Gestura Noyau Cake Tester

This glimmering sceptre is a secret weapon in pro kitchens the world over. If you’ve ever wondered how restaurants consistently nail temps on meat, fish, and baked goods, the humble cake tester is your answer. A meat thermometer provides an accurate but detached numerical answer; the cake tester offers an opportunity to cook intuitively. To use your senses and be more connected to your food. To understand what medium-rare feels like, not what a digital probe tells you. If you treat this battle sword well, you may not need to buy another cake tester again.

A cake tester that doesn’t melt, snap, or separate. Noyau is built with tough Japanese steel, a more fitting material than the polyurethane often used by manufacturers. Taking inspiration from cocktail pins found at bars and antique shops in Kyoto, Noyau's head is stamped flat to feel like a weighted guitar pick, and pinched at the base to keep the rod firmly in place. The tip is pointed to mimic a toothpick and slide through meat, fish, cake, and veg without damaging flesh, fibre, or crumb. 

Details:
Made in Niigata, Japan
18/10 Japanese stainless steel
Hand-wash only