** 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. 🙂
Oh dear I’m not good at this Gladstone Qld 4680 Australia
We went to Japan and came home without buying a knife and realised how stupid that was!!!
Now we’re not sure when we’ll get back to that beautiful Country
Love Japan their knives are the best 👌
Hi Nagi! Oh I’d love these knives!! I am slowly working my way through your cookbook and these would be awesome!! Love to Dozer
I really love your recipes and would adore your signed cookbook. Winning a fabulous Japanese knife would be amazing for my knife skills.
Jane in Dublin Ireland
I have been using your recipes ever since I found you. They are so good. But the one thing my kitchen is lacking is a decent knife so it would be a great gift. Merry Christmas all – including Dozer!
Oh my goodness! I am needing new excellent knives. My partner was gifted a Japanese knife and he swears by it.
The knife would be the perfect accompaniment to your fabulous cookbook. Recipes are amazing 😍
Ocean Reef Western Australia
I so need a sharp knife in my life!
I have been following your recipes for an age…Im 76 YO and introduced them to my friend and for his 70th bought him a copy of THE book which he loves of course Thankyou Nagi & of course Dozer
I need that knife please!!!!
Thanks
I love to cook but I don’t have any decent knifes to cook with, I would really appreciate the chance to win one of your knife.s they look amazing. England
Here’s to a very merry Christmas to one and all
Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Nagi I cannot thankyou enough for your recipes I’ve been cooking for my wife through her illness
The best
Hopeless at keeping my knives sharp. One of these ????
Mullumbimby NSW
Would love to add this beautiful knife to my kitchen. A good knife makes all the difference.
Whoa! Me and my Mrs ( she is from Japan !!!)…would love to carry this beautiful blade and welcome it to our kitchen!!
I would love a chance to win your cookbook and knife❤️
Brisbane Qld
I would love this knife, this would add a new dimension to my cooking of your wonderful recipes.
I would love a chance to win your cookbook and knife❤️