Carbon Steel
Black steel is what a French kitchen actually reaches for at service.
Choose carbon steel if you sear, if you cook over gas or induction at high heat, or if you want the professional answer at the lowest price in the range.
Carbon steel is iron with almost nothing added. Bare, it is unremarkable. Seasoned — heated with a film of oil until the surface polymerises to a hard black patina — it releases an egg as cleanly as any coating, and unlike a coating it repairs itself every time you cook.
It weighs about a third of cast iron for the same performance, takes a fierce sear that no stainless pan will match, and it costs a fraction of copper. The M’Steel frying pan starts at R1,200. There is no more honest pan in the catalogue.
It asks two things: season it before first use, and dry it on the heat rather than in the rack. Do that and it will outlast you.
Where to start
- 1M’Steel Frying PanFrom R1,200. Start at 24 cm or 28 cm. Price range: R1 200.00 through R2 850.00 Inc VAT
- 2M’Steel Crepe PanR1,170. Low walls, fast heat — the correct tool, and cheap. Price range: R1 170.00 through R1 290.00 Inc VAT
- 3M’Steel Wok 30 cmR2,340. Carbon steel is the only material a wok should be made from.R2 340.00 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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M’Steel M’Steel Chef Pan 3 sizes · 20 cm, 24 cm, 28 cm Price range: R1 700.00 through R2 320.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’Steel M’Steel Blinis Frying Pan 12 cm R840.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’Steel M’Steel Frying Pan 5 sizes · 20 cm, 24 cm, 28 cm, 32 cm… Price range: R1 200.00 through R2 850.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’Steel M’Steel Crepe Pan 2 sizes · 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R1 170.00 through R1 290.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’Steel M’Steel Wok 30 cm R2 340.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’Steel M’Steel Paella Pan 2 sizes · 36 cm, 40 cm Price range: R2 340.00 through R2 770.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’Passion Tôle M’Passion Tôle Cake Mould 3 sizes · 22 cm, 26 cm, 30 cm Price range: R770.00 through R840.00 Inc VAT -
M’Passion Tôle M’Passion Tôle Charlotte Mould 18 cm R810.00 Inc VAT -
M’Passion Tôle M’Passion Tôle Manqué Mould 2 sizes · 24 cm, 28 cm Price range: R790.00 through R840.00 Inc VAT -
M’Passion Tôle M’Passion Tôle Pandoro Mould 25 cm R1 000.00 Inc VAT -
M’Passion Tôle M’Passion Tôle Savarin Mould 24 cm R910.00 Inc VAT -
M’Passion Tôle M’Passion Tôle Tart Mould 2 sizes · 10 cm, 28 cm Price range: R190.00 through R790.00 Inc VAT -
M’Passion Tôle M’Passion Tôle Tart Mould with Removable Base 2 sizes · 28 cm, 30 cm Price range: R910.00 through R960.00 Inc VAT -
M’Passion Tôle M’Passion Tôle Round Baking Plate 32 cm R860.00 Inc VAT
Showing 1–12 of 14 results
M’Passion Tôle (8)
M’Steel (6)
M’Steel Chef Pan
Price range: R1 700.00 through R2 320.00 Inc VAT
M’Steel Blinis Frying Pan 12 cm
R840.00 Inc VAT
M’Steel Frying Pan
Price range: R1 200.00 through R2 850.00 Inc VAT
M’Steel Crepe Pan
Price range: R1 170.00 through R1 290.00 Inc VAT
M’Steel Wok 30 cm
R2 340.00 Inc VAT
M’Steel Paella Pan
Price range: R2 340.00 through R2 770.00 Inc VAT
M’Passion Tôle Cake Mould
Price range: R770.00 through R840.00 Inc VAT
M’Passion Tôle Charlotte Mould 18 cm
R810.00 Inc VAT
M’Passion Tôle Manqué Mould
Price range: R790.00 through R840.00 Inc VAT
M’Passion Tôle Pandoro Mould 25 cm
R1 000.00 Inc VAT
M’Passion Tôle Savarin Mould 24 cm
R910.00 Inc VAT
M’Passion Tôle Tart Mould
Price range: R190.00 through R790.00 Inc VAT
La Manufacture
Villedieu-les-Poêles, since 1830
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