Ten Atlanta chefs talk about their favorite cooking and dining tools

As restaurant professionals move through kitchens and dining rooms, they’re bound to accrue collections of all sorts.

Part of this affinity for building collections is about “emotional memories,” said Gunshow chef de cuisine Cody Chassar.

“I think that you work so hard and you put so much of yourself and your emotions and physical labor and tiredness into what you do that you build emotional bonds with things over time and want more of them,” he explained.

Here are some collections found in the kitchens and homes of metro Atlanta cooks and bartenders.

Hudson Rouse, chef-owner of Rising Son, Whoopsie’s and Pure Quill Superette

Hudson Rouse learned just how important spoons were during his first restaurant job when the chef would have him grab a handful of spoons and work down the lin