9 best multi-cookers that do all the hard work for you

Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, advice and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Buy now Drew & Cole CleverChef multi-cooker: £59.99, Amazon open image in gallery With 14 pre-set cooking functions – including steam, stew, soup, roast, poach, bread rise, bake, fish, saute, brown, rice, pasta, slow cook high, slow cook low and yoghurt settings – this one-pot machine will keep you busy. Buy now Crock-Pot Express Multi Cooker CSC051: £74.96, John Lewis & Partners open image in gallery Mention Crock-Pot and most people think of slow cookers. Buy now Tefal multicook advanced 45-in-1 cooker: £89.90, Amazon open image in gallery It’s hard to think up 45 cooking programmes, let alone fit them all in one machine. Buy now Wilko 5L multi-cooker: £20, Wilko open image in gallery This isn’t the kind of multicooker that top chefs are going to be snapping up for their Michelin star creations, but for the basics – and especially for students looking for a one pot solution to cheap eats – this is excellent value.