Tala

Tala is one of the oldest and best loved kitchenware brands. A trusted supplier, of baking and cake decorating equipment since 1899, Tala has grown to supply cooks and bakers all over the world. 1899
Taylor Law & Co Ltd was established in 1899, by Frederick Taylor and Thomas Law, to satisfy the developing Victorian kitchenware and hardware market across Britain. They produced a wide range of metal goods for the kitchen and garden which proved to be successful and the workforce grew. The factory created products that ranged from baking pans and icing syringes to make delicious homemade food, to galvanised tubs and travellers trunks.

1914-1918
During the First World War, Tala carried on creating their baking and cooking products, in addition to numerous munitions and even ration books too.

1920s
After the war, Thomas Law’s son, Frank took over. He combined the founders’ names to create the ‘Tala’ brand as we know it today. Continuing to supply Britain with a developing range of kitchenware gadgets and icing equipment, Tala was quickly becoming a household name.

It is during the 1920s that we can find the first records of the Tala Dry Cook’s Measure, an iconic symbol of British baking, which is now approaching 100 successful years of production in the UK! In our 1933 product catalogue, the 1690 Tala Icing Syringe is already described as ‘an old favourite’, which is a testament to Tala’s influence on baking trends and cake decorating during the first half of the 20th Century.

It is during the 1930s that Tala becomes well established as a leading kitchenware supplier in the international market, with representatives in over 21 countries including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Palestine, supplying high quality cooking and baking supplies that included egg racks, peelers, serving utensils and steamers. Additionally coupled with a determination to manufacture as many Tala products in Great Britain as possible, the company redirected its product development and sourcing strategy to place more importance on British manufacturing.

During the 2000s, the British public started to want more than convenience meals, and turned back to nutritious, homemade food, cooked lovingly at home by hand. This was accompanied by a desire to cook with high quality, British-made kitchenware tools. So, the new Tala owners set out to produce as many superior quality kitchenware products as possible in the UK, leading to a resurgence of this favourite UK kitchenware brand. Best known for our baking and cake decorating products, Tala is a market leading, well-loved British kitchenware brand that strives to manufacture in the UK as much as possible. Today, Tala manufactures products in numerous sites across the UK including Liverpool, Accrington, Norfolk, Suffolk and Burnley. Traditional methods are still used to manufacture most Tala products.