Sixteen of the world's greatest kitchen gadgets – chosen by chefs

From rice hacks to a 100-year-old rolling pin, cooks and food writers reveal the gizmos they could never do without

Given an unlimited budget, a keen cook could drop tens of thousands of pounds on the kitchen of their dreams. Yet often, even in the most smoothly finished set-up, it is tried-and-trusted, bashed-up equipment that we rely on the most. We asked some of our leading chefs and cookery writers to share which old gizmos and gadgets they cherish.