Best omelette maker

If we cast our minds back to early childhood, most of us will recall our very first lesson in cooking. When it comes to Western food in particular, that first lesson likely involved a carton of eggs.

Doe-eyed, we’d watch our instructor demonstrate how to crack eggs properly, and how exactly to slide out the slippery pieces of shell that inevitably made their way into the mixing bowl.

After seasoning with salt and pepper and adding our chosen extras – which usually consisted of whatever was available in the fridge, slightly mouldy cheese included – some young chefs