Meanwhile, for those who want something super hardy and made with Mother Nature in mind – as well as outdoorsy types who love cooking with fire – Netherton Foundry’s number will be able to take a beating and still come out smiling, with just a little maintenance. The tiny holes in this baking tray allow food to bake slightly quicker, as the heat reaches it more easily. The double layer of non-stick makes this tray super silky and slippery to the touch – ideal for making sure food doesn’t cling on (ours certainly didn’t attempt to). At just under 35cm long, it’s a decent size – although would probably only fit four of our super-spreading choc-chip numbers without danger of them merging into one (yes, our cookies are always healthily portioned).

Schneider Non-Stick Perforated Baking Tray - P_CW321 - Nisbets Schneider Non-Stick Perforated Baking Tray - P_CW321 - Nisbets

Offers superb heat distribution for even cooking and the large handles with sure-grip silicone inserts make it a doddle to get it in and out of the oven. It’s practical improvements, like handy fill lines, making same-shaped pieces stack and adding pouring noses to our roasters, that makes our range outshine most others. We’re proud to introduce our PerfoBake perforated baking range, which takes the benefits of flexible, non-stick silicone bakeware to a whole new level.

Spending just a couple of quid more could make the difference between throwing it out in a year and it lasting for a decade. Nothing beats freshly baked bread, and now you can effortlessly bake your own baguettes at home with the PerfoBake Silicone Baguette Tray, which is designed to give you that authentic golden crust with the minimum effort required.

Perforated baking tray. | RATIONAL AG Perforated baking tray. | RATIONAL AG

The best way I have found to create the perfect rustic Baguette is to use the tray in a large baking tray to prove the dough, then just before it goes into the hot oven, spray the loaves with a fine mist of water and place another tray over the top as a lid to create a mini steam oven. Made from 1mm thick heavy-duty carbon steel with ridges and perforations to allow air to circulate for crispy results, it has a double layer of Quantum 2 professional non-stick, is oven safe up to 240°C and, because there are no rolled edges where water can become trapped and cause damage, it can go straight in the dishwasher for easy cleaning. Oven safe up to a decent 250C, this tray is a good size and made the most of the space on our oven shelf – great for the sourdough baking we’re all partaking in of late.Impressively sturdy and with a really efficient double-layered non-stick coating (gooey cookies were no match for this tray), ProCook’s offering feels weighty and robust. The rolled edges found on most bakeware introduce a difficult-to-dry space underneath the rim, and the edges themselves can be difficult to coat. My only negative is that they are a little short in length for the size of baguette I would like to bake.

MasterClass KCMCCB3 Crusty Bake Perforated Baking Tray with

So long as you follow those rules, the non-stick is guaranteed for five years, and the tray itself for life. Anodising is a fancy electrochemical process that makes baking trays more durable and eliminates the danger of corrosion. Having one of the biggest surface areas of all the trays we tested, along with a thin base that heats up easily, the Judge sheet is great for cookies. I found this tray sticks to the bread and also changes the shape and cooking of the underside of the baguettes.Happy in the freezer as well as the oven, the Prestige tray is handy for cooking homemade balls of cookie dough straight from frozen. The trade-off is that the sheet is a little more difficult to pick up from the oven shelf if you have chunky oven mitts on (we’ve all been burnt by the teatowel technique – quite literally). Robust and hardy without being too heavy, this British-designed and made sheet has slightly tilted lips around the edges, with handy groves in the corners making it easy and comfortable for gripping with your thumb. Whatever you’re cooking or baking, you’ll find the right tin for the task in our Lakeland Ovenware range.