Great cooking boils down to ingredients - the better the ingredients you choose the better the results.

Reputation and guarantee

Le Creuset is consistently chosen by leading chefs, restauranteurs, and those who just enjoy cooking; all of whom appreciate its performance, cooking advantages and style. 
As the world's leading manufacturer of enamelled cast iron cookware, our reputation is unsurpassed. They maintain this position by exceptional quality, superior materials and innovative product design.

Fantastic colours to choose from

Colour is synonymous with Le Creuset cookware and the original graded Volcanic orange is recognised the world over as Le Creuset! The colour is blended into the enamel and is fired at a high temperature to fuse it to the cast iron. The finish converts the raw iron into a piece of cookware that is not only gorgeous to look at but hard-wearing efficient too.

Cast Iron

Each piece, from this extensive range, is individually designed for ease and versatility of use, fitting in with all styles of cooking, all types of cooking appliance and any style of kitchen or dining decor.

The manufacturing process

Le Creuset enamelled cast iron cookware has a worldwide reputation for its cooking excellence and the colour it brings to your home. In the northern French town of Fresnoy-Le-Grand, Le Creuset continues to produce all its cookware and now exports to over 60 countries.

The foundry still occupies its original site, which began hand casting cookware in 1925. Today, a combination of the most advanced casting and enamelling technology and individual manual expertise, brings you cookware that is unrivalled in its field.

Because a number of the manufacturing processes still rely on manual skills, each piece has its own individuality and slight variations in finish may occur. None of these, however, alter the overall quality or cooking performance of the product.

The vitreous enamel finish, which entirely covers each piece, including rims, is extremely durable, but more importantly offers the most wide-ranging versatility of use for food storage, food preparation and cooking.

Quality Standards

Every piece of cookware is manually inspected several times during manufacture to ensure that the strictest quality standards are maintained. All the enamels used by Le Creuset conform to current International Standards.

Le Creuset enamelled cast iron in the kitchens of today

Enamelled cast iron is a remarkable material and fits well with modern requirements for food preparation and cooking. For centuries, cast iron has been recognised as one of the best materials for cookware, and today those values can be used in a variety of ways, across many shapes and with many cooking methods. It can be used for almost any recipe, delicate or robust - soups, roasts, grills, rice dishes, casseroles of course and baked recipes such as desserts, cakes, quiches or breads.

When any of these cooking methods are used correctly, they not only produce wonderful aromas and flavours, but can also contribute to a healthy diet by optimising the preservation of nutrients in your food.

Enamelled cast iron is just as efficient for traditional slow simmering as it is for searing - the choice of use is yours. It has the ability to retain heat efficiently, and this can be used to your advantage in lowering settings for both stovetop and oven cooking. At the table, a covered dish will keep food hot for second servings.

Chilled foods can benefit too. Cast iron can be used to keep cold food cold. A short time in the refrigerator will cool a dish sufficiently to make it the ideal server for a chilled fruit salad on a hot summer's day.