The flipper is simply a tool for easily flipping of foods. When the food is completely done on one side, you grab the flipper with a firm grip and turn it around 180 degrees so that the other side of the food starts to cook.
If this is for That's Life Puzzles the answer for Kitchen tool is Utensil.
The word is a utensil, as in a kitchen utensil. Plural is utensils.
spatula
It is a kitchen utensil
it is a tool used for cooking /baking in the kitchen
Vegetable Peeler
ice pick
They are tools made of aluminium
Kitchen utensils are any tool used in the kitchen. Picture above gives a basic idea.
kitchen utensil
That is the 'mallet'
Butter Knife