A Michelin-Star Chef Explains His Choice
Why Michelin-Star Chef Marc Bouchard Cooks on Hand-Hammered Titanium, and Will Not Put a Coated Pan in His Kitchen
After 15 years in kitchens across the world, Marc Bouchard has cooked on every pan made. Cast iron, stainless, ceramic, copper, every coating on the market. Today he uses one pan, and one only. Here is why.
01 — It Was Never the Chemical. It Was the Coating.
Every coated pan I have owned failed the same way. It scratches, it blisters, and eventually it is in the food. It makes no difference what the coating is made of or what the box calls it. A coating is a layer applied on top of a pan, and every layer applied on top of a pan comes off. The titanium on this pan is not a coating. It is part of the pan itself, so there is no coating on it that can fail.
02 — PFAS-Free, Because There Was Never Any PFAS to Remove
The forever chemicals sit inside most of the cookware sold to us as safe. They build up in the body and they do not leave. Health regulators around the world have been flagging PFAS contamination for years, and restrictions on PFAS in consumer products are already underway. I will not cook with them, in my restaurant or at home. Stonvale is built in three layers. The cooking surface is hand-hammered titanium that lets food go, and it is part of the pan itself, not a coating. Under it is an aluminum core that spreads heat faster and more evenly, and the stainless steel exterior at the bottom makes the pan induction compatible. No PFAS, no PTFE, no PFOA.
03 — Non-Stick Without a Single Chemical
The pan is hammered by hand, and the hammering work-hardens the surface into a fine texture that lifts food off the metal. That is the entire mechanism. Heat it for sixty seconds, add a little fat, and leave the food alone. Eggs slide. Fish lifts away whole. No chemical layer is doing the work for you. Just the metal, the heat, and the food.
04 — Your Pan Is Already Wearing Out. You Just Cannot See It Yet.
Flaking is the end of the process, not the beginning. A coating degrades a little every time it is heated, scraped and washed, long before anything shows. The average non-stick pan lasts one to three years. The titanium cooking surface is not a coating that can wear off. Stonvale's 25-year warranty covers the whole pan, because the titanium is part of the pan itself and not a coating added on top.
05 — One Pan for Everything, Induction Included
Gas, induction, oven and grill. It goes straight from the stovetop into the oven, takes metal utensils without a scratch, and is around 45% lighter than steel. More and more kitchens across the globe are switching to induction, and this pan does not care which heat source it lands on. In a working kitchen you need a pan that does not flinch. At home, with a family to feed, that matters more.
06 — It is honest. That is why I put my name on this deal.
Nothing about this pan is hidden: three layers, with titanium on top, an aluminum core in the middle and stainless steel at the bottom. No coating, no chemical, no compromise. Stonvale was started by a small team who were tired of replacing coated pans. They went looking for an honest pan, could not find one, and had it made with nothing on it. When they asked me to back an offer, this was the only kind of pan I was willing to stand behind. It is what I reach for when I cook for my own family. I think most people, if they knew what was in the alternatives, would feel the same. — Marc Bouchard,
Michelin-Star Chef
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Hand-hammered titanium. No coating. No PFAS. No compromise.
Three layers: a hand-hammered titanium cooking surface that is part of the pan itself, not a coating; an aluminum core that spreads heat faster and more evenly; and a stainless steel exterior that makes the pan induction compatible. This hand-hammered titanium frying pan is naturally non-stick. No PFAS, no PTFE, no chemical coating. The hammered surface releases food on its own, takes metal utensils without a scratch, and goes straight from induction to oven. Around 45% lighter than steel, and backed for 25 years.
Every pan is shaped by hand, so the hammering pattern is never quite the same twice. The titanium cooking surface does not react with what you cook, so there is no metallic taste and no flavour carried from one dish into the next.
There is nothing to scratch, chip or replace. No coating means no expiry date.
One pan. For life.
Non-Toxic Materials +
Stonvale titanium contains none of the following.
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Cook & Cleaning +
Heat the pan on medium for 60 seconds before anything goes in. Add a little oil or butter and let it shimmer. Put the food in and then leave it alone. When it is ready it releases on its own.
Hand wash with warm soapy water. Dishwasher safe, but hand washing is recommended and keeps the hammered finish looking its best. Use medium heat for best results.
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| 9.5" (24 cm) | 6.7" (17 cm) | 1.9" (4.9 cm) | 16.9" (43 cm) |
| 10" (26 cm) | 7.5" (19 cm) | 2.0" (5.1 cm) | 17.7" (45 cm) |
| 11" (28 cm) | 7.9" (20 cm) | 2.1" (5.3 cm) | 18.5" (47 cm) |
| 12" (30 cm) | 9.1" (23 cm) | 2.2" (5.5 cm) | 20.1" (51 cm) |
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