40 Best Gifts for Chefs and Cooks, According to Test Kitchen Experts

Whether your friend is an aspiring cook or there's a full-blown chef in your family, you want to gift them something that speaks to their passions but that they'll actually use. That's where our list of the best gifts for chefs comes in. Here, the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen pros (a.k.a. the team behind all of our triple-tested recipes) have rounded up their top recommendations for practical and unique gifts for professional chefs and enthusiastic home cooks alike.

From quirky kitchen gadgets that will amp up their cooking game to new technology that will dazzle the chef who already has everything, these unique gifts (including gifts under $30!) will turn any home kitchen into an enviable cooking playground. From sous vide machines and creative cutting boards to the best knives and fun grilling gifts, these are the presents that our pros would actually want to open up on Christmas, a birthday or any other special occasion.