We all lead busy lives, gentlemen, and no one wants to waste hours standing over the oven following complicated culinary techniques and measuring out a million ingredients you’re never going to use again. But wouldn’t it be good if we could just have one machine to do it all for us? These time-saving gadgets will let you spend as little time as possible in the kitchen, without ending up eating monotonous pasta night after night.
The ultimate bachelor’s dream – a single machine that will make your entire fry-up for you. It can fry, boil or poach eggs; it can grill bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes; and it can even toast bagels or muffins at the same time, meaning you can fully justify having a Full English before your morning commute. What’s more, you never have to worry about your toast going cold while you wait, or your eggs getting over-boiled, because this machine gets it right every time.
Ideal for the enthusiastic chef who just doesn’t have time to stir pots for hours and hours, Heston Blumenthal has made slow cooking fast and accessible to even the busiest gentlemen out there. It has six settings – pressure cooking, slow cooking, searing, sautéing, reducing and steaming – making time-consuming cooking processes incredibly simple. Leave your food to simmer away gently while you get on with your life, and come back to a perfectly cooked meal.
For the gentleman who doesn’t even have time to make a coffee before dashing out of the house in the morning, this hand-held portable espresso maker is for you. It’s the smallest espresso maker in the world, and lets you make delicious coffee literally anywhere, even on your commute. Fill with ground coffee beans or pods, add hot water from a kettle or thermos flask, and you’re away.
The iconic George Foreman has been around for years, but its an absolute staple for any gentleman who wants quick delicious goodness without the fuss and washing up. Grill chicken, steak or fish to perfection, toast paninis packed with mozzarella and pesto, and if you’re feeling adventurous you can even use the grill to make hash browns. It heats up in just a couple of minutes, and its fat-reducing design means excess oil drains away, making it a far healthier alternative to frying. It’s compact and portable, so even if you have a tiny box kitchen, or in fact no kitchen at all, you can still plug it in and cook up a feast.
There’s no shame in being partial to a fresh green juice to kick off the working day, but who wants to faff around peeling kiwis and coring apples when you’ve got business to do? Heston Blumenthal’s sleek, powerful juicer is designed to extract maximum juice with minimal fuss, and can juice whole unpeeled apples and pears in seconds. Its 1200W motor and easy clean design means the whole process is quick and efficient, and the machine extracts far more nutrients than regular juicers.
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