AGA Rangemaster launched four limited edition celebrity designed cookers to celebrate the 300 year anniversary of the Coalbrookdale foundry where all AGAs are born. The launch will form part of the ‘Great British Cooker’ campaign.
• 1 British home ware designer, Emma Bridgewater created this playful polka dot design for Aga .
• 2 Michelin-star winning chef Nick Nairn has designed a tartan Falcon cooker, true to his Scottish roots.
• 3 Singer Natasha Hamilton from Atomic Kitten gave it a delicious twist with a cupcake design.
• 4 Eco designer and TV presenter Oliver Heath has created a patchwork wood-burning Rayburn to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Coalbrookdale foundry where all AGAs and Rayburns are born.
The Aga stove has become a British icon, first introduced in 1929. It was a technological marvel of its time. It's creator Dr Gustaf Dalen was inspired to create a stove capable of "every culinary technique" because his wife was so exhausted by cooking tasks. A man close to our hearts!
A limited edition stove will set you back just under £10,000 (!!!) and is available from Great British Cookers.
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An Aga has been on my dream list for years. But not only are they outrageously pricey -- they basically require you to re-think and relearn all your cooking habits.
That said, I LOVE the polka dot one. But I can barely afford an Emma Bridgewater MUG. :-)
the aga is a dream to look at -- what are the cooking differences?
If only they were 1/4 the price and could be retrofitted to act like a normal gas range...
Perhaps I am not feeling particulaly whimsical today, but these really don't speak to me. They seem frivolous in a bad way. Especially for the price.
I agree with 1GH, seems like a silly indulgence that the owner might become tired with quickly.
I'd like to know what the cooking differences are too...
These remind me of the Pink Bentley Continental that Paris Hilton recently had customized for her: A great way to blow too much money on turning a classic and elegant item into something cheap and tacky.
Here's a bit of info, from the website http://hubpages.com/hub/Aga-Cookers:
"Agas are the only ranges that cook using radiant heat. AGA lovers claim this results in better tasting food because the absorption of radiant heat seals the surface of the cooking food, locking in flavor and juices, while traditional convection ovens, which work by moving hot air, tend to dry food out.
Additionally, because AGAs are always on, there is no need for preheating. You simply start cooking as soon as you are ready.
As you might have guessed, one major difference between AGA cookers and conventional ranges is that the temperatures are preset. Two door models have a burner, roasting oven, and simmering oven. Three door models add a baking oven, and four doors add a warming oven and warming plate. All models have a boiling plate and simmering plate on top. All ovens and plates are preset at certain temperatures, ranging from about 800 degrees for the boiling plate to a gentle 120 for the warmer.
Although this results in some adjustments to cooking styles, it has advantages in terms of energy efficiency."
God, I wish I was rich.
I had the opportunity (misfortune?) to cook with one of these once, and it was a huge nightmare. Cooking multiple dishes, we had to rotate their places in the ovens several times throughout cooking in order to keep them at proper temperatures, and it was still a huge guessing game as to how fast things were really cooking. The burners also have zero control, so you're working with either super-super-super-hot or simmering. I'm sure you get used to it eventually, but I can't imagine wanting to, and for that price!