ice Cream Maker has a built-in compressor and makes ice cream or frozen yogurt in 30 minutes-with no freezing of the canister. I love it and use it nightly for healthy frozen yogurt. They also have it in white, but the pink is discounted and just makes me happy.
Kitchen Torch
This Butane Torch Gun is great for quickly browning or caramelizing the tops of things, like miso salmon, goat cheese, or creme brûlée.
Caraway Non-Toxic Ceramic Cookware Set
This Caraway Non-Stick Ceramic Cookware Set (12 pieces) is a great option if you want non-toxic, non-stick cookware. It comes with a storage rack and it’s affordable, smart looking, and comes in fun colors. Oven safe, and even works on my new induction stove!
All-Clad Stainless Steel Cookware Set
If you are looking for a stainless option, this All-Clad D3 3-Ply Stainless Steel Cookware Set (10 Piece Set) is a great option. A step up from this is their 5-Ply Stainless Cookware.
Milk Frother
This handheld milk frother has become one of my favorite little gadgets! Froth milk, cream, protein powders or even salad dressing! I use this every morning when I add collagen peptides to my coffee.
Maras Salt
My Peruvian friend Sara has imported Maras Salt from the Maras Salt Reserve in Peru. Hand-harvested from ancient Andean salt ponds, this artisanal salt is naturally free of microplastics, aluminum, and toxins-your trusted choice for clean, premium salt.
Favorite citrus Zester
Many of you have asked about the lemon zester I use in my photos and in my catering business. This is the brand I love, and it’s still one of my favorite kitchen tools.
Spray Oil Canister
This Spray-Oil Canister is the best! Fill it with a good-quality extra virgin olive oil for spraying, instead of using god-knows-what! I use this all the time and love it. It sprays lightly and evenly.
Instant Read Thermometer
Every home cook or chef can use a good instant-read thermometer! Here is one of my favorites!
