4-piece frying pan set, 20, 24 and 28 cm

Three diameters, so the pan does not decide what is for dinner

An egg in the morning, a handful of mushrooms at noon, four cuts of meat in the evening. Each of them wants a different diameter, and anyone working with a single pan is forever compromising: heating a surface far too large for one portion, or cooking in two rounds what should have been ready at once. This set holds 20, 24 and 28 cm pans, with a silicone trivet beside them.

What each of the three sizes is for

The 20 cm pan holds 1 litre. This is the breakfast size: one egg, a portion of fried mushrooms, yesterday's side dish warmed through. It heats quickly and it does not take over the whole sink afterwards.

The 24 cm pan holds 1.7 litres. Two cuts of meat fit side by side in it, or a pan of vegetables, and it carries most weeknight dinners on its own. If you were to put only one pan from this set on the hob, it would probably be this one.

The 28 cm pan holds 2.4 litres, and this is the size that handles guests. On the 28 centimetre surface the cuts sit side by side rather than on top of one another, so they brown instead of steaming. The same surface takes a larger tray of vegetables or scrambled eggs for the whole family.

The silicone trivet you set the pan down on

The fourth piece in the set is a silicone trivet. A hot pan has to go somewhere while you serve, and the worktop or the dining table rarely thanks you for it. The ribbed surface holds the pan in place, and the trivet goes into the cupboard with the rest.

Three pans, one design language

A matt finish with no decoration: side by side the three pans read as one series rather than three separate purchases. The bodies are forged aluminium, the curve of the wall is the same on all three, and each handle leaves the rim at the same angle. The tip of the handle takes a metallic insert with a hanging hole through it, if you have wall space in your kitchen.

The titanPro coating on all three cooking surfaces

All three cooking surfaces take the brand's hard-wearing titanPro non-stick coating. Its real value shows in the few seconds when you want to turn the meat: no scraping underneath, the crust stays on the meat, and part of the dinner does not stay stuck to the bottom. Food releases with less fat, and the pan does not need soaking after you have served.

Turbo induction base: even heat out to the rim

All three pans are built on a turbo induction base. The pattern and thickness of the plate are there so that heat from the hob does not arrive at a single point of the cooking surface but spreads across it.

Five hob types, one set

The three pans work on five kinds of hob: induction, gas, electric, vitroceramic and halogen. If you cook on gas now and the next kitchen has induction, the set does not need replacing.

The handle stays cool while you cook

Soft-touch ergonomic handles that stay cool while you cook. With a loaded 28 cm pan that is no small thing: most of the weight sits out at the rim, and it helps when your hand has a firm hold from the hob to the table.

Washing up that takes less time than cooking

Warm water and a soft sponge lift the residue out of a cooled pan, and after a weekday egg dish a single wipe is often enough. With three pans in the house, that difference counts several times a week.

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

The bodies are forged aluminium with a titanPro layer on the cooking surface. There are no lids in the box, so these pans are built for open frying.

Turbo induction base

A thicker, patterned pan base that picks heat up from the magnetic field of an induction ring and passes it on across the whole cooking surface. In this set all three diameters carry the same base, from 20 cm to 28 cm.

Everyday scenes

The set shows what it is for when two pans are working at once. Meat browns in the larger one while the side dish fries in the smaller, and dinner reaches the table together instead of one half going cold while the other finishes.

At the weekend the same sizes take fish as well. A fillet and a few slices of lemon fit in the larger pan without being stacked, so the flesh does not fall apart when you turn it.

Care

• The 28 cm pan holds its heat for a long time: let it go lukewarm before it reaches the sink.
• Warm water and a soft sponge are the daily dose; a scouring pad is not for this coating.
• Turn the food with a wooden or silicone spatula so the cooking surface stays unscratched.
• Lukewarm water dissolves whatever has baked on; no scraping needed.
• The 20 and the 24 cm sit inside the 28: a cloth between them, or hang all three by the hole in the handle.
• Wash the trivet by hand and let it go back beside the pans only when dry.

Who this set suits

How it arrives

The four pieces arrive in a gift box with a photograph of the set on the side. As a present it can be handed over exactly as it comes.

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