Victorinox Fibrox Pro 8-Inch Chef’s Knife

Victorinox Fibrox 8" chef, 3" paring, Mercer Milenia 10" Curved bread knife. Don't waste your money on a block set as most are of lessor quality and you will not use most of the knives in it. A must is a good cutting board, polyethelene, wood. On the softer side so you don't destroy the edge on your knife.

Look at Victorinox Fibrox lineup, specifically the 8” chef’s knife. It’s like $30 and legitimately an excellent knife. Grandma taught me how to cook and I’ve done a lot of home cooking since she started me out on meatloaf at 5 years old. I’ve used Henkel and Wusthoff since then and got the Vic 10+ years ago at the advice of a chef friend.

I have the [Victorinox Fibrox Pro Chef's It's a really nice knife.

The best Quality to Price ratio is Victorinox Fibrox for the 8 inch chefs knife and a paring knife, and Mercer Culinary for an 8in offset bread knife. Total cost will be around $55 for all three combined, and you will be set for life. Victorinox chefs knives are standard among chefs as a true workhorse knife. Keep them sharp, dont put them in the dish washer, and enjoy the massive improvement to your life.

Victronox Fibrox 8" chef's knife; its the best thing for the money according to most pro chefs and magazines. Everything else is just a name brand. ​. For flatware, just get a 4 place setting of silver.