Spec Me Some Pots and Pans!

[Monster]

Hey all,

I'm soon to be finished with putting the kitchen in my house finally, only 18 months after I purchased! Therefore I'm looking to get a decent set of pots and pans as I currently have nothing!

What should I be looking for and what would you all recommend? I can't afford the Le Creset stuff, but wouldnt mind paying a couple of hundred pounds for a decent set that should last. The main drawback is weight, my girlfriend doesn't want a heavy set, and it needs to suit her so she does some cooking also!

 

[Monster]

Don't buy the Raymond blanc Anolon pans, as I've said before we've had these pans for about 4 years now and the coating has come off on our most used ones. They were wonderful to cook with for about 2 years and then they started to show wear, the wok is almost completely knackered now, the surface has gone matt and everything sticks to it like a *******.

I was just looking at the reviews of these and the Jamie Oliver ones from Tefal and people don't seem to be having a good time with them in terms of the non stick coating and outside wear from the dishwasher etc. I would be gutted to buy a decent set and then they only last 6 months!