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March 10, 2014

Giveaway #8 & review – Thomas Kitchen knife set

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I have a lovely giveaway for you for a set of Thomas Kitchen knives which caused MUCH excitement when they arrived for review. First up, they look like knives to be reckoned with – they’re stainless steel, rather weighty and came with a lovely bamboo wooden block that sits very nicely on my wooden work surface. After gingerly unwrapped them, and it being tea time, we decided to set them to work. They made short work of the onions for the bolognese, and the bread knife sawed through the french baton my sons love so much. I used the small santoku knife for carving up fruit for our group fruit platter. In case you’re wondering what a santoku knife is, you can read all about it here, for those who are less interested it’s basically a well balanced and weighted knife perfect for most jobs.

I liked: The wooden knife rest looks premium, in fact the knives look premium full stop – when we googled them to see how much they were worth individually we were surprised they weren’t more expensive. They certainly look it.

I did not like: Very little. Time will tell I guess. We’ve had them for 2 weeks and they show no signs of blunting yet.

Tesco are running a sticker promotion between 3rd March – 1st June 2014 where you can save up to 70% on exclusive kitchenware products at Tesco. For every £20 you spend online OR in-store you can collect a sticker, once you’ve collected five stickers you can use these to save up to 70% off professional kitchenware items. 

I have 1 set of 5 Thomas Kitchen knives to giveaway worth over £100. There are lots of ways to enter – see the Rafflecopter form below. The first way is just to leave a comment on this post. Easy peasy. Closing date 30th May 2014. How to enter:

  • Complete the Rafflecopter form below to confirm your entries made via blog comments, Twitter, Facebook etc.
  • This giveaway will close on 30th May 2014.
  • Please read the rules below.
  • Winners are announced on the Rafflecopter form after the prize has been claimed by the winner.
  • First timers: Please watch how Rafflecopter works (video)! It is 46 seconds long. It explains everything.
  • If no form is showing, hit refresh and it should appear.
  • Complete the form – or your beloved entries will not go into the draw. And that would be such a waste of time.
  • Mandatory entries need to be completed first – so leave a blog comment before you try and complete any of the other methods of entry.
  • Want more chances to win? Come back daily after tweeting about the giveaway and fill the form in again.
  • If you are viewing this by email you will need to click through to enter.

Rules and things:

  • Open to anyone over the age of 18, mainland UK only. Sorry to anyone younger or further afield.
  • There’s 1 set of Thomas Kitchen knives worth over £100 to giveaway. There’s no cash alternative to the prize and the prize is not transferable. No part or parts of the prize may be substituted for other benefits, items or additions.
  • Instructions form part of the terms and conditions. Entries using any software or automated process to make bulk entries will obviously be disqualified. The winner will be picked at random using software and then contacted by email. If you win and then don’t respond to this email within 7 days then another winner will be picked so check your emails and your spam! The goodies will be delivered to the winner as soon as possible after you have sent me your delivery address.
  • I am running this giveaway on behalf of Thomas Kitchen Knives who will be responsible for sending the prize to you by post should you win. Their decision is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • This is where I get all stern – please don’t say you have liked the post and followed me on Twitter and Tweeted away like a Tweety thing if you haven’t as guess what? If you win I will check you did do the things you said you did. It’s only fair after all. And I do like fairness

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658 comments

  2. my grandad would love these, he’s forever sharpening his old ones, and they still don’t cut! haha

  9. Thankyou for the absolutely fab giveaway! Good luck to everyone! :)

  55. My knives are so blunt now and sharpening them doesn’t help anymore so it would be great to win these

  62. I have one good M& S knife in my kitchen but its a massive one and i have to use it for anything, be fab to have a choice!

  79. Just finished installing my new kitchen – these would be lovely :-)

  81. Getting a new kitchen and would really love new, “proper” stuff

  83. love new knives, nothing better than cutting through things like pineapple!

  84. These knives would help me ‘cut’ down the preparation time in the kitchen and give a ‘sharper’ finish to my dishes!

  85. Would love some new knives as i have used the same one for years and years as i love it so much would be great to find some that are just as good :)

  86. Love the look of that knife set, I keep looking at them in Tesco but the thought of the extra cost on top of my weekly shop has stopped my from purchasing them!

  90. I have tried many times to sharpen my knives but can’t ever seem to get them sharp. There was a guy that came house to house sharpening them but missed him and have no contact for him. It makes a difference to use a sharp knife.

  101. Me and DH have been meaning to get some new knives for ages, decent ones are just so expensive though!

  111. Don’t think you can ever have too many knives and these look really good to me!

  117. ha i love the way you describe checking entries :D thanks for being fair :) x

  137. Great giveaway, could do with some new ones. It’s one of those items I could do with buying, but always find something else to spend my money on.

  158. Great prize – I would love to win as I have managed to blunt most of my knives!

  159. I was looking at these in Tesco the other day. I will never manage to spend enough money to get the tokens required. I would love to win them

  177. My son and his girlfriend are buying first home, this would be an ideal start to their kitchen wares. Lots to get, but told them to get quality, this is why this would be perfect.

  197. Desperately need a good, new set of knifes – have had mine since pussy was a kitten!!

  199. I would love these we are currently living with my parents and they don’t have one decent knife in the house!

  211. I could do with some new knives. Haven’t bought any new ones for years

  234. I have such a missed matched set of knifes, woulds love one whole set to look nice

  247. Would love some new knifes. In process of having new kitchen fitted so would fit the bill perfectly. Fingers crossed

  266. Lovely, bought some of these in the last promotion, would be good to add to the set.

  289. would love to win these for my girlfriend’s father! He is an incredible cook but short of a few knives!!

  292. NEED A NEW SET OF GOOD , SHARP KNIVES, MINE ARE ALL BLANTE DESPITE SHARPENING IT!

  293. Desperate for new knives, had mine since my son was born and he’s 8! They couldn’t cut butter lol x

  311. Just what I could do with to improve my butchery skills! Good luck everyone.

  321. fab comp! Would love a new knives set, would look lovely in my new kitchen!

  329. I’ve never had a good set of knives, just tescos bog standard ones! Reckon I will have to make sure I have some plasters on stand by if I win.. just incase!

  333. I love the design of these knives, and Thomas is such a great brand, my Mum still has their china from her wedding set!

  339. I have just been looking at this set of knives and what a fabulous prize. Thank you for this competition. Fingers crossed.

  353. Ooh I could definitely use a new set of knives, mine have really seen better days…

  388. these look great, thanks for letting me know about the Tesco offer I always find out too late to collect enough stickers.

  394. my mum would love these! you can’t beat a quality knife set in the kitchen :) faye xx

  396. great give away, would love to win! with two little girls with allergies to preservatives and lots of other things I have to cook everything from scratch, would be lovely to have a good quality knife set to make things easier. the ones I currently use are terrible lol x

  399. I have started collecting the tokens for this promotion, as my knives are totally mismatched and old. So far I’ve got only 5 tokens, enough for kitchen scissors.

  401. Ah, amazing :-) fingers crossed as a lot of the knives in my kitchen are old and blunted so therefore not amazing for cooking…

  412. I’ll have a slice of the comping action. This prize truly is a cut above the rest!

  435. I am always cutting myself on blunt knives, so some nice new sharp ones would be a great prize!

  441. My kitchen knifes have definitely seen better days, these would be a fantastic replacement!

  472. I was going to leave a “cutting” remark, but this excellent knife set can speak for itself!! :-)

  492. Thank you for the chance to win Thomas Kitchen knives and to try it out for myself!

  509. Knifes are the top utensil needed in any kitchen and i could really do with a new set

  520. Hubby would love these. He has banned me from using sharp knives after a number of ‘finger’ slicing incidents :(

  524. Wow they look fantastic,would love some decent knives thank you for the chance x

  535. How was the cleaver? has it got enough weight to compare against a Chinese/ Japanese one ? Cheers

  536. Would love these, unfortunately i made all my old ones blunt by using a glass chopping board!

  546. The knives in our house are a disgrace. They are so old and so blunt. I would love a brand new set.

  557. This would be great just about to move into a new house so it would be too have something new for the kitchen

  562. I don’t really want to add any cutting comments, but I need new knives as mine need replacing.

  569. i bought 1 of the knives when on offer at tesco last time & been very impressed with it! These do look fab :)

  580. These look great – I’ve been looking for new knives at a reasonable price. And I won’t let the new ones be used as general DIY tools!

  609. What a great giveaway :) having a good set of knives is essential in the kitchen! I am currently furnishing my new kitchen and can’t wait to start using all my new things!

  610. Beautiful knives – really stylish and practical: perfect for the modern kitchen!

  625. These sound great, something I need to replace for the past few years but it hasn’t happened

  626. this would be super my knives are so bad i don’t slice anymore i just squash and stab ha ha

  627. Fantastic, I would love some good quality knives, I think they are a kitchen essential!

  632. a chef once advised me to buy the most expensive knives possible and skimp on everything else.

  641. Have been looking for a new knife set and so far been undecided what to get — these would certainly fit the bill!

  653. Would be lovely to win these :) my knives are so blunt they hardly cut through anything these days x

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