Where food is life

La Germania cookers are made by the Bertazzoni family company in Emilia-Romagna, one of the great culinary regions of the world. The region is famous for its prosciutto di Parma, salami and mortadella, delicious pastas, Parmesan cheese and balsamic vinegar. Restaurants and the kitchens of every home fill the streets with the delicious aromas of food and cooking. Here people love to eat. Eating is festive; the talk is of food, of special menus and recipes passed down through the generations. For their beloved pasta, sauces, meats, fish, traditional pizza, risottos and other regional dishes, generations of Italians have relied on La Germania cookers for the home.

Perfected over generations

Over a hundred years ago, Italian machine-maker Francesco Bertazzoni and his son Antonio first saw wood-burning cooking stoves arrive in their town on the railway from Austria. They decided to make their own – just for local use to begin with, and in very small quantities. It was the start of an outstanding success story.

The family built their first factory in 1909. After the First World War, they began making cooking stoves on a much larger scale, and launched the new brand name, La Germania. The Bertazzonis introduced their first gas hob units in 1953, soon followed by their first gas stoves. The design was further perfected in 1958 with the addition of an oven.

Exports started in 1959, and through the next decades sales boomed. Today La Germania cookers are appreciated in 60 countries around the world. But the makers never forget their roots in the traditions of Italian style, and that they remain specialists in the very personal craft of cooking.