1. Immersion blender
   Stand mixer
2. Hand pump
   Air pump

Immersion blenders are a great tool that help chefs make sauces with the perfect consistency. Some households have them, but the ones in chef's kitchens are usually industrial-sized for the amount of food these chefs make.

1. Hand grater
   Microplane grater
2. Hand slicer
   Macroplane

That's right, graters were originally created for woodworking. The difference between a Microplane and a hand grater is the size of the grate. Microplanes grate very fine, which makes them perfect for spices, roots and hard cheeses.

1. Cheese knife
   Butcher knife
2. Bread knife
   Paring knife

Bread knives can be spotted by their serrated edges and long blades. They are perfect for cutting bread that has a hard crust and a soft center. While many think they have to saw through the bread, applying pressure on an angle is the best way to cut it.

1. Bean masher
   Potato ricer
2. Microplane
   Garlic press

For those who don't like mincing garlic with a knife, chefs recommend the garlic press. They are especially helpful if you have a lot of garlic to mince for a single recipe (or for a single day's cooking).

1. Colander
   Sieve
2. Slipper
   Vortex

You've probably seen chefs use this while they are making soups and other liquid-based dishes. This mesh straining system gets small particles out of liquids, and it also sifts flour and dry ingredients for baking.

1. Potato masher
   Potato ricer
2. Potato beater
   Potato boiler

The potato masher (or hand masher) is a tool used to pulverize boiled potatoes. While many use electric beaters for this task, doing it by hand gives you a better texture and consistency.

1. Sieve
   Steamer
2. Food processor
   Grain mill

While most chefs buy their flours from restaurant supply companies, some chefs like to go the extra mile and create their flour meal because it adds flair to the restaurant.

1. Rotary grater
   Hand grater
2. Cheese mill
   Box grater

There are several different types of graters, and if you've ever been to Olive Garden, you have probably seen a rotary grater. They make grating hard cheeses easy business for chefs and servers alike.

1. Stirring soup
   Drying lettuce
2. Zesting citrus
   Juicing limes

Zesters are an essential tool for every chef. While some chefs don't mind using graters for zesting, others require a unique tool to ensure the perfect consistency of the zest they produce.

1. Spinner
   Sifter
2. Sieve
   Spiralizer

Vegetable spiralizers are all the rage these days. Not only do they help home cooks stay healthy, they help master chefs plate gorgeous spreads with ease. They look and function much like pencil sharpeners, except they cut the vegetables into thin strands.

1. Strainer spoon
   Perforated spoon
2. Slotted spoon
   Mixing spoon

While many home cooks might not see the need for them, perforated spoons have many uses in a chef's kitchen. They are great for fishing out large ingredients from soups and stews or other liquids.

1. Mandoline
   Grater
2. Slide slicer
   Waffler

Mandolines are great tools for every kitchen, and chefs use them in their prep work all the time. This is because mandolines cut food the exact same width every slice, and they do the job much faster.

1. Whipple
   Handle spout
2. Sauce gun
   Squeeze release

You may have seen these on a few cooking shows where restaurant workers are making things like pancakes. Each squeeze of the sauce gun trigger gives a chef the same amount of liquid to release either onto a plate or onto the cooktop.

1. Fish scaler
   Pointed oyster knife
2. Bone tweezer
   Truffle slicer

For chefs who work with a lot of seafood, this tool is essential. Oysters are notoriously difficult to shuck without making a mess of the shell, and the best way to do it correctly is with an oyster knife.

1. Infuser
   Egg timer
2. Meat thermometer
   Pocket knife

If you don't have a meat thermometer in your kitchen, you are either extremely intuitive, or you don't cook frequently. Every chef has at least one meat thermometer in the kitchen. Many chefs have one for each type of meat.

1. Onion press
   Whipped cream maker
2. Dairy press
   Oxy-nator

Whipped cream is not easy to make. It's even more difficult to make while under pressure and the hot lights of a cooking set. That is usually why you see a chef's whip fall flat as it comes out of one of these tools.

1. Skinny tongs
   Thin offset pincers
2. Curved extra fine tip tweezers
   Pinch platers

When it comes to fine plating, various kinds of tweezers are used in the kitchen. They are perfect for adding delicate garnishes and toppings to beautiful meals. Remember, a chef's hands get dirty, and a pair of tweezers can make or break the plating situation.

1. Candy scraper
   Sugar cone
2. Milk mixer
   Chocolate spatula

Chocolate can be a lot of fun to work with ... if you don't mind getting a little messy. Chocolate spatulas have many uses, including spreading the chocolate for tempering and creating even lines.

1. Fish
   Chocolate
2. Eggs
   Pastries

Fish spatulas are long and flat because fish are generally long and flat. Using a spatula that is too thin might break the fish that it is very delicate as it cooks. That is why nearly every chef has a fish spatula on hand.

1. Meat thermometer
   Mandoline
2. Skrimp tweezers
   Shrimp cleaning tool

Shrimp cleaning tools are meant to help chefs remove the vein that is found down a shrimp's back. If you don't clean this, the taste and texture of the shrimp will be affected. While a paring knife will do the job just fine, it takes considerably longer.

1. Handoline
   Frog skinner
2. Truffle slicer
   Cook top scraper

Truffles are all the rage in high-end cooking. Many chefs dump truffles into a typical dish and tack on $20 to the price. A few truffle shavings are then put on the top of the meal. That's where this gadget comes in handy.

1. Meat tenderizer
   Vegetable spiralizer
2. Pepper mill
   Salad spinner

While many home cooks buy ground pepper, there is something to the aroma and coarseness of fresh ground pepper. For this reason, many chefs keep a pepper mill on hand, so they can have fresh ground pepper whenever they want.

1. Ice cream scoops
   Ladles
2. Potato mashers
   Melon ballers

Ice cream scoops have become more versatile over the past few years, as people realized that they could be used to portion out sticky or soft foods, such as mashed potatoes.

1. Microplane
   Cube grater
2. Citrus tool
   Mandoline

Cube graters are the perfect tool for prep work. They give chefs no-mess grating results, as all the gratings fall into the box. They are perfect for large grating jobs that need to be done before a dinner service.

1. Can opener
   Onion chopper
2. Citrus cutter
   Cheese cutter

Citrus cutters and slicers are usually tools seen in a home cook's kitchen. However, when it comes to prepping a banquet or a large spread, these are excellent tools for any chef with a big workload.

1. Grill brush
   Toothbrush
2. Counter brush
   Floor brush

Whether a chef is cooking on a flat top grill or a charcoal grill, a grill brush is an essential tool in their kitchen. Not only will these remove any excess food particles, but they also help maintain the texture and flavor of foods that are about to go on the grill.

1. Whipple pot
   Double handler
2. Bain-marie
   Stock pot

A bain-marie is a pot that is basically a double boiler. It heats food by heating water underneath a cooking vessel (such as another pot or a glass bowl). While many believe this is only used to melt and heat chocolate, it has several other purposes, including the preparation of delicate sauces.

1. Cake tester
   Aeration device
2. Infuser
   Pressure release valve

Those of us home cooks who take on cake making from time to time will generally use a toothpick to test whether a cake is done or not. However, for those who bake a lot, cake testers are an excellent tool for the kitchen.

1. Nut cracker
   Sea urchin cutter
2. Vice
   Check handler

Sea urchin isn't a common menu item in most restaurants. However, for those restaurants that take on fine dining and random delicacies, a sea urchin cutter is one of the tools a chef will always have on hand.

1. Whipped cream maker
   Pearler
2. Fermentation crock
   Pocket torch

Though most home cooks won't have one of these in the utility drawer, chefs find them to be one of the essential tools available on the market. They are perfect for pastry chefs and expeditors alike.

1. Melon baller
   Sieve
2. Caviar dropper
   Infuser

With the popularity of engineering food to look and feel like different foods, many chefs have taken to turning food into caviar. That is why this tool was invented. It helps chefs of fine dining restaurants create interesting dishes.

1. Oyster knife
   Fish scaler
2. Infuser
   Shrimp cleaner

Any good seafood restaurant will have one of these on hand for a chef. Bringing in fresh seafood every day is important to maintain quality standards in a seafood restaurant ... and with fresh fish come a whole lot of scales.

1. Basket skimmer
   Ladle
2. Tongs
   Slotted spoon

When you are frying foods, you have to be aware of the high heat in which your food is cooking. Your average utensil won't work, and you should always use utensils that are made of metal when working with hot oils. Chefs know this, and that is why you can find one of these in every chef's kitchen.

1. Olive oil
   Whipped cream
2. Syrup
   Juice

Olive oil's functionality can seem endless at times, which is why it's such a staple in households all over the world. Due to its high demand, it's no wonder the world would have found a more convenient method with the spray can!

1. Salad dryer
   Smoking gun
2. Sauce gun
   Fish scaler

Getting a smokey flavor without having to light up a grill is difficult to do. However, when chefs want to smoke meats with minimal space, you can generally find one of these in their kitchen.

1. Meat flipper
   Meat grinder
2. Kitchen scale
   Meat thermometer

Most chefs and restaurant kitchens will have a kitchen scale on hand (at least one). This is because the restaurant business is all about consistency and portioning. It's important to give those who dine in a restaurant a dish that tastes exactly how they've come to expect it to taste each time they order it.

1. Flat whisk
   Blended whip
2. Tapper
   Coil whip

Coil whips might look weird, but when a chef needs something whisked properly, this is the tool they turn to. You can find these near any prep station in most restaurants around the world.

1. Whisk
   Foamer
2. Microwhisk
   Flip whip

While some people might think that anything turned into foam is gross, many chefs think that foaming is essential. It might be an outdated concept, but you can still find foamers in chef's kitchens.

1. Marrow spoon
   Tooth pick
2. Cake tester
   Meat thermometer

If you walk into any high-end steakhouse in the country, you will probably see marrow on the menu. It might sound disgusting, but the center of a bone has a lot of flavor and nutrients. To get it out of the bone, chefs use a marrow spoon.

1. Spider silk
   Floss
2. Moss
   Butcher's twine

Butcher's twine is perfect for any roast, stuffed item or whole poultry that is being cooked. You will usually find butcher's twine at the prep station of every chef's kitchen because it is such a necessary tool.