These kitchen appliances will help you cook like a pro
Today’s most advanced ovens, hobs and refrigerators for the most technologically advanced of home chefs
You can have the most stylish kitchen in town – just look for ideas in our huge inspiration gallery – but if your culinary skills aren't up to scratch then that’s all your guests will be gossiping about in the taxi home. Of course, you can always order in, but there’s something satisfying and brag-worthy about making a meal with your own two hands (even more so if you didn't have to put in much effort at all). Here, we have put together an edit of the best chef-grade appliances, new kitchen launches and the technology that will help you to fake Michelin-quality skills.
‘Era’ range cooker, Aga
To think of Aga’s range cookers as traditional would be out of date. This first-ever glass-fronted and all-electric Aga not only looks contemporary, but it combines the expected (cast-iron hotplate and ovens) with the unexpected (modern fan oven and induction hob). All controlled via touchscreen, it’s the perfect blend of old and new for cooks who value choice. £19,900, agaliving.com
‘French Door’ refrigerator, Signature Kitchen Suite
A fridge is an appliance you interact with more than most, but not one that has offered much flexibility – until now. The ‘French Door’ from LG’s top-of-the-line brand has a two-door compartment, a freezer drawer and a central drawer with four temperature modes that are perfect for meat and fish, deli items, chilling wine or cooling beverages. The choice is yours. From £12,800, signaturekitchensuite.com
‘SuperOven’, Unox Casa
Taking the effort out of haute cuisine, this Padua-based brand’s ovens – the ‘Model 1’ (pictured) and more compact ‘Model 1S’ – feature a touchscreen to input the dish you wish to cook before built-in AI calculates the method (out of 400 available), weighs your ingredients and sets timings. For those unsure what to put on the menu, there are more than 100 recipe videos to download to your oven. From £11,500, unoxcasa.com
‘Series 7 Bespoke AI’ oven, Samsung
This oven can encourage you to eat more healthily. As well as being able to calculate optimum cooking times and temperatures, this AI-enriched appliance can be linked to the Samsung Health app to analyse your workout stats and suggest meals to help you achieve your goals. And you’ll never burn your supper again: it will detect the first signs of overcooking and alert you. From £2,509, samsung.co.uk
‘Essential Induction’ cooktop, Gaggenau
What if a hob could be invisible? That was the dream of Gaggenau’s Sven Baacke, who wants to ‘eliminate boundaries between food prep and living’. He’s distilled the hob to its essentials: a surface hidden in 60 finishes, an LED ‘dot’ showing where to place pans, and knobs on the edge of a worktop. Seen (or unseen) here in a kitchen by Poggenpohl. From £5,500, excluding worktop, gaggenau.com
‘H2766-1 BP’ oven with air-fry function, Miele
It was the most-hyped home buy of 2023 (heck, it even inspired a costume on The Masked Singer), but air fryers take up a lot of valuable real estate in your kitchen. Claim back your countertop by investing in this oven that has built-in air-frying capabilities. Just put ingredients on the perforated AirFry tray and select the dedicated mode for food that’s crispy yet healthy. From £1,349, miele.co.uk
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