The best pans for each type of kitchen – chosen by chefs | Life and style

AS The late American writer Laurie Colwin said so brilliantly in her test the kitchen battery of the lower person: “The pots and the pans are like sweaters: you may have a lot, but you find yourself using two or three again.” And here is the thing: whether it is pots or clothes, the most useful are the ones that best correspond to your lifestyle.

“Your choice of pots should reflect your real cooking habits, not an idealized version,” accepts the Guardian columnist, Yotam Ottolenghi. So, if you hide or enter, lower or regularly soften soups and sauces for one or more, these are the pans that the best leaders in the United Kingdom suggest keeping in your arsenal.

“I have been using non -stick pans in ninja for about a year now, and I love them. The flat bottom ensures a lot of space to fry, and the high sides mean that the pan is flexible enough to cook currys. I still buy 28 cm pots because you can cook for four, and all the lids adapt, which is satisfactory end. ”

Buy: £ 27.99
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“Really, you only need one or two pans every day. The shallow -shaped pan living room of the crucible is my first choice, perfect for burning, deglazing and simmered stews. They are robust, reliable and built to withstand a life of use.”

Buy: from £ 249
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“This is a hot topic because we had a large 32 cm pan, which we called” Big Ass Pan “, and we used it for everything. My wife threw it, and we got another 28 cm of ass and really for your money.

Buy: £ 38.99
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“Obviously, everyone loves crucible; They are beautiful but they are dear. PROCOURCE makes a Dutch in incredible heavy iron, which I fill with curry goat. I also have two large frying stoves from hexclad, and they are a step in your average stove. It is an indicator that it is great. “”

Buy: £ 69

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Buy: £ 179
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“The one I use at home is like a frying pan, with a flat bottom and quite high sides (a bit like a frying pan). I like Staub and Demeyere for investment parts, then hexclad non -stick pots are incredible. The beautiful cast iron sides The crucible work well for brainling, but you can also roast. an investment. »»

Buy: From £ 130
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“I really like my pans the crucible for the pans (a large and flat in the almond; a small in duck blue, a inherited in classic orange), but less for currys because the onions do not seem brown in the right way.

Buy: £ 140
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“I buy all my pans at Nisbets, a catering supplies company. They may not be the prettiest, but they are hard like hell. A favorite would be a slightly bowl -shaped pan: you can disturb the eggs. need.”

Buy: £ 44.99
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“People are obsessed with a good or bad saucepan, but I think everything that is heavy is great. I am not the TOC on my pans; When we taught cooking lessons in the Jamie food revolution (Oliver), we would get everything from Ikea because that’s what we could afford, and they were good. Having said that, if you are in your kit, Netherton Foundry makes the case.

Buy: £ 74.99
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“I use a wide sautéed with slightly flared sides; You can fry there, you can put water there and poach or cook vegetables, but above all you can throw pasta dishes. I like the Creuset and Mauviel Pans, but I save for Tucci Stanley for the Verdoyers – they look fantastic. ”

Buy: £ 199.95
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“My Mauviel Copper Saute Pan is the most expensive thing in my kitchen and was a gift from the 40th anniversary of my family. I use it for soups, stews, braisses, and it is in a league apart for the beautiful, even the kitchen that holds heat. He improves with age – he will survive me. “

Buy: £ 329
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“A large cast iron pan, and I have superficial and deep people. Although you pay at the start, they really do it. We always see that everything we do is more pleasant when we use this pan, so it is the one to which we return most often!”

Buy: £ 285
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“My finish sarpaneva cast iron pot is magnificent in all directions; A joy to cook long and slow on the stove, or just rice. ”

Buy: £ 240
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“Skepshult makes shiny cast iron pots; there is a good selection, and if you watch properly, you will have it for life.”

Buy: Since £ 108.99

“I have a small kitchen, so the usefulness is essential. I have a large saucepan, ourselves in the place Titanium Pan Pro, which is a new purchase, but I am already sold. It’s quite incredible. “

Buy: £ 175