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Le Creuset began producing its first porcelain enameled cast iron pots in 1925 from its foundry in Fresnoy le Grand, France. It is from this base that Le Creuset continues to produce its world famous cast iron pots.
While Le Creuset has expanded the types of products it offers and has taken advantage of many technological advances since its beginnings in 1925, some things have not changed in the manufacture of Le Creuset’s cast iron. Le Creuset has continued to use the hand-crafted techniques and the original process of forging and casting in the manufacturing of its cookware. This attention to its heritage is also characteristic of the design. The Cocotte, or French Oven, was one of the first cast iron items produced by Le Creuset and is still the most popular item sold in a range of bright retro colors, with Flame (orange) the company’s trademark. Le Creuset is now sold in more than 60 countries around the world including the US, UK, Japan and Australia. |
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Today, American artisans, using American-made metals, handcraft cookware in the tradition that established a new benchmark for professional cookware. At each stage of the manufacturing process, every piece of All-Clad cookware is hand-inspected to ensure that it maintains All-Clad quality standards. This extreme scrutiny slows the production process, but guarantees that every piece of cookware that leaves the Southwest Pennsylvania rolling mill preserves the reputation that precedes it.
Because the raw materials are critical to performance, All-Clad metallurgists specify the metals formulations down to the chemical composition and microstructure. Since quality always takes precedence over convenience, the metals are formulated for optimal cooking performance; not for ease of manufacturing. All-Clad cookware is manufactured to the most stringent environmental standards. Virtually every ounce of unused material is recovered and recycled, down to the metal dust generated during the sanding process. Every detail receives critical attention. The signature stay-cool handle is cast from solid stainless steel, and is ergonomically-designed for comfort during long cooking sessions. Rivets are formed from high-yield-strength stainless steel, and treated to remove trace elements of iron that could otherwise cause corrosion. These painstaking efforts result in a finished cookware product that maintains the same integrity it was created with, even after a lifetime of service. At All-Clad, performance is paramount, and quality will never be compromised. These are the principles that have guided All-Clad from its inception. These are the edicts of the engineers and artisans whose passion and pride continue to turn cookware into heirlooms. |
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The benefits of effective natural simmering...Staub self-basting cocotte
Savoury flavours are revealed thanks to simmering meals enhanced by continuous self-basting. The choice of renowned chefs and used in restaurants throughout the world, the Staub cocotte has a cover with spikes which enable drops of condensation to fall uniformly onto the food simmering below. This self-basting cycle ensures the flavours of the ingredients are retained in their full intensity and their nutritional worth is preserved perfectly! A taste for excellence. The Staub journey begins in the Alsace region of France. Rich in history, food and craft, the area is renowned for hearty one-pot recipes and fine enamelled ceramics. Today the success of these designs has become the benchmark for enamelled cast iron cookware and is the reference brand for some of the world’s great chefs including Paul Bocuse. The winning result is French enamelled cast iron cookware that marries the expression of the artisan with the culinary imagination of gourmet chefs to produce the ultimate in comfort food. With as much attention as the Alsatians applied to perfecting the one-pot meal, Staub’s founder set himself to perfecting the pot itself. The grandson of a cookware merchant, Francis Staub designed his first enamelled pot in an old artillery factory in 1974, merging the utility of cast iron with the latest technology available. Featuring a special black matte enamel interior for non-stick braising and self-basting spikes, Staub cookware excels in providing the perfect environment for slow-cooked, flavor-enhanced meals. With a wide assortment of interesting presentation pieces in dynamic colors, Staub cookware easily moves from the kitchen to the table at home and in the finest restaurants worldwide - a testimony to its quality and enduring beauty. Today the stork of Alsace is a symbol of Staub heritage that distinguishes Staub products. All Staub products continue to be manufactured in France and are available worldwide. In June 2008, Staub became one of the prestige cookware brands in the ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS Group. A natural complement to the ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS culinary heritage, Staub will continue to merge technology with tradition, artisan with craftsman to turn its expertise with cast iron and ceramics into more innovative oven-to-table merchandise. |
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Prince Edward Island is better known for Anne of Green Gables, sunny beaches and potatoes than for quality cookware. But since 1979, Paderno has been making people across North America stand up and take notice as they provide some of the finest cookware found anywhere in the world. As Canada’s only cookware manufacturer, they take exceptional pride in the quality that goes into every product sold. Paderno takes the time and care that’s needed to make sure every piece of cookware delivers outstanding cooking performance, good looks, ease of use and durability. Such durability, in fact, that the cookware is called “Pots for Eternity.”
Building the brand from the new “ClassIIc” line, this range of superb quality stainless steel cookware is now induction compatible, but offers the same styling, durable welded handles, flared no-drip lip and exceptional warranty that we built our reputation on. Additionally, Paderno's manufacturing plant in PEI is now producing a high quality tri-ply line known as Fusion. |