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M’Steel

Bare black steel. Season it and it will outlive every coated pan you own.

For anyone who sears, and for anyone who wants the professional answer without the professional price.

M’Steel is uncoated carbon steel, the material French professional kitchens have used for frying and searing for two centuries. It arrives raw. You season it — heat with a thin film of oil until the surface turns dark and hard — and from then on it releases food as well as any non-stick surface, and repairs itself every time you cook.

It is induction compatible, oven safe, and takes heat far beyond anything a coated pan can survive. It is also the cheapest thing Mauviel makes: a frying pan from R1,200, a blinis pan at R840.

Two rules. Never put it in the dishwasher. Dry it on the hob rather than in the rack. That is the whole maintenance regime.

Where to start

  1. 1M’Steel Frying PanFrom R1,200. 24 cm for eggs, 28 cm for steak. Price range: R1 200.00 through R2 850.00 Inc VAT
  2. 2M’Steel Wok 30 cmR2,340. Carbon steel is the only correct material for a wok.R2 340.00 Inc VAT
  3. 3M’Steel Crepe PanR1,170. Low sides, fast heat, and almost nothing to go wrong. Price range: R1 170.00 through R1 290.00 Inc VAT

Every piece on this page is made by Mauviel1830 in Villedieu-les-Poêles, Normandy, where the house has worked metal since 1830. The Culinary Equipment Co is the appointed distributor for South Africa.

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La Manufacture

Villedieu-les-Poêles, since 1830

A Mauviel craftsman at the bench in Villedieu-les-Poeles

The town has worked copper since the twelfth century. Mauviel opened there in 1830 and has not moved since. Sheet copper arrives flat in four thicknesses and leaves as a pan: rolled, cut, spun over a wooden chuck, planished by hand where the shape asks for it, then tinned or lined with stainless steel.

Inside the workshop