The Heritage, Excell 🇬🇧 Hand-made copper cookware, made in Portsmouth. PFAS-free, tin-lined, built to last a lifetime. Shop at https://xitter.cf/t.co/skI04J8LJp

United Kingdom
Joined November 2025
The Heritage Excell HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED 🎉 We're pleased to announce that the Heritage range of copper cookware has today opened it's doors, marking a new milestone for the Excell brand! 🇬🇧 Pre-orders placed during the pre-order window last week will be shipped out this week, and a tracking code will be sent directly to your email We want to thank you again for all your support and kind messages. If you haven't already done so, head on over to our store front via theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop… to purchase your very own Heritage Pan! #TheHeritage
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We’re pleased to welcome @WestDeanStoves as an official display retailer for The Heritage Copper Cookware. Visit their showroom near Chichester to see and handle our copper cookware, crafted in Portsmouth and finished by British specialists. #TheHeritage #MadeInBritain
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Three ways to build a copper kitchen, not just add to it. We've just launched our first curated cookware sets, pans that are already used together in real kitchens, not paired at random. A duo for the everyday cook, a core three piece set for family cooking, and a full run of saucepans for anyone who lives on the hob. Every pan is still hand-spun in Portsmouth and tin-lined by hand by Gameson & Sons, the same as always. The sets are just a more considered way in. Swipe through to see all three. theheritageexcell.co.uk/prod…
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Behind the scenes 👀 Some early progress being made with @heritageexcell as we get things prepared for our first retail display #madeinbritain – at Portsmouth, England
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@heritageexcell induction copper cookware in development 👀. More to be announced soon 🇬🇧 #madeinbritain
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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 theheritageexcell.co.uk/chef…
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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. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop #buyitforlife #sustainablekitchen #nontoxiccookware #pfasfree #heirloomquality
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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 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. theheritageexcell.co.uk
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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. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop
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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. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop #cookingtips #homecook #coppercookware #fryingpan #cookingathome
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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 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. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop
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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. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop
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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 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. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop
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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 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. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop
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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. theheritageexcell.co.uk
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The lining inside every pan from The Heritage, Excell is tin. Not PTFE. Not a synthetic non-stick coating. Not PFAS. Tin has been used as a cooking surface for centuries - it is naturally non-stick at cooking temperatures, non-reactive with food, and completely free of the synthetic compounds now being linked to health concerns in modern coated cookware. When the tin eventually wears after years of daily use, it is re-lined by hand. No replacement needed. No coating degrading into your food. Clean cooking. The original way. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop
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Most kitchen purchases are replacements. A pan that wore out. A coating that failed. A handle that worked loose. You buy the next one, it lasts a few years, and the cycle starts again. Most cookware is designed around that cycle. A pan from The Heritage, Excell is not. 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 kind of purchase. theheritageexcell.co.uk/shop
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Head Chef Gary Pearce has worked at Noma, Le Champignon Sauvage, and In De Wulf. When he tested our copper cookware at 36 on the Quay, he was looking for the things that matter on a professional line - heat response, consistency, control under pressure. "The precision is exceptional." Read the full review - theheritageexcell.co.uk
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British manufacturing is easy to claim and hard to prove. We would rather show it. Our copper is sourced in Britain. It is spun on a lathe in Portsmouth, annealed to restore its softness, and tin-lined by hand near Wolverhampton. The rivets, the handles, the finishing - all British. The hallmark on the base is laser-engraved before the pan leaves our hands. Eight businesses. One hundred and thirty jobs. One pan. theheritageexcell.co.uk
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British manufacturing is easy to claim and hard to prove. We would rather show it. Our copper is sourced in Britain. It is spun on a lathe in Portsmouth, annealed to restore its softness, and tin-lined by hand near Wolverhampton. The rivets, the handles, the finishing - all British. The hallmark on the base is laser-engraved before the pan leaves our hands. Eight businesses. One hundred and thirty jobs. One pan. theheritageexcell.co.uk
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