Are you looking for some holiday gifts for a friend or family member who’s a foodie or chef, or hands-on cook?  There’s nothing quite like using a natural material for your kitchen tools and containers.  That’s why wooden kitchen items are a must have this season.

One superb item we spotted was a set called Helen’s Asian Kitchen 5-1/2-Inch Ceramic Suribachi Set, and it would be perfect for a cook who loves to make Asian dishes.  This one is used for crushing herbs, nuts and seeds of all kinds.  It’s a super item for creating sauces, marinades and pastes, which can be used in Asian dishes, as well as any others.  It does have a mortar and coordinating wooden pestle, just like ones used for hundreds of years.  The sharp and ribbed interior holds the ingredients in place so they’ll be crushed a lot better.  Also in this set is a bamboo cleaning brush, and washing the tools by hand is recommended, to protect the lovely wooden kitchen utensils.

A simple wooden implement called an Oxo Good Grips Wooden Turner is a very handy, 14 inch turner for pancakes, made from wood.  This works wonderfully and is created from solid beech.  It’s coated with a natural oil finish and you can use it on all of your non-stick cookware.   If you’re tired of dinging up your good pots, then give this one a try.  The comfortable, curved handle features a hanging hole and you can wash this one by hand easily.  A wooden kitchen implement like this will last a very long time.

Paula Deen is famous on a cooking network and has been into making terrific dishes for her entire life.  She’s a wonderful woman from the South in the U.S.  Her wooden kitchen Turner’s Set is great for flipping and turning your food.  It contains a ten and a thirteen inch spoon, and both sizes will be well used!  The handles are comfortable and ergonomically designed, as well as being made from eco-friendly acacia wood.  They are super for use with non-stick cookware.  Their copper-plated rings provide a great hanging loop and you can wash them by hand easily.

Another set, called Bamboo wooden kitchen Utensil Set provides a classic group of tools for many kitchen uses.  It has slotted spoons and others and is made from durable and renewable bamboo.  This giant grass can be harvested every 5 or 6 years and tending to the groves makes a good living for farmers in Asia.  If you’re looking for a block to hold your knives, then a Ronco KN300100GEN Six Star+ 30-Slot Wooden Knife Block Holder would be perfect!  It comes with 30 slots to hold a Ronco set, plus a few of your favorite knives.

If there’s a budding little chef in your family, then check out the Pink Wooden Toy Kitchen by Kid Kraft.  This one is so cute and complete that you’ll wish you were smaller, just so you could try it out!  The kitchen has an oven and microwave that open and close.  There are pretend salt and pepper shakers, as well as a mixing spoon and spatula, clock, and a healthy dose of creativity and playtime!