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Sur La Table

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Sur La Table is a US kitchenware retailer offering cookware, dinnerware, cutlery, bakeware and kitchen electrics, along with a large hands-on cooking class program.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

Sur La Table is a US kitchenware retailer. Its product assortment spans cookware, dinnerware, cutlery, kitchen electrics and bakeware, and it operates a hands-on cooking class program described as one of the largest in the nation. The company traces its roots to 1972, when Shirley Collins opened the first store in Pike Place Market, and it has since expanded through new stores, a mail-order catalog, cooking classes and a website.

History

Sur La Table's roots trace to 1972, when Shirley Collins opened the first store in Pike Place Market. In the 1970s the first Sur La Table opened in the historic Pike Place Market. In the 1980s the company moved to a roomier storefront and launched its first mail-order catalog. In the 1990s it opened stores around the country, began offering cooking classes, and launched its first website. In the 2000s it reached its 25th store in 2002 and its 50th just three years later. The cooking class program started at the Berkeley store in 1996 and grew into what the company describes as America's largest hands-on cooking class program.

Products and positioning

A kitchenware retailer carrying a broad assortment of quality kitchen goods and running one of the largest hands-on cooking class programs in the nation.

  • Cookware

  • Dinnerware

  • Cutlery

  • Kitchen electrics

  • Bakeware

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