kitchendetective - afaik, Esse range cookers are not available in Canada, sadly. One *could* technically import one oneself, however the inspections, etc, would make it a fairly daft enterprise. I got an instant friendly response from the good people at Lacanche, which bodes well! I'll do some more homework, and post separately on them if/when I have any questions. I also got an instant and really helpful response from Aga, to be fair, however it's their crumby service record in N America that pretty much makes them a non-starter for us. There are several Aga 6-4s still available, by the way, dotted around the continent. Didn't take me long to find them, so if anyone out there still wants one, keep looking! If we had a good service tech close by, we'd be getting one, I think.

Hi there, I am in the market for a rangecooker and i have been checking out all the Aga La Cornues too. I noticed the following: The La Cornufe has the same ovens and interior as the Aga Legacy and the British range called Falcon. The door hinges are identical on the La Cornufe and the Falcon. On espares website they say that the replacement elements for the Lacornufe are the same ones that go into the Rangemaster (revamped a little for the US market and called the Aga Legacy there) and the Falcon. THe cooktop on the Falcon and the LaCornufe and the Mercury rangecookers are all identical (except that the Falcon doesnt have the brass burners). Mercury is yet another AGA Group brand. It seems to me, having CLOSELY examined each of these cookers in the 43-48 inch category, that they are in fact all the same. The interior is the same. The LaCornufe appears to have pullout sides and top to the ovens that mean that they are easier to clean but the downside seems to be that the racks dont fit right - they are a little to tight and scrape badly along the sides when you pull them out. Ive seen a couple of these now and they are all the same. The lowest entry level is the Aga LEgacy. Then a little higher up is the Falcon. Then the Mercury and then the La Cornufe. Now that might tempt you to go for the LaCornufe but NOOOOOOOOO. THe price appears to be based on the name. THe btw on the burners on the La Cornufe is LOWER than the cheaper Mercury. AND the Mercury has a seperate grill and it has those lovely whizzy slidy pull out racks. THe LaCornufe doesnt have a dedicated grill and as I say the racks dont fit. Falcons a re lovely and reasonably priced but they dont do them in the US so there is no point telling you about them. I have put in an offer on a LaCornufe here and I regret it - (See my thread in the appliances section on same). Having suffered buyers remorse over my LCfe offer(not having actually bought it) I realised that the Mercury was by far the best bang for buck in the AGA ranges. They will tell you that the LaCornufe is made by Lacornue guys but its not. its made in the aga factory. They will tell you its dearer because its heavier but if yoiu look at the weight specs its not. Even the Mercury ovens are bigger. Hope this helps. Dippy

Can any provide more info about how the right oven doors swing out on the Mercury and Elise? The space that we have for a range is a corner so there is cabinetry to the right, at a 90 degree angle (if that makes sense). I’m concerned whether the right oven doors need to swing out more than 90 degrees to be fully open. i hope that makes sense! Thanks!

Was in the exact same situation. We looked at the Aga - loved it - but the ovens are very small and we would need to learn to cook very differently. We have no upper cabinets going into our new kitchen so a double oven was out. We are instead going with a 36" induction cook top and two french door ovens - less space requirements for the doors. We are putting one oven under the cook top and found room to put a tall cabinet next to our pantry for the second oven and a warming drawer. Good luck. Definitely go look at the Aga in person so you can really see if that style of cooking will work for you and your family.