What You Need to Make the Most of Your Co/Lab Pantry Groceries!

Chef Hat is excited to work with one of the best online food and beverage retailers, Co/Lab Pantry. Co/Lab Pantry is supplying Australian’s with the best food available. And Chef’s Hat wants you to make the most of these wonderful ingredients with the best in cookware, bakeware, and accessories. So today we are going to discuss how you can make the most amazing meals and what you need to make the most of your Co/Lab Pantry groceries!

Who is Co/Lab Pantry?

Co/Lab Pantry is an online food and beverage retailer, based in Melbourne. They launched, initially, as a way to support Victorian businesses and now they bring amazing ready-made meals, cocktails, produce, and pantry must-haves to peoples’ homes across Australia. Through Co/Lab Pantry you can stock your kitchen with over 150 of Australia’s best restaurants and producers right at your fingertips.

Further, Co/Lab Pantry aims to connect locally loved restaurants, cafes, and especially grocers with the wider Australian community, so you can not only buy your favourite products any time you want, but you also know where your food comes from.

Frypans and Skillets

Co/Lab Pantry provide you with some of the best meat, fish, and vegetables that Australia can provide. So you want to make the most of these fantastic ingredients by using the best in frypans and skillets from Chef’s Hat. An example of our high-quality cookware is the Essteele per Salute French skillet. This skillet, perfect for home and professional cooks, combines convenience and performance with the best in non-stick cookware. It is perfect for cooking meat, fish, vegetables, and any family meal you could want. This French skillet is durable, with a diamond reinforced, non-stick surface for superior hardness. And it is super stylish with its ultra-resistant DuraShield that creates an elegant interior while increasing durability where you need it the most. Essteele also created the unique Thermotech handle that turns green when it’s time to start cooking, perfect for beginner cooks and professionals alike! And the non-stick pan means you can cook your Co/Lab meals healthier, without the need for oil or fat! 

Saucepans

A good saucepan is a must in any kitchen, professional or home, and to take advantage of your Co/Lab groceries. Co/Lab Pantry offers the best in pasta, sauces and soups, so you want to enhance these rich flavours with the perfect saucepan from Chef’s Hat. A good example of this is the Endurance saucepan. Induction suitable, this saucepan is ideal for making delicious meals on every cooktop. It features the DuPont Autograph 2 non-stick surface, both inside and outside the pan. This reinforcement improves both durability and performance, as well as making it metal utensil safe.

With hard anodised construction the Endurance is twice as strong as stainless steel, with fast and even heat distribution for perfect cooking performance. It also features Anolon SureGrip handles, riveted with stainless steel construction for maximum security as well as maximum comfort the innovative, durable, ergonomic design provides a soft, cool to the touch, confident grip. It also features a convenient loop for hanging and displaying your saucepan based on your aesthetic needs.

For the perfect balance between functional beauty and durability, the Endurance is the perfect saucepan for all your cooking needs.

Roasters

There is nothing better than a delicious roast at the end of a long day at work. Especially in the middle of a cold winter like this one. Co/Lab Pantry carries the best in beef, chicken, lamb, and pork, from the best butchers around Australia. This is why you need the right equipment to take advantage of these amazing flavours. And why not choose the absolute best in roasting pans from Le Creuset. The Le Creuset cast iron roaster is a versatile enamelled, cast iron roaster that is perfect for all sorts of dishes.

Make amazing roasts and potatoes, to homemade lasagne, and crumbles. The heat resistant knob on top is designed for a better grip, even when using oven gloves to lift the lid. The enamel interior helps make light work of cleaning while the large handles make it easy to move the roaster from oven to table. It is fit for the oven, hob, induction stove and even under the grill – whatever you need to make the perfect meal. And the cast iron construction retains heat for even cooking and browning to ensure your meal stays warmer at the table for longer. Simply cook at low to medium heat to enjoy delicious results.

Stockpots and Casseroles

Casseroles and curries are a staple in Australian diets, summer and winter. They are easy to make and full of amazing flavours. Co/Lab Pantry provides amazing curries, as well as all the ingredients to make your own – and your own casseroles! – from scratch. And you need the right tools to make those flavours zing. Chef’s Hat carries a wide range of professional and home cooking utensils and cookware to make the perfect meal. This includes the Förje Casserole pot. Designed with the high expectations of professional chefs in mind, the Förje is known for its robust construction and heat diffusing performance. It features two grades of stainless steel encapsulating a 5mm aluminium heat diffuser, making this leading-edge cookware ideal for use on all heat sources, including induction sources.

Woks and Paella Pans

Co/Lab Pantry offers the absolute best in Australian seafood. So why not make the most of this amazing seafood by trying out a traditional paella. Chef’s Hat carries a wide range of woks and paella pans to create amazing meals. The Chef Inox Paella pan features the traditional round shape and is made from polished carbon steel. It has low slated sides and two curved handles riveted into the side of the pan.

The pan is kept thin to transmit heat immediately and cook quickly when removed from the heat source, maximising heat control. The bottom of this pan isn’t flat like most but slightly convex and characterised by a lattice of small, shallow dimples allowing the rice to become textured through slight variations in cooking conditions to make the best paella around.

Pizza Trays and Stones

Co/Lab ready-made meals include some mouth-watering pizzas, perfect for weekend family feasts, or that end of the week cheat meal. While you can simply cook your pizza on any old tray in your kitchen, why not make the meal special with Chef’s Hat specialised pizza trays and pizza stones. The Salt & Pepper Pizza Baking Stone will absolutely transform your cosy Friday night pizza. Homemade and frozen pizzas alike are transformed by cooking on a baking stone. It makes for a crispier crust, and you can serve the pizza, still on the pizza stone, right to your coffee table thanks to the included serving rack. This keeps your pizza hotter for longer, to keep that cheese nice and gooey.

Salt & Pepper design with a coordinated look in mind, believing your kitchen tools should be as distinctive as your personal style. This means it is easy to create a kitchen décor at an affordable price.

Baking Dishes

A good baking dish is a must in any kitchen. It is one of the most robust and versatile pieces of cookware, perfect for layered desserts, roasts, sauces, and fillings. Co/Lab has a wide range of desserts, meats, sauces and more, from all around Australia. Make the most of these distinct Australian flavours with professional baking dishes from Chef’s Hat, like the O’Cuisine Glass Roaster baking dish. This high quality, French-made cookware is ideal for everyday kitchen use. It is made from borosilicate glass, the most resistant glass on the market, and the only glass that allows direct usage from freezer to oven. As a result, this cookware is both oven and freezer safe and can be used in the microwave.

It features easy to hold handles to enable easy and safe transportation from oven to table. The dish heats gently and evenly so your meals are cooked evenly and stay hot for longer. The resilient glass is scratch, stain, and odour resistant, making it 100% hygienic and the healthier solution for your kitchen.

Baking Sheets

Baking is a fantastic pastime – and a great way to make those lockdown hours pass by. Co/Lab Pantry has all the pantry needs you could want to create your own, delicious home-baked goods. And Chef’s Hat carries the best in bakeware and baking sheets to take your baking from good to great. We recommend the Mastercraft Bakeware set. Not only can you reclaim your space with this easy stacking set, but you also have everything at hand to create cakes, flans, quiches, and roasts. From beginners to seasoned bakers, you can make whatever you want with this 7 piece set. It includes a large roaster, 2 deep cake tins, 1 sandwich tin, a quiche or flan tin, a raised flan tin, and a shallow tin for tray baking or roasting. These fit together neatly so they only take up the space of one pan, not seven!

Try different trays for gooey brownies or flapjacks, amazing chocolate cakes and lemon tarts, or create the perfect quiche! The world is your oyster with this Mastercraft bakeware set. Each piece is made from heavy-gauge carbon steel, renowned for its strength, durability and even heat distribution for consistent baking. And it is finished with a 100% BPA-free, non-stick coating for flawless food release and fast cleaning.

Bread and Loaf Pans

Taken to baking during the COVID quarantine and lockdowns? For anyone who has tried their hands at bread making, you know that the right equipment and ingredients make all the difference. Co/Lab has curated an amazing list of pantry ingredients, perfect for making any homemade bread you can imagine. Chef’s Hat has a wide range of loaf pans, tins and proofing bowls to make your baking experience even easier.

A great example of this is Brunswick Baker’s oval proving basket. It is made from a natural, durable, food-safe rattan cane. It is ideal for sourdough, as well as any type of bread baking. This sturdy proving basket provides good support and shape to the dough and comes in various sizes to accommodate different sized loaves and dough weights. Both fridge and freezer safe, it is ideal for the professional and home bread maker.

Food Processors

Co/Lab carries the best in Australia’s fruit and vegetables carefully curated and delivered right to your doorstep. There’s nothing better than cooking with fresh fruit and vegetables, straight from Aussie farmers. Which makes them perfect for the soups, stews, smoothies, and super juices you love. Chef’s Hat carries juicers, beverage makers, mixers and food processors to make your life easy. For example, the Magimix Food Processor. This quiet, direct-drive food processor has no belt or gears yet boasts a whopping 1100 wat Commercial Grade Induction motor. All it needs is an On, Off, and Pulse control as the motor automatically draws more power from the electricity supply to keep the spindle turning at a constant speed. This puts professional power at the fingertips of the home cook.

And to make your life easier, Magimix bowls are easy to clean as the bowls and lids are dishwasher safe and made from shatterproof polycarbonate. Fitting and taking off the blades, bowls and lids have been designed to avoid any fiddling or fussing for easy use.

Glassware

Co/Lab has a range of wines from all over Australia and what better way to enjoy them than pairing them with stunning glassware from Chef’s Hat. Definition universal glassware is perfect to suit the largest variety of wines. It is highly functional and versatile and helps to release the aromas of wines, emphasise fruit, and balance tannins in red wines. The Definition range is an evolution between two Spiegelau collections – the Willsberger and the Hybrid. This is a modern collection of thin, machine-made glasses that feel handmade. Definition glasses are as light as a feather, are perfectly balanced, and showcase the wine’s aromas and flavours at their very best. And to make your life easier these crystal glasses are fully dishwasher safe.

Explore the range today at Chef’s Hat to get all your professional kitchen needs.