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Dec 14, 2020 · Le Creuset was founded in 1925 by Belgian artisans Armand Desaegher, a metal casting expert, and Octave Aubecq, a specialist in the process of enameling, with the goal of bringing something new to a sea of functional-but-uninspiring gray and black cookware that was the standard of the Western hemisphere (via Le Creuset).
Nov 19, 2010 · Le Creuset's story began in 1925 in Fresnoy-le-Grand, northern France, where the company's foundry is still based. Two Belgian industrialists – Armand Desaegher and Octave Aubecq – introduced ...
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Nov 20, 2023 · Inside a busy foundry in the small village of Fresnoy-le-Grand, in northern France was where pioneering industrialists Armand Desaegher, a casting specialist, and enamelling expert Octave Aubecq came together in 1925 to crack the code of the cast-iron coloured casserole. Fiery molten iron used in the casting process was the inspiration behind ...
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A culinary French revolution. Le Creuset was founded in Fresnoy-le-Grand, France, in 1925. Industrialists Armand Desaegher and Octave Aubecq took a tough-love approach to cookware, insisting that it be made to the highest standard — even if that meant heating the iron to the unheard-of temperature of 2,862°C before moulding it.
Dec 24, 2021 · The Pennsylvania Dutch invented the Dutch oven — hence the name — in the 1700s, consisting of brass pots with tightly fitting lids. After jet-setting around around the world, the Dutch oven arrived in France in the 1920s, its brass construction switched to cast iron. In 1925, two Frenchmen, Armand Desaegher, a casting specialist, and Octave ...
After their first meeting, Armand Desaegher and Octave Aubecq agreed to collaborate, and together they defined the basic production process of the enamelled cast iron cocotte that we still use today. Once they created a working prototype in 1925, Le Creuset was born.
THE EARLY YEARS (1925 - 1957) In 1924, two Belgian industrialists, Armand Desaegher and Octave Aubecq met at the Brussels Fair. They decided to create a foundry which would enamel various cookware items, and in 1925, Le Creuset was born. That same year, the first French oven, was produced, laying the foundation for what is now an extensive ...
