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The Made In 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

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Weโ€™ve got your gifting needs covered with Japanese Damascus steel knives, copper cookware, and more.

By Rachel BaronDec 6, 2024
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Every year, we get a mountain of requests from folks looking for the best cookware-related holiday gifts, whether for the beginner home cook or for the seasoned pro. This year, we decided to do something about it: featuring all of our co-founder Jake Kalickโ€™s personal favorite cookware items and accessories, welcome to the 2024 Made In Holiday Gift Guide.

The Main Gifts

From a small (but mighty) Butter Warmer to Japanese Damascus steel knives, these are some of Jakeโ€™s top-recommended items for gifting this holiday season.

Griddle (Plus Accessories)

A griddle is the best gift for your partner, dad, or really any home cook who hates having to return inside once grilling season is over. For the complete griddle-cooking experience, pair our premium seasoned Carbon Steel Griddle with our 4-piece Griddle Tools set and/or Griddle Utility Bag, plus the stainless steel Grill Press that helps maximize contact between the food and your pan, grill, or griddle.

3QT Saucier

Highly specialized, yet super versatile, the 3QT Saucier is perfect for the serious cook (or the cook looking to get a little more serious). With the Saucierโ€™s rounded, cornerless sides, the giftee will feel like a pro making silky pan sauces, perfect bechamel, and more of their favorite cheffy preparations.

Butter Warmer

Jakeโ€™s personal most-gifted item, a butter warmer, is perfect for warming up individual portions of sauce, making condiments like chili crisp, or even heating milk for a toddler or baby (one of our HQ employees also recommends using it as a meat mallet). Our Stainless Clad Butter Warmer is made from premium 5-Ply Stainless Clad, so itโ€™s just as durable and high-performing as our other stainless steel cookware.

Copper Frying Pan

For the person you *really* want to pamper, our luxurious, 2-ply Copper Frying Pan offers truly unmatched heat control and precision. All of our stainless steel-lined copper pots and pans are made in Franceโ€”aka, home of the best copper artisans in the worldโ€”so we can guarantee that this pan is just as durable and high-performing as it is stunning to look at.

5.5QT Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven

Versatile, rustic-chic, and incredibly hard-wearing, enameled cast iron Dutch ovens are an ideal gift for the budding cook in your life. However, not all Dutch ovens are made equally: our Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven is made from best-quality French cast iron, enameled by hand for a flawless, durable finish. If your giftee doesnโ€™t have one yet, this is a gift theyโ€™ll use over and over (and over!) again.

Japanese Damascus Steel Knives

Some of the best knives in the world are made in Japan, which is why we partnered with master bladesmiths in Seki City, Japan for our Japanese Damascus Steel Knives: the Gyuto, Nakiri, and Santoku, to be exact. If your giftee is serious about their knives, these full-tang, lightweight, high-carbon blades will just about ruin them for any other knife.

Steak Knives

Steak knives make the perfect gift for your sibling, cousin, or anybody who just moved into their first big-kid apartment. These sleek, full-tang French Steak Knives slice cleanly through any cut of meat, and look extra classy on a dinner table.

Stocking Stuffers

We put just as much stock into stocking stuffers as we do into regular gifts. Here are some of our favorite small, yet high-impact, cooking-related gifts.

Kitchen Candles

Our Kitchen Candles are expressly designed to eliminate unpleasant kitchen odors, leaving your kitchen smelling fresh and clean (aka, not like 3-day-old fried fish). Available in three culinary scentsโ€”Tear of Basil, Zest of Lemon, and Pinch of Saltโ€”and made from high-quality paraben-free wax, theyโ€™re nice enough to please the biggest candle snobs.

Birdsโ€™ Beak Paring Knife

The handy little Birdโ€™s Beak Paring Knife features a short, hooked blade, making it a favorite of chefs and prep cooks for fluting mushrooms, hulling berries, and making paper-thin curls of citrus zest. Itโ€™s the sort of thing your giftee would (probably) never think to buy for themselvesโ€”but one theyโ€™ll get a ton of use out of.

Measuring Cups

Precise and hard-wearing, our stainless steel Measuring Cups make a great small gift or stocking stuffer. Theyโ€™re also designed to be aesthetically identical to our Stainless Clad cookware (down to the rivets), so they essentially look like tiny pots and pansโ€”adorable.

Ready to Shop?

When it comes to holiday gifts, nothing quite measures up to high-quality cookware: equal parts personal, practical, and beautiful, a well-made knife, frying pan, or Dutch oven really takes the (Christmas) cake.

Whether you choose something off this list, or use it as a starting point for your holiday shopping, we hope your gift-giving season is just as sweet as your dessert lineup.