Our Brands
Aposto Black Rock CrushGrind Elia Felix Gilberts Gustav Emil Ern Herstal Jacob Jensen Johny Juicer Kuchenprofi Moha Nuance Paderno PEJ PEUGEOT PO: Soho Spices Swiss Diamond Thielmann Rotel Top Gourmet (Epicurean) Tovolo Westmark SolicutWhich Brand Should I Buy?
Why Aposto?
Aposto excel at innovative storage solutions incorporating a strong focus on quality, style and design.
The mainstay of their range are wall mounted racks for wine bottles and glasses. Why hide your wines away when you can have them out in the open where they can be admired and discussed?
Aposto racks are designed with a highly flexible 'multi hanging system', so that you can buy in stages - such as wine rack and backboard, or buy other parts of the system such as the glass shelf or CD rack for use with an existing backboard.
Why Black Rock?
Black Rock Grill are a small and innovative new company that specialise in fun and unusual ways of cooking and presenting food.
Primarily serving the commercial market - so their products are made for hard, daily use - they have recently launched a brand new Raclette Grill for the general public.
We believe that we are the first to feature the Black Rock Home Grill which has a 12 month guarantee and is very reasonably priced.
The super heated volcanic rock plate works much like a traditional Swiss or German raclette - just plugging into a mains socket.
Whilst the Black Rock Grill is a very new product, we have seen the commercial version in action and it worked very well. So we decided to take the plunge and feature the home version for our customers.
Why CrushGrind?
CrushGrind® is a hi-tech ceramic grinding mechanism that some say will knock PEUGEOT off top spot. Award-winning and very competitively priced, CrushGrind® is the choice for those prepared to by-pass the PEUGEOT proven pedigree.
- Lifetime mechanism guarantee
- Voted top mill in 3 UK Industry Awards
- Highly flexible - will grind salt, pepper, whole dried herbs or spices
- Non-corrosive, non-porous ceramic mechanism
- Recommended 'Best Buy' on BBC's day time TV
- Easy to clean and fill - no spindle!
- Tested equivalent to 400 years of normal domestic use
- Recommended by Malden Sea Salt
CrushGrind® 's Danish inventors were inspired to create a mill that transformed the traditional salt and pepper mills - too many houses had a mill that didn't work properly. And the ceramic CrushGrind® mechanism they invented is indeed revolutionary. CrushGrind® uses no spindle, has hi-tech spiral blades and a ratchet system. Our supplier launched their CrushGrind® brand in 1998 and it has gone from strength to strength.
Why Elia?
Elia are the makers of fine china and high quality cutlery.
The Elia ceramic range, was designed to be not just contemporary and minimal, but also warm and sophisticated. The perfect medium to achieve this is fine china with it's soft, timeless cream colour glaze.
The Miravell range has been made from Fine Bone China, with an amazing 50% bone ash content to ensure a smooth as silk finish to each item.
The Fine China pieces, contain slightly less bone ash in their clay, but retain the spirit of the style and have a fully vitrified body that is both microwave and dishwasher safe.
Elia also offer an outstanding choice of cutlery. From the contemporary to the traditional, be it casual dining or a la carte, the many elegant designs ensure dinning in style and will add flair to the table for just about any occasion. Manufactured in 18/0 and 18/10 Stainless Steel, ranges include both mirror shining and subtle satin finishes. Excellent quality and durability is assured, whatever the setting.
Why Felix?
An associate company of Gustav Emil Ern, producer of some of the best chefs knives in the world. Felix knives are likewise manufactured in Solingen, Germany. Solingen, "the City of Blades" is renowned throughout the world for the production of exceptional quality chefs and butchers knives.
We stock their 5 piece knife set in a glass-sided presentation stand which allows you to show off the brilliance of your blades in a safe but convenient way.
Why Gilberts?
For nearly 50 years Gilberts have supplied the Catering Equipment and Housewares markets with the finest food equipment from around the world and, in the process, gained an enviable reputation for quality, reliability and service.
So with this in mind when selecting their own brand products they choose only from manufacturers worldwide with a proven track record for performance and reliability.
Gilbert's apple peeler machine saw us through our autumn apple harvest, it saved us hours of laborious peeling and is still going strong.
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 Herstal?
Herstal kitchenware and tableware are ultra-contemporary Scandinavian designed pieces which are both original and eye-catching.
Well worth a look at the wine racks, stainless steel salad bowls and other designer items, if you want something a bit different.
Lotte and Martin Herstal started the Herstal company in 1988. Back then, only these two young innovators were employed in the shop, so a lot has happened since then. Today, Herstal has approximately 50 employees and its products are sold throughout Europe.
Herstal is best known for its lamps that match the simple, lightweight choice of materials typical of the Scandinavian design for living. Since 2002, it has expanded rapidly to other tableware and kitchenware.
Herstal collaborates with a number of talented designers so that its designs remain at the cutting edge of developments and trends.
Why Jacob Jensen?
Jacob Jensen is a Danish designer who has devoted the past 50 years to changing our ideas of how everyday objects can be experienced.
He has shown us that the music systems in our homes, the telephones in our offices, the kitchen equipment we use, along with numerous other products, can contain a quiet beauty.
We loved what he achieved when he redesigned the kitchen scales, taking them off the work surface and putting them on the wall was a brilliant innovation, and giving them a contemporary steel and glass finish is the perfect designer flourish.
Why Johny Juicer?
Bring the style and sophistication of your favourite bar to your own home by owning one of these cool bar tools.
Having been in the juice business for over 20 years, Johny really do have the exclusive know-how to make innovative products. Johny specialise in commercial quality bar products such as:
- Drink mixers
- Juicers
- Blenders
You now have the opportunity to buy these commercial products for your own domestic use.
All appliances are safe and easy to use, reliable, long lasting and trouble-free, and moreover, we love the smooth contours of the designs and the variety of funky colours the range comes in. Better still we love the freshly squeezed, mixed to perfection cocktails they help us knock up!
Why Kuchenprofi?
Kuchenprofi is German quality and engineering at its best. Their range is continually updated with exciting new products - so watch this space as we add in more and more!
Established in 1923, the company draws on many years of engineering, production and design expertise which is why the products consistently well made, with a real eye for detail
Only recently imported into the UK, we think that the Kuchenprofi kitchenware and household range has a real future here. Its the kind of product we like to stock:
- consistently well manufactured
- quality products, designed to last and still look good
- carefully designed to be both visually attractive and highly functionality
Highly recommended and comes with a 1 year warranty.
We have never had a customer return a Kuchenprofi item or call on the guarantee!
Why Moha?
The continuous introduction of many well designed and yet highly functional products has greatly enhanced the Moha range whilst keeping it refreshing and exciting.
Moha acrylic cutting boards are available in a range of sizes and styles and are particularly recommended by Gustav Emil Ern for use with their knives. These lightweight boards will not blunt knives or absorb smells. They are exceptionally hygienic and are ideal as bar or serving boards as well.
Moha?s stylish salad spinners are big hits in this range too. Designed to function as well as they look.
Why Nuance?
Nuance is elegance and function combined in a collection of beautiful household items that you immediately want to use, own and give away as presents.
Designer Marcus Vagnby
Why Paderno?
Paderno have been making some of the worlds finest cookware since 1925, with a range that's now specified by many of the worlds leading chefs. 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.
Choice
With over 40 items in our range there is so much choice available.
Value for Money
Paderno without doubt gives you outstanding value for money compared with other leading brands. No other make gives you such choice, quality and value in one range.
Why PEJ?
P.E.J is an innovative design company creating and developing a sophisticated range of home ware and kitchen accessories. With Danish design and heritage P.E.J is part of a strong tradition of designer talent, creativity and ambition to provide you with the very best.
We love their stylish solutions as typified by their Kitchen Roll Holders, and their design flair; who would have thought the humble rolling pin could be redesigned as a thing of beauty?
P.E.J. have pulled it off with a beautiful piece of tapered beechwood, which actually makes for greater ease of use than a traditional shape.
Currently the majority of the P.E.J. range we stock has been designed by Marcus Vagnby who belongs to the new generation of Danish designers. Marcus is still studying design, yet his work with P.E.J. is testament to his prodigious talent.
Why PEUGEOT?
We chose PEUGEOT professional mills and grinders because of their unrivalled world renown and quality.
We are frequently asked which are our best salt and pepper mills, and we answer PEUGEOT! This is not just because of their market reputation but because we get so much good feedback from customers and almost no returned or faulty mills.
- Perfect grinding consistency every time
- The choice of leading chefs and restaurants worldwide - I have only ever had one restaurant customer chose a different brand!
- Each mechanism is designed for its specific task - so as to do each job better
- A genuine unlimited lifetime guarantee on all mechanisms
- Over 160 years of mill manufacturing experience - and it shows with the quality of the product
- Made from the highest quality materials - its the kind of product you open and feel really pleased with
- Stainless steel mechanisms with patented treatment to protect from corrosion whilst maintaining the sharpness
- Huge range of different designs and styles from the traditional to the ultra modern
"Ever since I started my career as a chef I have used PEUGEOT mills. New technologies have come and gone but after 160 years of expertise, original PEUGEOT mechanisms are still the best"
Novelli Academy, jeanchristophenovelli .com
In 1810 the PEUGEOT brothers began producing rolled steel in their mill. They started making kitchen mills in 1840 but have produced a whole array of famous specially designed goods including the cars and bicycles we know well. They continue to innovate without losing their traditional quality and proven technologies.
The PEUGEOT pepper mill stainless steel mechanism is specifically designed to mill whole peppercorns. All the mills are adjustable, with the U select mechanism ( see below ) offering pre-set grind settings. The unique PEUGEOT grinding mechanism has a helix-shaped double row of teeth that cracks the corns in half before then grinding them finely. The mechanism has a patented treatment to protect it from corrosion whilst retaining its milling sharpness
The standard PEUGEOT salt mill mechanism is designed to grind dry rock salt crystals. A recommended brand is Tidman's rock salt which you can buy from Sainsbury, Tesco or Waitrose. Again, the salt mechanism is stainless steel and treated to protect against corrosion.
A "wet" sea salt grinder is also available for grey sea salt or sel de guerande (Malden sea salt would fall under this category ). For more details see our Vendôme Wet Sea Salt Grinder
The U select mechanism is PEUGEOT's latest innovation and allows you to choose from 6 pre-set levels on the pepper mills and 3 on the salt mills. It means that finding your preferred fineness or coarseness of grind is not left to guesswork as you adjust
Why PO:?
PO:, the Danish designers, take their name from a word coined by Edward de Bono meaning an alternative way of thinking. Rather than locking themselves into existing patterns and traditions, PO: are always designing new and innovative forms.
Quadrat is a collection of more than 20 products in anodized aluminium, conceived by award-winning Designer Frank Kerdil, to reflect the way in which modern homes are decorated. This collection has many forms - from fruit bowls, to shelves, to key holders - and can be combined and used almost everywhere in the home.
Frank's bold re-imagining of the fruit bowl as a collection of 'posts' typifies their design style and innovative approach.
The best-selling Quadrat series has been expanded to include a range in beech wood, under the title of Square.
Square as a range has a warmer, softer appeal than the aluminium range and is ideal for those looking to create a feeling of warmth in their home.
Why Soho Spices?
Soho Spices Magnetic Spice Racks and Spice Jar Shakers are a great storage idea, and are well-engineered with a quality finish. They have proved to be one of our best selling items and we heartily recommend them. Forget the cheap imitations that you find in some shops - they just don't last like the originals!
The main features of the design are:
- Clean, linear design
- Highly efficient use of space
- Very attractive, contemporary decor affect
- Patented twist and shake design to give good quantity control
- Lid seal that keeps herbs and spices fresh
- Made from high quality materials
- 1 year guarantee
First created in New York in 2001, the Spice Racks and Spice Jars have proved so popular that they are now available all over North America and in Europe, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. New inventions coming soon!
As the designer behind their worldwide success, Laura Martin (with an Italian mother, Ukrainian father, Indian husband and growing up in French Canada) admits her designs are very much shaped by a fascination of different cultures.
In Mumbai to have a Hindu wedding ceremony Laura had the chance to visit many relatives and was fascinated to see their kitchens and cooking tools. Inspired by 'vatis', the stainless steel pot of choice to store Indian spices, grains and lentils, Laura bought every conceivable size of vatis at the local markets to bring back to New York. The design challenge was to make a suitably stylish way to store all of them in her tiny NY kitchen. Needless to say the only space available was wall space. After several magnetic prototypes and finalising high grade stainless steel manufacturers, the first Soho Spices product was born.
The result has been a design that is practical, easy to use and also enhances the decor of any space. Made of high grade 18/8 stainless steel, the original magnetic spice storage solution with airtight seals are the only choice for discerning chefs wanting to protect the potency and flavour of quality spices. A functional design that shows off the array of colours and textures - adding to kitchen design, rather than adding to worktop clutter.
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
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.
- The reinforced pan edges offer a high level of shock resistance.
- The comfortable stay-cool handles are engineered for good balance, have finger and thumb grips and are heat resistant in the oven up to 450°F.
- Cast brass threaded inserts ensure the handles are firmly attached.
- The interior pan colour is a steel grey rather than the more traditional black, which allows better visibility of what's going on in the pan such as when caramelising pan juices.
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.
Why Thielmann Rotel?
The JuiceMaster represents top quality and performance to meet the highest expectations from a leader in the juicer market.
40 years ago, Thielmann Rotel developed and marketed the first juice extractor featuring an automatic pulp ejection system.
A highly qualified and experienced Swiss engineering team have developed the new "JuiceMaster" in response to the challenge to re-invent juice extractors for the 21st century. The new "JuiceMaster" now incorporates the following features:
- Automatic pulp ejection system
- Easy to use and clean
- Simple to assemble
- Specially designed cover and hood on the pulp container to prevent clogging
- Many additional features to ensure operator safety
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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:
- Dishwasher safe Unlike wooden chopping boards, Epicurean chopping boards can be cleaned in a dishwasher.
- Hygienic The nonporous surface of the wood fibre board ensures that unlike traditional wood it will not harbour bacteria. This fact has been endorsed by the US National Sanitary Foundation.
- Knife Friendly Unlike glass chopping boards Epicurean boards won?t dull your knives.
- Maintenance Free The Epicurean cutting surface is extremely durable and requires no oiling or bleaching.
- Heat Resistant Epicurean Chopping boards are heat resistant to 350°F / 176°C so can be used as a trivet without leaving a blemish.
- Environmentally Friendly Epicurean chopping boards are made from paper from certified US sustainable managed forests.
"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 Tovolo?
You'll love the colourful Tovolo range! Their ice lolly moulds will liven up even the most vibrant summer's day, and their cookie cutters and ice cream moulds make cooking fun and creative for children of all ages.
Tovolo utensils are also designed to maximise efficiency and minimise cleanup, so you can spend more time having fun in the kitchen. The innovative use of silicone in the manufacture of their products ensures that the products are of the highest quality and utility whilst also retaining an element of fun in their colourful appearance.
Why Westmark?
Closely watching the market and harbouring an even closer relationship with their customers forms the foundation of design innovation at Westmark.
This design ethos informs their use of the very latest technology in both the design and production process. The end result is that Westmark utensils represent the very best in terms of design, durability and cost.
It is this ethos that has led them to produce utensils using cutting-edge materials like silicone. Silicone provides utensils that are:
- dishwasher safe and hygienic
- heat resistant to 300ºC
- won't damage non-stick coatings
Westmark are also great at producing tools for every conceivable need, from the cake layer cutter to their 'Cracky' lobster cracker and pick.
Why Solicut?
Solicut produce truly beautiful, top quality knives, wonderfully finished and made from first class materials - unbeatable professional quality, no wonder they are stocked by Harrods of Knightsbridge too.
Solicut are one of our biggest sellers, when you consider the quality it isn't difficult to work out why. The icing on the cake is provided by the King Wood handled range which come presented in an attractive gift box, making them an ideal present for the cook in your life.
Unless you understand how knives are manufactured it is difficult to see why professional chefs are happy to pay more for the weight, balance, flexibility and sharpness of a good quality knife such as those produced by Solicut
Solicut knives are manufactured in Solingen, Germany. The "City of Blades" is renowned for the production of precision-made cooks' and butchers' knives. Solicut adhere rigorously to the local codes governing knife production.
Solicut knives also include the following features:
Drop Forged Blades - The blade, bolster and tang are forged from one piece of steel, which creates a well-balanced knife of lasting quality and strength. The cutting edge is ground onto both sides of the blade making them ideal for left-handed chef's too.
German Pattern Bolster - The bolster is the metal 'bridge' between blade and handle (also known as the tang) produced by the single piece forging process, it is this that provides extra weight to the blade giving the knife perfect balance and strength where it needs it most.
Ice-Hardened Molybdenum Steel Blade - To ensure the hand-honed blade stays sharp longer and is stain and rust resistant.
Jointless Sealed Handles - To provide a firm, sure, confident grip, which is hygienic and dishwasher safe.
Full Tang Construction - Which allows perfect weight and balance that ensures precision, control and comfort in use.
Please contact us if you need to know more.
