For example, if you want to prepare enough cheese for the week’s worth of sandwiches ahead, simply grate away then remove the container and pop it straight into the fridge. You want sharp notches that won’t tear or shred the ingredient, and asks for minimal effort on your part. If you’re looking for a nifty item that allows you to grate one item then slice another, there are plenty of gadgets that cater to simultaneous cheese grating and potato slicing. This sits nicely in the hand whilst you zest downwards onto a chopping board; its sharp little corners softened by two anti-scratch silicone feet.

Grater Vegetable Slicer Grater Cutter with Rotary Cheese Grater Vegetable Slicer Grater Cutter with Rotary

Perhaps you see yourself as a bit of a Gordon Ramsay, in which case you may want to step it up a notch and consider a grater that also incorporates a microplane to make ingredient preparation and meal decoration more efficient. If you find yourself forcing your block of cheese through your grater only to create a mush on one side and heavy, chunky strips of cheese on the other side, you may well benefit from an upgrade. Its acid etched teeth are a similar size to those of the Microplane and are ever-so slightly more raised, allowing it to bite into crisp ingredients more efficiently than any others we tested. Because of its width, the slicer produces slithers of varying shapes where you have to turn the vegetable, but we didn’t mind that. It also comes with a container, which has handy measurements down the side so you can keep an eye on how much of an ingredient you’re preparing.We used parmesan, lemon and ginger to test out zesters, whilst carrot, cheddar and courgette were grated with the others. Alternatively, for removing the zest off larger items such as limes, or if you want to microplane cheese you can use the device without the container, which makes this grater completely multi-functional. Microplanes are incredibly handy for grating lemon zest, chocolate and even garlic, to ensure small flakes of grated ingredients that are easy to distribute.

Multifunctional Grater – idearock 4 in 1 Multifunctional Grater – idearock

Firstly, Cuisipro have stepped it up a notch to include two additional sides, offering you six grating options and allowing you to refine the way in which you grate your ingredients.Secondly, the patented design has been optimised to allow you to grate even the largest of quantities as efficiently as possible. Aside from being prism shaped, it performs exactly the same as an ordinary box grater but because of its bigger base you can be super organised. Surface area of the grater: the bigger the surface area, the quicker you can complete the task in hand.