** This Japanese Knife Giveaway was originally in this Baked Chicken Breast recipe post. As the giveaway has closed, the details of the giveaway have been moved to a separate post to avoid cluttering the recipe post with irrelevant details. Entries for the giveaway are in the Baked Chicken Breast recipe. **
Handcrafted Japanese Knife Giveaway!
{Update: Giveaway has closed, the winner is Monica O’Sullivan!}
The last time we asked my mother to bring a kitchenware item back from Japan, it was “just” a Yakitori charcoal grilling station. “It’s only 10 kg (20 lb)!” my sister cajoled. “C’mon mum!”
We were only joking. Though perhaps not excessively heavy, it’s about 1 m / 3 feet long and given she was also manhandling her ski gear, we didn’t actually think she would lug one back for us.
But she did. Boy was she peeved when my sister, brother and I burst into peals of laughter when we saw that she actually brought one back for us! (In our defence, we have made a great effort to have regular Yakitori gatherings since then, during which we always relive the story, sniggering mightily as we do so).
This time, my Japanese kitchenware item request was a little smaller. Though still a bit disgruntled (“You were just here! Why didn’t you get it yourself!!!”, my mother messaged grumpily), bringing back a Japanese hand crafted knife to give away for my readers was a much easier task! 😂
I had hoped to incorporate this giveaway into a relevant recipe – think chopped salad or the like – but patience has never been my biggest virtue and thus it shall reside in a totally irrelevant recipe, one that doesn’t even use a knife at all.
A great knife is your greatest asset in the kitchen. A sharper knife does not mean greater risk of cutting yourself, it means less risk because you don’t need to worry about slippage. If I had $500 to spend on a kitchen item, it would be on one great knife. And that’s what I’m giving away today – a beautiful, Japanese, handcrafted knife and a stone sharpener from my favourite knife shop in Tokyo. Scroll down to enter! {Update: Giveaway has closed, the winner is Monica O’Sullivan!} And here’s a little preview of how sharp the knife is. 🙂
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I have always wanted one of these knives. Love your work Nagi.
No wonder my attempts at your recipes fail l now see it’s all down to using the correct knife. Unfortunately I do not have one that good.
Margaret from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I would love an autographed Book and a knife!
i REALLY DO want this knife!
Nagi, you have changed the way two current generations in our rural family think about and prepare foods (me, wife, and several of our adult children)! We love you, from Mountain Grove, Missouri, USA
Mona from Elk Grove, CA USA.
Love your recipes! And of course Dozer!! I’m just starting to invest and learn about quality knives
I’d sure love a new sharp knife. All mine are old and dull.
Give Dozer a tummy rub for me, such a handsome dog.
I need this knife! It would be so nice to have one this wonderful. TY for all the recipes and hint’s. I make so many recipes of yours. Hug’s to Dozer.
Corona, California, USA
Happy Holidays!
Patty from Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, Thank you Nagi for all your wonderful recipes. The simplicity of them makes cooking so much more enjoyable.
I would love to win this knife
A quality knife would make my cooking so much better. Spokane WA USA
Abandoned all other online recipe websites after discovering Recipetineats several years ago. Have recommended it to all my friends. Love the detail and honesty of your recipes. Thank you.
Sydney Australia
I enjoy your newsletters and love trying all your recipes I wish you continued secession.
April from Nashville, Tennessee USA. I am addicted to your recipes! 💕
I would love the Japanese knife! Love your recipes!
Mequon WI USA
Nagi and Dozer,
We love your recipes, adventures and especially Dozer’s moments!
We’re Asian American family (my wife and daughter are Chinese) we have a lovely variety of cuisine and culture!
We live in a small New England town in the State of New Hampshire!
We must travel often to Boston Massachusetts are to obtain Asian cooking supplies; Korean, Chinese and Japanese. (My son in law was a Sushi Chef in Japan)
Your recipes are delightful! A refreshing marriage of ingredients and flavors!
Your newest autographed recipe book and customized one of a kind Japanese Chef knives would be a gift well beyond our expectations!
And hopefully Dozer was able to literally put his paw of approval alongside your autograph!
We will follow you along your journeys! Be healthy, safe and happy!
Chris Morse
Ying Gao
YuTian Han
Chao Bian
37 Woodward Road
Merrimack NH 03054
I would love a new knife as my current one has a cracked handle. Love, love your recipes! (And of course Dozer!)