GENERAL EQUIPMENT & GLASSWARE
Cocktail Kingdom Supplier of quality bar equipment – Yarai mixing beakers, Gallone mixing glasses, all manner of cobbler and Parisienne shakers, jiggers, strainers and kit bags. Reprints of vintage cocktail books are really good.
www.cocktailkingdom.com
Drinkshop General glassware and cocktail equipment – absinthe fountains, large selection of glassware and basic equipment.
www.drinkshop.com
eBay Seems like an obvious one, but I’m often impressed by the bargains that can be found on eBay, particularly where weird replacement parts for expensive machines are concerned.
www.ebay.co.uk/.com
WMF Reliable German kitchen equipment – pressure cookers, pans, utensils.
www.wmf.com
Fisher Scientifi (UK)
One-stop shop for lab equipment and sundries.
www.fisher.co.uk
Chef Steps (US) Sous vide, handheld smokers, scales and thermometers.
store.chefsteps.com
SPECIALIST INGREDIENTS
MSK Ingredients Large range of own-brand powdered flavours, gelling agents and emulsifiers.
www.msk-ingredients.com
Infusions 4 Chefs Specialist ingredients, equipment and serviceware. Stockist of Texturas, Mugaritz, Lyo and Sosa ranges of products.
www.infusions4chefs.co.uk
Cream Supplies (UK) Molecular gastronomy ingredients. Cuisine Innovation and Kalys branded products.
www.creamsupplies.co.uk
BrewUK (UK) Home-brew suppliers – sterilisation, containers, filters, yeast, ingredients, bottles.
www.brewuk.co.uk
Witchcraft Shop (UK) Unexpected supplier of a vast range of quality dried herbs, spices, flowers, roots and barks (including cinchona bark).
www.witchcraftshop.co.uk
Baldwins (UK) Long-time purveyors of ingredients, tinctures and infusions.
www.baldwins.co.uk
Modernist Pantry (US) Full range of modernist ingredients for all manner of applications.
www.modernistpantry.com
Terra Spice Company (US) Vast range of dried fruits and spices, as well as specialist ingredients and powders for modernist applications.
www.terraspice.com
SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT
AmazonWhile I’d urge you to spend your money in smaller, more independent stores where you can, Amazon surprises me on an almost daily basis with its ability to stock/source just about anything.
www.amazon.co.uk/.com
KitchenAidThe classic food mixer. Useful for ice creams, sorbets and emulsions.
www.kitchenaid.com
BuchiThe original rotary evaporator manufacturer – also chillers and vacuum pumps. Lots of other specialist lab equipment.
www.buchi.com
Thermomix Jack-of-all-trades food mixer, used for blending, emulsifying, infusing, heating and much more besides.
www.thermomix.com
Polyscience High-end professional kitchen technology – sous vide, food smokers, rotary evaporators.
www.polyscience.com
Cream Supplies (UK) Molecular gastronomy gadgets. Cream whippers, soda syphons, lab beakers, scales, smoking gun, magnetic stirrers, sous vide, sundries.
www.creamsupplies.co.uk
Polybags (UK) Good-value supplier of many types of bag, including all kinds of sous vide applications.
www.polybags.co.uk
Cheftools (UK) Supplier of Pacojet (ice cream and sorbet mixer), sous vide, smokers and Superbags (for filtering).
www.cheftools.co.uk