La Cornue

La Cornue is a French manufacturer of premium ovens and cooking ranges. The company was founded in Paris in 1908 by Albert Dupuy, a Parisian herbalist and perfumer who sought to design an oven suited to a new form of natural gas then being introduced in Paris. Dupuy used the circulation of hot air inside the oven to create a more effective cooking appliance than the alternatives available at the time. The resulting product, known as the Rôtisseuse-Pâtissiere La Cornue, established the brand's connection with specialized cooking performance and distinctive range design. The business remained closely associated with the Dupuy family as it developed. In the 1950s, André Dupuy succeeded Albert Dupuy and oversaw a period of modernization. During this era, La Cornue introduced the 5 Etoiles, or 5 Star, range. The product represented an effort to broaden and modernize the company's offering while retaining its focus on cooking equipment rather than becoming a general household-appliance manufacturer. A further modernization followed Xavier Dupuy's takeover in 1985. Despite these changes, La Cornue continued to operate as a relatively small specialist business, with the reference material describing a workforce of approximately 60 people. Its identity has therefore been based less on mass-market scale than on premium positioning, specialist manufacturing, and the visual and functional character of its ranges. La Cornue's principal product families are Château, CornuFé, and CornuChef. These lines cover the company's core oven and cooking-range activities. The Château range is associated with La Cornue's traditional high-end positioning, while CornuFé and CornuChef extend the brand's range of cooking appliances. The available reference material does not provide detailed specifications, pricing, production volumes, distribution figures, or a complete account of the company's international sales network. In 2015, The Middleby Corporation acquired Aga Rangemaster Group, whose businesses included La Cornue. This placed La Cornue within a larger kitchen-equipment group while preserving its identity as a specialist French brand. La Cornue is consequently best understood as a premium cooking-appliance brand with a long French history, a strong family-business heritage, and a product portfolio centered on ovens and ranges.

La Cornue began in Paris in 1908, when Albert Dupuy developed an oven for a new type of natural gas being used in the city. Dupuy was a herbalist and perfumer rather than an established appliance executive, and his design work focused on making more effective use of hot-air circulation inside the oven. The first product was called the Rôtisseuse-Pâtissiere La Cornue, a name that described its roasting and pastry-cooking purpose. The early innovation gave the company its central identity: designing dedicated cooking equipment around oven performance and the needs of serious home cooks. Rather than expanding into a broad catalogue of unrelated domestic appliances, La Cornue remained associated with ovens and ranges. Its subsequent history was shaped by the Dupuy family and by periodic modernization of the business. In the 1950s, André Dupuy succeeded Albert Dupuy. Under André's leadership, the company was modernized and introduced the 5 Etoiles, or 5 Star, range. This period marked an important product-development stage, combining the company's established cooking focus with a more contemporary range offering. Xavier Dupuy took over in 1985 and continued the modernization process. The company nevertheless remained relatively small; the available account describes it as having about 60 employees. This combination of modernization and small scale helped preserve La Cornue's profile as a specialist manufacturer rather than a mass-market appliance producer. The brand's later portfolio came to include three principal oven or range families: Château, CornuFé, and CornuChef. These lines form the core of La Cornue's contemporary product identity. The reference material does not establish detailed launch dates for each family, nor does it provide enough information to describe their individual specifications, retail prices, manufacturing locations, or sales territories reliably. A major corporate change occurred in 2015, when The Middleby Corporation acquired Aga Rangemaster Group. La Cornue was included in that transaction. The acquisition connected La Cornue with a larger international kitchen-equipment group while leaving the brand's historical identity centered on French premium cooking appliances. The available sources do not provide a later ownership change or evidence that the brand has been discontinued.

• 2015

  La Cornue enters The Middleby's portfolio

  [1]La Cornueen.wikipedia.org

  The Middleby Corporation acquired Aga Rangemaster Group, which included La Cornue.

• 1985

  Xavier Dupuy takes over

  [1]La Cornueen.wikipedia.org

  Xavier Dupuy assumed control and continued the modernization of the small specialist manufacturer.

• 1950

  André Dupuy succeeds Albert Dupuy

  [1]La Cornueen.wikipedia.org

  Leadership passed to André Dupuy during a period of company modernization. The 5 Etoiles range was also introduced in this era.

• 1908

  La Cornue is founded in Paris

  [1]La Cornueen.wikipedia.org

  Albert Dupuy founded the company to develop an oven compatible with a new natural-gas fuel used in Paris.

• 1908

  The first La Cornue oven is developed

  [1]La Cornueen.wikipedia.org

  Dupuy created the Rôtisseuse-Pâtissiere La Cornue, using hot-air circulation to improve cooking performance.

High-end French cooking equipment emphasizing specialist oven engineering, range design, heritage, and premium kitchen positioning.

• Cooking range and oven family

  Château

  Château is one of La Cornue's three principal contemporary product families. It represents the brand's traditional premium range-and-oven offering and is part of the product architecture for which La Cornue is known. The supplied reference does not provide verified information about individual configurations, dimensions, prices, or launch dates.

• Cooking range and oven family

  CornuFé

  CornuFé is a principal La Cornue range and oven family. It extends the company's premium cooking-equipment portfolio beyond its historic product name while retaining the brand's focus on dedicated kitchen cooking appliances. The available material confirms the family as part of La Cornue's current product range but does not supply detailed technical specifications or product-generation history.

• Cooking range and oven family

  CornuChef

  CornuChef is one of La Cornue's three stated oven and cooking-range families. It belongs to the brand's high-end kitchen-equipment portfolio and reinforces La Cornue's specialization in premium cooking appliances. No reliable launch year, configuration details, or market-specific availability information is provided in the reference material.

• Cooking range · 1950

  5 Etoiles

  The 5 Etoiles, or 5 Star, range was introduced during the 1950s after André Dupuy succeeded Albert Dupuy. It formed part of the company's modernization and broadened La Cornue's range offering while maintaining its emphasis on specialist cooking equipment.

• Oven · 1908

  Rôtisseuse-Pâtissiere La Cornue

  The Rôtisseuse-Pâtissiere La Cornue was the company's first oven, developed by Albert Dupuy in 1908. It was designed around the circulation of hot air and intended for roasting and pastry cooking. The product established the technical and culinary direction that shaped the brand's later range and oven business.

• 2015

  Acquisition through Aga Rangemaster GroupM&A

  Background

  La Cornue was part of Aga Rangemaster Group when The Middleby Corporation acquired the group in 2015.

  Action taken

  The Middleby Corporation acquired Aga Rangemaster Group, bringing La Cornue into its corporate portfolio.

  Aftermath

  The transaction connected La Cornue with a larger kitchen-equipment company. The supplied sources do not describe subsequent changes to the brand's product lines or operations.

  Source

1. 1La Cornueen.wikipedia.org