LIFESTYLE FEATURE
From kitchen to candlelight: the many lives of one little lighter The reason chefs, hosts and enthusiastic home cooks have adopted the EZ Reach with near religious devotion is simple: it’ s absurdly useful.
Here are a few favourite ways to put it to work:
• Incense and mood lighting: Sticks, cones and resin fill a room with mood-boosting fragrance. The wand keeps fingers well clear of the flame – no scorched fingertips while you set the scene.
• Dinner party candles: Tall tapers, deep votives, hurricane lanterns. The BIC ® EZ Reach handles them all without requiring tiny circus hands.
• Smoking woods and herb sprigs: Perfect for lighting rosemary stems under a cloche or wood chips for a smoked cocktail flourish worthy of unnecessary applause.
• Caramelising sugar: No kitchen torch? No problem. It’ ll blister the top of a crème brûlée or finish a meringue in a pinch.
• Toasting spices: A quick lick of flame wakes up cinnamon, star anise and cloves beautifully for mulled wine or winter cocktails.
• Gas hobs and rear burners: Ideal for those moments when the auto-ignition mysteriously stops believing in itself.
• Pizza ovens, fireplaces and pilot lights: The wand reaches exactly where your fingers absolutely should not. essentialflavours. co. za • Winter 2026 | 13