The 12 Best Chef's Knives
If you invest in one cooking tool, this should be it.

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Ask any professional chef if they were stranded on a desert island and could only bring one kitchen tool, and they'd probably pick a chef's knife. While other kitchen knives, like serrated knives and paring knives, have more individualized uses, a good chef's knife can do it all, from slicing and dicing to more complicated tasks, like carving a chicken and cutting a pineapple. We rounded up the top-tested knives that we think are universally appealing for everyone's needs—here are the ones that made the cut!


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