As the festive season heats up so too do the AGA Cookers around the world, and their biggest fans. Only an AGA owner would know what cooking a true Christmas Feast feels like in their traditional, state of the art cooker! AGA now brings you the ideal gift for the AGA user, lover or enthusiast. Show the Chef how much you appreciate him or her with a gift from the AGA range of beautiful kitchen textiles.

The AGA range of beautiful kitchen textiles are designed with a keen attention to detail to deliver superior performance using robust and hardwearing household linens. Generously sized gauntlets and double oven gloves, with their steam and grease barrier, provide maximum protection, whilst multi-purpose chef’s pads can be used as pot grabs, or to protect dome lids or work surfaces. In true AGA style the natural materials used for the textiles Utility range have been developed to stand the test of time. The fabric has been designed by Crisp & Dene from their studios on the Suffolk coast using one of their signature woven Utility fabrics. The plain stripe and herringbone weave have been inspired by the British tradition of hard-wearing household linens.

It’s appearance and feel reflects the classic and understated Scandi trend of the modern kitchen. Woven for AGA in India, and made in the UK, they are available in Raspberry red and Dartmouth blue.The AGA Top Dog textiles print has been inspired by AGA customers and their lovely dogs, resulting in a beautiful, stylish and innovative print. Many AGA owners will know their pets often find premium position in front of the AGA where they find warmth in Winter and the hope of a stray morsel of scrumptious offering from the cook. And who doesn’t love something with doggies on it? There is even a gift for your fur child, an adorable AGA Dog Bed available in four sizes, to ensure they always have a comfy nook next to the cook.

Consider at least half your Christmas list done! Give a piece of AGA style and performance to those who appreciate quality, style and durability. The ranges include aprons, gauntlet, chef’s pad, double oven glove, tea towel, kitchen cloth and dog bed! It is always a very Merry Christmas and Festive season with AGA! For cooking inspiration, click here, to view the AGA Christmas recipe guide, for perfect Christmas cooking.

Recognised as the world’s best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame — and generates similar devotion. It’s deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and is revered as one of the top three design icons of the century. It’s the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs, Royalty and discerning Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others.

For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za

Reinvigorate your kitchen with a Freestanding AGA Module or AGA 60 – a size to fit any kitchen – in a sunny colour that makes a statement and is elegant too. The burst of colour in your kitchen will bring a fresh spring feeling into your kitchen all year round. An AGA oven is, after all, forever stylish! Neutral and natural kitchens with a colour accent iconic AGA will create a personalised space for you and your family.

The Freestanding AGA Module is the perfect companion to extend your cooking versatility. They are available with a slow cook oven and integral grill, fan oven, gas or electric ceramic hob. These masterpieces are designed to stand alone or fit within standard kitchen furniture.

The AGA 60 delivers the great cooking performance you would expect from AGA, but wrapped up in a smaller, compact package ideal for your city apartment or townhouse.

At just 60cm wide, it has two ovens offering roasting, baking and simmering functions and a versatile hotplate which can be set to boil or simmer. It’s all about maximising style and function for today’s more space efficient living areas.

Just like all other iconic AGA cookers, they are made from cast iron and employ radiant heat cooking technology, meaning food tastes so much better as all the goodness and moisture is locked in.

AGA slow combustion cast-iron cookers offer ultimate flexibility and great performance in all their sizes and forms.

Pop some colour in for Spring and get cooking all year long! Available through agaliving.co.za and Bergzichts Furnishers, Euro Appliances, Gas & Equipment, Kloppers and Metelerkamps.

The AGA name has long been synonymous with good food and fine living and the AGA Cookshop, featuring cookware and accessories, draws heavily on these values.

A boiling kettle is synonymous with the warmth and hospitality of an AGA kitchen. Their kettles are designed for maximum performance with a thick solid base which ensures a quick boiling time. The kettle features an insulated easy grip handle, and is available in several colours.

Available through agaliving.co.za and Bergzichts Furnishers, Euro Appliances, Gas & Equipment, Metelerkamps, Melvill and Moon and Décor Fires. Recognised as the world's best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame -- and generates similar devotion.

It's deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and is revered as one of the top three design icons of the century. It's the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs, Royalty and discerning Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others.

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A warm fire is one of the great pleasures of Winter, and an AGA fireplace is the one you want to cosy up to. The iconic brand is synonymous with quality and innovation. For over 90 years AGA has remained at the forefront of engineering excellence. With timeless design features and excellent heat retention, an AGA fireplace the best money can buy.

The AGA range of fireplaces embodies the best AGA traditions and employs the very latest technology. It is an iconic centrepiece and has features which you don’t see, that makes all the difference. Such as the Active Airflow Technology that delivers the most efficient use of energy and protects the environment from harmful emissions. Fresh air is channelled below, around and about the fire box to create the optimum conditions for combustion.

Any solid particles and gases produced are re-ignited and burnt off before they can enter the atmosphere. This process not only guarantees maximum heat output from your chosen fuel but also keeps the window clean and clear so that you can enjoy the ambience of the flames. The AGA range includes a wide variety of styles to suit all tastes – from traditional to contemporary: Made from cast iron, traditional AGA fireplaces are not only beautiful to look at, but practical to run because cast iron is renowned for its heat retention properties.

The heat stored while the fire is lit continues to be released into the room long after the embers have died away. Made from high grade steel which allows for truly inspiring modern designs that will attract attention in any space.

The perfect blend of old and new, combining cutting-edge and traditional designs, AGA fireplaces are an investment for your home and a lifetime of warm winter nights.

For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za

The AGA range is available directly from AGA South Africa and a selection from Bergzichts Furnishers, Euro Appliances, Gas & Equipment, Metelerkamps, Melvill and Moon and Décor Fires.

The AGA cooker excels at every style of cooking…! At the heart of its classic looks lies a cast iron heart, the entire cooker is an energy store, steadily transferring the heat from its core into its ovens and hotplates. Ideal for preparing a delicious Easter Feast with this Master Cook.

AGA roasts are more succulent, vegetables crunchier and cakes are lighter. Yorkshire puddings rise higher, steaks are juicier, and pizzas are always crisp to perfection. There is nothing the AGA cannot do and everything it does…. it does better! AGA ovens are made from cast iron, which is a fantastic material for retaining and, even more importantly, radiating heat. Radiant heat means that the heat comes from all directions and is transferred directly from a heat source to an object, as opposed to through the air, like a convection oven.

Radiant heat is gentle on food and locks in moisture, flavour and goodness, meaning the food you serve tastes delicious. AGA cookers are also synonymous with the gentle, comforting warmth it brings to your home, ideal for Easter time when the weather edges towards Winter.    This Easter enjoy a superb roast, with potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding, with the family and your AGA oven.

Try this special Easter Feast Recipe, courtesy of AGA:Beef Ingredients: 3 x rib of beef on the bone, weighs about 5kg ½ tsp olive oil Sea salt Black pepper 3 onions, peeled and each sliced into four circles Roast Potatoes Ingredients 1.3kg Oil Simnel Cake Ingredients 200g plain flour 1 tsp mixed spice ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg 175g butter 175g light soft brown sugar 1 lemon, grated rind 4 eggs, beaten 55g ground almonds 700g mixed fruit with peel 85g glace cherries, quartered 55g blanched almonds, chopped 700g white almond paste 1 egg white or 1 tbsp apricot jam Roast Beef – Serves 8-10Take the meat out of the refrigerator an hour before cooking to allow it to come to room temperature.

Massage the olive oil into the fat of the meat, which will help the seasoning to ‘stay put’. Grind seasoning over the fat. Place the onion slices into the base of the large AGA roasting tin and the meat on top of the onion. Slide the roasting tin onto the lowest set of runners in the roasting oven. Cook the ribs for 12-15 minutes per 500g plus 30 minutes – this size roast should take about 2-2½ hours.

A shorter time results in a rarer inside. When cooked, remove from theoven, place on a warmed plate, cover with foil and leave for 30 minutes to rest. If you prefer the meat can be moved down to the baking oven after cooking for 1½ hours so that roast potatoes, parsnips and Yorkshire Puddings can be cooked in the roasting oven. Make the gravy by adding two tablespoons of flour to the fat and onions in the roasting tin, stir well, then add 600ml stock or a mixture of red wine and stock. Whisk together. Pour the liquid into a saucepan and bring to boiling whisking continuously, strain through a sieve and serve separately.Roast Potatoes:Peel the potatoes and cut into even sized pieces. Parboil in salted water on the boiling plate for 3-5 minutes then drain well. Fluff the potatoes up slightly by shaking them in the saucepan with the lid on. Heat the fat in a roasting tin or AGA baking tray on the flat floor grid of the roasting oven until very hot. Add the potatoes and roast, turning occasionally, for about 1-1¼ hours, depending on their size, until they are golden and crisp.

Simnel Cake – Method Makes 1 x 20cm cakeButter and line a 20cm round cake tin. Sift the flour and the spices together. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy and gradually beat in the eggs and lemon rind, adding some flour towards the end to avoid the mixture curdling. Fold in the remaining flour and ground almonds, then the fruit, cherries and chopped almonds. Place half the mixture into the cake tin. Roll out a quarter of the almond paste and lay on top of the mixture and press down lightly, spread the remaining fruit cake mixture on top and level.

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Place the cake tin on the grid shelf set on the floor of the Baking Oven for 20 minutes then transfer to the Simmering Oven – sit the cake tin on the large grill rack – for about 5 hours. Remove from the oven, allow to cool for an hour, then remove from the tin and peel off the paper. Cool completely. To decorate; roll out half the remaining almond paste to fit the top of the cake. Brush the top of the cake with egg white or warmed apricot jam and press the almond paste into place, crimp the edges.

Take the last of the almond paste and form eleven balls and attach these to the cake with a little egg white. Lightly brush the almond paste with egg white and place towards the top of the Roasting Oven to lightly brown, about 3-5 minutes.For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za

The AGA range is available directly from AGA South Africa and a selection from Bergzicht Furnishers,  Euro Appliances, Gas & Equipmentand Metelerkamps.

Recognised as the world’s best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame — and generates similar devotion. It’s deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and is revered as one of the top three design icons of the century. It’s the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs, Royalty and discerning Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others.

For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za

AGA has unveiled another of their new colours, Salcombe Blue from their coastal shades.

This stunning seaside shade from AGA make it a breeze to achieve the coastal look.Inspired by the beautiful Devon coast in England, the new addition to the AGA colour palette – Salcombe Blue – is as dreamy as summers by the ocean…This sumptuous new colour forms part of the coastal shades collection and is informed by the gorgeous seas around the idyllic picturesque harbour town regularly listed among Britain’s favourite holiday destinations.

The new colour is available in the AGA Total Control – which can be on when you need it and off when you don’t – the AGA Dual Control, which has ovens that are on all the time and hotplates you can switch on and off, and the compact AGA City60, which, at just 60cm wide, is ideal for smaller kitchens.

Recognised as the world’s best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame — and generates similar devotion. It’s deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and is revered as one of the top three design icons of the century.

It’s the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs, Royalty and discerning Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others.

For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za

The full range is available directly from AGA South Africa and a selection from Bergzicht Furnishers, Gas & Equipment, Melvill and Moon and Metelerkamps.

Since 1922, over 95 years ago, the world-renowned AGA oven continues to maintain its reputation and has become iconic for its timeless design, uncompromising quality and award-winning innovation. The AGA is cherished as part of family life the world over and coveted as much today as it always has been. Some love them for the vintage, homey feel and others are drawn to the funky retro vibes which always seem to be in fashion and then there are the purists who maintain that an AGA cooker is for life and best cooker one can have!

In the year 2000, the BBC published a retrospective documentary, highlighting what it considered to be the top three design icons of the 20th century: first was the Coca-Cola® contour bottle, second was the VW™ Bug and third was the Aga Cast Iron Oven!

“Most people associate the name AGA with good food and fine living. And although it’s often thought of as quintessentially British, the AGA actually began life in Sweden. The celebrated Cast Iron Range found in over 750,000 households worldwide was invented by Dr Gustav Dalén, a blind Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Appalled that his wife and their maid had to constantly tend to their old-fashioned range, Dalén set out to design a modern range that would look after itself. It’s unlikely Dalén could have predicted that his invention would go on to be widely acclaimed as a design icon, but it has!” (https://www.agamarvel.com/aga/who-we-are/history-of-aga/)

With the trend for larger kitchens throughout the 20th century, to accommodate new inventions such as automatic washing machines, and smaller rooms like sculleries and pantries were incorporated into the kitchen itself, a greater emphasis on utility and function ensued. In the post-war world the urge for a bright new future also made the most of new materials like plastic laminates which changed the face of kitchens in Europe for years to come. AGA wanted to reverse this trend and introduce a warmer and more liveable kitchen designed around family lifestyles, with ovens that were robust and built for a lifetime, in the heart of the home, by applying heritage ideas to modern culture.

When you have an AGA cooker you know that you have a true icon, a piece of history. Although the style remains ‘vintage’ or ‘retro’, it is actually simply timeless, and the brand continues to innovate to ensure that you can get your desired aesthetic, along with the latest colour trends and cutting-edge technology along with modern convenience!

The new colours are available in the AGA 60 – which, at just 60cm wide, is perfect for smaller spaces – as well as 3-oven and 5-oven Total Control and Dual Control models.

The AGA Total Control is on when you need it and off when you don’t. The AGA Dual Control features hotplates that can be turned on and off independently, saving on energy costs. 

Recognised as the world's best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame -- and generates similar devotion. It's deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and is revered as one of the top three design icons of the century. It's the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs, Royalty and discerning Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others. 

For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za

The full range is available directly from AGA South Africa and a selection from Bergzicht Furnishers, Gas & Equipment, Melvill and Moon, Metelerkamps and cookware range online from takealot.com.

AGA has unveiled another of their new colours, from their Contemporary Neutrals collection, called Blush –  a collection designed to add a sense of quiet luxury and pared-back chic to any kitchen… Blush – this soft pink with cream and yellow undertones works brilliantly with other neutrals as well as with bolder pops of colour.

The new colours are available in the AGA 60 – which, at just 60cm wide, is perfect for smaller spaces – as well as 3-oven and 5-oven Total Control and Dual Control models. The AGA Total Control is on when you need it and off when you don’t. The AGA Dual Control features hotplates that can be turned on and off independently, saving on energy costs.

Recognised as the world's best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame -- and generates similar devotion. It's deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and is revered as one of the top three design icons of the century. It's the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs, Royalty and discerning Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others.

For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za The full range is available directly from AGA South Africa and a selection from Bergzicht Furnishers, Gas & Equipment, Melvill and Moon, Metelerkamps and cookware range online from takealot.com.

AGA has unveiled another of their new colours, from their Contemporary Neutrals collection, called Dove – a collection designed to add a sense of quiet luxury and pared-back chic to any kitchen…

Dove – a pale grey with a hint of blue, this sumptuous new shade will work well with natural wood or painted cabinetry, as well as high-shine kitchen units and glossy marble.

The new colours are available in the AGA 60 – which, at just 60cm wide, is perfect for smaller spaces – as well as 3-oven and 5-oven Total Control and Dual Control models.

The AGA Total Control is on when you need it and off when you don’t. The AGA Dual Control features hotplates that can be turned on and off independently, saving on energy costs. 

Recognised as the world's best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame -- and generates similar devotion. It's deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and is revered as one of the top three design icons of the century. It's the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs, Royalty and discerning Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others. 

For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za

The full range is available directly from AGA South Africa and a selection from Bergzicht Furnishers, Gas & Equipment, Melvill and Moon, Metelerkamps and cookware range online from takealot.com.

AGA has unveiled another of their new colours, from their Contemporary Neutrals collection, called Linen – designed to add a sense of quiet luxury and pared-back chic to any kitchen…

Linen – cream was the first, and for decades the most popular AGA colour. Linen is a new take on this and, with a cooler, less yellow tone, it is set to become just as sought after as its inspiration.

The new colours are available on the AGA 60 – which, at just 60cm wide, is perfect for smaller spaces – as well as 3-oven and 5-oven Total Control and Dual Control models.

The AGA Total Control is on when you need it and off when you don’t. The AGA Dual Control features hotplates that can be turned on and off independently, saving on energy costs. 

Recognised as the world's best cooking appliance, the AGA oven commands a level of adulation more often associated with the glitz of Hollywood fame -- and generates similar devotion. It's deemed the number one luxury appliance brand and is revered as one of the top three design icons of the century. It's the kitchen centrepiece of Celebrities, Professional Chefs, Royalty and discerning Homeowners across the globe. AGA represents a lifestyle, one that owners embrace and share fervently with others. 

For more information visit www.agaliving.co.za

The full range is available directly from AGA South Africa and a selection from Bergzicht Furnishers, Gas & Equipment, Melvill and Moon, Metelerkamps and cookware range online from takealot.com.