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Additional Special Offers added to our Winter Sale
We have added even more Special Offers, bargains and free gifts to our online cookware and kitchenware winter sale. Now if you buy a Denby China Squares 16 Piece Set we will give you a free Denby China medium Serving Dish, or if you buy an Alessi MG32 Cordless Kettle in Black we will give you a free Judge Induction 26cm frying Pan.
Denby Pottery has always been one of our best selling brands, among the different ranges that Denby produce the Denby China range is undoubtedly one of the most popular. The range of products within this range are characterised by the combination of clean, simplistic, contemporary design with an exacting attention to detail. It is china that has been designed specifically for modern life. We decided to take one of the most popular products within this range, the China Squares 16 Piece dining set, which we have already discounted by an incredible £121 and make purchasing this item even more attractive by giving away a free Denby China medium Serving Dish. The normal recommended retail price for this particular Serving Dish is £23.
Another brand that is always one of our most popular is Alessi. It is famous for the iconic designs of its products. We decided to take one of our best selling Alessi products and make purchasing it in our Winter Sale an even more attractive proposition. Now when you buy an Alessi MG32 Cordless Kettle in Black you will also receive free a Judge Induction 26cm Frying Pan which has the normal recommended retail price of £24.
These are the just latest special offers to be added to our Winter Cookware and Kitchenware Sale. We are still offering special offers on a wide variety of products including the I. O. Shen Mastergrade 5 Piece Magnetic Knife Block Set, the Gaggia Classic Coffee Machine and the Robert Welch Signature 4 Piece Knife and Sharpener Set. As well as our Special Offers we have offering some massive discounts on a wide variety of products.
Don’t forget that there is still time to enter our January Free Prize Draw. This month, in a special competition to mark the start of a new year and a new decade we are giving somebody the chance to win a Gaggia Classic Coffee Machine, a Circulon Pan Set and a Judge Knife Set. For more details of this exciting competition you should visit the Competition Page of the Pots and Pans website.
Special Offers and Gift Ideas
‘Christmas is getting earlier every year!’ At times it certainly does feel that Christmas is actually getting earlier every year. Although there are still just over four weeks to go until Christmas at Pots and Pans we have been busy preparing for it for a considerable period of time. The weeks leading up to Christmas are usually among our busiest.
Looking at people’s shopping habits it would appear that most people prefer to avoid doing their Christmas shopping at the last moment. The busiest weeks in the run up to Christmas are traditionally the last week of November and the first week of December. This would suggest that the majority of people don’t leave their Christmas shopping until the last moment. There will always be some people who sadly do leave their Christmas gift buying right up to the very last moment possible. We expect to receive some phone calls on Christmas Eve wondering if they buy something on the website will able to deliver it gift wrapped before Christmas.
We have worked hard to make sure that we offer the right special offers over this period. We have also decided to make it easier for you to find the ideal present by adding a page full of Great Gift Ideas to our website.
The Cole & Mason King Pepper Baseball Bat is currently one of our best selling items. It would appear from the feedback that we have been receiving from our customers that a lot of people are going to be getting one of these as a Christmas present this year. Alessi and Dunoon mugs are a present that we are expecting to see a lot of people receive on Christmas Day. Although popular throughout the year we have seen a significant increase in the number of orders received recently for anything by Alessi and Dunoon mugs. If the increase in sales of Miniamo is anything to go by we are expecting to see a lot a lot of children receive this for their Christmas. Miniamo has been designed to encourage children to learn cooking and baking.
Another trend that we expect to see this year is a rise in home baking over the festive period. Sales of Nordic Ware cake pans are going through the roof. Their Snowman Bundt Cake Pan and the Holiday Tree Bundt Cake Pan in particular are proving to be very popular.
There are some trends that we see every year and this year has not been any different. The Le Creuset Cast Iron range is still very popular as a Christmas gift. Knife Sets and in particular those from Global Knives and Henckels are proving to be very popular again.
We have done our best to make it as easy as possible you to find the right present at the right price. On the website we are currently selling Global Knife Sets for 50% off their recommended retail price, we have even discounted some Henckels Knife Sets by up to 58% of their recommended retail price. We hope that our efforts will help make it easier for you to find the right Christmas present for your loved ones.
If you have any ideas about what makes a great gift or want to tell us what you would like for Christmas this year feel free to email us and let us know.
New Alessi, Le Creuset and Ready Steady Cook products added
We are continually adding new products to the Pots and Pans online cookware shop, amongst the latest additions are new products from Le Creuset and Alessi, as well as pan sets from the new Ready Steady Cook branded cookware range.
Le Creuset has always been one of our most popular brands. It is not just their iconic cast iron cookware that is popular with our customers, other ranges such as the Toughened Non-Stick and the re-released 3 Ply Stainless Steel range are also among our best selling ranges. We have recently added several new products from the Le Creuset Toughened Non-Stick range to our online store.
Alessi, as with Le Creuset, is another brand that has achieved iconic status. Their products are famous for their unique and often playful designs. Amongst the new Alessi products we have started to sell is the new Banana King Salt, Pepper and Spice Grinder, featured in the picture. Despite appearances, it is a fully functioning grinder!
You will have seen the television programme, and now you can buy Ready Steady Cook cookware products. We have started stocking Ready Steady Cook branded pan sets on our website, ideal for rustling up a meal after inspiration from an episode of the show.
To see any of these new products you should visit the Pots and Pans website. It is definitely worth checking the website on a regular basis to keep up with all the new additions that we are continually making as well as any sales or special offers that might be available.
60 Minute Makeover features Pots and Pans
Various products from our online cookware store have been used in the new series of 60 Minute Makeover. Our products are featured in several episodes of the new series which started on ITV on the 7th of September.
The first episode of the new series that used products from Pots and Pans involved designers Colin and Justin transforming a house in Carshalton, Surrey. The details of this episode of 60 Minute Makeover as well as a list of the products that were used are available on the shows section of the ITV website. It was gratifying to see that several of the 60 Minute Makeover designers choose to use our products. In another episode Scott Waldron makes over a house in Great Moor, Stockport he used a wide selection of products that are available on our online cookware store.
It was interesting to note that the different interior designers would often choose to use the same products. Le Creuset, Denby Pottery, Raymond Blanc Cookware by Anolon and Alessi were popular with several of the designers on the show, they all feature in several episodes of the new series. Another product that was used on several different makeovers was the Voodoo Knife Block. If you watch the programme carefully you will notice this appearing in several different episodes. It has obviously proved to be popular with the interior designers who work for this programme.
You can view how our products that we supplied to 60 Minute Makeover fitted in to the overall makeover on a dedicated 60 Minute Makeover page on our website.
How do you like your eggs cooked?
| We thought we would do something different with this blog posting. We have decided to highlight some of the different ‘egg’ related products that we sell on our website. | |
| Progressive 5-in-1 Egg Slicer This Egg Slicer will enable you to easily slice, pierce, dice, half or wedge your eggs. |
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| Judge Vista 4 Hole Egg Poacher Ever had problems poaching your eggs? If you have then this could be ideal for you. This gadget will enable you to poach up to 4 eggs at the same time. It has a vented glass lid to enable you to monitor the progress of the eggs during cooking. It is also dishwasher safe. |
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| Alessi Mr Chin Egg Cup Alessi products are famous for the innovative, stylish and often quirky design. This Mr Chin egg cup fits all these criteria. It was designed by Stefano Giovannion and Rumiko Takedo. |
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| Egg Perfect Colour Changing Egg Timer This gadget has been created so that your boiled eggs will turn out how you want every time. It changes colour so that you can see when your eggs are ready. It will let you know when your eggs are soft, medium or hard boiled. It works by sensing the heat and not by measuring time. It can take into account the number of eggs that you are cooking, the amount of eggs and even the altitude at which the eggs are being cooked. |
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| Eddingtons Set of 2 Poach Perfect Silicone Egg Poachers This egg poacher is both fun and practical as well as being easy to use. Its silicone construction makes it exceedingly flexible, this means that all you need to do is turn the mould inside out to remove the egg. It is heat resistant up to 250C as well as being dishwater, microwave and freezer safe. It can if you want also be used for cooking desserts. This gadget was the GOLD Winner in the Cookware and Bakeware category at the 2009 Industry Awards. |
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| Eddingtons Large Egg Spatula This novelty fried egg design spatula is perfect for flipping eggs. Don’t be fooled by its fun design, it is exceedingly practical, it’s use is not limited to flipping eggs, if you wish you could also use it for turning omelettes and pancakes. |
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| Born to Shop I Love Morning Time for Breakfast Set This breakfast set is the ideal way to brighten up your mornings. As well as the scatter tray and china mug it comes with a I Love Morning Time eggcup. |
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| Master Class Stainless Steel Egg Slicer This egg slicer from Master Class has 8 stainless steel cutting wires designed for specifically slicing eggs perfectly time after time. |
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| Alessi Coccodandy Egg Basket Another product that is easily identifiable as being an Alessi design. Like all Alessi products behind the innovative and stylised design is a product with a practical purpose. In the case of this gadget it is a basket that enables you to boil four eggs simultaneously. |
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| Eddingtons Double Egg Poacher Double Egg Poachers. Hang on the rim or stand on the bottom of the pan. Non-stick peel. Designed to make it easy to poach two eggs simultaneously. It has been designed so that it will either hang on the rim of a pan or sit on the bottom of a pan. |
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| Progressive Non-Stick Triple Egg Poacher This gadget has been designed to enable you to poach three eggs simultaneously, also guarantees that your poached eggs out with a consistent neat shape. |
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| Kitchen Craft Stainless Steel Egg Rings Set These simple stainless steel rings have been designed to ensure that your fried eggs always turn out neatly with a consistent shape. |
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Do you have a favourite or do you have any experience of using any of the above products? Did any of the gadgets designed for poaching an egg enable you to make the ‘perfect’ poached egg. Let us know what you think of them.
