Celebrity Chef Claims Luxury Japanese Knives as his Favourite
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal, columnist for
the Sunday Times and owner of the 3-Michelin starred
Fat
Duck restaurant in Bray, is to officially endorse
the Tojiro Senkou knife range from I.
Grunwerg Ltd,
after he found them to be his favourite knives.
The
new Tojiro Senkou range of Japanese kitchen knives
and accessories from I. Grunwerg Ltd makes centuries
of Samurai sword making tradition and expertise accessible
to everyone. After
testing under laboratory conditions, Tojiro Senkou
has been found to be one of the sharpest kitchen
knife ranges on the market.
The specialist manufacturing
techniques were developed for the feared Samurai
warrior caste, which needed a weapon that would
be reliably sharp, strong and sufficiently durable
to defend them against repeated danger. Samurai
warriors often gave names to their swords and considered
them to be the ‘soul’ of
their warriorship, so style and character are also
key design features.
The name ‘Senkou’ means ‘flash’ in
Japanese, relating to the flash of inspiration that
sparked their creation. Tojiro Senkou knives
combine ancient history with modern technology to
create a truly remarkable culinary tool. Up
to 63 layers of special ‘Damascus’ steel is folded and hammered together to create the extremely
sharp and hard, yet flexible blades required by professional
chefs.
As part of his endorsement,
Heston Blumenthal uses the knives in a TV series entitled ‘In Search
of Perfection’, which is being supported by an
8-page feature, competition and free DVD in the Style
Section of the Sunday Times.
