made.



So, while choosing the cookware and kitchenware you must keep the following points in mind:

Quality and Durability

Ability the serve the purpose in a most economical manner

Maintenance necessary

Safety

Price

I would suggest you keep your priorities in exactly the order I have given, otherwise you may end up with much larger expenditure than you possibly can imagine right now. If

you compromise on price, you will be compromising on safety too. Moreover, cheap cookware tends to warp and loose proper fit very easily and can become completely

useless within a very short time.

Now let us deal with the million dollar question – what is the weight of a brand name? Well, it does not mean anything to me at least! I can cook as well in a branded

cookware as I can in a vessel manufactured by a nobody.

Since you are planning to use your cookware on a commercial basis, spare a serious thought on specialty cookware which usually does not form a part of a standard set

such as a roaster or stock pots. When you choose a roaster go for the sturdiest and best available in the market. It should last you a lifetime. As far as the stock pots are

concerned, always buy some extra pieces than you think you may ever require. Very soon you will find that you are using all of them!

Now the most obvious question that crops up is where should you shop for your requirements? The most natural answer is World Wide Web. There are quite a number of

web sites which are dedicated to this area. They not only display quality cookware but also most of the times have well trained personnel who can suggest and guide

owners of professional kitchens in purchasing appropriate pieces. However, don’t overlook the auction sites! You may land up with a solid deal at unexpectedly low prices.

Coming back to the brand names once again I would like to reiterate that in the world of cookware, you get what you pay for. But if you insist on brands, then go for those

who manufacture their products themselves. Two such brands are All Clad and Mauviel. The latter has been manufacturing copper cookware for decades and with a huge

goodwill. Others in this same bracket are Revere, Corning and Calphalon. They are highly respected manufacturers who sell products which they produce in their own

production units.

The last bit of advice I would like to offer is don’t go for celebrity brands initially. Though the names of celebrity chefs like Emeril Lagasse or Jamie Oliver do add weight to

the brands but from the commercial point of view it is not really worthwhile to pay that extra amount for the sake of a name.