Chantal has partnered with the Lance Armstrong Foundation to create the LIVESTRONG by Chantal line of housewares products. Each item features the LIVESTRONG logo. Ten percent of Chantal's sales of this item will go to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Chantal was founded in 1979 by Heida Thurlow, president of Chantal Cookware Corp., who initally designed Chantal's products. She has received 18 design and utility patents from the US and Germany. Today, new product development has become a team approach from a creative, quality-oriented Chantal Team. Chantal's newest innovations center around today's busy lifestyles. Chantal's Cook & Serve Cookware, is specifically designed to go from freezer to stove to table and then finally to the dishwasher. Getting dinner on the table or throwing a party has never been easier!