# Cristel

> <p><strong>Known for:</strong> Stainless steel pots and pans with removable handles, so a full set stacks in one drawer. Castel'Pro for professional kitchens, Mutine and Strate for the home. Indestructible, with spare handles and lids still sold decades later. Expensive, and worth it for stainless purists.<br><strong>Manufactured in:</strong> Fesches-le-Chatel, Doubs, France, 90 percent of production.</p>

The Fesches-le-Chatel factory dates from 1826 and claims the world's first stamped saucepan. Cristel as a company was reborn in 1983 when the workers bought it out as a cooperative. The removable handle system is the signature, and the company will recoat a worn non-stick pan for a fraction of the price of a new one.

https://www.cristel.com