Category Cookware
From fashionable to effective, cookware has a lot of demands placed on it. Kitchenware International looks at some options available to buyers right now
Cookware for the cook
As any good cook knows, you are nothing without your utensils. Never mind what you do, your cookware has the power to make or break your dish. With more and more cookware options available to retailers, choosing top-tier assortments can be tricky business. Gibson Homewares
Barbary & Oak
One guaranteed selling point is a decent licensing deal, as Gibson Homewares can attest to with its Martha Stewart brand. Most recently they introduced two new colourways to the bestselling Martha Stewart Lockton 10pc Cookware Set with buttercream and teal making an appearance. Jomafe
Samuel Groves
“Buttercream yellow is a new, trend-forward colour that we’re launching this year,” says Alex Wittner, senior vice president of housewares business development for Gibson Homewares. “So this is the perfect time to introduce it with the Martha Stewart brand.” Gibson also recently expanded its stylish Soho Lounge brand with the introduction of the Soho Lounge Diamond 10pc Ceramic Nonstick Aluminum Cookware Set. The assortment features a distinctive “soft square” shape which provides 25 per cent more cooking area than traditional round pans, and the corners make it easier to pour. Available in black and blue colourways – and for order now – it will ship Q3 of 2022. Meanwhile, Jomafe have a gorgeous on-trend forest green collection, designed – they say – with nature in mind. Interestingly, the collection is made from 100 per cent recycled aluminium, highlighting the company’s reuse, recycle ethos and commitment to being eco-friendly. Another super-stylish option is knIndustrie’s ABCT capsule collection – a contemporary, all-white offering dedicated to food cooking and table presentation which combines not just aesthetics but great performance too. ABCT is composed of a series of 18 KITCHENWARE INTERNATIONAL
knlndustrie aluminium containers with ceramic enamel coating that, depending on the depth and diameter, play the role of casserole, low casserole or pan in the kitchen. Once the gripper handles have been removed and the wooden lids have been transformed into trivets and supports, these same containers become bowls, cups, salad bowls to serve dishes on the table – it is really exceedingly clever. Special mention too for the Barbary & Oak Foundry collection which boasts a range of oven to tableware products and coordinating cast iron cookware. Camembert is a new addition to the collection with a classic cream colourway and it is joined by a Verdigris Green option. These colourways joins bold Bordeaux Red and Limoges Blue. The Barbary & Oak Foundry collection is available now via RKW with the new Camembert and Verdigris Green colourways coming soon. Finally, the Samuel Groves speciality mini copper collection is a must-have – ideally designed for sauce presentation. Made exclusively in the UK, each copper clad pan is made with 90 per cent copper and lined with 10 per cent stainless steel and they benefit from riveted stay cool polished stainless cast handles – a very effective cookware tool which won’t date.
