A Professional Kitchen Starter Set to start your cooking journey with Robert Welch. Included in the set is a Professional Santoku Knife 12cm, Professional Vegetable/Paring Knife 9cm, Oak Chopping Board 30cm and Hand-held Knife Sharpener.

Professional knives are high-performance kitchen knives designed for culinary excellence and effortless food preparation. Forged with full tang from a single piece of German stainless steel, they have an angled full bolster and are perfectly weighted and balanced for control. They are ice hardened and precision sharpened with a 15° Japanese-style blade edge for exceptional, long-lasting sharpness.

The 9cm Paring Knife is perfect for intricate peeling, trimming and slicing small fruits and vegetables. The flat edge of the 12cm Santoku Knife makes it ideal for slicing, dicing and mincing a wide range of vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. Scalloped indents push the ingredients away from the blade as you work.

The high-quality natural oak of the rectangular chopping board is protected by a food-safe, oiled finish, and protects knife blades when preparing food.

The Hand-held Knife Sharpener contains a replaceable ceramic sharpening wheel to micro-sharpen and hone your plain-edged kitchen knives. It can be used left or right-handed and is weighted with a non-slip base. The sharpening wheel is housed in an angled clear plastic guard which ensures knives are aligned correctly, positioned at the optimum sharpening angle.

DIMENSIONS

Professional Santoku Knife 12cm - Blade Length: 120mm / Weight: 133g

Professional Vegetable / Paring Knife 9cm - Blade Length: 90mm / Weight: 81g

Oak Classic Chopping Board 30cm - Length: 296mm / Width: 214mm / Height: 24mm / Weight: 1,354g

Signature Hand-Held Knife Sharpener - Height: 65mm / Length: 187mm / Weight: 295g

Product Code: RWPSA20SPEC11

Caring for your Kitchen Knives:

When washing your kitchen knives by hand (recommended):
Rinse your kitchen knives to remove all traces of food as soon as possible after use. Wash in warm soapy water with a microfibre cloth or non abrasive brush**. Try to avoid soaking your kitchen knives and always dry thoroughly immediately after washing, using a microfibre cloth.

When washing your kitchen knives in a dishwasher:
• Wash on a short hot cycle 65°-75°C (150°-167°F)
• Use quality branded all in one dishwasher tablets*
• Keep Rinse Aid topped up and Salt (for hard water areas).
• Avoid washing with non-stainless steel metals (this can cause rust staining).
• Ensure the dishwasher filters are cleaned and use a proprietary dishwasher cleaner regularly.

*For UK customers we recommend Fairy Platinum Plus and for US customers Cascade Platinum Plus

**Always avoid scouring with pads or abrasive cleaners as this will scratch the surface.

Additional care of knife handles:
Periodically apply a mineral oil to handles to maintain their colour. Please remove any excess oil.

Caring for Wooden Chopping Boards:

• Hand wash in warm water and dry immediately.

• Never immerse your chopping board fully in water.

• Treat with a suitable food-safe mineral oil on a regular basis to maintain your chopping boards condition.

• Wipe off excess oil and allow to dry before using.

Chopping board compatibility:
Your kitchen knives will stay sharp longest when used on wood or soft plastic chopping boards.
Avoid hard surfaces such as glass, stone, metal or very hard bamboo, which can dull or damage the knife edge.

Using our Robert Welch Hand-Held Knife Sharpener: 
View the video on How to use the Hand-held Sharpener by clicking on the video icon in the image panel on this page.

Water Sharpening (best)
1. Remove the clear guide, fill the recess under the ceramic wheel with water and replace guide.
2. Hold sharpener firmly on a flat surface.
3. Align your blade within the guide, slide the blade back and forth through the ceramic wheel 10 - 20 times from heel to tip (applying light pressure) until desired sharpness has been achieved.
4. Rinse and dry your knife thoroughly.
5. Sharpen twice a month (or to suit) to maintain the desired edge sharpness.

Dry Sharpening (quick) - Follow steps 2 - 5, as above.
We recommend that after 12-24 months, depending on the frequency of use, you change the ceramic sharpening wheel in order to maintain your knife’s cutting edge to a high standard.

Replacement wheels are available as a set of two.

Download our guide to sharpening your Signature or Professional Knives with the Robert Welch Hand-held Sharpener.

Cleaning the hand-held sharpener
The sharpener should be cleaned periodically by hand, lifting the clear guard off to wipe inside using a damp micro-fibre cloth and then dried thoroughly before replacing the guard. The ceramic wheel can be removed and washed in the dishwasher to prevent a build-up of sharpener dust.

All Robert Welch Professional kitchen knives have a Lifetime Guarantee.

Oak chopping board has a two-year guarantee

Hand-held Knife Sharpener has a 10-year guarantee