The Heritage, Excell

The Heritage, Excell The Heritage, Excell hand-makes copper cookware in Portsmouth 🇬🇧 PFAS-free, tin-lined, built to last. Shop at theheritageexcell.co.uk

You do not need to cook professionally to cook with copper.But when Gary Pearce - who has worked at Noma, Le Champignon ...
16/08/2026

You do not need to cook professionally to cook with copper.

But when Gary Pearce - who has worked at Noma, Le Champignon Sauvage, and In De Wulf, and who now heads the kitchen at 36 on the Quay - tests our pans and rates them 10 out of 10, it tells you something about the standard they perform to.

The precision he noticed on a professional line is available in your kitchen at home. That is the point. "When you adjust the heat, the pan reacts instantly - something you simply don't get with most alternatives." Read the full review

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13/08/2026

A pan that gets better with use.

The copper exterior develops patina over time - a natural result of heat cycling that is different on every pan and cannot be replicated on a new one. The tin lining darkens and seasons. The pan becomes more itself the longer you cook with it.

This is what it looks like to invest in cookware rather than replace it.

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Most things you buy for your kitchen are replacements for something that wore out.A pan from The Heritage, Excell is not...
11/08/2026

Most things you buy for your kitchen are replacements for something that wore out.

A pan from The Heritage, Excell is not designed that way. The copper body has no lifespan. The tin lining is re-lined when it wears, not replaced. The pan you invest in today is the same pan your kitchen will still be using in twenty years.

A different kind of purchase. And a different kind of value.

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PFAS - sometimes called forever chemicals - are synthetic compounds used in most modern non-stick coatings. They are cal...
09/08/2026

PFAS - sometimes called forever chemicals - are synthetic compounds used in most modern non-stick coatings. They are called forever chemicals because they do not break down easily in the environment or the human body.

Several countries are now restricting their use in cookware. The evidence connecting them to health concerns continues to grow.

The lining in every pan from The Heritage, Excell is tin. No synthetic compounds. No degrading coating. A cooking surface that has been used safely for centuries. When it eventually wears, it is re-lined by hand.

You should not have to think about what your cookware is releasing into your food.

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06/08/2026

Copper responds the moment you ask it to.

High heat for a proper sear. Backed off instantly for a butter baste. Held steady for a sauce that cannot afford to catch. The pan does not fight you for control - it follows what you do.

That is the difference. Not technique. The tool.

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There is a version of buying cookware that ends.You find the pan that works. You learn how it behaves. You cook with it ...
04/08/2026

There is a version of buying cookware that ends.

You find the pan that works. You learn how it behaves. You cook with it every day for years. And then the coating fails, or the handle works loose, and you start again.

A pan from The Heritage, Excell does not work that way. The copper body has no lifespan. The tin lining is re-lined by hand when it wears - not replaced. The pan you invest in today is the same pan your kitchen will still be using in twenty years.

That is a different calculation.

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PFAS - sometimes called forever chemicals - are a group of synthetic compounds used in most modern non-stick cookware co...
02/08/2026

PFAS - sometimes called forever chemicals - are a group of synthetic compounds used in most modern non-stick cookware coatings. They are called forever chemicals because they do not break down easily in the environment or in the human body.

Several countries are now actively restricting their use in cookware. Awareness of the issue is growing fast.

The lining in every pan from The Heritage, Excell is tin. It contains no synthetic compounds. It has been used as a safe cooking surface for centuries. When it eventually wears, it is re-lined by hand - not replaced. You should not have to think about what your cookware is releasing into your food.

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Most things you buy for your kitchen get cheaper over time, in the sense that you stop noticing what you paid.A pan from...
01/08/2026

Most things you buy for your kitchen get cheaper over time, in the sense that you stop noticing what you paid.

A pan from The Heritage, Excell works differently. The longer you cook with it, the better it performs - the tin lining seasons with use, the copper develops character, the pan becomes more itself. This is not something you buy and forget. It is something you invest in once and cook with for the rest of your life.

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You do not need a professional kitchen to cook with precision. Copper responds to heat the moment you ask it to - and b...
30/07/2026

You do not need a professional kitchen to cook with precision.

Copper responds to heat the moment you ask it to - and backs off just as quickly when you need it to. The sauce that holds at a simmer without catching. The sear that colours evenly because the heat was exactly where you put it. Eggs that set gently because the pan responded immediately.

These are not restaurant results. They are what happens when the pan works with you instead of against you.

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28/07/2026

Made in Britain is easy to say. We would rather show you.

Every pan from The Heritage, Excell is spun by hand from a flat disc of copper on a lathe in Portsmouth. Annealed to restore its softness.

Tin-lined by hand near Wolverhampton. Riveted, finished, hallmarked, and inspected before it leaves our hands.

Eight British businesses. One hundred and thirty jobs. One pan.

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Unit 9/10 Gunners Building, Limberline Road
Portsmouth
PO53BJ

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+442392666456

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