La Cornue Reviews

Title: Six months. No part. No answer. La Cornue sells +$20,000 ovens and delivers zero support. I have been waiting over six months just to get an answer from the company and its US representatives about a single replacement part. Not the part itself. An answer. High repair costs. No parts availability. And complete silence from a company that happily took my money. If your La Cornue breaks, you own an expensive paperweight. Luxury pricing. Junk support. Do NOT buy from this company.

DO NOT PURCHASE!!! We have now purchased TWO La Cornue CornuFé 90s. The first one emitted toxic Formaldehyde and VOCs. The replacement unit had loose insulation coming out of all of the seams into the cooking area. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR QUALITY? Worse yet, why is their customer service so terrible. I've had better service from Frigidaire. We originally ordered these units in early May, waited months, then waited 6 weeks for the first replacement, and have now been waiting over two weeks for literally ANYONE at La Cornue to do something and stand behind their expensive but useless products.

I have the Cornufe 110. Highly recommend against this purchase. I have had it less than two months. Received it 10 months after ordering. Received a complimentary French plaque. Arrived with chips, which they cannot replace since I didn’t purchase it. Was manufactured with missing hinges. We still don’t have a working left oven as we wait for the hinges to be received. You need to take 3+ hours off of work to be home to receive the person to fix your stove, and he had to come multiple times. The burners are very hard to light. They are very difficult to get going. When you open the oven for the first time you will learn that an immense amount of heat comes out. My face was “burned” - I was in immense pain and had a blaster in my lip. With all of this- customer service offers no apologies, takes no responsibility (outside of the range being late). Customer service in no way acts like a luxury brand.

La Cornue Oven Review: Looks Pretty, Performs Poorly. I deeply regret purchasing the La Cornue oven. While it may look beautiful in your kitchen, that's about where the benefits end. For the $13,000 price tag, I expected exceptional performance— But instead, it has been nothing but frustration. The oven cavity is inexplicably small and can't even fit a regular-sized turkey. The burners are unreliable and often difficult to light, which makes everyday cooking a hassle. If you're considering this oven, please take this as a warning: This has been one of my worst purchasing decisions. I’m literally considering giving it away— It’s that disappointing. A very expensive lesson learned.

Updated on 08/08/2025: An update to my previous review. It's been 184 days days since I contacted Middleby Residential because our La Cornue Dual Fuel Range was leaking gas from 4 out of 5 burners and was red-tagged by the energy company (please see my previous review for the gory details). At the time of that review (February 2025), we were told that the required parts are on back order for 3 months but they can get them in and fix the range in May. Predictably, the parts did not become available in May. Or in June. Or in July.

I am sad and confused by the 3 negative reviews of La Cornue Ranges! La Cornue is the Bentley of home ranges and I love mine! IMHO, anyone can cook with a La Cornue range! There is a minimal learning curve and it allows anyone to cook well. The La Cornue company used to be family owned. Shipping took months and required a translator. Today it is owned by the Middleby Corporation. Which owns Viking among others. There is also a new range called the Tuscany, it is a combination of La Cornue and Viking! The Middleby Corporation is helping to bring La Cornue into the 21st Century! Who knows, if there were more La Cornue ranges in the world, more people might enjoy cooking!! #caul fat.

Our home came with this gorgeous piece of junk. It is broken frequently and has serious design flaws. A light bulb, easily left on, costs $$$. The burner electronic ignition has been repaired multiple times. Now the left-side oven is broken; the oven continues to heat up with no thermostat, the broiler does not work. Our repair guy thinks the parts to fix it are no longer available and if they are his estimate is $600. This range is heading for Craigslist for free.

La Cornue 147 purchased 1994 from Williams-Sonoma in San Francisco - The back burner thermocouple has been replaced at least 2 times. The last time it was replaced with one too large so that the brass cap does not fit but it still will not stay on even if I hold it on for 5 minutes. Now the gas grill will not stay on so I must push the handle in the whole time I am trying to grill a piece of meat. The electric burners have been replaced once but the repairman is afraid that the wiring is very poor. Beautiful but I cannot believe they cannot repair it. I think the trouble is in the handle that turns on the gas and not the thermocouple. One repairman said just buy another stove. For the price very disappointing.

I have a La Cornue 150 Chateau generation one, and the left front burner's thermocoupler has broken. After waiting two months for the ordered part to come in, I have been told that La Cornue does not make the part and does not expect to manufacture it again. So now I am stuck with a $40K plus range with its main burner inoperable. Otherwise, it is a beautiful range - to look at.

Great size, nice color, beautiful sight, quite good. Very expensive though but worth it. Great and easy to use. Very useful four burners that work good. The value was over 9 thousand but it is very much worth buying. The metal is tough so it will be hard to get a scratch on it. Very great. The appearance of the stove was gray, made out of metal, big and shiny, touch screen with knobs and a clock. The size was about 3 foot tall 2 foot wide, big heavy and the size of two stoves put together weighed around 110 pounds and short enough for short people.