Choosing The Right Cookware For Your Kitchen
Once upon a time, cookware was a purely utilitarian affair, chosen for reasons of practicality rather than style. In the modern kitchen, however, style and function can happily co-exist, creating cookware that is attractive to look at as well as easy to use. Indeed, cookware is increasingly becoming a luxury item with leading designers lining up to put their names on new creations that promise to bring a fresh streak of panache to the modern kitchen.
This crossover of homeware and even fashion designers into the realm of cookware has allowed pots, pans, jugs and plates to become just as big a part of the overall look of a kitchen as the floors or cabinets. Stylish but heavy duty ovenware, for example, can create a sense of robustness and wholesomeness befitting of a traditional country kitchen and really complement butcher’s block-style counter tops and traditional cabinet designs.
The injection of fresh new ideas has also allowed for much more expression than ever before, adding bursts of colour to an area of the home that can often be bland and boring if left unaltered. Modern cookware can be both functional and funky and unusual designs and crazy colours are a great way to get kids to take an interest in cooking for the first time.
The rise of designer cookware is linked in part to the ongoing success of celebrity chefs on television. Perhaps the first true range of celebrity endorsed cookware appeared in the 1970s and 1980s when cook Delia Smith’s breakthrough as a television presenter inspired millions of Britons to take an interest in cooking. Delia’s success as a TV chef was swiftly followed by Ken Hom, who introduced millions of people to home-cooked Chinese food and launched his own highly successful range of cookware that continues to sell well to this day. Since then, many other celebrity chefs have launched their own products lines, including famous faces such as Jamie Oliver.
One more recent development in the field of designer kitchenware is a new range of products aimed at those who are single or live alone and regularly cook for one. Recognising that many cookware items were too large and took up too much space to store, designers have responded by creating new ranges of smaller, scaled-down kitchen items. These ranges, which include everything from serving dishes to colanders and chopping boards, are ideal for the cook who lives alone and is tired of using super-sized cookware for even the most simple of dishes.
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