Classic Rotary Cheese Grater - NSF Restaurant Certified

What that Olive Garden grated cheese? This one works as promised and easy to use.

After trying every grater, zester, and shredder I have (and I have a lot) I finally decided to get something just for Parmesan Reggiano cheese. My arm was killing me with mostly less than desirable results. While searching I saw this one and recognized it from what some restaurants use. It’s excellent! I just grated a huge slab of Parmesan and it was so easy. It only took a few minutes and no sore arms! It was a bit tricky to take apart so I looked it up online, followed the recommendations and it popped right apart. Cleanup was super easy. It seems to good to be true since it’s just plastic and a (sharp) metal grating barrel but it comes with a 5 year warranty and it’s got a good brand name.

Perfect for grating hard cheeses like Parmigiano Reggiano. The grater disassembles extremely easily for cleaning, and it only takes seconds to wash after grating a hard cheese However, I do not recommend using it with semi-hard cheeses like cheddar only because the softer cheese gets stuck everywhere and it's a little hard to clean it out completely.

I bought this because my Microplane rotary grater broke, and the latter is no longer available for purchase (why???). I use it exclusively for hard parmesan cheese. The Zyliss grater has many similarities with the Microplane grater, and they both work pretty well, although they both have the same defect: they flex a lot and are fragile. Note that, unlike most other rotary graters on the market, the Zyliss grater has the same acid-etched microblades as the Microplane. These make a HUGE difference. The microblades are far superior to the conventional blades, both for ease of grating (requiring less pressure and torque, and allowing greater speed), and quality of the result (thin slivers of cheese instead of rough fragments). Given that these blades work so well, it is annoying that nobody is selling a sturdier grater with them. A user of either grater needs to place their thumb directly over the cheese pusher to apply the correct force, because the handle flexes too much. Similarly, the user must be careful about how they hold the side handle (the part that rotates) in order to apply a clean torque to the cylinder, without sideways forces that can make the side handle break off. This can be learned, but never perfectly, and makes the device fragile, especially in inexperienced hands. Compared to the Microplane grater (see photo: the Zyliss grater is the white one on the left) this feels slightly sturdier, but it is probably more fragile, because the torque is transmitted via a small shaft rather than along the entire side of the cylinder. The cylinder is slightly smaller, and so is the surface available for grating. There are fewer blades on the Zyliss, and they are larger. Thus the Zyliss is smaller and slower, and the cheese flakes are larger. I prefer the smaller flakes from the Microplane, but I am also happy with the larger ones. Unless the Microplane becomes available again, this is the one to buy. The flat graters are OK but much less convenient, and one cannot shave the crust as far without risking their fingertips.

This Rotary Cheese Grater is the BEST!!! Trusted seller!!! This Rotary Cheese Grater is ranked #1 with restaurants and food servers!!! EXTREMELY WELL MADE!!! Breaks down to clean very easy!!! Precision-made and built to LAST!!! TRUSTED SELLER!!! 5 out of 5 STARS!!!

Yes, I like this cheese grater. It works well, it's durable, and it's a good value with the price. Now I want to tell you about Italian restaurants and cheese. Most Italian restaurants have a shaker jar of grated cheese on the table. When you sit down at the table, unscrew the lid of this jar and take some cheese out with a spoon. Then put some between your thumb and your index finger, and squeeze. If the cheese sticks together in a clump, it's good fresh cheese. However, if it if it does not clump together when you squeeze it, it's either old, stale cheese, or it's that tasteless, pre-grated, store bought stuff that contains up to 50% cellulose (wood) which serves as an anti-clumping agent. If this is the case, just get up and leave without ordering. If this is the best the restaurant can do with its grated cheese, it's a good indication that the restaurant does not serve high-quality Italian food. Now, here's some information about which Italian cheese you may want to buy for grating. Most people just refer to all of these Cheese's as Parmesan cheese. There are, in fact, three distinct types of Italian cheese to use for grating. The first, and mildest cheese, is called Romano. Next, is Parmesan cheese. Although many people use the term parmesan to refer to any Italian cheese used for grating, it is actually a specific type of cheese. It's a sharper cheese than the Romano, but not the sharpest Italian cheese. The Italian cheese that has the sharpest flavor, is called Lucatelli. Of course, in order to find this cheese, you'll have to go to an Italian deli that Imports many of its products. If you have a Little Italy in your town, this is where you'll most likely find an Italian deli. In San Diego, where I live, there's an Italian Restaurant and Deli in Little Italy called Filippi's. As I'm sure you already know, a hard cheese can last virtually forever in a refrigerator. It's important though, to wrap it in plastic and not paper. Otherwise the refrigerator will dry it out. I'm only telling you this because most Italian delis will wrap the cheese in paper and not plastic. And, if you keep the cheese in a block and only grate it when you use it, it will stay fresh forever. Because a hard cheese will not go bad in the refrigerator, you don't have to wash your Zyliss grater every time you use it. All you have to do is put your Zyliss grater in a ziplock bag with your cheese and put it in the refrigerator. There's no need to wash it if the cheese on it isn't going to go bad. (Yes Mom, I know I should wash it anyway.) Lastly, here's a tip for how to grate a soft cheese. In descriptions of cheese graters, it will usually say somewhere that it's not possible to great a soft cheese. Not true. If you ever want to grate a soft cheese, all you have to do is freeze it first. If you're using a cheese grater like the Zyliss that has a small compartment to put the cheese into, it's best to cut the cheese into pieces before you freeze it. This is because it's a lot harder to cut it into pieces after it's frozen. Bon appetit.

Works great.

Okay, I want to start with I DO LIKE IT, but not for the price I paid. I like purchasing items that have multi-use. This item is found will ONLY grate hard cheese. It took forever trying to get the Colby jack cheese out of the grater portion because it was too soft. Now thank goodness I do use alot of parmesan cheese and I use it often, so I do use this at least once a week. Its light weight. Easy to clean IF YOU ARE NOT GRATING SOFT CHEESES. Shreds my parmesan pretty easy. I havent used it on ginger, garlic, and onion, but I imagine it will work good for those because they are hard...so i can definitely see it being versatile for OTHER hard things. I have tiny hands - like size small medical gloves and xs winter gloves (im 5'2"), this not very easy to use long term with the smaller hands, but my husband (6'4") can use this VERY easily. Now it is useful for parmesan, and if you've ever had to grate parmesan by hand, this definitely eases that.

I'm not sure I would call it Restaurant certified, but it works great. You can switch the handle side for left handed people. Highly recommend that you freeze softer cheeses before grating them. Cleans nicely in the dishwasher.

Conoscevo già il prodotto ho una grattugia della stessa marca da più di 20 anni ed è come nuova. Una piacevole conferma della bontà del prodotto.

Muy buen rallador de queso, fácil de desmontar y limpiar

パスタ店でカルボナーラ用に購入いたしました。 今まで細長いチーズ削りを使用しており、どうしてもチーズがかけていましたが、こちらの商品にかけた部分を集めてセットすると無駄にならず大変ありがたいです。力もいらず、スピーディーに削れるのでオペレーション的にもとても良いです。パルミジャーノ、ペコリーノどちらも問題なく使えています。

Our previous Zyliss lasted for many years but needed replacement. This successor does the job well.