Zyliss Garlic Press

It doesn't matter which garlic press you get, but I sincerely believe that this should be the first kitchen utensil you buy. I have a Zyliss SUSI garlic press (www.zyliss.com), which I purchased in 1975 in a store in Chicago! With all my moves and relocating, I've never lost this item, and I use it ALL the time. This product and company are still both going strong, and I've seen it used by many chefs on cooking shows all over the world (including your own "The Naked Chef" and other UK shows). I've seen this same press in almost every kitchen store in the UK that I've visited. I guess there's no stopping a good thing. My garlic press is a ...  Read the complete review

A garlic press may seem like an odd think to write about, but this is the best kitchen gadget that I have ever bought and I think everyone should buy one. I have had my share of garlic presses over the years. I had one with a removable press section for easy cleaning. This was good, but eventually it buckled and wouldn’t press any more. I had a good grips one, and that was great too, but eventually it cracked. My latest garlic press is a Zyliss garlic press. The superb thing about this one is that you do not have to peel the garlic. I was a bit sceptical at first, but it really does work. You pop a whole, unpeeled clove in the garlic press, squeeze the ...  Read the complete review

I have been through 6 garlic presses in the past and they had either begun to rust over or have broken. I saw this item on BBC Food and Drink, it was their favourite garlic press. The thing that appealed about this was that I wouldn't have to peel the garlic clove before putting it into the press, also there is a little tool with spikes on which sits in the handle and is used to clear out all the residue left inside the press. In the past, washing the residue out of the garlic press was always a job I hated. Fantastic, I thought, if Anthony Worral Thompson says it's good then I'll give it a go so I ordered one. It was a little pricey, but I was ...  Read the complete review

I've had my share of garlic presses and they were just that - garlic presses - not particularly exciting. This, however, is the creme de la creme of garlic presses. It's nice and chunkily sleek, and comes with a little bit to push any bits out of the holes that actually resides in the garlic press handle which is handy (I normally throw things like that in a drawer and forget about them or lose them). But the best thing about it is it's performance. You don't need to peel the garlic clove, you just wang it in and press. It squirts out into almost a puree all of a sudden (a bit like squeezing a spot - sorry!). Then most of the skin and ...  Read the complete review