2025 Pasta Kitchen Gift Guide

Whether you're shopping for someone who makes pasta every weekend, a pizza enthusiast with a home oven, or someone who's been eyeing up a proper meat slicer, this guide covers the best Italian kitchen gifts available at Pasta Kitchen, sorted by budget.

Under £10: Stocking Fillers

• Garganelli/Gnocchi Ridger (£8.95): A traditional wooden ridger with rolling pin for creating the classic ridges on gnocchi and garganelli that hold sauce.
• Traditional Square Ravioli Stamps (£6.25 to £7.25): 40mm and 70mm stamps for forming sealed, uniform square ravioli quickly and neatly.
• Cheese Accessories (from £4.95): Practical tools for anyone who grates fresh Parmesan or Pecorino regularly.
• Wine Stopper & Pourer (£4.52): A simple, useful accessory for drip-free pouring and keeping open bottles fresh.
• Beechwood Pasta Cutter Rolling Pins (£9.95): Rolling pins for cutting spaghetti, fettuccine, tagliatelle or pappardelle by hand.

Under £25: Practical Upgrades

• Traditional Italian Mezzaluna Chopper (£19.75): A large 250mm curved stainless steel chopper for herbs, garlic and pizza toppings.
• Marcato Biscottini Stamp Gift Set (£22.95): A 65mm star and 70mm flower stamp with pear wood handles, suitable for shaped ravioli, biscuits and small appetisers.
• Birchwood Tapas/Serving Boards (£11.00): A set of three responsibly sourced birchwood boards for cheeses, charcuterie and bread.
• Collapsible Pasta Drying Rack (from £17.95): A beechwood drying rack for fresh pasta strands, collapsible for storage.
• Truffle Slicer / Chocolate Shaver (£21.95): An adjustable blade tool for shaving truffle, hard cheese or chocolate.

Under £50: Premium Essentials

• Berkel Apron (£32.95): A cotton apron with gold Berkel embroidery, available in red or black.
• Marcato Blue Iron Baking Tray (from £21.95): A carbon steel baking tray for pizza, focaccia and Detroit-style bakes. Available in 30x23cm (£21.95) or 40x30cm (£29.95).
• Marcato Atlas+ Attachments (from £35.95): Individual cutting attachments for the Atlas+ covering shapes including spaghetti, linguine and pappardelle.
• Gin Tonic & Spritz Cocktail Set (£23.95): A 5-piece stainless steel cocktail set from Pulltex including corkscrew, mixer, spoon, measurer and tweezers.

Under £100: Gifts for Serious Home Cooks

• Gemini Express Stovetop Moka Pot (from £55.00): A classic Italian moka pot for brewing strong stovetop coffee. Available for induction and non-induction hobs.
• Marcato Atlas Ravioli Attachment (£59.95): Attaches to the Atlas+ to form and fill rows of uniform ravioli. Compatible with Atlas 150 and Atlas+.
• Marcato Ravioli Tablet & Rolling Pin (£89.95): A traditional mould for making ten uniform ravioli at a time using a manual rolling process.
• Marcato Atlas+ Pasta Machine (from £88.95): The standard Atlas+ in white or silver. Rolls pasta sheets in 10 thicknesses and cuts spaghetti and fettuccine as standard. Compatible with the full range of Marcato attachments. Coloured versions are £108.95.
• We Love Pasta Starter Set (£69.95): A bundled starter kit combining a pasta machine with cutters and a drying rack.

Over £100: Investment Pieces

• Berkel Icon Line 170 Food Slicer (£399.95): The most compact Berkel home slicer. A 170mm chromed steel blade with 18 thickness settings from paper-thin to 18mm. Handles charcuterie, cooked meats and vegetables without taking up much worktop space.
• Berkel Home Line Plus 200 Food Slicer (from £549.95): A 200mm blade slicer for precise everyday slicing of cured meats, cheeses and cooked joints. Matt finish from £549.95, gloss finish from £649.95.
• Marcato Atlasmotor+ Pasta Machine (£174.95): The motor-driven version of the Atlas+. Rolls and cuts pasta without hand-cranking, useful for larger batches.
• Marcato Multipast+ Pasta Set (£198.95): The Atlas+ machine with four cutting attachments covering ravioli, spaghetti, pappardelle and a fourth shape.
• Cerutti Perforated Tulip Pizza Peel (from £95.95): A professional-grade perforated stainless steel peel in a 33cm round format. Available with different handle lengths.
• Marcato Fresca Electric Pasta Dough Mixer (£376.95): A compact electric mixer that kneads 500g of dough in three minutes. Comes with lasagna, fettuccine and tagliolini attachments.

Top Picks

If you need a starting point, the Marcato Atlas+ is the most versatile gift for anyone getting into fresh pasta, and the We Love Pasta Starter Set is a good option if you want everything bundled together. For hosting, the cheese accessories, wine stopper and cocktail set all sit at sensible price points.

If you need help deciding, get in touch.