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The very best products from your local independent cookshop

Charming reusable cake standsNot so much cake stands as portable stages for performances by companies of 30 to 40 lovely cupcakes displayed in all their finery. Easy to assemble (so let’s do the show right here, right now), easy to disassemble, easy to store and easy to reuse. Lightweight, colourful, attractive and very affordable. The only difficult choice to make is going to be which colour to have...

P115 Blue Spot Cake Stand £5.75

P116 Pink Spot Cake Stand £5.75

Spotty paper baking casesClassic conundrum: spots or stripes?Easy: spots. Our spotty baking cases are a match for any stripe. At 50mm in size each colour comes in a pack of 54.

P105 Spotty Baking Cases Red £1.99

P106 Spotty Baking Cases Choc £1.99

P107 Spotty Baking Cases Navy £1.99

P108 Spotty Baking Cases Pink £1.99

P109 Spotty Baking Cases China Blue £1.99

Harlequin Edible DrageesThey have always been the best bit, haven’t they? Not the moist cupcake, not the sweet icing, no, the shiny little balls set into the topping. Why? Nobody knows. The only question is: where can you get them? Here, in one handy 25g pack of 4mm charmers.

P101 Harlequin Edible Dragees £3.99 Spot-on sugar pipingsThe finishing touch! And who is not to know that you haven’t piped these edible sugar decorations yourself when they see them on your cakes, biscuits, sponges, in fact anywhere your imagination takes them

P114 Wild rose sugar pipings (4) £2.25

P113 Butterfly sugar pipings (4) £2.25

Dress to perfection ...

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Lovely cupcake treesA cupcake is always nice on its own, or with friends, but like all the best things in life it really comes into its own when presented beautifully. For the true cupcake afficionado these sturdy metal trees, which pack neatly away when the locusts have been at the cakes, come in 15 and 25 cupcake capacities. More than enough for the perfect teatime treat.

P117 25 Cup Cupcake Tree £19.99

P118 15 Cup Cupcake Tree £14.99

Stylish metallic baking casesA bit showy perhaps? Yup. Cupcakes need their moment in the disco lights too. These 50mm cases come in packs of 45. P110 Metallic Cupcake Cases Gold £1.99 P111 Metallic Cupcake Cases Silver £1.99 P112 Metallic Cupcake Cases Pink £1.99

A cupcake bling thingFor that final dressing. Just for show. But what a show! Non-edible hologram glitter. Just because.

P102 Gold Hologram Glitter £2.99

P103 Silver Hologram Glitter £2.99

P104 Pink Hologram Glitter £2.99

... display to charm

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Take the plunge!Precision cupcake coring, filling and topping. Even concealed filling! All of this can be done with the one ingenious cupcake plunger that takes a neat, clean core, and makes for neat, clean filling.

P147 Cupcake Plunger £2.99

Squeezy does itThe mixture is just right, the cases are pristine - how do you get the mixture cleanly into the case and in the right amount? Simple, simply squeeze out measured quantities precisely from the cupcake pen.

P146 Cupcake Pen £8.99

Shaping up just right ...

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Cuter Cookie Cutters!Generously-sized, brightly coloured cookie cutters come in a range of charming, daft and useful shapes for cookies, biscuits and pastries. This is just a small selection, we have many more to hand.

P138 Pink Pig Cutter 8.25 cm £1.75

P139 Baby Blue Foot Cutter 9 cm £1.75

P135 Red Red Heart Cutter) 8.25 cm £1.75

P141 Yellow Star Cutter 7 cm £1.75

P140 Blue Aeroplane Cutter 10 cm £1.75

P137 Green Dragonfly Cutter 9 cm £1.75

P136 Brown Gingerbread Cutter 9 cm £1.75

ChocalotSilicone moulds make shaping your own

chocs, sweets and even novelty ice cubes a real treat. One offers fifteen praline

moulds, the other eight different bug shapes. Easy to use, easy to clean,

they are oven, freezer and microwave safe.

P132 Praline Chocolate Mould £7.99

P131 Bugs Chocolate Mould £6.99

Finest blendEvery good cook knows that the lightest pastry needs as little contact with warm hands as possible. Instead of rubbing in the fat the blades chop and blend it into the flour.

P120 Pastry Blender £5.99

Piece of pie!Clever. Twist the top half of the unit to reveal an easy-to-read analogue dial, stopping when you reach the required number time (up to 1 hour). Let go of the bezel and the clock begins counting

down. You can see how long is left clearly on the graphic

dial. A classic alarm bell sounds to tell you that time’s up. Pie has a silky, soft touch finish. No batteries are required.

P154 Green Timer £11.99

P155 Pink Timer £11.99

P156 Grey Timer £11.99

... to taste divine

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Doing it by the bookThis traditional cast iron cookbook stand is both stylish and practical. Ideal for any busy kitchen, this stand is popular for display purposes. The stand is angle-adjustable and suits a variety of book sizes.

P213 Cook Book Stand Champagne £39.99

P214 Cook Book Stand Green £39.99

On a rollThis is the classic shaped beech wood rolling pin, simple and completely effective. A generous 19” in length, it is designed and manufactured to have just the right weight and circumference to roll out pastry to perfection. And what good cook doesn’t want precisely that?

P184 Patissiere’s rolling pin £7.99

Lattice cutterPies and tart tops gain a professional lattice effect in seconds! Run the roller over the pastry, stretch the pastry over the pie, then glaze and bake as normal. Good for making lattice topped sausage rolls or en croute main courses.

P119 Lattice cutter £5.99

P126 Butcher’s Stripe Apron £15.99

P127 Butcher’s Stripe Gauntlet £12.99

P128 Butcher’s Stripe Oven Glove £14.99

P129 Butcher’s Stripe Apron, PVC, Kids £9.99

Clean and classicIt’s an overused term, but “classic” is exactly the right word to describe the precise lines of the printed cotton Butcher’s Stripe apron and hand wear. The little ones can get in on the act with the small PVC equivalent.

Pastry ScraperSteel blade, ergonomic handle, straight, wide blade to scrape up and collect excess pastry, without unnecessary handling. Simple tool designed to do a simple job perfectly.

P188 Pastry Scraper £6.99

Cooking up a storm ...

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Pure Paella PansFrom Valencia, the home of Paella come these authentic, traditional carbon steel pans. So versatile are they that these generous pans can also cook stews, and fryups. They can be used on top of the stove as well as for cooking in the great outdoors.

P167 Paella Pan 38cm £12.99

P168 Paella Pan 46cm £16.99 Bamboo SteamerOur 100% two tier bamboo steamer delivers minimum loss of goodness with maximum flavour and an oriental style. Simply place on a saucepan of boiling water to steam food to healthy perfection. 8 inch (20cm).

P122 Bamboo Steamer £14.99

ChopsticksReal bamboo chopsticks. Bring the East to your finger tips whilst showing off your chopstick skills to your friends. Pack of 10 pairs.

P123 Chopsticks £0.99

Square Grill PanA thoughtfully designed square grill pan with a

cast base for even heat distribution, a

ribbed surface, a pouring lip

and a stay-cool wooden handle all make for a satisfying

tool for all sorts of culinary tasks.

Healthy Eating Round Grill PanA generously-sized, one-piece cast, ribbed grill pan,

great for today’s healthy, low fat cuisine.

P215 Round Grill Pan 11.5” £24.99

Cast Duo Griddle and GrillSolid, cast piece with both ribbed and flat areas, suitable for all types of cooker (except microwave). The Duo is a good looking item that will grace any kitchen and is generously proportioned at 45.5 cm long x 25.5 cm wide.

P216 Duo Griddle and Grill £32.00

Handy cooking rings

Some of the nicest dishes require the simplest tools - that have to be just exactly right. These muffin and crumpet rings are the right width and depth, no more no less. They do their jobs perfectly.

P171 Muffin Ring £2.50

P170 Crumpet Ring £2.75

P217 9.25” Square Grill Pan £16.99

... with heat and steam

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Berry TagineWith its deep, cast base and gorgeous berry ceramic top, this is both a very practical tagine and one of the most attractive that we have seen.

P218 Berry Tagine £57.99

Super Steel Stock PotEverybody should have a Stock Pot - this one. With its vented glass lid, big 9.5 Litre capacity, thick base for even heating, suitability for all hob types and dishwasher safety it’s a great piece.

P211 Stock Pot 24cm £29.99

Big Jam PanCould not be better suited to its task. The maslin pan with its fold-down/lock-up handle, traditionally used in making preserves is probably perfect. It has stainless construction for durability, thermic base for even heat distribution, pouring lip, dishwasher safe

P206 30 cm Maslin Pan £39.99

SuperstoreThis is brilliant! Three pans and their handles nest closely together and even the lid handles fit into each other like a glove. Tidy.

P205 Stellar Easy Store Saucepan Set £87.50

Steaming!The clever multi-steamer inset turns any 16, 18 or 20 cm saucepan into a healthy, modern steamer with a vented glass lid. Dishwasher safe.

P207 Multi-steamer inset £11.99

Stone LoveA three piece set for baking pizza to perfection and serving it beautifully. Set includes a 35 cm stone, chromed trivet and a pizza cutter with wooden handle.

P130 Pizza Stone £12.99

It’s all in the ...

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Mincer proThis sturdy, manual mincer is easy to assemble, has two interchangeable blades for fine or coarse mincing and comes with pusher device for meat. Easy to clean and dishwasher safe. A sausage attachment, sold separately, helps turn the mincer into your very own sausage machine!

Garlic RockerHas there ever been a perfect garlic crusher? Could this be it? The rocker is quick, effective and easy to use and, crucially, easy to clean.

Washing the hands with the rocker under running water can help

remove garlic odours. Dishwasher safe.

P148 Garlic Rocker £15.99

Stretch Silicone Pot StandsNot even the humble trivet is safe from reinvention. The stretch silicone pot stand is compact although it can stretch to support a casserole, flexible and withstands temperatures up to 340°C. Available in Green, Black and Pink.

P157 Stretch Silicone Pot Stands £12.99

Dial-up Spaghetti MeasuresTime-honoured method: grab the spaghetti in one hand and guess if it’s about the right amount for the mouths you have to feed. New method: dial in the amount you need and fit the spaghetti into the aperture.

P150 White Spaghetti Measure £7.50

P151 Green Spaghetti Measure £7.50

P152 Grey Spaghetti Measure £7.50

P153 Red Spaghetti Measure £7.50

High Precision Cuisipro Rasps

The etched stainless steel blades grate optimally for their intended ingredient. Handles are ergonomically designed. The parmesan rasp is designed for use with hard cheeses and creates a fine powdery grating. Dishwasher safe.

P159 Fine Rasp (Lime tip) £10.99

P160 Extra Coarse Rasp (Orange tip) £10.99

P161 Parmesan Rasp (Yellow tip) £10.99

P133 Mincer Pro £26.99

P134 Mincer Pro Sausage Attachment £2.99

... preparation

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Mini Spoon ColandersColanders are traditionally designed for two-handed use, but sometimes you just need to drain a small quantity. The spoon colander fits the bill, and one hand, perfectly.

P163 White Spoon Colander £2.99

P164 Red Spoon Colander £2.99

P165 Green Spoon Colander £2.99

P166 Black Spoon Colander £2.99

TV Chef’s Choice Beech Board

Professional Knife Block SetThis thoroughly professional block set from Zwilling J.A. Henckels includes top quality Chef’s (8”), Bread, Utility and Paring knives, accompanied by a Sharpening Steel, Scissors and a fine wooden block for storage. To complement the set itself is a richly detailed and beautifully illustrated book of knife skills for both novice and expert.

Crepe ToolsHandling light-as-a-feather crepes can be

tricky. Get the right tools and it’s a breeze. The

lightweight beech wood spatula and rake are the

ideal tools

P186 Crepe Spatula £3.99

P185 Crepe Rake £3.99

Clever ReamerNearly too clever for its own good, this one. The ergonomically structured Catcher solves the time-honoured problem that normal reamers deliver a great big mess of pips, pulp and juice all together. With this reamer the pips collect in the receptacle while the juice drains cleanly through the holes in the collector, just where you want it to go!

P149 Catcher £8.99

P226 Knife Block Set £199.00

As used on many TV cookery programmes this FSC Oiled Beech Wood board comes with a three year guarantee. It has a safe, hygienic surface and is “sympathetic” to knife edges. Fully reversible, it has two finger grooves to ease lifting. Length 380 x Width 305 x Height 40mm.

P182 TV Chef’s Choice Beech Board £29.99

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Padova FlasksThese elegant flat glass Italian flasks present the perfect storage solution for freshly squeezed fruit or vegetable juices (or Sloe Gin, perhaps) as the top clips down to create an airtight seal for minimum loss of goodness. Available in two useful sizes.

P145 Padova Flask 500ml £4.50

P144 Padova Flask 200ml £3.50

Coloured Venezia FlasksReally lovely coloured glass bottles with oil pourer tops. Available in four charming colours: Red, Blue, Green and Yellow, all with 350 ml capacity. Helps to dress any summer table with a splash of colour. Hand wash only.

P142 Venezia Flasks £3.50

Jelly Bag With StandJust clip the metal stand to the preserving jar and the nylon bag will help strain every last drop of goodness for your jam.

P125 Jelly Bag £7.99

Bodum Coffee Presses

Simpler than this it does not get. Take

fresh ground coffee, boil water, put coffee

and water in the press, press. Hey presto, not

quite instant, but much better than Instant, coffee

P198 Brazil Coffee Press 3 cup £14.99

P199 Brazil Coffee Press 8 cup £19.99

Enamelled Coffee PotHow evocative is this? How many films have you seen where the hot pot comes off the hob/camp fire/range to pour a steaming mug? This is the one.

P219 Coffee Pot (Champagne) £11.99

Butter MuslinThis washable, pure muslin cloth has culinary uses from straining jelly and jam, to wrapping steam puddings and making your own bouquet garnis. A generous 99cm x 96cm in size.

P124 Butter Muslin £4.99

... where the heart is

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Apple corer and peelerTop gadget, loved by kids, and the really healthy option. The fiendishly ingenious device sucks down onto a flat surface with its suction base, holding it secure while the handle turns the screw mechanism and simultaneously peels, cores and slices the apple. Wow!

P121 Auto Apple Peeler £15.99

Cheese WireThe classic cheesmakers’ cheese wire. Steel wire 32” long with nylon handles for great grip. This device can cut the biggest truckle and is unfazed by any but the hardest cheese. Kind to cheese boards too.

P183 Cheese Wire 32” £2.50

Classic Capstan GrindersLooking good on the table! These classic capstan-shaped acrylic mills have attractive steel heads and come with guaranteed mechanisms.

P190 Capstan Salt Mill £19.50

P191 Capstan Pepper Mill £19.50

Acacia Mill Rest

An attractive solution to a messy little problem - salt and pepper dust on the table. This mill rest will cater for most mills on the market.

P181 Acacia Mill Rest £2.99

Daily grindMost Pestle & Mortar combinations are too big. All you want to do is to crush a smidgeon of something. This sweet little marbley version at 7 cm in size fits the tool to the task.

P212 Pestle & Mortar £7.50

Nutmeg MillTricky little things to grate, actual nutmegs. There are tiny little metal graters which can involve a bit of grated finger too, or there is this simple and elegant acrylic crank handled device. All you do is turn the handle!

P189 Nutmeg Mill £15.99

Sundae Spoons... and then it gets worse - you need a sundae spoon or even just a teaspoon, or a few of them. You guessed it, they’re here as well!

P209 Sundae Spoon £2.99

P210 Small Tea Spoon £1.99

Latte GlassesYou can get a latte almost everywhere these days and many of us have the wherewithall to make our own delicious lattes at home, but where are all the special latte glasses? Here! Phew!

P143 Latte Glasses Pair £5.99

Salad ServersTwo become one with this

ingenious salad server set. The unit’s two separate serving utensils

lock neatly together, creating a single element for convenient storage or for use as one large serving spoon. Both stylish and practical, the set is made from durable SAN plastic, which looks great and is also dishwasher safe. Available in Pink, Clear, Green and Grey.

P158 Salad Servers £8.50

Butter KnifeOdd, but try to find a simple butter knife, on its own, not part of a set and it’s well, tricky. But not here.

We have this classic stainless steel knife, just to solve

that problem.

Right tools for the job ...

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Oysters, Escargots and CrabsTricky to handle, all of them, but we have the tools you need. The Oyster Clog grips the oyster for opening with the knife, the crackers grip and crack, the tweezers solve an age-old problem, while the tray presents the escargots at their best, the tongs really get to grips with them, while the fork gets right in where the escargot lurks.

P195 Oyster Clog and Knife £8.50

P197 Crab Claw Crackers £6.99

P196 Fish Bone Tweezers £11.99

P194 Escargot Fork £1.99

P193 Escargot Tray £12.99

P192 Escargot Tongs £3.99

P208 Butter Knife £1.99

... bright tools for the job

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Glorious ToasterThe Bistro toaster built from robust stainless steel with a unique, rubberised, coloured finish (several colours are available) brings a bold splash of colour to the kitchen along with a mission to toast to perfection. The variable browning button lets you set the two-slice toaster to your preferred browning, delivering perfectly toasted bread every time. It incorporates both a pop-up warming rack and a removable crumb tray.

P204 Bistro Toaster £49.00

Handy Hand MixerThe powerful 5-speed Bistro Hand Mixer is constructed from stainless steel, plastic, rubber and silicone. It not only looks fabulous in a variety of colours, it takes care of business. The cord rolls up inside the mixer for easy storage, so it’s very practical too.

P203 Bistro Hand Mixer £45.00

Bistro Blade Coffee GrinderBodum bring style and a dash of colour to a timely task - grinding the beans right before making the coffee. No delay will do. No lack of style will do either. The rubberised finish is very smart in the kitchen.

P202 Bistro Blade Coffee Grinder £29.00

Bright Morning KettleNothing says “morning” like a happily boiling kettle and no other kettle is as bright as the Bistro. With a capacity of 1.5 Litres, cordless jug and

fill-depth window the Bistro, available in a variety of colours,

can brighten any kitchen and any morning. Note that unlike the rubberised Bistro items the surface of the kettle is not matt.

P201 Bistro 1.5 Litre Kettle £35.00

Clever Knife BlockA smart match with the other Bistro items, approaches knife storage in a different way to the “just one slot for each knife” approach. Filled with a myriad of very fine plastic sticks the block allows any knife to sit anywhere in the block - tight and secure. The block’s casing is made of plastic. Its silicone feet anchor it firmly.

P200 Bistro Knife Block £39.00

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Pasta Recipe PLatesThese “recipe” plates have been

outstandingly popular since their first introduction. The matching large Pasta Italiana serving bowl holds four portions for the individual bowls. Beautifully gift boxed, the Italian inspired design features additional pasta recipes. The set of four pasta bowls each feature a different Italian

pasta recipe in the design.

P223 Pasta PLates Set of 4 £34.99

P224 Pasta Serving Dish £34.99

Cheese as ArtThe large 28cm, gift boxed, Camembert Cheese platter comes with a porcelain handled stainless steel knife. An attractively designed gift-boxed set for cheese lovers! The set of four individually designed Camembert plates (with inglazed designs to give an antique finish) make a matching present for a cheese fiend. The Camembert baker is for the real cheese fiend.

P221 Camembert Plates Set of 4 £23.99

P222 Camembert Platter & Knife £29.99

P225 Camembert Baker £14.99

Chicky Salt & Pepper ShakersIf these don’t put a smile on your face over breakfast what will? They are just, well, daft, really, but good daft.

P220 Chick Feet Salt & Pepper £6.99

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... just right

The warmth of sustainable corkHome is where the heart is, so home is where these lovely warm pot stands/table mats should be. Like the other often sought, seldom found products in this range they come from sustainable FSC sources. Cork, the warmest of barks, is by its nature sustainable, so it is a great choice for those who care for the environment. Alongside the hearts can be found large rectangular table mats and smaller round and square coasters. The warmth of cork for every need.

P176 Round Coasters (6) £2.99

P177 Square Coasters (6) £2.99

P178 Rectangular hotpot/table mats (2) £8.99

P179 Heart-shaped hotpot/table mats (2) £5.99

Street Party - the big breakfastIt will be flags out everywhere for 2012 with the Royal Jubilee in June with the Olympics hot on its heels in July and August. Street Party brings you a wonderful collection for the brightest breakfasts ever with not just the all-important Teapot, Mug (it has to be a mug) and Cosy, but even a cosy for the little flag-waving Egg Cup itself!

P172 Street Party Teapot £19.99

P173 Street Party Mug £5.99

P174 Street Party Tea Cosy £11.99

P175 Street Party Egg Cosy £3.99

P180 Street Party Egg Cup £3.99

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Essential Winter Warmers

Aladdin Bento.The Bento lunch box takes packed lunches to a new level, homemade food on the go has never been easier or more stylish: - Contents stay hot or cold for up to 4 hours- Internal divider keeps food separate

Adult Bento Our price £19.99 Child Bento Our price £8.99

Classic Vacuum Food Jar 0.5lt. - Double wall stainless steel vacuum insulation no liners/coatings- Keeps contents hot/cold for 12 hours- 0.35l insulated lid doubles as bowl- 100% leak proof

Our price £22.99

Quickstop Vacuum Bottle 1ltr. - Double wall stainless steel vacuum insulation, no liners/coatings- Keeps contents hot/cold 24 hours- Anti roll sturdy design, stays put, wont roll- Insulated lid doubles as .24l bowl- 100% leakproof

Our price £29.99

Stanley Classic I ltr.The Classic line has been and continues to be the professionals choice from construction sites to the outdoors.- Keeps contents hot/cold for 24 hours- Durable rust-proof finish- 100% leak proof

Our price £27.99