There’s cookware you hide away in cupboards, and then there’s cookware you style your kitchen around. Our Place has always understood which side of that divide it sits on.
The brand built its cult following on a deceptively simple idea: that you shouldn’t need a different pan for every occasion, and that the ones you do own should be worth looking at. In a market dominated by identikit stainless steel and the same tired black non-stick, it’s a proposition that’s resonated hard.
A lot of that comes down to colour. Our Place offers seven shades across its range :Char, Blue Salt, Steam, Sage, Spice, Butter Yellow and the newly launched Forget-Me-Not Blue — each one bold enough to make you genuinely reconsider what cookware is allowed to look like. It’s a palette that belongs on the hob, not hidden away, and it’s become something of a cultural shorthand for a certain kind of considered, design-conscious kitchen.
But the design would mean very little if the performance wasn’t there. The Thermakind ceramic non-stick coating does exactly what it promises, and it’s worth understanding why ceramic is such a step up. Unlike traditional non-stick coatings, ceramic is mineral based, meaning it heats evenly with no hot spots, doesn’t react with acidic ingredients like tomatoes or citrus, and requires far less oil to do its job. Eggs slide, sauces lift cleanly, and washing up takes about thirty seconds. The Perfect Pot moves from a long Sunday stew straight to the table; the self-basting lid and built-in strainer quietly remove two more things from your washing up pile. The mini versions are genuinely useful too, not an afterthought, but a proper smaller scale pan for eggs in the morning or a quick sauce while the main pot is occupied.
It’s also worth talking about what you’re actually cooking in. The conversation around non-stick cookware has shifted considerably in recent years, PFAS, the synthetic chemicals behind most traditional non-stick coatings, are increasingly being called into question, both for their environmental footprint and what happens when those coatings age and degrade. It’s a debate that’s made a lot of people look differently at the pan they’ve had since university.
I’ll be honest, writing this sent me straight to the kitchen cupboard for a long overdue audit. Three scratched pans, one with a suspiciously wobbly handle, and something I’m fairly certain came with my first flat in 2009. We’re so focused on being sustainable and not throwing things away that we sometimes forget that logic shouldn’t apply to things that might actually be affecting our health.
Our Place sits on the other side of that conversation, the Thermakind coating is entirely free from PFAS, PFOAs, PTFEs, lead and cadmium, and every pan is built from 100% post-consumer recycled aluminium.
If you’re looking for a starting point, the 13-piece set, which pairs the Always Pan 2.0 and Perfect Pot with their mini counterparts, plus a steamer basket, spatulas and spoons, is the most complete introduction to the range. Fewer pieces, doing more, taking up less space.
Shop the Our Place cookware range at fromourplace.co.uk
