One of our lovely customers wrote to us about her experience of using the C3 frying pan this way:

"There are many reasons I love my new Crane C3 frying pan. Beautiful to look at, a perfect size and balanced to hold.

What I didn't expect was that my Crane frying pan would make me a better cook. Food is turning out better than normal,  much better in fact. Crispier skinned salmon, my most evenly gold corn fritters ever and gorgeous fluffy hotcakes.

Which brings me to the fried egg -  so good I have to tell you about it.

A slick of olive oil, I added the egg just as my Crane pan was warming. I cooked my egg gently with lid off till the white of the underside started to get wrinkly caramelised edges. When my egg was half cooked I turned the gas off and popped the lid on. Over the next minute the yolk continued to cook under gentle residual heat. My egg slid out of the pan, nudged along by a wooden spatula, as un-stick as any non-stick pan.

Perfectly chewy underside, white and set yolk. Rich but not greasy. Just yum. A perfect fried egg."

- Stephanie, Wellington

Crane Cookware

Crane Cookware was created in 2014 when British food writer and entrepreneur Charmain Ponnuthuari branched out beyond her successful London on a Plate app and teamed up with product design whiz Barnaby Tuke to produce their introductory offering - stunning vitreous enamelled sand-cast iron cookware.

Production is based in the French province of Picardie and is completely free of the toxins and material waste that typifies other manufacturers. Here is a short video that gives you a look into the factory.

Crane have continued to evolve as a “British microbrand specialising in the design and manufacture of performance tools and accessories for the modern everyday kitchen and table.” They now work in with other designers like Matthew Hilton, Joel Hoff, Felix de Pass, Hugo Passos, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Inga Sempé and Studio Small.

We are delighted to also stock their latest offering in multi-layer stainless steel. Designed and made in England, the unique 3.0mm structure of stainless steel with an aluminium core provides instant heat distribution through the whole body of the pans, not just the base, making them super-efficient tools for people who love cooking.

All Crane pots and pans have high performance, naturally healthy cooking surfaces, free from cadmium, lead, and traditional ‘non-stick’ chemicals PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) making them environmentally responsible materials that, with proper care, will last a lifetime.

We have also sourced examples of their collaboration with Japanese glass masters Toyo-Sasaki Glass which complements the collection that TSG supply directly to us.