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E.Dehillerin
Categories: Shopping Wholesale Stores Shopping Home & Garden Kitchen & Bath Wholesale Stores, Kitchen & Bath [Edit]
18 rue Coquillière75001 Paris
Neighbourhood: Châtelet - Les Halles
01 42 36 53 11
- Nearest Transit:
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Les Halles
Louvre - Rivoli
Étienne Marcel
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 9 am - 12:30 pm
Mon-Fri 2 pm - 6 pm
Sat 9 am - 6 pm
- Price Range:
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€€€
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
14 reviews for E.Dehillerin
11 reviews in English
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Review from Kathleen K.
1/22/2012
This place is an absolute gem - you won't find anything like it in the States. I shop here very time I visit Paris. They have a wonderful selection of pots and pans, baking supplies, hand tools... pretty much everything you would ever need. I go for the wooden spoons - so simple, but really durable and the perfect shape for mixing and deglazing.
The staff is also helpful, and they clearly enjoy being there. I just love this shop, it's so special. -
Review from Deborah H.
5/21/2012
Come here to just look. Buying can be a challenge since it is mostly industrial size (and weight) restaurant equipment and you have to pick out the item, get it written up and priced and then pay in separate transactions.
There are some nice small items thou especially if you bake or prepare small tastes.
Read David Lebiovitz for his essays on moving to France and trolling the stores for his kitchen (he is world famous dessert maker but also a great writer).
Les Halles Metro (western end). -
Review from Miriam B.
11/10/2011 7 photos
Coming to this store on our annual Paris vacation was my Mothers idea. I had to thank her because it was the best shopping experience I had on our trip!. If you love to cook and are a foodie likee than coming here is a must!. We were waited on by Franck. He was so kind and helpful without being pushy. Franck was charming. I found so many wonderful tools that I couldn't wait to come home and use!. Even though the Euro is pricey I found a bunch of good values, great pans for baking, china, knives and cooking utensils!. I'm going back for sure next yr!.
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Review from Ming T.
11/18/2010
I was lucky enough to get into the Paris study abroad program that my college offered. It was a great opportunity and I wished it was longer and I wish I had more money now so I can go back...
Anywhoo, it was my professor who brought the whole class here. Walking around the store, I wished I had more money to have purchased more. I just bought a rectangular tart pan. I forgot how much it was but it was well worth it.
Now, I know I bought this in 2007 but today was my first time unwrapping the pan...(I know, GASP!!!) But I am glad that I kept it for this long because if I had unwrapped it back in 07, I wouldn't have notice or remembered (the name of the business) or where I had got it from...Their address and name of business is on the packaging and now I know where they're located if I ever go back to Paris...Anyone want to buy my plane ticket and book my hotel....I'll be happy to go back for one week...please!!!...LOL -
Review from Kate H.
2/28/2011
This place is like a magical fairy land of all things copper cook/bakeware. From the giant mixing bowls to the tiny tart molds, this place is cavernous, while being jammed into a tiny space. Every inch is covered in all the amazing tools that all French chefs need and love. They very obviously hate tourists--especially American ones--as an self-respecting Parisian shop would, but a few keys words of French will go a long way.
My husband was looking for an oyster knife on our last visit, which he was able to ask for in French. The shopkeeper showed him no less than seven kinds and pointed out his favorite, which we promptly bought. We even managed to post it back to our flat in London after our visit. The French postal service employees are incredibly helpful -- who would have guessed!?
I'll definitely return to buy some copper at some point. Maybe even some Mauviel, if I can justify the price. It's worth a visit, although it's a little off-the-beaten track, which makes it all the more fun. Just stay out of the way of the surly shop staff. -
Review from William M.
6/4/2011
Come indulge yourself in a cooks store par excellence!
Each and every trip to or through Paris involves coming here, if just to look around and see what's new. Great staff, really helpful and they know their stuff.
The selection is amazing, especailly for pastry supplies. Great prices, too. A real treasure.
Enjoy! -
Review from Scott O.
9/18/2010
After reading Julia Child's "My Life in France," a memoir of her formative years learning to cook, teach and write about food, I felt I had to make a pilgrimage to E. Dehillerin to see for myself her favorite store for kitchen equipment.
The selection is impressive if you are looking to outfit a professional kitchen; the overall quality of items is very high. I also enjoyed seeing the ancient shelves, ladders, and other store accoutrements that attest to Dehillerin's presence on the French culinary scene for nearly 200 years.
But did we enjoy shopping there? Not really. Most items aren't priced, the shelves and display make it difficult to see what's available, and most importantly, the staff is not exactly customer-friendly towards serious amateur cooks. On my first visit, staff appeared to welcoming but explanations were in short supply when it came to specialty equipment. When it became clear we weren't yet ready to buy, it seemed almost like we were shooed from the store. We did make a couple of purchases two days later, for gear we hadn't seen elsewhere and which turned out to be excellent in use.
As tourists and serious amateur cooks, my wife and I found our Dehillerin experience a little off-putting. To us it wasn't a language issue or a cultural issue; it was more a matter of the store being difficult to navigate and the staff we encountered didn't seem that adept at serving non-professional customers. For our money, Mora (another venerable kitchen outfitter just a couple of blocks away) was a more pleasant experience in terms of selection, service, and ease of doing business. -
Review from Monica L.
9/30/2010
Where else can you buy a wooden spatula the size of a ten year old, a stock pot big enough for a buffalo, every kind of mold and cutter known to man? This place is the mecca of culinary tools and as a home chef, I had to make the pilgrimage. They stock stuff that works and lasts the test of time. For instance, they don't have five different garlic presses; they carry one and that ONE is the best. They also carry pans that have welded handles not bolted ones. As a mild hypochondriac, I know that germs can get trapped in the crevices. Yuck.
The prices are reasonable (compared to Sur la Table) and high quality. The staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. They even offered me a job after some Americans asked me what I bought and ended buying the same things!
If it was good enough for Julia, it sure as heck good enough for you.Listed in: Paris, J'taime
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Review from john t.
Best place in Paris for cookware.
I am in France once per quarter and buy a new pan everytime I'm there. Of course, then I have to check my bag.....
No coiffed suburban Williams Sonoma sales ladies. Just some guys who sell professional cookware. If you want Mitzi from white Plains doing a canape maker demo you're in the wrong place. -
Review from James P.
7/4/2010 2 photos
if you love food then a trip to Dehillerin is a must. This place played a part in inspiring Chuck Williams in starting Williams-Sonoma. The selection is impressive and you will have a hard time not walking away with a copper pot or some white French porcelain items. Wandering around the aisles is a great way to spend an hour while in the neighborhood. In a city where food is part of the religion, you need to take some time to walk the aisles of this foodie church.
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Review from Tam P.
Paris
8/27/2010
I honestly can't say how the prices compare with other places but I can say that I was drooling over the amount of professional quality kitchen tools they carry. This is a store I will come back to again and again.
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