 PRODUCT CATEGORIES | | | Art of Living is a family-run business that began over 35 years ago in Reigate, Surrey. We have built a reputation as a supplier of the highest quality cook and tableware products. We now operate from two shops and a warehouse in Surrey. We offer a friendly non pushy environment where the expertise and helpfulness of our team are recognised and appreciated by our customers. We’ll give you:
Guarantee: We provide a full refund, if you are not entirely satisfied with an item, used or unused
Breakage: When you join Red Apron, you get a half price breakage guarantee for two years
Convenience: We deliver quickly with email updates on order progress
Security: We encrypt all payment information to keep it safe and private
What we won’t do -
We won’t bluff, we won’t exaggerate, we won’t hard sell.
What we will do -
We will be welcoming, we will listen to what you have to say and we will give you information that is honest and accurate.
We will share our knowledge with you, we will offer the best solution for every customer and we will provide the highest quality products environment and service.
Our staff are our greatest asset, through continuous training and development we ensure that we retain our reputation as a supplier of quality cookware and tableware, where the skills, knowledge and helpfulness of our people are recognised and appreciated by customers.
You can now browse the huge range of leading brands and specialist items that we stock online or visit our cookshops.
Best wishes, 
Andrew & Babette Bluett-Duncan
Directors of Art of Living |
| | | "I've definitely added you to my favourites!!"
"Thank you so much for your help and your super service - I've definitely added you to my favourites!!
Thanks again,
Kind Regards"
Leah Stafford, Swindon
"This is absolutely fantastic"
"That is so kind of you, this is absolutely fantastic, you are won-der-ful, thank you so much!
..speechless...
Kind Regards"
Stefan Lacey, London
"A very efficient service indeed"
"Many thanks for the very quick delivery of the rings for my Demeyere saucepans.
A very efficient service indeed.
Kind Regards"
Anne Allcock, Derbyshire
"Thanks for the great service"
"...Thank you for delivering the tagine so quickly. The present was very well received.
Thanks for the great service.
Kind Regards"
Kitty Chater, Derby
"'Thank you' for servicing my order so efficiently"
"...Thank you for servicing my order so efficiently. How nice it was to receive the goods I had ordered on the day I expected them (they arrrived an our ago), particularly as you held the order at my convenience.
Thank you again and I shall be sure to use the Art of Living in the future after ordering them!!
Kind Regards"
Samantha Fletcher, Lancashire
"I will definitely be ordering from you again"
"Many thanks for your fantastic service, items received exactly 19 hours after ordering them!!
I will definitely be ordering from you again in the future.
Regards"
Michael Weller, Oxfordshire
"A level of service not often found today"
"Many thanks for sending the Chasseur casserole lid. It arrived safely in one piece and was beautifully packed. It also fits the existing dish fine.
Can I say how impressed I was with your service – you needn’t have bothered to source just the lid for us and then send it so close to Christmas – a level of service not often found today.
Thank you"
Sue & Matt Vincent, Great Horwood
"Your customer service ... has been fantastic"
"Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all your help in this order. Everything has arrived and while I haven't unpacked everything quite yet due to moving houses, I'm so pleased with the things I have looked at! Your customer service on this has been fantastic as well!"
Lorna Fleming, Greenwich
"Very impressed with the service"
"Thank you very much for arranging the delivery which arrived promptly on Saturday morning. I have never shopped with Art of Living before but have been very impressed with the service and would definitely recommend to other people ..."
Mrs L Brown, North Chingford
"I found your service exemplary"
"A brief message to tell you how delighted I am with my recent purchase. I cannot believe the speed with which my order was processed and delivered; and so well packed too. Thank you for such a prompt, fuss-free service ... I found your service exemplary"
Liz Bielok, Darlington
"You've really exceeded my expectations"
“I'm very impressed with your level of customer service! It makes a refreshing change and you've really exceeded my expectations, which is great!”
Alex Holt, Hampstead
"I'll certainly remember your site ..."
"Many thanks for all your help and I'll certainly remember your site now I've found it!
Kindest regards"
Jane O'Hara
"A massive thank you to you and all your staff"
"Please can I say a massive thank you to you and all your staff!!!!!! I was surprised, and delighted, when at 8am today my order arrived today, Wednesday, after only placing it on Monday evening. Everything appears to be in perfect condition and I am looking forward to being able to present my friend with a fabulous birthday present. We have some of these glasses already, as my husband is in the wine trade, and so like yourself, appreciates the quality of the wine when drunk from Reidel glasses. We are now hoping that our friends will discover the advantages also. We will happily and mercilously plug your company, should they decide to buy more. Once again many thanks to you all, and we hope to purchase more goods from you in the future."
Julie Baugh
"...always charming and helpful staff ..."
"...when the latest lovely edition of the Red Apron magazine arrived a few days ago, it jogged my memory! It's such a great magazine, and I've also meant to write to say that before now! I realise that I've been coming to the shop in Reigate for about 26 years now. I used to push my large pram down through the park, and leave it outside the shop (either my baby daughter didn't look worth pinching, or we were less worried then about abduction!!) Mrs. Duncan senior was always smiling and friendly, and always enquired after the family, even remembering everyone's names. It's so lovely that the shop has continued, now slightly larger than it used to be, but fundamentally the same. A very good atmosphere, and always charming and helpful staff. With so few of the original Reigate shops still around, I do hope you will stay forever .... I'll look forward to all the exciting new things you are planning!"
Claudia Nelson
"I just had to say how impressed I am"
"I just had to write to say how impressed I am at the speedy and efficient way you dealt with my order. The Lid rings and gasket arrived early this morning less than 48 hours after ordering them. Thank you very much indeed."
Kathryn M Price
"Not a kitchen Goddess!?"
“I just wanted to congratulate you on such a fantastic shop ........ As I am not a kitchen goddess, I often find myself looking to buy things that I don’t really understand anything about, whether it be a 50p pourer to an expensive set of pans. I always receive helpful and friendly advice on what I should or shouldn’t buy, depending on my needs, budget and use....."
Shirley Stone, Reigate
"...their integrity will bring you back time after time..."
"The 'Art of Living' represents not just a location to buy the best cook & kitchenware available, it also represents an ethos in retail and community that is essential. They know exactly what they are selling, they know exactly what you are making and they know exactly what you need. There is no forced sale because they know that their integrity will bring you back time after time. In comparison to today's mass-market, chain-store anonymity, the 'Art of Living' shows them all how it is supposed to be done."
Pete Emberson, Reigate
"A rare delight in these times"
"Andrew, What a pleasure to find someone paying such care and attention to his customers! A rare delight in these times. Thank you for your suggestions - I think the option of delivering directly to the couple (probably after honeymoon, as you suggest) is an excellent one....... Many thanks,"
Henry |
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If "retail therapy" is your thing, but you just can't bear the idea of physically trudging round the shops, this great website is for you!
Different shops all grouped into "streets" for you to find exactly what you're looking for - definately one to bookmark!
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SoMuchEasier.co.uk is a popular and useful shopping directory giving advice and easy access to trusted online shops in the UK. The directory covers various categories including fashion, furniture, homeware, electrical goods, gifts and many more.
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Hints, tips and information to make every day life a little easier covering subjects such as cooking, entertaining, recipes, weight conversion, DIY, motoring, gardening, stain removal, puzzles, health, beauty and much, much more.
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Gilberts supply us with a host of top quality products and among them are the epicurean chopping boards. These boards come in an array of useful sizes and really are a cut above the rest - an essential for every well-equipped kitchen.
Have a look at their fun range of Tovolo cookie cutters too!
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|  | Nigella Lawson's website is packed full of information about her gorgeous, tactile Living_Kitchen range, recipe ideas from her cookery books, schedules for her television programmes and stockists of some of her more hard to find ingredients ...
If you love her Living Kitchen range, or just believe she really is a Domestic Godess this website could be for you!
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|  | For 250 years, Riedel have been making the finest glass. Their website is full of information about the history of the company and which glass is most suited to which wine.
We always have large stocks of Riedel glasses, but are delighted to order special items for you if they're not listed on our website. Please contact Andrew Duncan by e-mail or by telephoning 01737 213801 if you'd like advice on which Riedel glass is right for you.
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|  | If you've caught this program on a Sunday morning and wondered where they get their kitchenware, well the answer is simple ... us (well partly)! Art of Living were delighted to help when Princess_Productions, the company that makes Something for the Weekend contacted us. We supplied them with the Typhoon and Kitchen Aid items that you see on the set... |
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George East Housewares supply us with a number of kitchenware ranges, Tala being one of the oldest brands in the housewares industry. In its distinctive gingham flashed packaging the range offers a comprehensive collection of kitchen tools, gadgets, baking and icing equipment ... think traditional baking and this could be the range for you.
Check out their fun range of cookie cutters - perfect for bringing out the child in you!
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|  | This website, based in the USA, has an superb range of unusual gifts for all occasions and they'll ship internationally too.
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Prospect Books publish only books about cookery, food history and the ethnology of food. It is one of the very few British publishers to specialise in this field and produces four to eight books a year.
Petits Propos Culinaires is published three times a year and contains articles, sometimes extracts from books or reprints, as well as reviews of current publications.
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