Your handy little kitchen helper, this Russell Hobbs Desire Food Processor will make all your food prep tasks effortless. From chopping, slicing, dicing, shredding, beating or even creaming, this versatile food processor takes care of the food prep so you can spend less time in the kitchen. chop vegetables for soups, mince garlic for stir fries or process nuts for desserts, this nifty processor can do them all. The right one for you will depend on your cooking preferences. We've tried some masterful and mighty models from Kenwood and Sage that will last for years to come, and are perfect for family-sized meals, but some of the smaller options from Magic Bullet and Russell Hobbs will do more than enough to keep smaller households happy. A lot of these come with attachments to double up as the best blenders, but if you already have a blender you love and just want a food processor, we've included those too.

Nothing can save you more time in the kitchen than the best food processor. These handy home choppers can slice, chop, grate, and even mix homemade dough hands-free. Food processors come with sharp blades to slice through onions, carrots or avocados in seconds, and they often have pulse settings that can be used to make dips like hummus or guacamole.Each and every one of the best food processors in our guide has been tested by the Ideal Hometeam for even chopping, ease of use, and (of course) the cleaning process after you're done. Although some food processors do take up a lot of counter space, especially the ones with attachments for blending or even juicing, others will slot easily next to your toaster until you need it. The Easy Prep Pro isn’t perfect – its buttons are big and bulky, plus you have to hit the Off control rather than just the High or Low to stop it, which isn’t terribly intuitive. There’s also no dedicated storage for the discs or large chopping blade (though the mini bowl and blade store inside), meaning they could end up becoming blunt sooner than they should. It seems like food processors just keep on coming out with more attachments and smart options - some can even be used as a blender, and you can even give your stand mixer a break with a food processor to make dough or whip up cream or mayonnaise. All the food processor tools fit into a handy box after use, leaving just the main 3.7-litre bowl and mini bowl to be stored on the die-cast metal base. There’s also an LED timer for counting down and up.

Customer reviews

Storing discs and blades in a dedicated box means they’ll stay sharper and be more effective at chopping and shredding. Store them loose in a drawer and they'll gradually become blunter from rubbing against other items. What speed settings do I need on my food processor? We would have liked another disc for larger slicing, because the slicing side of the disc is quite fine and not suitable for large shavings of cheese or vegetables. We also found that there was a little of whatever we sliced (be it courgette or cheddar) left at the very top of the blade, because the pusher doesn't quite fit all the way down into the bowl.

The Easy Prep Pro answers this need nicely – it’s more of a day-to-day appliance rather than one you haul out every so often. Plus it’s lightweight and compact enough to move around the kitchen as required. Its two bowls – a main 1.9-litre and mini 700ml – plus matching chopping blades and two reversible slicing/grating discs, are all dishwasher safe. As well as built-in scales and a weighing plate, it comes with several slicing and grating discs, knife blade, dough blade, whisk, folding tool, mini bowl, grinder, blender jug and even a citrus press for on-demand OJ. One of the defining features of modern food processors is how much kit they can potentially come with. Standard accessories include a chopping blade for dicing, mixing, mashing and puréeing. There will be a dough hook for kneading, which works by stretching the dough rather than slicing through it. Then there might be one or two discs with a spindle, which will shred, slice and grate cheese and vegetables. Some food processors may also be able to double up as a stand mixer, blender or mini chopper, making them a better value all-in-one buy. Where will you store your food processor? There is an incremental speed dial for processing plus a pulse. The range of blades will suit both the keen chef and those who like to batch cook. An extra-wide feed tube accommodated every vegetable without much chopping beforehand. Other features of note are a 30-minute eco mode, and a storage box for the blades, ensuring that they stay as sharp as possible.The mini bowl fits inside the main one, and, crucially, has a seal around the edge to stop food spilling out, so when we chopped herbs, there was only one bowl to wash, not two. A separate recipe book has some ideas to get you started, but as you might expect, most of them are basics, such as pesto, mayonnaise, coleslaw, bread and pizza. All attachments fit comfortable into the dishwasher, and while there is only an On, Off and Pulse setting, these are incredibly powerful and fast. Our one reservation was that there is no way of slowing down for rougher chops. For this, it's best to use the pulse setting in short spurts. Other perks included the large bowl that could handle multiple punnets of mushrooms and more than enough onion for any meal. It's got sturdy shredding, slicing and chopping disks that are held in place by a frame for no wobbling as you slice, and the insert into the feeding chute can also be used to measure liquids. It has a three-litre main bowl – with the option of a ‘mini’ 1.6-litre bowl that fits inside. Although the chopping bowl is quite large we found that it struggled when filled above half way, with anything above this point struggling to reach the blades.