Kuhn Rikon, manufacturer of Duromatic pots

" Just as no self-respecting chef would work with substandard ingredients, we only buy the finest raw materials. And we craft our products with the same care and attention to detail that any budding gourmet would put into preparing an exquisite meal."

This is the philosophy of Kuhn Rikon, and I find it exemplary. I like it so much that I actually try to transfer this way of thinking to Claudia&Julia - when I choose the products to introduce to the store, when we give a response to a client, when we package the products to send them... You have to be careful, and transfer care and professionalism to things. That's how I think at least. And for this very reason I trust Kuhn Rikon so much, and I wanted to talk to you about this brand today.

Many of you will be familiar with this name, and you will have probably seen its logo. Kuhn Rikon is a very important company. Although it is a family-run company (with its headquarters in Rikon, Switzerland), it has subsidiaries in Great Britain, Spain and the USA. They sell to more than 40 countries around the world, and maintain close relationships with distributors.

Kuhn Rikon takes care of the entire production process, from product development and design to the distribution of high-quality kitchenware, accessories and utensils, which enable efficient and healthy cooking. When we talk about Kuhn Rikon, we can certainly talk about Swiss quality! They use top-quality steel, have a large part of the production process automated, but check the quality of the product piece by piece at key points, using electronic methods. And with all this, they ensure that they maintain very high quality results. Just think that Kuhn Rikon was the first company in the consumer goods industry to obtain ISO 9001 certification for its quality management!

And if I emphasize quality so much, it is because it is vital to me from the moment their products enter my store... but especially when we talk about pressure cookers. Pressure cookers must withstand very high temperatures and internal pressures, and it is very important for all this to guarantee the quality of the pot. With Kuhn Rikon I am very calm, and I know that anyone who has one of their pots will be too, because it is a pot for life.

You've probably heard of Kuhn Rikon pressure cookers. They are known by their name, "Duromatic". The first one was developed in 1949, was an instant success and its name soon became synonymous with all pressure cookers.

It was the first product exported by Kuhn Rikon, and over the last 60 years it has become the pot that all Swiss people have in their kitchens. In mine too!

Duromatics are still sold today: the pot has been reinventing itself to become better every day.

But pots are just one part of what Kuhn Rikon does today: as I said before, all kinds of kitchen utensils and gadgets. And everything is about design – the company is also famous for its numerous awards for product design. Design and functionality are harmoniously combined according to the motto “Form follows function”. A great example of this is the fondue: it is perfect in its function, and exquisite in its design.

In short, I would like to tell you that Kuhn Rikon makes products of the highest quality and design, and you know that this is transferred to the food.