The festive season marks the perfect occasion for budding chefs to learn new home cooking skills.

It is a time when eating together with friends and family will offer a chance to taste new dishes and recipes, as well as use unfamiliar cookware.

Even those just learning to cook can help their family with the notoriously stressful Christmas dinner, which will help them to pick up new skills and knowledge along the way.

Head Cook and Bottlewasher can supply chefs with a wide selection of cooking utensils, allowing customers to discover the best cookware for their own needs.

For example, a pressure cooker designed by Kuhn Rikon is available from the supplier for £97.50, which has a four-litre capacity and includes an integrated automatic lid-locking mechanism.

As well as this, Head Cook and Bottlewasher is selling a roasting tray from Alan Silverwood for £17.99. The item is constructed with anodised steel, ensuring that it is an efficient heat conductor.