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Which Brand Should I Buy?

Why de Buyer?

The de Buyer company was founded in 1830 and has been creating and manufacturing top end cookware ever since. The cookware has primarily been used in top end restaurants and hotels. All the 2000 de Buyer cookware ranges are made in France, resulting in a huge concentration of cookware manufacturing expertise.

de Buyer Copper Induction cookware is, I believe, the only available copper cookware range that is suitable for induction hobs. A great bonus! It won Grand Prix 2010 at the Maison & Objet Show in Paris

de Buyer Mineral cookware range is made for 99% pure iron. It requires proving or seasoning and once seasoned, will be non stick. The advantage is that there is no problem with high heat cooking burning on food and reducing the non stick properties of the pan. There has been an increase in demand for traditional cooking materials such as iron (also known as "blue steel"), despite the extra requirement of seasoning the pans, because of the problem with non stick surfaces deteriorating over time particularly due to a build up of unremovable carbon residue in the pans. The price is good, too! Iron or cast iron pans are used widely in the professional food industry.

de Buyer is an excellent quality, professional cookware manufacturer.

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Why Demeyere Apollo?

Demeyere cookware is renown as excellent quality, stainless steel professional pans. The Apollo is one of the best selling Demeyere series and has a bigger range of pans and pan sizes. It is more affordable that the Atlantis and John Pawson with a slightly lower techncial specification.

Demeyere was founded in 1908 and is made in Belgium. It is available through select cookshops only.

Of the 3 Demeyere ranges that we offer Demeyere Apollo is the starting point, with its classic design and wide range of different pots and pans. The starter range for Demeyere still means that these are extremely good quality, made for use in professional kitchens as well as the home, and comes with a 30 Year Warranty for the Home and 10 Warranty for Professional Use. The Atlantis and John Pawson have some additional technical features, so are classed as the next ranges up.

Here are the technical details

Suitable for all cookers including Induction.

Dishwasher safe

5-star and 4-star Demeyere Frying Pans recommended with Demeyere Apollo

30 Year Warranty for the Home and 10 Warranty for Professional Use

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Why Demeyere Atlantis?

All Demeyere cookware is known for its excellent quality, stainless steel professional pans. Atlantis is one step up from the Apollo range as you will see from the technical specification below. As a general rule - and for those familiar with the All Clad - we would say that Demeyere is on a par with All Clad, the USA brand, which is hard to find in UK.

Demeyere Atlantis Cookware is highly durable, top end cookware, made for use in professional kitchens as well as the home. It comes with the Demeyere 30 Year Warranty for the Home and 10 Warranty for Professional Use.

Here are the technical details

Suitable for all cookers including Induction.

Dishwasher safe

5-star and 4-star Demeyere Frying Pans recommended with Demeyere Atlantis

Demeyere was founded in 1908 and is made in Belgium. It is available through select cookshops only.

30 Year Warranty for the Home and 10 Warranty for Professional Use

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Why Demeyere Frying Pans?

Demeyere have an outstanding selection of Frying Pan ranges - the main Demeyere ranges, Atlantis and Apollo, recommend specific Frying Pans to be used in conjunction with them. Each Frying Pan on the site lists which range Demeyere recommend using it with. Some Frying Pans, such as the Multiglide Frying Pans have a top end non stick surface. The Demeyere ControlInduc Frying Pans are part of the Demeyere Specialties range and boast the ability to cut out the heating process when the pan reaches 250oC, thus avoiding burning.

We sell the top 2 ranges of the Demeyere pans, the 5-star and the 4-star, and the ControlInduc range. All are suitable for induction, but take care with non stick pans not to overheat the pan.

5-star Frying pans - the top of the range

4-star Frying pan - also extremely good, but one notch down

3+star Frying pans - good starter pans

3-star Frying pan - budget pans

Handles are cast stainless steel for the 4 and 5-star.

Demeyere was founded in 1908 and is made in Belgium. It is available through select cookshops only.

30 Year Warranty for the Home and 10 Warranty for Professional Use ( 5 Year Warranty on Non Stick with 0 Years for Professional Use

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Why Eazigrip?

The Eazigrip Saucepan was designed and developed in the UK by Imperial GB in 2000 with the aim of maximising comfort through its innovative handle shape.

The Eazigrip allows the tightest grip possible, using the strong forearm muscles effectively and reducing the risk of forearm and wrist straining and discomfort.

The pans are good quality and economically priced for the quality. Not the top of the range pans, but good, and an excellent choice for those with gripping problems.

10 year guarantee

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Why Emile Henry Flame?

Emile Henry is a family run international company dating back to 1850. It still manufactures in France, in Marcigny in Burgundy, employing 200 craftsmen. Marcigny is a small town nestling between the hills of Southern Burgundy and has been home to Emile Henry for the past 150 years. Faithful to its origins, the entire production is carried out here. It now exports to more than 50 countries, producing over 6 million pieces per year

The Emile Henry Flame range is a brand new innovation combining classic French style ceramic kitchenware and high tech innovation. It is the first ceramic casserole that can be used in direct contact with a flame. I think it is a fantastic, versatile range.

Emile Henry Flame® has a unique ceramic which can be used in the oven, microwave, dishwasher or freezer. It is amazingly strong, highly resistant to thermal shocks (-20°C -> +250°C) and mechanical shocks (ie chip resistant). The hard glaze makes it possible to put any metallic utensil inside or to cut directly on the inside with a knife without scratching.This is on top of the traditional benefits of ceramic cookware, which diffuses heat slowly and evenly.

All dishes in the range can be used on stove tops, in the oven and microwave, and can also be easily cleaned in the dishwasher.

Emile Henry is certified according to the international standard ISO 9001.

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Why Gastrolux?

Gastrolux are at present leading the European market in the development of fat free healthy cooking technology

It is one of the best selling ranges in Denmark and also sold in 8 other European countries... and now available in the UK

The Healthy Frying Pan!

Rather than use just a traditional non stick material, Gastrolux use a patented extra strong titanium/ ceramic non stick mix surface called Biotan. The water forms pearls of liquid on the pan surface like water drops on a plant leaf.

2 year domestic warranty and 1 year commercial warranty

Lifetime warranty against distortion

Its healthy, fat free cooking claims are confirmed by being backed by:

Titanium, aluminium compound base, making it very strong, but also lighter than pure aluminium base pans.

Quality Track Record

Gastrolux have a proved quality track record as well, being used by:

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Why Gastrolux Induction?

At last, the Gastrolux Induction range is coming into the UK for the first time. In view there is no question that Gastrolux has the best ceramic non stick cooking surface, Biotan. It has been manufacturered and distributed since 2006 and I have been supplyin the non induction range since 2007 - so proven and tested.

Gastrolux is one of the best selling ranges in Denmark and also sold in 8 other European countries. Here is an explanation of the Biotan surface

The Healthy Frying Pan!

Rather than use a traditional non stick material which includes the compound PTFE (used in Teflon for example), Gastrolux use a patented extra strong titanium/ ceramic surface called Biotan. The water forms pearls of liquid on the pan surface like water drops on a plant leaf.

This avoids the potentially carcinogenic fumes that PTFE can give off at high temperatures.

2 year domestic warranty and 1 year commercial warranty

Lifetime warranty against distortion

Its healthy, fat free cooking claims are confirmed by being backed by:

The Gastrolux Induction cookware adds a magnetised layer to the base of the pans so that the same pan works on an induction hob. There are no differences in how to care and use the induction range, except the recommended hob size for each pan. These are listed on the products

Titanium, aluminium compound base, making it very strong, but also lighter than pure aluminium base pans.

Quality Track Record

Gastrolux have a proved quality track record as well, being used by:

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Why Gustav Emil Ern?

Gustav Emil Ern chefs knives are manufactured in Solingen, Germany. Solingen, "the City of Blades" is renowned throughout the world for the production of exceptional quality chefs and butchers knives.

The superb quality of Gustav Emil Ern knives is the result of using only the finest materials, together with a long tradition of expertise and craftsmanship. The combination of these materials and careful hardening, grinding and polishing, guarantee a superior and longer lasting cutting edge together with high corrosion resistance.

Knife designs have evolved over centuries and specific tasks require knives of different weights and design. For this reason we have listed our most popular riveted range according to whether the blade weight is heavy (fully forged) or less heavy (stamped).

The Riveted Range - Fully Forged

Forged according to traditional methods in long and carefully controlled process from one piece of high grade stainless steel, to produce a perfectly balanced knife of lasting quality and strength. The resulting knives, with their extra weight, give exceptional performance, even for the preparation of hard root vegetables, such as potatoes or parsnips, and are also ideally suited to precise tasks such as fine carving, filleting and slicing.

The Riveted Range - Stamped

Of lighter weight but of equal quality to forged knives. The steel is hot rolled into wedge shaped strips and then the knife is "stamped out" under enormous pressure. The knives then undergo the same processes as the forged range, creating knives which have the same properties but do not require the extra weight of the forged range, such as serrated carving, boning, palette and turning knives.

The Moulded Range

High grade, moulded "Profilon®" handles surround blades of identical quality to the Riveted ranges. "Profilon®" handles can be sterilised making them especially hygienic. In addition the non-slip property of the handles makes them particularly safe when used with wet hands.

Knife Storage and Sets

Gustav Emil Ern knives are a major investment for any chef and, as the tools of his trade, they should be well cared for to maintain their excellent cutting properties and prolong their life. We offer a range of storage possibilities to secure, protect and display knives - from attractive, lockable magnetic brief cases to the ABS knife rack which allows for fourteen items to be stored safely in a minimum of wall space.

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Why John Pawson for Demeyere?

Demeyere cookware is known for its excellent quality, stainless steel professional pans. The John Pawson range, has the same technological specification as the Demeyere Atlantis range, except that the lids are double insulation lids. And, of course, it has the John Pawson outstanding design.

The John Pawson series was created in 2008 to celebrate Demeyere's 100th birthday. John Pawson, the renown British Architect, is famous for his minimalist approach to buildings and objects and the series follows this tradition. It has formal simplicity with a unique contemporary character.

The specific technology includes:

Suitable for all cookers including Induction.

Dishwasher safe

Demeyere was founded in 1908 and is made in Belgium. It is available through select cookshops only.

30 Year Warranty for the Home and 10 Warranty for Professional Use

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Why Mauviel MCook?

Mauviel M'Cook (formerly Cook'Style) is a 7 ply stainless steel cookware range from the famous Mauviel factory in Normandy, France.

The M'Cook is both contemporary in design and strong and practical in construction, with a continuous non-drip rim on all the range.

Whilst not as famous as the Mauviel M'Heritage (Cuprinox) pans, M'Cook is nevertheless a good quality pan with the 7 ply being an EXCELLENT invention.

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Why Mauviel MHeritage?

Mauviel M'Heritage (formerly known as Cuprinox) is a premium brand from the world renown Mauviel French family business still based in Normandy France.

Established in 1830, Mauviel has over 170 years of experience in producing the finest kitchen ware for the best chefs and most prestigious hotels in the world. They also supply such famous cook schools as the Ferrandi and Mederic schools in Paris.

Mauviel M'Heritage is the best known brand on the UK market today for copper cookware. It has of exceptional quality

A favourite of aspiring amateur cooks and professional chefs alike. You won't go wrong with this one.

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Why Mauviel MPlus?

MPlus is Mauviel's accessories range. The accessories can be used in conjunction with all the other Mauviel ranges.

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Why Mauviel MStone?

Mauviel MStone cookware is one of the very latest Mauviel pan ranges, made from black anodised aluminium and suitable for induction hobs.

Anodisation increases the hardness of the aluminium surface. Anodisation increases the thickness and density of the oxide layer on the surface of the pan. This in turn increases its corrosion resistance, strength and durability.

Mauviel is one of the best kitchenware brands on the market today, used in professional kitchens all over the world, as well as by discerning amateur cooks.

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Why Paderno Grand Gourmet?

The Italian company Paderno have been making some of the world's finest cookware since 1925 - The Grand Gourmet range is specified by many of the worlds leading chefs. It is Europe's most popular range of stainless steel cookware.

But what makes them so popular?

Quality

Each pan is made using a stainless steel sandwich base with a thick aluminium sheet for better heat conductivity and is finished with a stainless steel base sheet for stability. Handles are watertight and heat resistant and are specially welded for extra strength. Unusually for pans of this type most pans are suitable for conventional and induction cooking.

Value for Money

Paderno without doubt gives you outstanding value for money compared with other leading brands. There is a huge choice of sizes too. We only stock the best sellers on our site. Please call if you want to know whether larger or smaller sizes are available.

"Real value for money - outstanding quality for the price" Nigel Haworth, Northcote Manor Hotel

"Solid, reliable and outstanding value for money" Glynn Windross, Head Chef, Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel

Why is Paderno not well known in the UK?

Paderno have primarily been geared up to the professional kitchen market - as Staub and other leading brands have been before them. But unlike Staub, the manufacturers have not yet promoted their product to the discerning general public! So the magazine cover, the promotional material etc etc is just not there. The professional kitchens in the UK know Paderno well. Its time that us aspiring amateur cooks got wind of this well kept secret as well!

1 year warranty

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Why SKK Induction?

The SKK Induction Range is a high performance pan range, with a metallic magnetic layer to make it suitable for use on Induction Hobs

It has a slightly different composition from the new SKK Premium Plus range, being based on the SKK Premium Titanium range that went before the Premium Plus. Not quite so high spec a pan as the SKK (for example, the non stick so not quite so durable), but it is still a very good pan range. It still has the 5 year guarantee and the ceramic base layer, plus the primer layer to ensure that the non stick layer will still to the pan.

This is what SKK say about themselves:

The SKK's philosophy is "... to offer a high quality product to the customer which will provide them the proper tools for many years of cooking pleasure and satisfaction."

Years of experience, the use of the best materials and tradition manufacturing methods, many tests and strong controls guarantee the highest level of quality. That makes sure that the SKK products fulfil the high standards of quality in regard to materials and workmanship which have been part of the SKK tradition since 1985. The SKK cookware can be recognised by the quality seal in the thermocore bases - a guarantee for German handmade products. All used materials have the specifications for food, conform to recommendations of the Federal Food and Drug Authorities (FDA) and Bundesgesundheitsamt (BGA). The products are equipped with the symbols "by TÜV and GS" for checked German safety standards.

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Why SKK Premium Plus?

SKK Premium Plus is the very latest excellent range from the German manufacturers, SKK, famous for the quality of its non stick surface. SKK has rocketed in popularity since Delia Smith used them in her popular TV series.

We are all too familiar with traditional non-stick surfaces which crack and peel after a few months. SKK's non stick surface is guaranteed for 5 years. They have 4 layers of non stick, beneath which is 100% ceramic base to ensure durability and scratch resistance. According to The Independent Newspaper, it is:
"Best ever range of non-stick pans"

The Premium base is hand moulded from heavy gauge aluminium - hand moulding increases the heat conductivity properties of pans.

The SKK Premium Plus has an even thicker non-stick coating than its predecessor and new anit-corrosion and primer layers to protect the body of the pan.

Guarantees

5 year guarantee on the non-stick coating

Life time guarantee on the body (excludes commercial use)

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Why Staub?

The Staub family business was launched as a cookware store in Alsace, France in 1974 by the charismatic Francis Staub. Now over thirty years later, the company stands as the undisputed leader of culinary cast iron in France and Europe, and its products are sold in over 50 countries worldwide.

Used by some of the most celebrated chefs in the world including Paul Bocuse, Thomas Keller, Jean Joho and Joel Robuchon, the Staub cookware combines the traditional cast iron material, with the modern technology. Its technically advanced design actually helps to enhance the flavours of the dish.

Staub cookware is completely unique:

Staub products undergo some of the most rigorous tests possible in order to guarantee their long-lasting performance.

Each product is unique in terms of close detail and appearance. Slight imperfections may therefore appear.

These imperfections are not in any way flaws, but simply reflect the qualities of enamel craftsmanship, combining handmade artistry with modern, sturdy production. The flavour of your food will not be affected.

Lifetime warranty

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Why Swiss Diamond?

Swiss Diamond produce pots and pans made with real diamonds! Swiss Diamond have harnessed their unique physical properties to come up with a new non-stick coating, which even scooped a Gold medal at the Geneva Inventors Fair.

Lifetime warranty

Tried and tested on Rachel Allen's Bake programe!

The secret behind the brilliance of Swiss Diamond is the unique physical properties of diamonds that provide the non-stick cooking surface with dazzling benefits not found in any other cookware. Not only are diamonds the hardest natural substance but they also possess the highest thermal conductivity, four times that of copper. Numerous other special properties have seen diamond used in industrial, medical and scientific applications. Now Swiss Diamond have found a way to take advantage of this impressive material in non-stick coating.

The non-stick surface is far more cut, chip and abrasion resistant than anything else out there. The secret is combining industrial diamond crystals with a non-stick composite to create a virtually indestructible cooking surface.

This composite gets fused to the pan, rather then layered on, as with most other non-stick surfaces. Swiss Diamond invented this technology and is the only one in existence who uses it.

But it is not just the non-stick coating which makes these pans so special.

Swiss Diamond non stick has no harmful compounds. Swiss Diamond has a nano-composite extra thick layer of traditional PTFE non-stick (as used by Teflon) AND diamond crystals which they claim is 25% better than titanium at giving a lifetime of smooth non-stick surface. The quantity of PTFE used is small compared to other non stick pans and Swiss Diamond confirm that the harmful PFOA component in the PTFE is NOT present in the pans. This has been confirmed by the Danish Technology Institute.

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Why Top Gourmet (Epicurean)?

Top Gourmet (formerly Epicurean) Cutting Boards are our current best selling chopping boards, and it's no wonder when you think of all of advantages they possess over traditional cutting boards.

Epicurean chopping boards are made from an environmentally friendly natural wood fibre composite laminate, which is a practical and distinctive improvement on plastic, glass and wood cutting boards. It?s time to upgrade your kitchen!

Epicurean boards excel due to qualities such as:

"Finally, an attractive cutting board that doesn't splinter or crack, is knife-friendly, scratch- and stain-resistant, and dishwasher-safe, and can be used a s a trivet. This is a culinary must-have!"
Cathie Dale, Cooking Pleasures Magazine

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Why Woll Concept pro?

The Woll Concept pro cookware range won 2 prestigious design awards last year

The innovation in design is in the lid handles which are multifunctional. They can be placed in one position for a complete seal, or turned to sit up on the handles for steam release, or lifted and placed in a vertical position on one side of the pan. This avoids the need to place a very hot, steamy lid onto a preparation surface. The condensation in the lid then runs into the cooking pot.

The design is contemporary and attractive, with the pan base being of the usual Woll Cookware high quality

10 year guarantee

3 year guarantee on handles

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Why Woll Gordon's Choice?

The Woll nowo Titanium is the other name for the Woll Gordon's Choice range. It is the lighter weight version of Woll TitanPlus, the most famous Woll cookware. Personally, I think that the reduction in the gauge of the pan from 10mm in the Woll TitanPlus to 8mm in the nowo Titanium is a good idea. A 8mm gauge is plenty thick enough to ensure that you do not get warp in the base of the pan, and the lighter weight definitely more than makes up for the marginal increase in heat retention and heat conductivity which would come from having the extra 2mm of base.

There is no doubt about it, Woll cookware is a very good make of pan with all production taking place in Germany. The pans are first individually chill-cast by hand, then coated with non stick titanium hard base coating and then careful finished and quality controlled. The cookware has an excellent reputation.

25 year guarantee of no pan base warp

3 year guarantee on coatings and handles

Gordon Ramsey's quote on the range is as follows:

Anyone who knows me also knows that passion and quality are essential ingredients in my kitchen. That's why I trust the quality of the Germany professional cookware from WOLL. By using the very durable cast aluminium pans with their cut and abrasion resistant non-stick coating I am able to get the best results in my cooking. The fact that the handles can be removed to make the pans into ovenproof dishes makes them especially practical. It is exactly to my taste: Sophistication Made in Germany. It will make your next dinner perfect."

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Why Woll Induction?

The Woll Induction Line is the induction version of the Woll Gordon's Choice range with a ferro magnetic layer applied to the surface of the 9mm think cast base.

Please note when choosing your pan: induction hobs are equipped with intelligent magnetic field sensors that recognize whether the pan is suitable for the hob. These sensors are often positioned around the edge of the hob, which means the diameter of the induction hob should not be larger than the bottom of the pan, otherwise the pan will not recognized as suitable for induction hobs.

Woll cookware is a very good make of pan with all production taking place in Germany. The pans are first individually chill-cast by hand, then coated with non stick titanium hard base coating and then careful finished and quality controlled. The cookware has an excellent reputation.

3 year guarantee on coatings and handles

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Why Woll Logic?

The Woll Logic cookware range is the very latest Woll design, and has won the 2007 iF product design award and the 2006 reddot design award. It was also nominated for the Design Award 2009, the official recognition of excellence in the design in Germany.

The cookware itself is very similar in material and functionality to the Woll Gordon's Choice range, so the range delivers in terms of performance as well as being very attractive to look at with its symmetrical and angled design.

25 year guarantee of no pan base warp

3 year guarantee on coatings and handles

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