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We asked Lakeland, the home shopping pioneers for their thoughts on the gadgets of the moment: “As the sun begins to shine, customers at Lakeland are starting to think about alfresco dining, and with the trend of ‘home made is best’ showing no signs of slowing down, it’s set to continue throughout the summer and out into the garden too. Meat mincers, burger presses and ice cream makers are all selling well at Lakeland and customers will be creating their own tasty home made food for the barbecue with a little help from products such as the Stuffed Burger Press (burgers with a hidden fi lling) and make your own sausage kits (Cumberland, Farmhouse or Lincolnshire!).”
Lakeland Meat Mincer £24.99
Lakeland Ice Cream Maker, £39.99
Lakeland Stuffed Burger Press,£9.99
Meanwhile, here in the West Country, Sturminster Newton’s award winning cookware retailer Harts of Stur have found that it’s larger gadgets that are selling well. Both the Magimix Food Processor and Krups Nespresso machine feature highly in their most popular products.
Krupps £89.95
www.hartsofstur.com
magimix £269.95
www.hartsofstur.com What about the chefs?
Some of the West Country’s best chefs give us an insight into the kitchen gadgets that they can’t do without.
JACK STEIN, EXECUTIVE CHEF The Seafood Restaurant
Mapp gas blow torch Builders use this type of blow torch in their trade, but it is great in the kitchen too. Unlike a butane blowtorch it doesn’t affect the fl avour of the food because it burns hotter – and this type of blowtorch is very robust unlike most other kitchen ones. Blow torches can add a great char fl avour to anything from steak and fi sh to salad to vegetables – once you buy one you’ll fi nd yourself blow torching everything!
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