Cooking Equipment By Megan and Nathan

Grater The grater is a piece of kitchen equipment used to grate food into finer pieces. It was invented by François Boullier.

Scales Scales are a piece of weighing equipment that you use to measure the quantity of food.

Whisk There are 4 different kinds of whisk:- balloon whisk ,flat whisk ,rotary whisk and hand held electric whisk, they are used to blend food together.

Pipe Pipe is a process, it is when you squeeze a piping bag to force a paste like mixture through the tip to decorate and create different shapes

Nozzle A nozzle is the piece that goes into the piping bag when you decorate a cake, it is the piece that makes the different shapes

Sieve A sieve is a very fine mesh that sieves the dry food e.g. flour and icing sugar. It get rid of lumps and can trap air to make the product lighter.

Vegetable knife A small knife used for trimming, peeling and shaping vegetables or cutting small food items.

Vegetable peeler A useful tool to remove thin layers of skin from vegetables, e.g. potatoes, or firm fruit, e.g. apples.

Wooden spoon A wooden spoon is a tool used to stir food that is in a bowl or pot.