Copper
Copper is the reason Mauviel exists. Everything else the house makes is measured against it.
Choose copper if you cook by watching rather than by timer, and if you want a pan your children will still be using.
Copper conducts heat about twenty times better than stainless steel and roughly twice as well as aluminium. In practice that means the pan answers the flame rather than lagging behind it: turn the heat down and the reduction slows within seconds, not a minute later when the sauce has already split. It is the only reason a French saucier will still carry copper into a kitchen full of induction hobs.
Mauviel works copper in four thicknesses and each one is a different tool. 1.5 mm (M’150) is the everyday gauge — responsive, light enough to lift full. 2 mm (M’200) is the professional gauge: heavy enough to hold its temperature when you drop cold stock into it. 2.6 mm tinned copper (M’Tradition) is the oldest recipe in the catalogue, still formed by hand. And M’6 S is the impossible one — six plies drawn as a single body, copper on the outside, magnetic steel where the induction coil can read it.
Copper tarnishes. This is not a fault and it is not a maintenance problem; it is a metal doing what metals do. Ten seconds with Copperbrill and it is a mirror again.
Where to start
- 1M’150 B SaucepanThe piece to own first. A 16 cm and a 20 cm will carry most of what you cook. Price range: R3 950.00 through R8 150.00 Inc VAT
- 2M’6 S Frying PanIf your hob is induction, this is your only route into copper. Price range: R7 270.00 through R9 020.00 Inc VAT
- 3M’200 B Cocotte with LidThe professional gauge, where thickness earns its money — slow braises that never catch. Price range: R20 760.00 through R25 250.00 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’150 S M’150 S Splayed Sauté Pan 9 cm R2 060.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Splayed Sauté Pan 9 cm R2 180.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 S M’150 S Saucepan 5 sizes · 12 cm, 14 cm, 16 cm, 18 cm… Price range: R3 750.00 through R7 750.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Saucepan 5 sizes · 12 cm, 14 cm, 16 cm, 18 cm… Price range: R3 950.00 through R8 150.00 Inc VAT -
M’Tradition M’Tradition Splayed Sauté Pan 3 sizes · 16 cm, 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R5 070.00 through R8 730.00 Inc VAT -
M’200 B M’200 B Saucepan 6 sizes · 12 cm, 14 cm, 16 cm, 18 cm… Price range: R5 480.00 through R15 690.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 S M’150 S Frying Pan 3 sizes · 20 cm, 26 cm, 30 cm Price range: R5 840.00 through R9 950.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Frying Pan 3 sizes · 20 cm, 26 cm, 30 cm Price range: R6 150.00 through R10 450.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 S M’150 S Chef Pan 3 sizes · 16 cm, 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R6 240.00 through R9 950.00 Inc VAT -
M’6 S M’6 S Saucepan 5 sizes · 12 cm, 14 cm, 16 cm, 18 cm… Price range: R6 430.00 through R8 040.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’150 B M’150 B Chef Pan 3 sizes · 16 cm, 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R6 580.00 through R10 450.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 S M’150 S Cocotte with Lid 4 sizes · 12 cm, 16 cm, 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R6 670.00 through R14 870.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Cocotte with Lid 4 sizes · 12 cm, 16 cm, 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R7 010.00 through R15 640.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Oval Frying Pan 2 sizes · 30 × 20 cm, 35 × 23 cm Price range: R7 130.00 through R9 160.00 Inc VAT -
M’Tradition M’Tradition Saucepan 4 sizes · 14 cm, 16 cm, 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R7 130.00 through R12 750.00 Inc VAT -
M’6 S M’6 S Frying Pan 3 sizes · 20 cm, 26 cm, 30 cm Price range: R7 270.00 through R9 020.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’Tradition M’Tradition Frying Pan 2 sizes · 26 cm, 30 cm Price range: R7 270.00 through R9 160.00 Inc VAT -
M’6 S M’6 S Chef Pan 3 sizes · 16 cm, 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R7 340.00 through R9 540.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’200 B M’200 B Frying Pan 3 sizes · 20 cm, 26 cm, 30 cm Price range: R7 530.00 through R11 860.00 Inc VAT -
M’6 S M’6 S Frying Pan Eclipse 20 cm R8 040.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’150 S M’150 S Crepe Pan 30 cm R8 150.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Crepe Pan 30 cm R8 590.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 S M’150 S Oval Frying Pan 35×23 cm R8 700.00 Inc VAT -
M’6 S M’6 S Frying Pan Eclipse 26 cm R8 990.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’6 S M’6 S Cocotte with Lid 16 cm R9 250.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 S M’150 S Bain-Marie 12 cm R9 370.00 Inc VAT -
M’6 S M’6 S Frying Pan Eclipse 30 cm R9 760.00 Inc VAT Induction ready -
M’150 B M’150 B Bain-Marie 2 sizes · 12 cm, 14 cm Price range: R9 850.00 through R12 720.00 Inc VAT -
M’200 B M’200 B Chef Pan 2 sizes · 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R9 880.00 through R13 200.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 S M’150 S Cocotte with Lid 18 cm R10 260.00 Inc VAT -
M’6 S M’6 S Cocotte with Lid 18 cm R10 310.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 S M’150 S Roasting pan 30×22 cm R10 430.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Rondeau with Lid 3 sizes · 20 cm, 24 cm, 28 cm Price range: R10 450.00 through R16 120.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Cocotte with Lid 18 cm R10 790.00 Inc VAT -
M’150 B M’150 B Roasting pan 30×22 cm R10 950.00 Inc VAT -
M’6 S M’6 S Cocotte with Lid 2 sizes · 20 cm, 24 cm Price range: R11 100.00 through R14 920.00 Inc VAT Induction ready
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M’150 B 10-Piece Copper Cookware Set With Brass Handles
R67 760.00 Inc VAT
M’150 B 12-Piece Copper Cookware Set With Brass Handles
R79 460.00 Inc VAT
M’150 B 14-Piece Copper Cookware Set With Brass Handles
R74 170.00 Inc VAT
M’150 B 16-20 cm Set of 3 Saucepans
R21 520.00 Inc VAT
M’150 B 2-Piece Copper Frying Pan Set With Brass Handles
R14 450.00 Inc VAT
M’150 B 2-Piece Copper Oval Pan Set With Brass Handles
R16 290.00 Inc VATM’150 B 5-Piece Copper Cookware Set With Brass Handles
R30 080.00 Inc VAT
M’150 B 7-Piece Copper Cookware Set With Brass Handles
R47 440.00 Inc VAT
M’150 S 10-Piece Copper Cookware Set With Cast Stainless Steel Handles
R64 450.00 Inc VAT
M’150 S 12-Piece Copper Cookware Set With Cast Stainless Steel Handles
R68 930.00 Inc VATM’150 S 14-Piece Copper Cookware Set With Cast Stainless Steel Handles
R71 360.00 Inc VAT
M’150 S 16-20 cm Set of 3 Saucepans
R20 450.00 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.
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