Updated with new projects 9/5/23
Behind the stunning enamelled exterior of a Lacanche range lies a seriously heavy-duty cooking platform engineered to perform in the world’s most demanding kitchens. With its looks and different models available, the Lacanche is a serious cooker for serious cooks, looking perfect in a handmade kitchen.
Apart from its extraordinary heritage, the Lananche range cooker is different from other range cookers on the market because they are still being made to exact standards by hand to order. Every cooker is meticulously created – solid and built to last and offers years of service in a demanding environment.
On top of this, the Lacanche offers a phenomenal, truly professional performance, and whilst being extraordinarily versatile, they have a deliberate, implicit simplicity, making them simple to use and maintain. They are individually made to your specification and available in 25 beautiful enamel finishes with four different trim options.
The History of Lacanche
We take you on a timeline from the 15th Century to today in 2023 of the Lacanche range cooker.
- During the 15th Century, Phillip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy established a foundry in the village of Lacanche.
- 1763 was the year that Jean-Baptiste Richard de Curtile, the Lord of Ivry, Coraboeuf, Bligny, Curtil, Cussy-La-Colonne, Lacanche and a musketeer of the king’s guard, constructed a blast furnace in the village of Lacanche.
- In 1895, Jacques Étienne Caumartin continued to develop the foundry and manufacturing of cast iron ranges.
- In the early 19th Century, Ferdinand Coste and his family continued to develop the industrialisation of the village and launched the first models of kitchen stoves, creating the kitchen piano brand Lacanche.
- During the 20th Century, the Lacanche Ironworks continued to manufacture cast iron stoves for stately homes and the professional trade until 1972 when the site was purchased by a corporate subsidiary of the Valéo company.
- André Augagneur, his wife and a few partners purchased the factory in 1981 and began the process of returning the factory to its former glory, focusing on the Lacanche range and the commercial brand Ambassade de Bourgogne.
- Fast forward to today (2023), Lacanche range cookers are still built on the same site. As a family-owned business, Lacanche honours its rich heritage and culturally significant past, while celebrating its innate French heritage of innovation, quality, and respect for people and the environment, in each beautifully handcrafted range.
Lacanche range cookers are sold across five continents.
Some of Lacanche’s Famous Customers
Raymond Blanc is one of the first chefs to demonstrate a real interest and care for the provenance of ingredients and the authenticity of recipes over the last forty years. This has helped shape the highest expectations of, and attainment of, excellence in the culinary world. Raymond has restaurants, a cookery school and Michelin stars to his name as well as his internationally admired hotel Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxfordshire.
He periodically cooks on a Lacanche range cooker in the kitchen at Le Manoir and it can be seen in action on many television programmes.
At the centre of Jean -Christophe Novelli’s kitchen of his academy and home is a Lacanche range cooker. And as he says “My academy is my home, my heart and my life”. Jean-Christophe Novelli is a multi-Michelin star and 5/5 AA Rosette-winning chef, Author, and Restaurateur.
Richard Hughes has been cooking professionally for more than 37 years, where his career has taken him from a hotel pot washer to a Michelin-starred kitchen, to his portfolio of restaurants in Norfolk. Richard cooks on the Lacanche Chemin in his home kitchen.
Kevin Woodford
Following a career in some of the world’s most renowned kitchens, Kevin was appointed as a lecturer in professional cookery and rapidly rose to become the youngest Head of Department at one of England’s biggest and most prestigious colleges.
He cooks on a Lacanche range cooker in the kitchen of his boutique hotel on the Isle of Man, Birchfield House, where incredible food is served daily to guests.
Mary Kemp is one of East Anglia’s foremost cooks, cookery writers, presenters and authorities on the growth, production and preparation of seasonal British food. As well as giving cookery talks and demonstrations across East Anglia she also hosts tailor-made cookery days in her beautiful kitchen at Hill House Farm which started in 2003, where of course there is a Lacanche range cooker.
With every Lacanche range cooker, you can choose various hobs, oven sizes, dual fuel options and integrated hob elements such as chargrills, or a plancha. All of the ranges can be specified for natural, LPG gas or all-electric.
The Classic Range
The Classic Lacanche is a timeless example of beauty at the heart of your kitchen, offering professional performance and extraordinary versatility.
The Modern Range
Are you after a modern-day look and feel in your new kitchen? The Modern Lacanche range offers all the performance and versatility of the Classic but with a more contemporary look.
Examples of Lacanche Range Cookers in our Projects
Both clients opted for the Macon range, one of Lacanche’s most popular, measuring 1000mm wide. This is a true workhorse of a range. The three-oven combination facilitates prodigious output. Configure the main oven to your choice with several different hob options.
*Macon is also available in an all-electric version with a five-zone induction hob.
Our new elegant and nautical project wouldn’t be complete without the Lacanche Classic Savigny Range Cooker. The client opted for the colour “Blue Francis” to match their style. This timeless beauty sits at the heart of the kitchen, offering professional performance and extraordinary versatility. The gorgeous blue range cooker is surrounded by a bespoke mantle that includes recessed alcove shelving on either side – complete with candles for that nautical theme, it even matches the island.
Our latest project in Haynes features one of the best-selling Lacanche range cookers, the Citeaux. Over a metre in length, it boasts two main ovens and a simmer oven. Our client opted for their range cooker to be in black with a brass trim that matched the other features found around the room. Such an elegant cooker to add to this country kitchen.
Matching the tones of the Boringdon Green (Little Greene) hand-painted island in this kitchen design, this beautiful Lacanche Macon Range Cooker in Light Olive with chrome trim is the perfect match. Set amongst our Lay-On Shaker cabinetry, the dream kitchen is finished with a phenomenal, truly professional performance.
One of the gorgeous choices in this In-Frame shaker is the Lacanche Macon Classic Range Cooker in Mandarin. A bang-on-trend colour which adds warmth and personality as well as being an exceptional cooker for those serious cooks. We designed this into the island where it becomes the focal point of all conversation.
If you would like to know more about the Lacanche Range and how we can design it into your dream handmade bespoke kitchen, contact us today.
