Setting up a camping kitchen
Food is half of what makes a trip. A proper brew in the morning, something hot in the evening, and the bit where everyone sits round a table eating together instead of queuing at a van. It does not take much kit to get there, but it does take the right kit.
Start with heat and water. Our stoves and burners cover portable gas stoves and liquid spirit burners, and our camping kettles are the thing you will use most often, usually before anyone has said a word to each other.
Then what you cook in and eat off. Our cookware and cook sets nest together so a full set takes up about the space of one pan at home, and our camp kitchen accessories cover cutlery, plates, utensils and the extending spatulas and toasting forks that keep your hands away from the heat.
For eating outdoors rather than cooking, our picnic and dining range covers rugs, hampers and collapsible wine glasses, which work as well in a park or a back garden as they do on a campsite.
The practical advice is to keep it all in one box and pack it the same way each time. You will always be looking for a tin opener in the dark otherwise. Add a cool bag for anything that needs to stay cold, a camping table to prep on and camping chairs to eat from.
