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If you’re an Ina devotee like I am, then you know how important it is to outfit your kitchen with the right tools and cookware so that you can cook like the queen herself. Channeling my inner Barefoot Contessa while I whip up her recipes is my happy place. Whether roasting a chicken, searing a steak or frosting a cake, Ina knows just the right kitchen equipment for the job and luckily she doesn’t shy away from sharing her tried and true favorites.
You’ll feel more confident in the kitchen with Ina-approved cookware, plus it’s as close as you can get to living your best life in East Hampton. If only you could buy a Jeffrey to enjoy the meal with.
To get you cooking like Ina, we rounded up the gear the Barefoot Contessa personally uses and recommends on her website so you can start optimizing your kitchen and cooking like a pro.
Le Creuset Dutch Oven
When it comes to cookware, trust the French. Ina loves her Le Creuset 5.5 quart dutch oven when making soups, stews and braising.
When Ina needs to blend a frozen co*cktail or puree a soup, she relies on her trusty Waring blender. This old-school glass blender oozes high-quality performance.
Good quality knives are an investment, but it can save you from replacing ordinary sets every few years. Ina loves her WÜSTHOF knives which don’t corrode and resist dulling. You’ll love slicing and dicing with these knives as you prep your favorite Ina recipe.
The KitchenAid stand mixer is beloved by Ina Garten and many other chefs. It comes in an array of colors so you can pick the perfect shade that fits your kitchen aesthetic.
Ina loves her All-Clad stainless steel cookware and has had some of her All-Clad pans for over 40 years. She loves that it cooks food evenly, keeps the heat and is easy to clean.
Ina is not above kitchen efficiency, and when it comes to prep jobs like chopping, slicing or kneading dough, she relies on her Cuisinart food processor to get the job done.
A Lodge cast iron skillet is another kitchen essential that Ina endorses. She relies on her skillet when making her skillet-roasted lemon chicken, steakhouse steaks and panko crusted salmon.
All-Clad features a selection of high-quality, long-lasting kitchenware. From top-of-the-line roasting pans to multipot steamers, All-Clad offers variety. However, Garten is often spotted using (and raving about) the line's stainless steel products.
Garten reportedly uses half sheet pans for everything from cooking vegetables to baking brownies to roasting her famous “engagement chicken,” which even worked for Meghan Markle. And according to enthusiastic Amazon buyers, you can't go wrong with HeroFiber's version.
The GreenPan Premiere collection is the brand's most advanced nonstick cookware to date, and to relaunch this line the brand teamed up with chef Bobby Flay. "GreenPan Premiere has become my favorite nonstick cookware hands down," says Flay.
She also loves cast-iron dutch ovens for soups, stews and braised meats. "I make my own so I can pick the colors and be the boss of the shape," Rach quips. As for non-stick, she uses cookware made with hard anodized material.
No matter what the size though, you can easily tell them apart by the inch-high rim around the entire edge of the pan. This rim is not only great for keeping juices and liquids in the pan, but it helps trap smaller vegetables and cubes of meat.
Scanpan is a Danish company, but you can buy the cookware from various retailers worldwide —also online; pricey though. It's made of steel-clad aluminum, so it works on induction cooktops, uses a PFOA and PFOS-free non-stick coating.
Another, pricier option is the White Dinnerware set from Pillivuyt, a French brand Ina recommends for serving ware as well. Aside from the simple, clean lines, both sets are dishwasher-, microwave-, and oven-safe, a must in Ina's—and our—book.
In a New York Times video, Garten gives viewers a peek into her kitchen, pointing out her food-prep essentials — including the Oxo scale. "I use it all the time," she says. "If something says 'five ounces,' and you want it to be really five ounces, it's really helpful to have a kitchen scale."
No table is complete without flatware, and Garten's silverware of choice is a brand called Chambly; she shared on Instagram that she uses it daily! However, if you can't afford the higher-priced version, there's no reason to fret: It's just plain flatware.
So when a man from Enterprise, Alabama wrote Garten to ask what brand of butter she used for cooking, she responded with great intel all of us could use: She often goes with Cabot Creamery's butter — before diplomatically adding that “there are many good brands of butters available.”
Olio Santo California Extra Virgin Olive Oil. A light, cold-pressed California oil that fans say is tasty enough for fancy recipes and straight-up dips alike yet affordable enough for everyday meals. And did we mention, it's Ina Garten's choice!
Steel-Cut Oatmeal. Ina Garten says she's eaten the same breakfast every day for ten years. She loves Irish oatmeal, also known as steel-cut oats. Nutritious and delicious, no one should ever doubt Ina's taste.
Stainless steel is a highly durable material and doesn't chip, peel or scratch easily like soft metals such as aluminium. As chefs have to handle vigorous, pan-clanging cooking day in and day out, they tend to lean toward stainless steel cookware instead of aluminium cookware.
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