The Lacanche for Serious Cooks
A Lacanche range cooker is a joy to use, where the heavy-duty platform is engineered to perform in the world's toughest kitchens. The simple and robust French design offers great power as well as control making it the ideal appliance for people who take cooking seriously.
The Lacanche Range Cooker at a Glance
Lacanche is a French range cooker built in the Burgundy village of the same name, on a site with foundry heritage going back centuries. Each cooker is made to order and offered in two styles, the traditional Classic and the contemporary Modern, plus the Open'Cook range for outdoor kitchens. There is a choice of 29 hand-enamelled colours or stainless steel, a selection of trims including brass, chrome, nickel and brushed stainless steel, and an almost endless combination of oven and hob configurations. At Handmade Kitchen Company we design bespoke kitchens around a Lacanche.
A brief history of Lacanche
It all began in the 15th Century, when Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, established a foundry in the village of Lacanche, France. In 1763, local landowner Jean-Baptiste Richard de Curtil constructed a blast furnace in the village, which endured until the French Revolution. In 1796, Jacques Étienne Caumartin, Maître de Forges de Lacanche, began manufacturing cast iron ranges for the growing restaurant and hotel markets. In the early 19th Century the Coste family launched the first models of kitchen stoves, creating the kitchen piano brand Lacanche. Throughout the 20th Century, Lacanche Ironworks continued to manufacture cast iron stoves for stately homes and the professional trade until 1972. André Augagneur purchased the factory in 1981 and, with the help of his family, began the process of focusing on the Lacanche range. Today, the beautiful Lacanche range cooker is still built on the same site. Each one built honours the rich French heritage of innovation and design.
The Collection
Lacanche's Classic Range
Picking a Lacanche from the classic range is a nod to traditional decor where professional performance and extraordinary versatility come together in the centre of the home. It can be chosen from 29 beautiful enamelled colours, or stainless steel. The stunning deep intense colour is easy to clean and will look just as good in twenty years as the day it was fired.
Lacanche's Modern Range
Designed with a contemporary look but filled with all the performance and versatility that the Classic provides. The same choice of 29 hand-enamelled colours and stainless steel applies, so the only real decision is which silhouette suits your kitchen.
Lacanche's Open'Cook Range
How about a Lacanche for your
? The Open'Cook is an integrated free-standing range of cooking designed for your outdoor space. It's a cooking appliance that can cook food alfresco and make entertaining a culinary event. From the Lacanche factory, there is a range of cooking equipment that brings all of the performance of your Lacanche range cooker to your outdoor kitchen. Powerful performance, robust design and built-in safety features. You can choose from either full mobile modules with gas bottle storage or a fully integrated range ready to be installed into your handmade outdoor kitchen furniture.
Two of our favourite Lacanche colours
Chantilly
The perfect marriage between white and ivory, this colour is best known for Chantilly cream, Chantilly lace and Chantilly cake. The colour is almost white but has a softer and slightly warmer hue than pure white. It brings brightness to any kitchen, working well with any hand-painted kitchen cabinet. Pair it with wood to provide a peaceful element to a bold handmade kitchen.
Black Gloss
A rich, true deep black, with a high gloss finish. This hue feels darker than any of their other shades and is extremely versatile, making a statement in any type of kitchen. If paired with white cabinets, it would be the centrepiece of the kitchen and it can also complement dark wood or dark cabinets. Add a brass trim for a small pop of colour and create a classic kitchen combination.
Lacanche ranges in our clients' homes
Lacanche Macon
The Macon is Lacanche's most popular 1000mm wide range consisting of a three-oven combination. Configure the main ovens to your choice and select from several different hob options. Our project in
boasts a Lacanche Macon at the centre and a handmade Traditional Shaker kitchen complementing the French design. The colour our client opted for was ivory with brass trim to match the other detailing found in the space. This iconic range cooker is a nod to the picturesque dockside development that was built in the mid-1980s.
Lacanche Cluny
The Cluny is steeped in history and remains one of Lacanche's best-selling ranges, known for its simple symmetrical design. Working in the busy city of
we find this home renovation complete with our In-Frame Plain Shaker kitchen and a bold Lacanche Cluny range cooker. Opting for the range to be in the colour black with brass trim matched our client's style of fresh and exciting. It looks sensational!
Complementing the French chic style of our
design is the simple symmetrical design of the Cluny range in Ivory with brass trim. We worked with Claire Chanelle on this project updating the space with her dream kitchen.
Lacanche Range Cooker FAQs
What is a Lacanche range cooker?
Lacanche is a French range cooker, hand-built to order in the Burgundy village of Lacanche on a site with foundry heritage stretching back centuries. Each one is made to the customer's specification, combining professional-level power and control with the look of a traditional kitchen piano.
What is the difference between the Classic and Modern Lacanche?
The difference is the styling rather than the performance. Classic has the traditional look, while Modern has a contemporary silhouette. Both offer the same versatility, the same choice of hand-enamelled colours and stainless steel, and the same range of oven and hob configurations.
How many colours does a Lacanche come in?
There are 29 hand-enamelled colours to choose from, plus stainless steel, along with a selection of trims including brass, chrome, nickel and brushed stainless steel. The high silica content in the enamel gives a deep lustre that looks as good in twenty years as it did on delivery.
Which Lacanche model is the most popular?
The Macon is Lacanche's most popular 1000mm wide model, with a three-oven combination and a choice of hob options. The Cluny is another best-seller, recognisable by its simple symmetrical design, and we have installed both in our clients' kitchens.
Where does Handmade Kitchen Company design kitchens around a Lacanche?
We design and hand-build bespoke kitchens around range cookers such as Lacanche from our workshop in Essex, for clients across Essex, Hertfordshire and North London. If you are weighing up range cookers, you may also like our
buyer's guide to ILVE range cookers
, and it is always worth
choosing your appliances as part of the design
so the cabinetry is built around them. Would you like to know more about the Lacanche range cooker and how it can be designed into a Handmade Kitchen Company kitchen? Contact us today, we look forward to hearing from you. We hope this blog has given you some inspiration for your next kitchen project.
