Readers of our exclusive page have known it for a long time, and for hobby and professional cooks in and around Wilhelmshaven, they've long stopped being an insider tip - the cooking, frying and baking cookware from Hifficiency, made in Wilhelmshaven. Professional chef Juan Amador, awarded three Michelin stars, has been enthusiastic about the Hifficiency products from acs Coating Systems on Wilhelmshaven's Kutterstraße for years.

For over ten years, the company has been producing pans, pots and baking molds there using the Duraquarz 2.0 non-stick coating, developed by company founder Dr. Christoph Stecher himself. It's completely free of Teflon and PFAS, and also free of carcinogenic toxic substances. For this outstanding invention, the company was awarded the first Wilhelmshaven Innovation Award in 2023 and honored as "Motor of the North" in 2024.

And on the East Frisian peninsula, too, Hifficiency products now have many fans. A sudden surge in that fan base is likely thanks to Helmut Gote, the professional chef and food expert known from WDR, who spoke about his experience with the Hifficiency pans in his radio show "Alles in Butter" on WDR 5. To put it briefly: the professional chef, who has the Multispeed pan in use several times a day since he also hosts many cooking events, is completely enthusiastic - especially, of course, about the Teflon- and solvent-free non-stick coating.

"It's not just good for the environment and health, it also makes cooking a lot more enjoyable."

Helmut Gote, WDR food expert

An important criterion for someone who uses a pan so intensively is also durability. "I'm not exactly gentle when frying," says Gote. "But the Hifficiency pan still looks like new even after six months of constant use."

The experienced chef is also impressed by the high thermal conductivity of the Multispeed pan, which reaches high temperatures very quickly and is therefore also ideally suited for frying steaks or searing meat. Thanks to the special composition and embossing of the pan base, also developed in-house at acs, it doesn't warp either, explains company founder Dr. Christoph Stecher, who is also featured in the radio segment.

All Hifficiency products are available at the factory outlet on Kutterstraße 2 as well as in the online shop www.hifficiency.shop.