This zester, which started life as a lowly wood Rasp, is enthusiastically praised by leading chefs worldwide. In addition, this particular zester is the best-designed one I have ever used. It comes with a stainless-steel base that makes the zester easier to hold and, at the same time, cleverly collects the zested material for easy access. No dirty cutting boards to clean.

I use this tool for zesting all citrus fruits, grating nuts and ginger, and reducing a clove of garlic to near liquid in seconds. It is also a dream to grate hard cheese like parmesan because it shaves it very fine to enhance the presentation compared with grating it on a standard cheese grater.

Stainless steel; 12" long.