It's no fun flopping around on the stove, especially during the Christmas season when you have guests who need to be entertained. The right kitchen appliances can make a big difference, cutting out long preparations and allowing you more time to socialize. From cookie and roast ovens to coffee machines and wine storage systems, here are some of the latest must-have kitchen gadgets to make cooking and entertaining easier.
Smeg Galileo
Tradition and innovation come together as Smeg launches Galileo, a new generation of Italian ovens aimed at revolutionizing the modern home cooking experience. A redesigned heating system provides maximum efficiency, and his three different cooking modes – conventional cooking, steam cooking and microwave cooking – allow you to put together an entire feast, from appetizers to mains and desserts. .
Spearheading the Galileo product line is the Omnichef series, an all-in-one oven that highlights the brand's multi-cooking technology. You have complete control over your recipes as you can program different cooking methods to run one after another or simultaneously without having to reset temperature or time parameters.
Create healthy, flavorful meals with a steam range that combines traditional cooking with variable-feed steam. Steam100PRO infuses 20% to 100% steam to lock in moisture and deliver fat-free results without sacrificing flavor. Other special features include sous vide, barbecue, stone cooking, and air frying. There's also a multi-point probe that identifies internal temperatures from up to three zones within the food, ensuring your meat or fish is cooked to perfection every time.
The Speedwave XL series is perfect for people who are pressed for time. This energy-saving microwave oven is equipped with inverter and stirrer technology for even cooking and precise temperature control, eliminating the need for rotating plates. It also has 5 cooking levels and reduces prep time by up to 40%.
The Galileo range of ovens is available at Smeg's hands-on showroom at Marina One Show Gallery.
Smeg EGF03 Espresso Machine
After a sumptuous feast, unwind with a cafe-worthy cuppa in SMEG's new EGF03 espresso machine, which combines beautiful, stylish design with cutting-edge technology. This machine is a paragon of precision coffee-making technology, with an integrated stainless steel conical grinder that allows you to fine-tune the grind for perfect results. The top grinder can be easily removed and thoroughly cleaned, ensuring your machine maintains its original performance with every brew.
It is also equipped with a dual thermoblock heating system, ensuring zero waiting time between extraction and milk frothing, making it easy to prepare barista-grade milk-based drinks. Additionally, the stainless steel 58mm portafilter and steam wand add a professional touch, and the pressure gauge ensures that every cup of espresso is of high quality. Create custom his drinks for each guest using EGF03's intuitive control panel. This control panel includes two preset grind options, two brew options, four pre-infusion profiles, and four brew temperature levels. The EGF03 also comes with non-pressurized and pressurized filters, a milk carafe, a stainless steel tamper, and a set of maintenance accessories, essentially everything you need to recreate the professional-level barista experience at home. All are available.
The Smeg EGF03 Espresso Machine is available for purchase at smeg.com/sg.
Coravin Vinitas
Give your guests their own sampler wine kit using Coravin Vinitas, a device that divides standard-sized wine bottles into single servings for sampling. Designed primarily for wineries, distributors, retailers, and wine schools, this tabletop-sized machine can process up to 90 pieces per hour from all types of source containers, including large containers such as barrels, tanks, and barrels. It has four separate bays for separating samples. .
A unique technology uses pure argon or nitrogen gas to extract the wine or spirit from the source bottle and dispense it into the sample bottle. Low-permeability tubing creates an oxygen-free environment and each sample bottle is perfectly preserved for up to 12 months, retaining the flavor and aroma as if it were newly opened. The automated smart system also provides precise filling capabilities and ensures zero waste when transferring between source bottles.
Coravin Vinitas can be leased on a monthly basis. Perfect for entertaining guests if you're hosting multiple gatherings during the holiday season. For more information, please visit coravinvinitas.com.
coravin timeless
Wine experts Coravin offer another addition worthy of any party. The company's flagship product, the Timeless Series, is a convenient and easy-to-use wine storage system, and to welcome the holiday season, he has introduced two limited edition colors.
This device has a needle that extracts the wine by slowly passing it through the cork while filling the bottle with argon gas, keeping the wine as fresh as the day it was bottled, for months, or even years. Save for years. Inspired by the spirit of exploration, the new colors invite wine lovers on their own personal tasting journey.
Add a touch of sophistication to your home bar with Timeless Six+ Mist, which comes in muted gray hues with silver accents. The Timeless Three+ Deep Sea Blue features a matte ocean blue atop Coravin's signature all-black device. The range includes a timeless aerator to decant your wine as you pour it, a display base, a bottle sleeve to keep your wine chilled, a carrying case, a needle clearing tool, a timeless screw cap, and a Coravin Puretm argon capsule. We also have festive sets that include clever accessories. .
The Timeless series is available at coravi.sg.
miele
With Miele combi steam ovens, hassle-free cooking has never been easier and you now have a self-cleaning feature to keep your oven sparkling clean inside. The 3-in-1 series has all the features you loved on the previous generation, including fast heat-up times, short cook times, and a variety of configurable modes from defrosting and sous vide cooking to yogurt making and even fruit juice. It has been. Easily adjust parameters such as operating mode, temperature, time and humidity to suit your individual needs and preferences, or choose from over 200 automatic programs for cooking meat, rice, bread and desserts.
The CombiCooking feature is particularly useful for locking in flavor by combining traditional heating modes with additional moisture. Additionally, the gourmet roasting feature ensures that your meat dishes are always tender, juicy, and roasted. The best part about the new generation of ovens is their HydroClean self-cleaning feature. Simply pour in our specially formulated liquid cleaner to easily remove stubborn food residue and leave the rest to our technicians.
The DGC HydroClean series is available in three colors: Clean Steel, Obsidian Black, and Graphite Gray, with prices starting at $9,300. The range is available at Miele Experience Centers and authorized retail partners.
gaggenau
You can focus on cooking delicious food for your guests without worrying about monitoring air quality. Gaggenau's new 400 Series Flex Induction Cooktop enables odor-free frying thanks to an integrated ventilation system that provides a powerful downdraft between the two cooking areas. When set to air recirculation or air extraction mode, it automatically determines the optimal power level to use based on vapor detected in the atmosphere, maximizing energy efficiency.
The expandable cooking zone feature also allows you to easily cook in different sized pots and pans. It also accommodates griddle pans up to 30cm wide for making teppanyaki and other grilled dishes. With features such as a booster function for scorching heat, a heat retention function, and a deep-frying sensor for even heat, IH cookers can be flexibly adapted to suit your cooking style and needs. Cosmetically, this sleek appliance's frameless, flush fit features precise, intuitive black steel control knobs that light up during use, allowing it to blend seamlessly into any modern kitchen.
Gaggenau's Flex Induction Cooktop is available at gaggenau.com.
A version of this article first appeared in Epicure.
