Though Jars Ceramistes is a family-run company that’s been around since 1857, their tableware is perfectly suited to contemporary needs. Their ceramics are very hard-wearing, able to resist cracks, fading, and the stress of dishwashers and microwaves. This is a result of an energy-saving manufacturing process that fires only once at 1285’C rather than the…
This Finex 4 Piece Cast Iron Cookware Set is ideal for just about any cast iron cooking you can dream up’searing, sauteing, simmering, steaming, baking, grilling’you name it. The skillets feature ultra-polished cooking surfaces pre-seasoned with organic flaxseed oil making them ready for immediate use and will resist sticking and rust. The octagonal design creates…
Made in Seki, Japan, a city known for its 700-year-old history of samurai sword-making, Miyabi knives are equal parts style and substance. Every knife in their most popular, and thus most extensive, 5000 MCD range has a CRYODUR blade that’s ice-hardened at -196’C for strength and corrosion resistance, then tempered for flexibility. The core micro-carbide…
The innovative All-Clad G5 range has achieved a remarkable feat: It has the quick, even heat responsiveness of a five-layered metal pan, but the lighter weight of a three-layered metal pan. The secret to its success is a disc of graphite at the base of a pan, sandwiched within its core layer of aluminium, which…
Award-winning Somerset designer Sarah Petherick’s unique range of contemporary tableware is hand-carved and finished by highly skilled craftsmen in Vietnam. The natural materials used are from sustainable sources. Water buffalo meat is a big part of the Vietnamese diet, and the discarded horn would otherwise be incinerated, releasing carbon into the atmosphere. This beautiful Water…
This Mauviel M’Cook stockpotis made from robustferritic stainless steel and is suitable for all hobs, including induction.Polished on the outside but brushed on the inside,it features a curved rim that allows easy pouring. It will last a lifetime. Mauviel M’Cook pans, including handles, are polished and finished by hand; this may result in minor abrasions…
If you want the unparalleled heat responsiveness of traditional copper but not the high maintenance, All-Clad’s Copper Core range is the perfect choice. Constructed with five layers of metal’18/10 stainless steel on the outside, two supportive layers of heat-responsive aluminium in the middle, and a core of copper’every pan in this range is induction hob’compatible…
There is a good reason so many chefs idolise copper: It conducts heat impeccably. In chef-speak, that means quickly and evenly, responding to changes in temperature in an instant. But because copper does not naturally attach to magnetic induction hobs, it takes a bit of expert engineering to make induction-friendly copper work’and Mauviel, with their…
The Mauviel M’Heritage M’150S stockpot is made from 1.5mm thick French copper, which maximises the unparalleled heat responsiveness of copper while being light enough to manoeuvre easily. It lined with tin, which is non-reactive and naturally stick-resistant. (Be careful when using metal utensils with tin or scrubbing too abrasively, as it is a softer metal…
Only old (and very rare) olive trees are wide enough to yield enough wood to make large bowls like this one from Berard, which is spun from a single piece of olivewood.
Though Jars Ceramistes is a family-run company that’s been around since 1857, their tableware is perfectly suited to contemporary needs. Their ceramics are very hard-wearing, able to resist cracks, fading, and the stress of dishwashers and microwaves. This is a result of an energy-saving manufacturing process that fires only once at 1285’C rather than the…