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22 T 3 JANUARY 2022

Horizon

GALILEO... MAGNIFICO!

Smeg wants to reinvent cooking with this everythingoven

Have you ever wanted to cook roast

chicken in 30 minutes, roast spuds in 20

and make a pasta bake by simply throwing

the ingredients into a dish, raw, and

pressing a button? That’s what Smeg says

you can do with its new Galileo range of

multi-tech cookers, headed up by the

powerful-sounding Omnichef.

The secret to these miracle ovens is

that they combine existing technologies

into one. Combi ovens already exist that

have a grill, microwave and standard

convection oven in one, but Galileo adds

steam, which suddenly opens up a whole

new world of possibilities.

The Galileo range uses this plethora of

techniques to give improved cooking

results. The various modes can be used

either one after the other, or at the same

time, with the Omnichef able to combine

all of them at once, which we are a bit

concerned could warp the fabric of time

and space itself.

You get the speed of microwaving plus

the well browned appearance of

traditionally cooked food plus the increased

succulence and vitamin retention of steam

cooking. The tech was apparently

developed by working with Michelin-

starred chefs and no fewer than three

universities, resulting in five new patents

pending for cooking innovations. Gosh.

Via the Omnichef’s screen, you can

access 150 preset recipes. There’s also the

ability to soften butter, melt chocolate and

even pop corn, ‘in only three minutes’.

If that feature list still sounds a little thin

to you, then you’ll be glad to know that

there are also accessories. Oh yes. Like

pizza? There’s a pizza stone. Feel like a

BBQ but it’s raining outside? There’s a

‘reversible BBQ pan’. Want to try air

frying? Hey, there’s an Airfry pan too! The

addition of steam also makes it possible to

cook ingredients sous vide. Some models

also feature steam injection, which is

particularly helpful when baking bread.

Keen chefs will no doubt be salivating

at the idea of trying out new ideas and

recipes with the Galileo range, but the less

adventurous can content themselves with

the presets turning out restaurant quality

meals at the press of a button. Just please

don’t buy one and use it exclusively to

heat up ready meals and bake potatoes.

The range in full includes the Omnichef,

SteamOne, Steam100, Steam100PRO and

SpeedwaveXL, and the technology will be

rolled out to all Smeg’s built-in oven

ranges: Dolce Stil Novo, Linea, Victoria

and Classic. The range is available from

January, with prices from £ 499 (Classic

traditional Multifunction Oven) to £3,499

(Dolce Stil Novo Omnichef).

KITCHENAID

BREAD BOWL WITH

BAKING LID

One bowl to rule them all,

this lets you mix your dough

in your KitchenAid mixer,

then prove it and, finally,

cook it – it’s oven proof and

has a lid. In theory you could

then also use it as a bread bin,

if that isn’t versatile enough.

£ 149 ,kitchenaid.co.uk

METHVEN

ALEXANDRIA 4 - IN- 1

INSTANT HOT WATER

TAP

is new tap

from electric

shower experts

Methven serves

up cold water

but, more

importantly,

hot water at

seven preset

temperatures including

‘near-boiling’. You also have

the option of the water being

filtered or non-filtered.

£ 799 ,methvenhottap.com

TOWER XPRESS PRO

COMBO 10 - IN- 1 AIR

FRYER

If the Omnichef is a little rich

for your tastes, how about

this from the UK’s biggest air

fryer brand? Not only does it

do chips, pizza and steak, it

also includes a rotisserie, for

spit-roastingchickens and

dining Henry VIII style!

£ 150 , towerhousewares.co.uk

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