would like to find an electric cheese grater for hard Italian cheeses.At the moment Iam doing this with a simple metal grater. Anne

There is a Kenwood rechargeable one on the following link you could look at, but as it is Kenwood it should be availble from other outlets as well.

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Forgotton the name now but the newish small graters single blade I use always with parmesan and no problems. I have a grater for my Magimix but that is used only when I need tons of the stuff. Try the new grators they are very sharp and last for ever.

I suggest a hand-held microplane grater. They are available in three grades, thick to thin and even work with parmesan rind! They can be cleaned in seconds, whereas mechanical grater cannot.

Totally agree with Martino and Chef de Maison, those microplanes are fantastic