** 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. 🙂
There’s nothing so beautiful in the kitchen as a wonderfully sharp knife…
Go the Japanese!!
Amazing knife for perfection in the kitchen!
I would absolutely love a decent knife!!!
I have used many of your recipes and they all turn into favourites with family and friends. The knife would add a lot of credibility to my cooking and be a great talking p[oint over dinner!!
Tanah Merah, QLD, Australia
Love tineats, can’t get my wife to go out and by Chinese anymore because it,s never as good as what you have taught me to cook at home.Spoilt us all, thank you Nagi and Bowser
Regards
Ken
Omg to have a knive like this would change my kitchen dinner time in half.. fingers crossed..
Hi
I have tried many of your recipes. I especially like the “notes” in the recipes. Thank you
I would LOVE to own THAT knife. I bought my last Japanese knife in a little shop in Kyoto nearly 20 yrs ago. Japanese knives and its still sharp. Japanese knives are simply THE BEST.
ME ME ME I’d love to win this knife, it would bring a little class to my country kitchen.
I live in Geelong, Australia
I cook almost every night from recipetineats. Keep up the great work, Nagi
OMG a knife like this in my kitchen would be life altering! Imagine cutting through chicken breast in one piece! What does that even look like??? I would be so grateful if you pick me. What a piece of art. I shall forever respect it.
Hobart, Tasmania
Mare: in Guelph, Ontario Canada enjoys your site immensely. Wow, a knife like that would be a dream to work with.
I gave a beautiful Japanese knife to my son for his birthday this year and he let me use it.. the balance and beauty of the knife as it did what it was created to do was like a song.
If I won this knife… Beef stir fries here I come!
Such a generous gift, I would love to win it.
I dream having this beautiful knife , love all your amazing recipes and look forward to the new cook book Dinner .
Vancouver Island , BC Canada
I would love this knife. I have Shun classics that serve me well, this looks like another level of cutlery.
A sharp blade cuts the fastest and damages the least.