Global Knives for Chefs

Chopping, Slicing, Dicing, Filleting, Carving, Paring, Boning and Peeling – A range of high quality professional chef’s knives that provide exceptional performance, everyday – available to buy now from Alliance Online, the UK’s Best Catering Equipment & Catering Disposables Supplier.

Alliance Online has an array of ‘must have’ professional chef’s knives from world renowned manufacturers whose brand names are synonymous with quality and style, Including: – Global, Gustav, Sabatier, Victorinox and Wustof Trident. These knives are used throughout the industry in premium hotels, fine dining restaurants, bistro’s and gastro pubs.

A ‘best seller’ at Alliance Online is the classic Global G-Series collection made from the finest stainless steel. The long blades are ice tempered and hardened to Rockwell C56° – 58° which holds a razor sharp edge longer than any other steel and resists rust, stains and corrosion. Combined with the weighted hollow handles, this modern design is built to last a lifetime. All Global knives are available to buy from Alliance Online at great prices.

Alliance Online caters to suit every pocket, from professional chefs to home users. In addition to chefs knives Alliance Online also supply a range of accessories such as whetstones and knife sharpeners – to keep your knives in top condition and improve durability as well as knife blocks, racks and wallets, for safe storage.

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Young chefs wanting to push their boundaries and relishing the idea of elevating their status in the UK culinary world are invited to enter the 2010 Craft Guild of Chefs’ Graduate Awards.

Organisers want to hear from chefs who are 23 or under and believe they can impress top industry chefs with a paper entry and if successful, pass a regional cooking test in July.

Chefs who make it through these first two stages will then be invited to take the final cooking exam at Thames Valley University on Thursday, September 9th, judged by a panel of top chefs.

This year’s successful graduates will be announced in front of hundreds of influential guests at an awards luncheon at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, London on Tuesday, September 14th.

For an entry form visit: www.craftguildofchefs.org

Their Coolmax chefs jackets are made from a specially designed material which draws moisture away from your body. Soft, lightweight and breathable, these jackets are ideal for the unforgiving kitchen environment keeping your chef’s cool and comfortable.

The jacket is available in white (short and long sleeve) and black (long sleeve)

Coolmax Black Long Sleeve Chefs Jackets – £13.29

Coolmax Short Sleeve Chefs Jackets – £10.35

Coolmax White Long Sleeve Chefs Jackets – £10.95

We stock a huge range of chefs clothing here on Alliance Online, including trousers, caps, aprons and footwear.

Last chance to get your hands on some great chefs equipment. We’ve had over 200 items from our chefs utensils, cookware and pastry sections at reduced prices for a few weeks now… but they finish at the end of the month!

We’ve got everything from these Bourgeat Frying Pans at just £14.45 each, to Colour Coded Chopping boards for just £3.19!

There’s much more including; mixing bowls, cake tins, baking trays and roasting dishes.

Christmas is a busy time in the kitchens, make sure you have all the equipment to cope with the mayhem!

Pastry Chefs are the artists of the culinary world and Alliance Online, the UK’s leading catering equipment wholesaler, understands that baking pastry requires a high level of skill, expertise and (apparently) cold hands!

Alliance Online has recently launched a brand new pastry range dedicated to supplying quality pastry equipment and utensils, capable of keeping up with the demands of a busy kitchen and the requirements of Pastry Chefs working in large hotels, bistros, restaurants and bakeries.

With Alliance Online, you can assemble your own range of practical and affordable catering equipment from beginning to end, from sieving your flour to presenting your creations on cake boards and in folded cake boxes. You’ll find everything you need for the perfect pastry, from disposable piping bags to chefs blow torches, and Baking Sheets from as little as £3.99!

Alliance Online also offers a range of Tibard Chefs clothing, currently on special offer till the end of the month. For those of you who aren’t Pastry Chefs, Alliance Online has great discounts on well known named brands such as Global and Gustav Chef Knives and an extensive range of Cookware.

To view the full complete range of Alliance Online Pastry please visit:

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1. Most knives are dishwasher safe, but normally this is not necessary. If you do put your knives in the dishwasher, take them out after the washing cycle and dry by hand, as leaving them in a hot, steamy dishwasher to dry will encourage water impurities to deposit on the blades.
2. Clean your knife soon after use. A thorough wipe with a cloth and warm soapy water keeps your knives clean and your kitchen hygienic.
3. Be sure that your blade lands on a soft surface, such as wood or plastic, instead of a hard surface like ceramic or metal. Striking your kitchen cutlery against hard surfaces will rapidly dull the blade and hinder the performance of your kitchen knife, even if you are using high quality ceramic or stainless steel cutlery.
4. You should keep your chefs knives away from sand and gritty materials. Be especially careful at outdoor catering events such as bbq’s.
5. When storing your knives, it is best to choose a knife block to protect the blades. Never put your knife into the wooden knife block wet – wood absorbs water and you could introduce mold and mildew into your knife block which could effectually ruin your kitchen knives.
6. Do not be tempted to over sharpen your knife as this will make the edges brittle and can damage them.
7. Make sure to maintain the same angle while running the blade on a sharpening tool. A recommended angle as per guide is twenty degrees.
8. If you have to store your knives in a drawer, make paper sheathes for them by taking a piece of heavy paper or cardboard, folding it over the knife, and taping it.
9. A sharp knife can actually be safer to use than a blunt one. Sharp knives should easily glide through the item being cut, giving you full control over the blade. A blunt knife increases the risk of the blade slipping and cutting you!
10. Use the right knife for the right purpose. A fillet knife might be damaged if you try to cut bones with it, and filleting a fish with a butter knife would take forever.

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We had a couple of enquiries recently from customer asking if the Global knives we stock on the site were real! We can assure you that the knives are 100% authentic Global products, but it did raise the issue that some of the pictures we had of these knives in particular were…shall we say…a bit naff.

So, quick as a flash, the web team got some better images and now our Global knife section doesn’t look like the ones you get out of “Honest” Bob’s suitcase at the market – even though our prices are as good as his.

The Japanese kitchen knives are made from CROMOVA 18 stainless steel and are ice tempered and hardened to Rockwell C56° – 58° to help maintain a razor sharp edge longer than any other steel and resists rust, stains and corrosion. Famed for their hollow handled design, each of the Global chef knives is carefully weighted like a Samurai sword, to make it perfectly balanced in the hand.

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We’ve now renamed this ‘Pastry’ and here you can find all the chefs equipment you will ever need for baking in the kitchen. Sometimes dishes may not quite turn out the way that you wished, such as a cake not rising as it should or that you don’t have that necessary piece of baking equipment. Hence, our selection of bakeware covers both the depth of range of products a pastry chef may need and the quality of bakeware to ensure your ingredients are cooked perfectly.

Some of the products now in this section include:

• Bakeware: Baking sheets, mats and trays including aluminium and non-stick options.
• Pastry Brushes: Also includes pastry cutters and knives.
• Cake Tins: Round and square loose bake tins, cake stands and cooling trays.
• Plus much more… including piping bags, baking cases and parchment.

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…then you definitely need a chefs jacket from the Tibard Coolmax range. Pick up this super cool chefs wear even lower prices, a scorching 20% off all Coolmax lines (until 7th Sept 2009).

Coolmax® Active is a specially designed material that ensures comfort and increased productivity for all your kitchen staff. The mesh fibres draw moisture away from the body, dries faster than other fabrics and keeps you cool, fresh and comfortable.

It is also soft, light and breathable – what more could you want!

The Coolmax range includes chefs jackets (short and long sleeve) with underarm coolmax mesh panel and vent detail. Skull caps are also available with a coolmax mesh crown. All available in white or black.

Chefs Jackets – buy online.

Gustav Emil Ern Riveted French Cooks Knife

Cook’s knife – The basic kitchen knife for doing a wide range of cutting and chopping jobs. It has a pointed blade and comes in a wide range of blade sizes.

Serrated edge knives - The feature of serrated blades is that they tear as well as cut. Narrow serrated blades are suitable for soft foods such as tomatoes or cucumbers. Wide serrated blades are used for cutting hot meats (carvery) and bread.

Turning knife – A short-bladed knife with a downward-pointed hooked end which makes for easy turning of vegetables in the classic French style.

Fish filleting knife – This needs to be a thin slender and slightly flexible blade to allow for filleting of flatfish such as turbot and working around the skeletal frame of round fish such as cod.

Scalloped edge - A long thin knife with a scalloped edge. The scallops allows air to pass around the blade as it cuts very thin slices making this blade style suitable for cutting cold meats or smoked salmon.

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Hachoirs or Mezzalunas – These are curved blades, usually double bladed, but can be treble bladed, with a handle at either end. They are the traditional way of finely chopping herbs, vegetables and meat. They can come with a specially curved wood bowl to fit the cutter or just rocked under pressure on a chopping board. The quality of the steel has to be very good to maintain the edge for chopping herbs such as parsley. However, their use is not so widespread among caterers now since food processors have become popular. Some chefs will argue that a hachoir properly cuts herbs and meats while a food processor pulverises them. Sharpening them is not easy due to the closeness of the blades, another reason to buy quality steel.

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