A glass of rich red wine is a real compliment for your sumptuous Christmas supper. But before you open the cork, you should decant and let it oxygenate for some time before you take a sip. This helps draw out more of those exquisite flavours from the wine.

You can choose a decanter ($5.90) between various styles, with several different shapes on offer and options with or without handles.

Consider yourself something of a sommelier? Maybe it’s worth the investment in a higher-end decanter that will last you years to come. The fine crystal decanter by Riedel Cabernet ($69) strikes a balance between a classic, antique feeling aesthetic and an edgy modern style

A blunt knife on the big day just won’t do. Not only does a sharp knife make your job much easier, it’s much safer too. This 2 stage manual knife sharpener ($62.39) works for both straight-edge and serrated knives; no oil or lubricant is required. Simply use the optimal bevel angle control for a 20-degree edge.

For something much cheaper, the Brund by Scanpan RollSharp ($14.90) uses a dual ceramic wheel to sharpen the blade of your knife. Just add water into the reservoir for wet sharpening. To clean the shavings, slide off the cover and rinse the stone.

Multicookers are the MVP of any kitchen, especially small kitchens, as they serve various functions within one compact appliance.

The Tokit Omnicook might be vying for the overachiever in this category with a staggering 21 kitchen appliances, including the common blender and steamer, to the specialised likes of sous vide and fermenter.

It also includes a step-by-step recipe database of dishes around the world to cook what you want in a short time.

Getting your preferred Christmas bird perfectly roasted is always a challenge, but the Ninja Foodi Multi-Cooker, which combines an air fryer and pressure cooker, may just be the gadget to save the day.

Equipped with the brand’s proprietary TenderCrisp technology, it delivers food that is juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside.

Not only that, its unique capacity and air-flow design cook a whole 2.3kg chicken in just 40 minutes and transform frozen food to crispy in as little as 20 minutes.

Pressure cookers are well known for their time-saving qualities, turning tough meats and solid legumes tender in record time.

The WMF Perfect Premium Pressure Cooker promises this and more within its handsome heavy-gauge stainless steel chambers.

Offering many conveniences to simplify both use and cleanup, the cooker reduces cooking times by up to 70 per cent and saves up to 50 per cent energy.

Its intuitive All-In-One control knob used to operate the pressure cooker also allows you to close the pressure cooker with a click, choose a cooking setting and release the steam.

Don’t forget the plates! We eat with our eyes first, they said. This applies to the disposables, too.

Save yourself the trouble of washing up after a massive party and use disposable cutlery and serving ware.

But to ensure no embarrassment on your part as a stylish and environmentally friendly host, order them in bulk at Eco U, which carries sustainable and stylish options.

Tableware includes those made from wheat straw for a more kraft paper finish and sugarcane bagasse in various shapes and sizes. They even have a festive range of jaunty straws and cups.

Ample proof that (multi) functionality need not be at the expense of stunning good looks is Anaori’s Kakugama, a multifunctional cooking tool updating the design of a historic Japanese cooking pot with high-performance carbon graphite.

Crafted with precision, the Kakugama can simmer, poach, braise, fry, grill, and even cook rice with its carbon graphite body, ensuring that the ingredients are cooked quickly yet gently, so they keep the most of their taste, texture and nutrients.

Its outer lid is made of carbon graphite with the inner one made from Japanese cypress (hinoki), infusing each meal with an exquisite aroma.

The Ninja Foodi Airfryer and grill is a champion as it makes it easy to grill delicious food indoors, as fast as an outdoor grill and virtually smoke-free.

Equipped with Cyclonic Grilling Technology, it delivers food that’s perfectly cooked on the inside and char-grilled on every side.

A 5-in-1 indoor grill with a 3.7-litre air fryer, it can also grill, air fry, roast, bake, and even dehydrate right on your countertop.

Touted as the air fryer that can do it all, Tefal’s 9-in-1 air fryer rises to the occasion by combining nine cooking functions: air frying, roasting, grilling, baking, broiling, dehydrating, toasting, rotisserie-ing and reheating, all at the touch of a button.

Equipped with eight automatic programs, it’s as simple as adding your ingredients and letting it do the rest.

Moreover, its 11-litre capacity allows you to prepare up to three dishes at once, which is especially helpful when cooking for a festive feast.

With its communal element, hotpot makes a fun, festive meal and the WMF Lono Hot Pot and Steam is a quick and delicious way of taking care of your guests’ different tastes.

Having two generous soup chambers means having two different broths going simultaneously, while the steaming attachment is ideal for dim sum and dumplings.

Even when it’s not the centrepiece of your hotpot party, keeping this appliance on your countertop helps you to steam an entire fish or keep your soups and gravies warm.

Now that you have thought of the food, don’t forget the drinks, which are just as essential for a fabulous festive feast.

Drinkmate Sparkling Water and Soda Maker is great to have on hand and saves you the trouble of picking up store-bought soda.

Marketed as the most flexible home carbonation device, Drinkmate is the only carbonation beverage maker worldwide that allows you to carbonate any beverage within seconds.

As a result, you can add tasty fizziness to water, juices, iced tea or iced coffee, energy drinks, wine, cocktails, and even flat soda or beer.

The end of the year usually means cracking out multiple bottles of wine and champagne, and you can open your wines without worry, knowing that they might spoil with the Coravin Pivot Wine Preservation System, a handy device designed to keep your precious vintages in freshly-opened condition for up to four weeks.

This system is a two-part wine tool consisting of a reusable Pivot Stopper and a Pivot Device.

Once you open your bottle, replace the cork or screw cap with the stopper, then insert the device through it and pour the wine out while pressing a button that releases 100 per cent pure argon gas to replace the poured wine, which prevents oxygen from affecting the remaining liquid.

Never run out of ice at a party with the Ruhens Ice, the first multi-temperature water dispenser in Singapore with an ice maker.

Apart from offering hot, cold, room temperature or warm water at the touch of a button, this tankless appliance makes ice from the same filtered water in a choice of small or large size.

The Icemaker also comes with an intelligent ice storage indicator that displays the ice storage status, marking when the ice supply is full and alerting you when it is running low.

It’s said that a workman is only as good as his tools, and the highly efficient Miele DGC 7860 will set up even the most elaborate festive feast for success.

A combination steam oven, its DualSteam function ensures fast heating-up times and cooking durations as well as even steam distribution to make food preparation easier.

Its Mix & Match function allows you to combine different foods and cook or reheat them in less than half an hour.

You only need to place all the food inside the appliance in one go and take it out at the end of the selected programme.

Raclette is a favourite Swiss meal for the festive season, and the Solis 5-in-1 Table Grill allows you to prepare this traditional meal in the comfort of your home for up to eight people.

But more than just a raclette oven, this multi-talented grill can also be used to grill meat and vegetables and bake pancakes and mini pizzas.

It even comes with mini woks for dishes inspired by Asian food for a truly international spread.

Maximum results with minimum effort and time are what Bosch’s Series 8 Built-in oven offers, on top of an added steam and microwave function.

This built-in oven is equipped with a plethora of smart functions to ensure perfect, crispy results even when time is short.

For example, PerfectBake measures the humidity inside your oven and adjusts the baking time automatically, while PerfectRoast takes a precise measurement of the core temperature of your Christmas roast for a perfect result.

PerfectRoast may also be combined with a Microwave and added Steam functions for maximum cooking efficiency.

Decadent baked goods are a staple at any festive feast.

Tefal’s Cake Factory Delices gives perfect results while saving precious prep time.

Featuring five intelligent baking programmes that can bake anything from meringues to molten chocolate cake, the Cake Factory Delices does not need preheating, nor do you need to monitor your bakes during baking time.

It also has a manual program helpful for melting chocolate or baking a Tarte Tatin.

A fridge with plenty of storage space and superior chilling capabilities takes the stress out of last-minute shopping.

You can manage your groceries efficiently with Samsung’s Family Hub Smart Fridge.

Its View Inside feature works with three built-in cameras that let you remotely peek inside from your fridge’s home screen or smartphone, a huge time saver when doing the mountain of grocery shopping needed for a big party.

A Family Board home screen on the fridge allows each family member to sync their phones to the refrigerator and easily create notes and share messages.

Miele’s nifty Blackboard edition fridge allows you to keep family schedules, to-do, and shopping lists straight and in the most obvious place with a glass front finished like a blackboard.

Write and draw with conventional chalk crayons or chalk markers and turn the appliance into the central communication tool in every kitchen.

On top of that, its PerfectFresh Pro function keeps meat, fish and dairy products fresh for up to three times longer and fruit and vegetables up to five, so you can stock up way ahead of time.

Packed with innovations to ensure optimum storage conditions, Bosch’s Series 6 (KFN86AA76J) French Multi-Door Refrigerator preserves food at an ideal consistency so your ice cream will neither be too soft nor too hard.

FreshSense sensors keep the interior temperature constant, independent of the outer temperature, so the contents stay fresh even when you keep opening and closing the doors during prep.

Decorate your kitchen with LG Electronics’ MoodUP refrigerator, which sports colour-changing LED door panels.

Equipped with LG’s advanced refrigeration and smart technologies for better food freshness and enhanced convenience, it also allows users to choose a wide range of vibrant colours for its LED doors and play music via its built-in speaker to suit their moods.

Text: Home & Decor

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