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Matfer Bourgeat Excellence Cookware
The Matfer Bourgeat Excellence Series represents the pinnacle of French-made professional-grade stainless steel cookware. Designed for superior durability and exceptional performance, this collection is built to meet the exacting standards of professional chefs and elevate your home kitchen.
What you can expect:
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Even Cooking: These pans are made with a stainless steel body and an aluminum "sandwich" base. This helps the heat spread evenly across the bottom and up the sides, so your food cooks consistently.
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Works on all Stovetops, Including Induction: Matfer Bourgeat Excellence cookware is compatible with all heat sources, including induction cooktops, offering you complete cooking flexibility.
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Durable Design: Crafted in France, this cookware features robust stainless steel construction that is built to last. The reinforced, drip-free rims add to its strength and allow for easy, mess-free pouring. Lifetime warrantied against defects.
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Hygienic & Easy to Clean: Stainless steel handles are designed to stay cool to the touch and are air and watertight, preventing moisture absorption and bacteria buildup.The cookware is NSF certified, which means it meets international food safety and hygiene standards. Plus, it's safe to wash in the dishwasher (although we always recommend hand washing).
If you're looking for cookware that's designed for serious use and built to last, look no further than the Matfer Bourgeat Excellence line. Enjoy a lifetime of joyful cooking with cookware that is designed to provide unparalleled performance.
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Matfer Bourgeat Excellence 11-inch Brasier
A brasier is a wide, low pot with two handles, made for searing a large piece of meat and then braising it in the oven. The 11-inch Excellence brasier holds short ribs, a pot roast or osso buco for four in one layer.The broad base browns meat across its whole surface, and the two welded handles make it easy to move the full pot into the oven. The matching lid is the 28 cm Excellence lid. For a larger braise, see the 12 1/2-inch brasier.
Why a Brasier Rather Than a Stock PotBraising works best when the liquid comes only partway up the meat, so the exposed top browns in the oven while the bottom simmers. A tall stock pot would bury the meat and boil it. The brasier’s low walls and wide base give exactly that shape, and they also make it a good pan for a large batch of risotto, a skillet-style chicken and rice dish or shallow-poached fish for a group. Learn More$201.00 -
Matfer Bourgeat Excellence 11-inch Sauté Pan
An 11-inch sauté pan feeds a family. It holds a whole cut-up chicken in one layer, a large batch of shrimp and pasta or a full recipe of ratatouille, and the high sides keep sauce contained while you toss.The long handle is welded and stays cool on the burner; a full pan of this size is heavy, so lift it with two hands. The matching lid is the 28 cm Excellence lid. For a lower-sided pan of the same diameter, compare the 11-inch brasier.
Cooking for a Crowd in One PanAn 11-inch sauté pan is large enough to make paella for four on a home range, to sear a full tray of scallops without crowding them, or to shallow-fry chicken cutlets in batches of four. Crowding is what turns a sear into a steam, so the extra width shows directly in the color of the food. Because it is the same diameter as the Excellence 11-inch brasier, the two pans share a lid. Learn More$208.00 -
Matfer Bourgeat Excellence 18-quart Stock Pot
The Matfer Bourgeat Excellence 18-quart stock pot has a reinforced no-drip edge, a stainless steel body and welded handles, and it is induction ready. Eighteen quarts is enough for veal stock in quantity, a seafood boil or a pot of pasta for a crowd.Its robust sandwich base has a thick aluminum core encapsulated between two layers of stainless steel, so a full pot heats evenly without scorching at the center. It takes the 28 cm Excellence lid. For an even larger pot, see the 19-quart stock pot.
Large Stocks and BoilsEighteen quarts holds the bones from several chickens or a full batch of veal bones for a restaurant-style stock, or a crawfish or shrimp boil for a backyard party. When the pot is full, lift it with both handles and help, or ladle the stock out before moving it. The welded handles have no rivets inside the pot to clean around when the boil is done. Learn More -
Matfer Bourgeat Excellence 9-quart Sauce Pot
A 9-quart pot covers a large batch of tomato sauce, a pot of chili for a party or blanching vegetables for the freezer. The Excellence sauce pot is wider than it is tall, which helps sauces reduce and makes stirring easier than in a narrow stock pot.Two welded, watertight handles stay cool to the touch, and the rim is reinforced for pouring. The matching lid is the 28 cm Excellence lid.
Reducing a Large BatchWidth speeds reduction. A tomato sauce cooked down in this 28 cm pot thickens faster and more evenly than the same volume in a tall pot, because more of the surface is exposed. That makes the 9-quart pot useful for canning season, for a large batch of Bolognese to freeze, or for a pot of beans that needs to cook down to a thick liquor. Learn More$203.00 -
Matfer Bourgeat Excellence 11-inch (28 cm) Lid
This lid fits all Matfer Bourgeat Excellence pots and pans with item numbers ending in 28. In the pieces we carry, that is the sauté pan, 11 inches, brasier, 11 inches, sauce pot, 9 quarts, stock pot, 18 quarts.It is made of the same heavy 18/10 stainless steel as the cookware, with a welded loop handle, and it is dishwasher safe. A lid matters most for braising and for bringing water to a boil quickly; it also keeps a simmering stock from reducing too fast. Learn More$83.00 -
Matfer Bourgeat Tradition 11-inch Stainless Steel Fry Pan
The Matfer Bourgeat Tradition 11-inch fry pan has a stainless steel body, which is resistant to corrosion, and it is induction ready. The 11-inch size browns four chicken thighs or a pound of mushrooms without crowding.Its sandwich base spreads heat evenly enough to sear across the full pan, and the sloped sides make it easy to slide an omelette or a fillet out onto the plate.For an uncoated pan that seasons instead, compare the Matfer black carbon steel fry pan. Learn MoreRegular Price: $261.00
Special Price $235.00
