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A chefs' knife is the one essential knife for every kitchen. We find the best ones.

The chefs' knife is the kitchen workhorse. This versatile wide knife is usually around 20 cm long and can handle everything from chopping parsley to cutting through the fat and sinew of steak.

We put 11 top-quality chefs' knives to the test, and found some excellent performers.

Highlights of this report


Keeping the edge


How to get the best from your knife. Read more

Test results


Compare the performance, price and construction of the knives. Read more

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