Together, Julia Child and The Pot Shop of Boston Designed
The Original French Chef Omelette Pan!

In 1963, renowned chef Julia Child asked Vincent Zarrilli of The Pot Shop of Boston to design and develop a heavy cast-aluminum omelette pan — and he did! Over 40 years later, we are still the only makers of The Original French Chef Omelette Pan.

Let me tell you the story of the creation of this marvel.
You'll want one when you hear it.

In the early 1940s, a foundry in the Midwest manufactured torpedoes for the U.S. Navy. The front end of the torpedo shell was cut off, so as to allow explosives and other materials to be inserted. That same front end piece was approximately 8 to 11 inches in diameter and was shaped like a skillet, with shallow, sloping sides.

This surplus end piece was simply stockpiled in the foundry yard. At some point in the early fifties, someone recognized the extraordinary cooking potential of the surplus pieces and affixed a handle to one. They made wonderful omelette pans and were distributed through restaurant supply companies, as there were no gourmet kitchenware stores in existence at that time.

In the 1950s, the foundry stopped manufacturing torpedoes, and the surplus pieces were no longer available.

In 1963, Julia Child, who was just getting started as a television personality, visited The Pot Shop in Boston, then a retail and product development company. She explained the foregoing history of the pan and suggested that The Pot Shop management develop a similar heavy cast omelette pan, since none were then available.

In 1962, I gave that first pan to Julia Child and she used it to create a special omelette for me (it was magnificent!) at a lunch in her magnificent home in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Both her husband Paul and her producer Ruth Lockwood were present.

Since then, The Pot Shop has manufactured The Original French Chef Omelette Pan, and has done so for 44 years.

During that time, opportunistic kitchenware suppliers have tried to call anything an omelette pan and present them in a way that would appear that the market is glutted with quality omelette pans. Many of these promoters have gone out of business; more keep coming in (who also won't be around for long).

The Original French Chef Omelette Pan is different. For four generations, customers across the country adore this product.

You can experience this kind of quality too. See for yourself what we believe to be the best pan ever created. Buy it today.

Vincent F. Zarrilli
Founder, The Pot Shop of Boston and PotShopofBoston.com

Since Julia Child created the very first French Chef omelette in our Original French Chef Omelette Pan, hundreds of thousands of people across the United States (and the world!) have become “omelette-eers” and you can too!

Just in case you are ready to order now, click here,
otherwise, read on!

Dear Vincent:

Your omelette pans have seen duty on the front lines of my restaurant, the Black Rabbit Inn, which was open from 1968 to 1972 in Los Angeles. We ran a successful operation and our Sunday Brunch was famous. My chef, Frank Simonetti, was an omelet master who used The Original French Chef Omelette Pan to create his masterpieces.

If I were to make a conservative estimate, I would say that we turned out 15 to 20 thousand omelettes in our time. The pans held the heat and gave us the omelettes for which we were famous.

Now, some thirty years later, I still have one of our omelette pan trophies. I use it every week and the only time it ever needed fixing is now. I need a new wooden handle. I have practically evaporated the original, the remnants of which I enclose.

Happy you are still going strong,
Robert K
Los Angeles, CA

I originally purchased your large omelette pan, maybe thirty years ago from Abercrombie and Fitch. There is nothing like this pan anywhere else on the market. It is the best omelette pan you can buy.

Thomas K
President and CEO
U.S. Dialtone Corp.

You too can create the perfect omelette, crepe
or egg dish in two minutes or less.

A true omelette pan is made of extremely thick cast aluminum. It is this massive amount of metal which allows the pan to be preheated to a very high temperature before tossing in the butter or other shortening for quick transfer of heat to the egg mixture, which then results in the perfect omelette — done in two minutes or less.

Dear Pot Shop:

I was delighted to learn you are still making the French Chef Omelette Pan. I was given one as a gift in the early 1960s and have been doing Sunday omelettes for my grandchildren for many, many years. They think the wonderful omelettes are my doing, but I know it's the wonderful pan.

I now plan to present each of my seven grandchildren, who are now young adults, with a French Chef Omelette Pan this Christmas.

Mrs. George F
Corpus Christi, Texas

Dear Sir:

My husband tells me we may have one of your omelette pans again for the price on the check you will find enclosed. Believe me, there is none anywhere like it! We've spent four years looking!

Mrs. Howard M
Madison, CT

Stop thinking that you can only find a great omelette at a fancy restaurant. You can create a perfect omelette at home — but only if you have the right pan.

NO — not that glitzy frying pan you see in a department store, and not that straight-sided “gourmet” saucepan, the one that cost you a fortune. Only the Original French Chef Omelette Pan will do.

The origins of the Original French Chef Omelette Pan date back to the 1950s, from the desk of Vincent F. Zarrilli, Founder, The Pot Shop of Boston.

Vince Zarrilli gives Boston Mayor Kevin White an official
Boston Bean Pot from the Pot Shop of Boston in 1968

Dear Vincent:

This is to let you know that the third omelette pan I ordered has arrived, along with the omelette recipe book. Thank you very much! The book is filled with so many good recipes. I will be trying as many as I can.

Katsuko R
Norristown, PA

The Original French Chef Omelette Pan is a great bargain!

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It lasts and lasts and lasts!

At least 80% of the testimonials given were by people who bought the lowest price natural finish pan. It's porous nature allows the seasoning to collect and remain in the pan, therefore increasing it's lubricity. Then just wipe it with a paper towel — never wash!

Members of our family have been using this pan for over thirty years. The original pan was given to my late mother, most likely in the mid-sixties by her late brother, who lived in Hillsborough, California, near San Francisco. Since you said you used to sell to Gump's, that was probably where he and his wife purchased the pan, as it was their favorite store. My mother loved her pan so much, she gave a pan to my sister when she married in 1967 and then one to me around the same time.

Now, a Brazilian caretaker who helps my father has noticed the pan and has expressed a desire to someday find one. Since he is getting married on December 26th, we thought of a pan.

Enclosed is a check for the pan, the recipe book and shipping. This is going to make a lovely gift. Thank you so much for continuing to carry the pan!

Susan S
La Canada Flintridge, CA

Purchase an omelette pan for yourself

I am truly enjoying using the omelette pan I finally received for myself earlier this year. As I told you on the phone, I waited 35 years to replace my first pan, which was given to me as a wedding present by a friend of my husband from Boston. Unfortunately, I preheated the pan too long while I was busy and forgot about it. The wooden handle got scorched and came off. I regretted my carelessness, as I did not know where I could but another of these pans.

Then, the Internet happened to help me this year, and I found your company name and location (Eureka!).

I am pleased to find a replacement finally, and my husband is the happy recipient of the good result. He loves the omelettes I make using your pan. It really makes the best omelette; it has the right weight/thickness for even heat distribution, and the handle is correctly angled.

The other two omelette pans I purchased this year will be given to our friends' children for their weddings, wishing for them happy marriages (like ours) by making good omelettes.

Thank you again,
Katsuko R
Norristown, PA

As a wedding gift...

With a wedding in the offing, I asked my daughter Tria for some idea of what she would like to have in the way of kitchenware. Immediately she said, “See if you can find a pan like that great omelette pan we've used all these years.” As I think about it, the pan is probably older than she is, and holds its place as a very special cooking utensil in our house. Things that are designed well and work superbly are hard to come by. It is a pleasure to find you are still in business.

Sincerely,
Sally Smith-C
Chicago, IL

Or, for your grandchildren
Now, they can create their own perfect omelettes!

What a pleasure it was to chat with you the other day about omelette pans and Julia Child and the many years that I have enjoyed the pan I bought in the early sixties.

That pan is still in perfect condition and has been used to teach two generations of girls and boys to flip crepes. I gave my two daughters cooking school when they were young and taught them to make and flip crepes high in the air. Then their daughters came along and I gave them cooking school too, complete with the day learning to toss those crepes high.

When they went home their brothers said it wasn't fair that I only taught the girls to make omelettes so I had a grandson's day. In our church (the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormon Church), our boys all serve missions so it was a good investment in their two-year stints away from home somewhere out in the world.

Since teaching my own family, I have also taught many others — surrogate grandchildren — to make and throw those yummy omelettes. So, it is imperative now that I supply a few of them with the perfect pan. See the next page for my order.

Most sincerely.
Professor Ann M
Provo, UT

The professor then ordered nine omelette pans, one for each of her nine grandchilden.

And, when you need to replace a panhandle (after years of use), we do it quickly and at low cost to you!

Enclosed please find my check for the repair of the handle on my French Omelette Pan. In this day when companies seem more interested in sales than service, I am amazed to have it returned nicely repaired with five days. This included two days each way in the mail. It is obvious that you made the repair and reshipped it the same day you received it. Such attention to service should not go unrecognized. Thank you. The pan is now like new and should serve another 25 years. If we ever have another problem you will hear from either my children or my grandchildren. Thanks again for terrific service.

Sincerely,
Malcolm H
Concord, MA

My mother bought an omelette pan probably in 1962, and didn't use it much. She gave it to me in 1963 when I was married. We have used it for omelettes and crepes for 35+ years now and still love it, so now we are giving omelette pans for wedding gifts! They last forever — sometimes longer than the marriages! I like the new handles better and am finally have the old handle fixed.

P.S. The pan has been used in four states and three different countries!

Midge S
Boston, MA

But, you say, I can't cook!
Can't even boil water!

That will all change. Once you have your first success with our pan and recipe book, you'll feel like a pro in your kitchen.

You'll be ready to create your own wonderful Sunday Brunches.

You'll enjoy cooking breakfast for overnight guests and creating lunch with friends.

There'll be holidays with relatives,

Sleepovers for the kids,

And dozens of other occasions!

Even your teenagers will want to test their culinary skills when they see how much success you have!

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Restaurant Owners
Purchase a set of these pans — your chefs will applaud them and thank you.

Wedding Goers
This is the perfect gift, even for the cooking-challenged.

Grandma and Grandpa
The grandkids will want to eat every breakfast at your house. And, remember that you are serving them healthy, nutritious meals every time

Every family needs this pan and will treasure it always. Order now!

Sincerely, Vincent

P.S. Write to me personally if you have any questions concerning the pan. I answer every letter — info@potshopofboston.com.

P.P.S. Remember, two minutes for the perfect omelette or less. Some people say they can turn one out in 28 seconds!?

Celebrity Facts

In 1968, Jacqueline Kennedy bought her French Chef Omelette Pan in the Pot Shop's summer store in Osterville, Massachusetts, near Hyannisport on Cape Cod.

In 1971, actor Yul Brynner ordered the French Chef Omelette Pan by mail from a castle in France where he was living at the time.

Are you willing to pay less than a penny a day for that kind of success and convenience? Of course you are!

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