Kitchen kit

Gourmet Plating Kit

The plating tools that move a dinner from "home cooking" to "restaurant".

Reviewed by admin · Updated May 24, 2026

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What's in the kit

  1. 1

    Squeeze bottles (set of 6)

    Sauce dots, swooshes, drizzles. Restaurant trick #1.

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  2. 2

    Plating tweezers

    Microherbs, edible flowers, garnish placement.

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  3. 3

    Bench scraper

    Move chopped ingredients, scrape boards, portion dough.

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  4. 4

    Wide oversized dinner plates

    Negative space makes any plate look composed.

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  5. 5

    Fine-mesh sieve set

    Silky sauces, dust-fine powdered sugar.

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  6. 6

    Microplane fine grater

    Cheese, chocolate, citrus zest — all at restaurant proportions.

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Why this is a kit, not a list.

Each item earns its place because of how it works with the others. Buy the whole kit over time, not all at once.

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