Great KitchenAid offers from The Essential Ingredient

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, The Essential Ingredient is proud to offer a number of great KitchenAid offers.

Not only do we have a wide selection of KitchenAid products available in our stores, we have the expertise to help you choose the perfect machine for your needs.

These special bonus offers are available until March 31, or until stocks last*….

Knife sharpening services

Your knife is your most important tool in the kitchen. You’ve chosen it carefully, investing in the highest quality blade you can afford to get the best, safest and most consistent results.

But over time, with the many tasks a chef’s knife is called on to perform and no matter how well you care for …

Tonka beans

Tonka beans are, in all likelihood, the most versatile ingredient you’ve never tried.

Harvested from a flowering tree native to South America and dried, the tonka bean is favoured for its unique flavour and scent.

The fragrance of the tonka bean, once also used in the manufacture of perfume, is reminiscent of vanilla, almonds, cinnamon and cloves, with hints of caramel and even …

Magimix food processors

While there may be many food processors on the market, all designed to make chopping, slicing, mincing, blending, grinding and juicing easier and quicker, it is the original pioneer of the device that still stands as the epitome of quality and reliability.

The Magimix was designed over 35 years ago by Pierre Verdan in Burgundy, France (under the name ‘Robot-Coupe’), who watched …

Escargot; a French icon

Few ingredients are as iconically ‘French’ as escargot. Simply the French translation of ‘snails’, escargot has been considered a culinary luxury in Western Europe since the days of the Roman Empire.

Traditionally, French snails are served with herbed garlic butter and eaten from decorative shells, though there are many other delicious iterations. Perhaps the most famous contemporary dish featuring snails …

The Essential Ingredient Grains

Few foods are as nutritionally comprehensive as those we commonly refer to as ‘grains’. Though ancient in culinary application, the true benefits of these incredible ingredients are only now being recognised.

The Essential Ingredient stocks a wide variety of these versatile, increasingly popular ‘ancient grains’, all carefully selected for their quality.

Australian Organic Quinoa

White quinoa with maple and blueberries

Certified …

Cake decorating ingredients and equipment

Looking for cake making or cake decorating tools and ingredients in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Newcastle, Albury or Orange? The Essential Ingredient is your essential Australian cake decorating destination.

We stock a wide variety of ingredients and tools that help make your decorative cakes and desserts even more spectacular.

From cake tins and dessert moulds …