Widely considered the Rolls-Royce of cooking appliances, a La Cornue range is the stuff that Top Chef dreams are made of. La Cornue was founded 100 years ago by Albert Dupuy, a gourmet who invented the gas oven for the home. Although the company is now part of the Aga Foodservice Group, it is still led by a Dupuy descendant and continues the family tradition of making quality ranges by hand and produced to order. La Cornue’s hallmark is Dupuy’s vaulted oven, perfect for roasting and baking, with doors that open laterally. The Château line is the crème de la crème. These spectacular stoves come in six models (the Grand Palais 180 is pictured) and an array of colors that make our American obsession with stainless-steel appliances look downright blasé. Scroll down on each model’s page to the “Create your La Cornue” section, where you can select your color, trim, and fixtures and then configure your cooktop with a variety of burners and options in gas or electric or a combination of both. Each range comes with an engraved plate certifying its authenticity; of course, the price is just short of Rolls-Royce range ($20,000 to $41,000). Stateside, you can purchase Château ranges from Pennock Appliance or Joanne Hudson Basics. One of the company’s new offerings is the more affordable La CornuFe line of pre-manufactured, hand-finished ranges. The color choices are limited and they’re not produced to order, but the cooktop still has those powerful professional gas burners, and the range comes with two electric ovens ($8,600 plus $1,300 “white glove” delivery at Williams Sonoma). Plus, it’s got that distinctive La Cornue look. Oh, to be in a kitchen with a La Cornue!