The 8 Best Garlic Presses Of 2024

This garlic press has a large capacity chamber, which holds a few cloves at a time. Plus, it boasts a comfortable grip handle and has about 20,000 five-star reviews on Amazon.

"My favorite [garlic press] is the OXO because it has the built-in cleaner that clears out stuck pieces of skin and stem from the garlic cloves," said Ryan Schmidtberger, executive chef and partner of Hancock St. in New York City.

"Something so simple, simply done right," Lawrence Smith, executive chef of Chilte in Phoenix, Arizona, said of this Rösle press. "With a father-in-law who literally gets up every day before the crack of dawn and hand-minces garlic, this press put him in check. He was resistant at first, but after using it for just two days he’s fallen in love. He even takes it on road trips with him."

This press is operable with one hand, very durable, dishwasher safe, and "the swiper mechanism allows for the highest yield of your garlic," Smith continued.

If you are a garlic girl who goes through cloves like candy, you need a garlic press that can keep up with you. This one from Mannkitchen "is extremely heavy-duty construction [that] makes it reliable," said Aaron Allen, executive chef of Silas Creative Kitchen + Cocktails in Versailles, Ohio. "The press works so beautifully, I use it at home for all of my minced garlic application."

This garlic press is "odor resistant, creates very little waste, has an ergonomic, triangular handle with great control, and the garlic skin is easy to remove afterwards," gushed Richard Sandoval, founder of contemporary Latin restaurant group Richard Sandoval Hospitality. The stainless steel design makes it simple to clean and gives it a super sleek look.

“This product is my favorite for pressing garlic as it has a twisting action and is made for larger quantities," Victoria Wenning, executive sous chef of Florida's Westin Cape Coral Resort, said of this garlic twister. She will even use it to coarsely grind shallots, ginger, nuts, and herbs. "It allows you to achieve different coarseness, and it’s easy to clean and sanitize as there are no holes," she continued.

You might be looking at this option and thinking how on earth does this grate garlic? Well, see those little textured bits in the middle? If you rub cloves of garlic (or hunks of ginger or Parmesan or citrus peel) on those, they'll break down. It's a favorite tool of Kieron Hales of Cornman Farms in Dexter, Michigan. Pro tip! Add a little salt to the garlic to increase the tool's abrasiveness.

“The best garlic press is… a microplane!" according to Chef Jonathon Sawyer of Adorn Bar & Restaurant in Chicago. "It does the same thing and is a tool [plenty of folks] already have in their kitchen. You don’t even have to peel the garlic before you grate it!”

This little chopper is "easier to clean than a press and very satisfying to just roll on the counter to chop things up," said Lindsey Ramsey, Delish's director of content operations, said. "You can fit more garlic in it at once than a press."