Laguiole Kitchen Knives & Knife Sets

Classic or Gourmet: which knife set suits you?

Classic and Gourmet are both sets of three from Laguiole en Aubrac. In the Classic set, a paring knife and a utility knife sit alongside a chef's knife. The Gourmet set, designed by Benjamin Auzier, comes in olive wood, walnut or ebony. If you prepare meat and fish often, the five-piece set suits you better, as does the knife block set, which keeps all five on oak. Both sets are handmade in France, and every knife in them carries its maker's name.

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Watch the Gourmet set in olive wood

Three Gourmet knives with olive wood handles, designed by Benjamin Auzier.

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What is a chef's knife used for?

It is the all-rounder of the kitchen: chopping onions, slicing carrots, dicing peppers and mincing herbs or garlic. Many British cooks call it a cook's knife. Keep the tip on the board and rock the blade through a pile of herbs, or slice straight down through meat and veg. This French chef's knife is sold singly or inside the Classic and five-piece sets, and Laguiole en Aubrac offers it with olive wood and ebony among its handle woods.

What kitchen knives do I need?

For everyday cooking, three knives cover almost everything: a paring knife for peeling and trimming, a utility knife for the everyday jobs in between and a cook's knife for chopping. That trio is the Classic set. Add a boning knife if you joint chicken and a filleting knife if you prepare fish, and you reach the five-piece set. Whatever you choose, store knives so the blades do not knock together, in a block rather than loose in a drawer.

Kitchen knife questions from UK cooks

A care leaflet goes in each order. In short: hand-wash, dry at once, and keep the dishwasher for something else.