Amongst chef's in the culinary field what is a good name brand knife roll set?

Question

I'm going to a culinary school and they give me a choice to bring my own knife roll and take $400.00 off the cost, or I can have them issue me a knife roll when I get there. I just wonder if I will get some cheesy set I will get laughed at when I go out into the business.

Answer 1

nobody is going to laugh at you no matter what kind of knife roll you have. I work in a 3 star, and I just use a $20 Wusthof roll. I see a lot of people I work with using the JA Henckels locking, hard sided roll. Theres even a few chefs who use a $15 Workforce tool box. I would say buy the cheapest one you can fit your knives into, and spend the extra $400 on beer. Its you cooking that matters, not your knife roll.

Answer 2

The knives you will most likely get at school will be cheap and dull because they buy them in bulk. Unless things have changed since I have gone. I love my Wusthof's they are my favorite. Also my friends use Globals which are pretty popular and really nice to work with. Good Luck

Answer 3

Use the same knives they use in the kitchen you are working in now.

Answer 4

Cutco knives have been highly rated.  They have all sorts of knives including chef knives.