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It can be tricky to find the perfect gift for avid cooks with well-stocked kitchens. How do you surprise and delight someone who already owns every kitchen gadget under the sun?

You get them a custom oven mitt with a picture of their dog’s face, of course! Or a beautiful cast iron garlic roaster. Or an electric food composter that transforms food scraps into gardening gold in a matter of hours.

Our kitchen experts pulled together a list of 12 gifts that the gourmet in your life didn’t know they needed—until now!  These products will help simplify your shopping routine and add some unexpected fun and functionality to their kitchen. Plus, they come in at multiple price points—some are great for wrapping up and others make great stocking stuffers. Whatever your gift-giving conundrum, Betty’s got your back!

Your favorite chef already has oven mitts—that’s a given. But we bet they don’t have custom oven mitts with pictures of their dog! Handmade in Portland, Oregon, each pair is the ultimate combination of heartwarming and handy. Every time your cooking-obsessed friend pulls a piping hot dish out of the oven, they’ll smile knowing their favorite sous-chef is ‘helping’ in the kitchen.

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