10-piece cookware set with 2 pans and 3 lidded pots

A whole menu fits on the hob at once

Sunday lunch is when you find out how much cookware you really own. Soup needs a pot, the side dish needs another, the meat needs a pan, and if any of them is missing, something waits its turn. This set puts five cooking vessels on the hob at once: two pans and three pots, each pot with a strainer glass lid, plus two silicone trivets.

What each of the ten pieces is for

The 20 cm frying pan holds 1 litre: breakfast eggs, a portion of fried onion, a quick sauce. The 24 cm deep pan holds 2.3 litres and is the most versatile piece in the set, because its high sides let sauce-based dishes stay in the pan rather than running onto the hob.

The three pots measure 20, 24 and 28 cm across and hold 2.5, 4.1 and 6.1 litres. The smallest takes rice, potatoes or a portion of stewed vegetables; the middle one is the size of the family's soup; the 6.1 litre pot is for the larger cooks, roughly eight portions of pasta or a full pot of goulash.

The lid that drains the pasta for you

All three pots come with a strainer glass lid. The rim of the lid is toothed and the side of the pot is shaped into a spout: that is exactly how EFFORTLESS DRAINING works, the cooking water running out under the lid while the pasta stays in the pot. That is one colander less in the sink after every pasta night.

The lid is tempered glass with a soft-closing, heat resistant silicone system and a steam hole. Through the glass you see what is happening inside, so there is no lifting the lid to check whether the water is boiling, and the steam hole lets the excess out before the lid starts to lift itself.

Why it reads as one set

A matt finish and minimalist shapes are what make the ten pieces behave as one series. The vessels are forged aluminium, the pots carry a short handle on each side, the lids share one knob, and a raised brand plate runs along the side of each vessel. Leaving two of them out on the worktop does not look like mess.

The titanPro coating in all five vessels

All five vessels are lined with the brand's hard-wearing titanPro non-stick coating. In a pot that matters differently than in a pan: rice does not catch on the bottom, semolina pudding forms no crust, and a thickened stew releases from the wall when you scrape the last of it out.

Even heat across the whole base

The vessels are built on a turbo induction base, and on the pots the patterned plate covers nearly the full diameter. Instead of one hot spot in the middle, the bottom heats evenly, which counts most with thick dishes, stewed vegetables and anything with milk in it.

At home on any hob

The set works on all five hob types: induction, gas, electric, vitroceramic and halogen. When you move house, the kitchen changes and the set stays.

Handle, ear, knob

The pans have a long handle, the pots two short side handles, the lids a knob. Every one of them is ergonomic, soft to the touch and stays cool while you cook. On a full 6.1 litre pot the pair of handles is the point: you lift it evenly, with both hands.

Five vessels, a short wash-up

Residue does not take hold on the non-stick surface. Warm water and a soft sponge lift it out of a cooled vessel, so clearing up after dinner stays short even with ten pieces.

What it is made of, and what it is free from

The bodies of the five cooking vessels are forged aluminium and their insides take a titanPro non-stick layer; the three lids are tempered glass in a heat resistant silicone frame.

Strainer glass lid

A tempered glass lid with a row of straining slots along its rim, matched to a pot whose side is drawn into a spout. It tells most on the 6.1 litre pot: a full pot never has to be lifted over the sink, the lid stays on and the water leaves through the rim.

Everyday scenes

On a Monday evening rice cooks in the smallest pot, a sauce-based dish in the deep pan, and while those two finish, the 20 cm pan browns the onion. Three vessels, one dinner, all of it from the same hob.

At the weekend the large pot comes out. Soup for roughly eight bowls, or pasta for the whole family, drained through the lid and tipped straight back in for the sauce.

Care

• The 6.1 litre pot holds its heat for a long time: wait until it is lukewarm before any water goes near it.
• After rice and milk dishes warm water and a soft sponge are enough, with no scouring pad.
• Use a wooden or silicone spoon for a thick stew; a metal one leaves marks on the bottom of the pot.
• Rinse the pasta starch out of the straining slots of the three lids before you put them away.
• The 20, 24 and 28 cm pots go inside one another: a cloth between them, the lids upside down on top.
• The two trivets want hand washing and should only go back under the pots dry.

Who this set suits

How it arrives

The ten pieces come in one gift box with a photograph of the set on the side. For someone moving into a new flat, or as a wedding present, this is a package you can hand over as it is.

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