Kitchen utensil, in particular a stirrer

A kitchen utensil, comprising a handle part, a shank part joined to the handle part, an active part joined to the shank part at a juncture with the shank part spaced apart from the handle part, and a transition part spaced apart from the handle part, the shank part having at least one shank part component and the active part having at least one active part component, at least one of the at least one shank part component and the at least one active part component being of elongate material and having an embedded portion embedded in the transition part, the transition part being composed of two separately produced component members having contacting surfaces along their perimeters that are in sealed contact with each other, the at least one embedded portion being received in a receiving cavity formed in at least, one of the component members of the transition part through an opening in the transition part having an axis lying substantially at or adjacent a juncture of the contacting surfaces of the component members, the embedded portion being in sealed relation with the opening in the transition part, the cavity in the at least one of the component members defining in the at least one of the component members a portion of reduced wall thickness in a direction transverse to the contacting surface, and the transition part having an external surface substantially free of irregularities resulting from formation of the receiving cavity.