Sounding like something you’d expect to see in a horror movie, Thermospatula is a clever little gadget that combines a stirrer/scraper with a neatly embedded digital thermometer. The idea is you should never ruin a perfectly good recipe just because you failed to keep the ingredients at the right temperature.

What do you use it for? Candy making, cooking with chocolate, jams and marmalades, anything where heat is a crucial part of the process. The spatula is heat resistant to 220 degrees C, and as an added bonus you can remove the thermometer and use it as a standalone meat temperature monitor. Priced at £14.99.