George Wilkinson British Bakeware with GlideX coating – product review
It’s a sign of the times that we want everything lighter. Suitcases, tents, cameras, vacuum cleaners; but that philosophy should not apply to bakeware.
What do I mean by ‘bakeware’? Well, that’s your loaf tins, your cake tins and your flat cookie sheets. If you have ever bought a baking tray from a Pound shop then you will likely have been stricken with a warp. After even the first use the thing will have taken on a curious undulation, a slight curve which isn’t ideal for biscuits or even for standing under a soufflé dish. In short you would soon realise that the £ you spent was a £ wasted.
George Wilkinson British Bakeware has been making baking tins in Lancashire for over 80 years and have a range of tins and trays that will become culinary heirlooms. They are truly heavy-duty and substantial, and made of recycled steel. Nothing half-hearted here – the black coating is non-stick of the highest order and I suspect it’s almost indestructible.
I have several sheet pans for baking biscuits (cookies for my dear US reader). They are thick enough not to have warped but their non-stick surface has long been just a memory. I have spent time and effort lining each sheet with baking parchment, I have greased the bare metal with non-stick spray and I have smeared lard. OK, so the biscuits have not welded themselves to the pan but I have wasted time preparing the tins; and then there is the clean-up.
British Bakeware promises that if you simply use a smear of oil for prep then just a rinse will be sufficient to have these black beauties looking like new. “Yeah, right,” was my cynical reaction. I have heard such claims before, but I must say that it’s true. I first tried some sugary cookies that oozed their sweet buttery juices, which then caramelised on the surface. “Gotcha!” I thought. But a moment under a hot-running tap and the surface was back to its pristine ebony best. This really does work. GlideX coating is bonded directly onto the surface to ensure it keeps performing like new every time. The GlideX is scratch resistant, flake-resistant and virtually indestructible. Tested rigorously by George Wilkinson laboratories and consumers the GlideX coating outperforms all other non-stick brands. Use it a few times and you will notice the difference.
Great British Bakeware with GlideX is the latest collection from this British bakeware manufacturer which offers a wide range of these amazing non-stick products from roasters and pizza trays to spring form cakes tin and pie plates, plus much more.
This bakeware has a 15-year guarantee and I have only had mine a few weeks so I can’t swear to its endurance, but I can say they are the best non-stick tins I have tried to date, and I am grateful for sliding cakes, loose loaves and gliding, freeform tarts, not to mention the time saved in scouring. Well done George Wilkinson British Bakeware!
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Product review by Chrissie Walker © 2018
