Sur La Table

**Sur La Table, Inc.** is a privately held retail company based in Seattle, Washington, that sells kitchenware products, including cookware, cutlery, cooks' tools, small electrics, tabletop and linens, bakeware, glassware and bar, housewares, food and outdoor. As of October 2018, Sur La Table sold products in 184 stores in 32 states across the country including the District of Columbia, as well as through their website and catalogs. Cooking classes are available in over 80 stores. Sur La Table has a blog, *A Sharp Knife & Salt*, that focuses on food, chefs, restaurants and products. Many of the company's stores offer culinary classes and Sur La Table plans to include a kitchen into every new store that they open. The company's corporate headquarters is located in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood.

In French, *sur la table* means *on the table*. French pronunciation: ​[syʁ la table]

## History

Shirley Collins founded Sur La Table in 1972, opening a single retail location in Seattle's Pike Place Market. In 1995, Collins sold the company.

In 2005, Kathy Tierney took over as the chief executive officer and advocated an expansion policy of opening new stores in "lifestyle centers", malls, and on city streets, "with a mix of upscale national brands and creative local merchants, anchored by an upscale or organic-themed grocery store that encourages frequent trips", Sur la Table became the second-largest specialty cookware retailer in the United States behind Williams-Sonoma.

In January 2011, Sur la Table launched a website and gift registry program.

In September 2011, Sur La Table was purchased by Sears Alliance.

On February 18, 2020, it was reported that Sur la Table and Discovery, Inc., will team up together to produce a "first-of-its-kind cooking ecosystem" which will allow students to participate with the in-store cooking class via online streaming.

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