PrintAnyone have experience with the Le Gourmet Chef brand?
Hi all! I know that we mostly worship the Holy Duality of All Clad/Le Creuset around here :-), but I was curious to see if anybody else has any Le Gourmet Chef in their collection. As I wrote on the "Best. Gift. Ever." thread:
"My partner, who doesn't know Le Creuset from demi-glace, surprised me with a new stock pot for my birthday a few weeks ago. What makes it such a wonderful gift is that he knows absolutely nothing about food, and was terrified and intimidated about making the purchase. But he'd heard me whining about needing a new stock pot and not being able to afford one, and so, determined to procure a special gift for my birthday, he girded his loins and took the plunge. He ended up giving me a Le Gourmet Chef from the outlet at the Mall of America. He didn't know it when he gave it to me, but it's evidently a tri-ply All-Clad knock-off that is, as far as I can tell, just as good for a third of the price. It's been performing beautifully, and I'm in love. And my man, who was all white-knuckle terror that he might have messed up when he gave me the gift (even though I would, of course, have said that I loved whatever he got me), is thrilled."
Since it's always nice for the impoverished amongst us to have affordable options for effective cookware, I wanted to see what the rest of y'all's experience with this admittedly less-than-trust-inducingly-named line has been. Comments?
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2 Comments:
Yes, I have experience with a 12" stainless steel frying pan that my wife gave me as a gift one year. It has been great and I've used it at least 4 times a week for about 5-6 years now. I love how it cooks and my wife always mentions how easy it is to clean, which I agree, nothing seems to stick to this even though it is not a non-stick pan. So I would say that it's certainly a good quality product. Now remember, this is a few years old, so they could have changed in that amount of time and the quality may be different, I can't say because I haven't purchased any recently. But my experience has been a good one.
jonfoxx at 3:09PM on 03/04/08
I have a griddle pan, a saucier, and a a 12" skillet and I love all three.
They perform just as well as my 300 dollar la cruesets, which I also still love.
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IKEA has a GREAT line of cookware.
donnie at 9:35PM on 03/04/08