As any chef will tell you, when it comes to whipping up just about any meal, all you really need are the basics: a sauté pan, a saucepan, a cast iron skillet, and maybe a ceramic baking dish if you’re feeling fancy. If you can score all of these essentials from French cookware brand Le Creuset, you’re bound for success in the kitchen. The only downside is that, unlike plenty of other quality cookware companies, Le Creuset rarely sells its must-haves in sets. Yes, every now and then, you’ll find a pair of baking dishes or a trio of pans, but like we said, it’s rare. So imagine our surprise when we discovered a 170-piece set of seemingly every Le Creuset product ever made on, you guessed it, Costco.
Normally, we’d happily list all of the product names included in a set, but we just don’t have that kind of time or word count for this particular set, so we’ll rattle off a few of the most important: various Dutch ovens, baking dishes, sauté pans, skillets, drinkware, and more. The best part? The set is swathed in one of the brand’s best and most popular colors: Marseille, a bright and oceanic blue.
For anyone considering snapping this up, we’ll be the first to warn you it’s not cheap. In fact, it’s $5,000. However, when you think about all that you’re getting, you’re basically stealing this set. Here’s how we’d break it down: Le Creuset’s signature enameled cast iron round 4.5-quart Dutch oven goes for $390, which is roughly a twelfth of the price of the massive set from Costco. Not only are you getting way more than 12 pieces from that set, but you’re getting 14 times that! Like we said, it’s a steal. Now that we’ve done the math for you, all you have to do is figure out where to store all of these pieces. If, on the other hand, you don’t feel like you need nearly 200 Le Creuset pieces, feel free to snag a few of our favorite standalone products below.
Le Creuset Le Creuset Stoneware Heritage Covered Rectangular Casserole, 4 qt. (12" x 9"), Marseille
Le Creuset Steel Stockpot
Le Creuset Saucepan in Marseille
Le Creuset Silicone 5-Piece Utensil Set
Le Creuset Stoneware Heritage Set
Le Creuset Petite Salt and Pepper Mill Set
Jessica Cherner is House Beautiful’s Associate Shopping Editor, a role she’s honed since joining the editorial team in September 2022. Since then, she’s been testing and reviewing viral products, carefully curating timely gift guides, and tapping her vast network of interior designers to weigh in on decorating debates that often have the Internet divided. Though most of her day-to-day is product-focused, every now and then, she manages to publish a few home tours, which are the types of features she has written over the course of her eight-year career and in previous roles at 1stDibs and Architectural Digest. In her current role as a shopping editor, Jess has mastered the art of swapping decor in and out of her own New York City apartment to fulfill her seemingly never-ending quest for the perfectly styled space.
