10 Holiday Gifts Perfect for the Home Cooks on Your List
Check out these kitchen gift ideas, from budget picks to splurges
Laura Gaskill
December 13, 2022
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Whether you’re looking to splurge on a loved one or need something small but thoughtful for a cooking-obsessed friend or coworker, this guide is a good place to start your search. With 10 crowd-pleasing ideas to choose from, you’ll have all the home cooks on your list checked off in no time.
1. Wish-List-Worthy Appliance
Is your favorite cook missing a key ingredient in their kitchen arsenal — like a good stand mixer or food processor? If so, gifting one of these workhorse items is sure to be a hit. If they already have these key appliances, consider a newer addition, like a multicooker or a soda maker.
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Is your favorite cook missing a key ingredient in their kitchen arsenal — like a good stand mixer or food processor? If so, gifting one of these workhorse items is sure to be a hit. If they already have these key appliances, consider a newer addition, like a multicooker or a soda maker.
Find stand mixers in the Houzz Shop
2. Gleaming Copper Saucepan
“Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens” may be how the song goes, but for a serious home cook, a copper saucepan hits an even better note. Copper is an excellent conductor of heat, making copper cookware an ideal choice when consistent temperature distribution is a must.
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“Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens” may be how the song goes, but for a serious home cook, a copper saucepan hits an even better note. Copper is an excellent conductor of heat, making copper cookware an ideal choice when consistent temperature distribution is a must.
Browse copper cookware
3. Versatile Dutch Oven
A quality Dutch oven can go from stovetop to oven to table with ease. It also lasts a lifetime and looks good doing it. Even if the cook on your list already has a Dutch oven, another one in a different size or color will always be welcome.
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A quality Dutch oven can go from stovetop to oven to table with ease. It also lasts a lifetime and looks good doing it. Even if the cook on your list already has a Dutch oven, another one in a different size or color will always be welcome.
Shop for Dutch ovens and casseroles on Houzz
4. Pro Baking Accessories
Help take their baking to the next level with a digital kitchen scale for accurate measuring, nonstick baking mats, a piping set or even a kitchen torch. Pair with specialty sugars or flours for a personal touch.
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Help take their baking to the next level with a digital kitchen scale for accurate measuring, nonstick baking mats, a piping set or even a kitchen torch. Pair with specialty sugars or flours for a personal touch.
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5. Handy Tablet Stand
If the cook on your list uses online recipes, make referencing them easier with a sleek tablet stand. Do they prefer paper? Go for a traditional cookbook stand paired with a new cookbook.
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If the cook on your list uses online recipes, make referencing them easier with a sleek tablet stand. Do they prefer paper? Go for a traditional cookbook stand paired with a new cookbook.
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6. Colorful Kitchen Towels
Fresh kitchen towels are simple but always needed. Pile up a stack of colorful towels and tie them with ribbon, or pair a fun tea towel with fancy hand and dish soaps to make a set.
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Fresh kitchen towels are simple but always needed. Pile up a stack of colorful towels and tie them with ribbon, or pair a fun tea towel with fancy hand and dish soaps to make a set.
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7. Wooden Bowl
A gorgeous wooden bowl can be used for serving salad and side dishes or for displaying fresh produce. If you’d like to add something extra, pair it with a pretty set of serving utensils.
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A gorgeous wooden bowl can be used for serving salad and side dishes or for displaying fresh produce. If you’d like to add something extra, pair it with a pretty set of serving utensils.
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8. Knife Upgrade
Good knives are at the heart of any cook’s toolkit. Upgrade their collection with a new knife or accessory — such as a knife sharpener, cutting board or magnetic knife holder.
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Good knives are at the heart of any cook’s toolkit. Upgrade their collection with a new knife or accessory — such as a knife sharpener, cutting board or magnetic knife holder.
Find kitchen knives and accessories on Houzz
9. Quality Cooking Tools
Whether it’s a beautifully carved wooden spoon, perfect pepper grinder or razor-sharp mandoline, there’s nothing like having the right tool for the job.
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Whether it’s a beautifully carved wooden spoon, perfect pepper grinder or razor-sharp mandoline, there’s nothing like having the right tool for the job.
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10. Healthy-Living Helper
For the health-conscious cooks on your list, consider a juicer or blender for making green juices and smoothies, a spiralizer for making zoodles or a steamer for healthy veggie dishes.
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Share: What are you giving the home cooks on your list this year? Please tell us in the Comments.
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For the health-conscious cooks on your list, consider a juicer or blender for making green juices and smoothies, a spiralizer for making zoodles or a steamer for healthy veggie dishes.
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Share: What are you giving the home cooks on your list this year? Please tell us in the Comments.
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I also love the GIR spatulas, which are in super pretty colors and all silicone so you can put in the dishwasher. They fit perfectly in a stocking, or go along with other kitchen gifts!
Thus year I may not be able to give out gifts, but some things I have given as gifts in the past include: glass lazy susans abd glass cake pedestals. I usually take a set of pot holders, oven mittens, and dish towels fit fir the hiliday season to the family dinners as hostess gifts.
I second a good Dutch oven. I've been using the same 5 qt Lodge one for more than 15 years and love it so much that I invested in an 8 qt oval and a 4 qt round recently. Even though there are only 4 in our family, my teenage son has a huge appetite so I'm using the 8 qt more than I expected. Once you use a good Dutch oven you never go back.