Professional pastry bags, tips & tools for serious decorators
Since 1905, Ateco (August Thomsen Corp.) has been creating professional cake decorating and baking tools for the world’s most demanding kitchens. From precision piping tips and flexible pastry bags to spatulas, cutters and specialty tools, Ateco helps bakers, pastry chefs and decorators work faster, cleaner and with more control.
This collection brings together core Ateco tools for Canadian foodservice: stainless steel piping tips, reusable and disposable pastry bags, couplers and sets, offset spatulas, bench scrapers, cutters, pastry wheels, rolling pins and more. Each tool is designed for commercial use—comfortable in the hand, easy to clean and built to deliver consistent results across busy production days.
Whether you’re finishing hundreds of cupcakes, icing celebration cakes, piping choux, or decorating plated desserts, Ateco’s range of tips and bags gives you reliable, repeatable lines, rosettes, shells and borders. Mix and match individual tips with multi-piece kits to build a decorating kit that suits your menu and your team’s skill level.
Ateco tools are equally at home in independent bakeries, hotel pastry kitchens, restaurant dessert stations and serious home kitchens. Use this collection to standardize your decorating set-up, replace worn tools or expand into new techniques—from simple swirls and writing to flowers, borders and modern textures.
Frequently Asked Questions about Ateco
Who is Ateco?
Ateco is the brand name of August Thomsen Corp., a long-established manufacturer of cake decorating and baking tools founded in 1905. The company is known worldwide for its professional-quality pastry bags, piping tips, spatulas, cutters and related tools used in bakeries, pastry shops and restaurants.
What types of products does Ateco make?
Ateco manufactures a wide range of decorating and baking tools, including stainless steel piping tips, reusable and disposable pastry bags, couplers and tip sets, spatulas and palette knives, bench scrapers, pastry cutters and wheels, cake markers, rolling pins and more. Together, these tools cover most common cake decorating and pastry tasks.
Are Ateco tools suitable for commercial kitchens?
Yes. Ateco tools are designed with professional use in mind, with durable materials and shapes that hold up to repeated daily use in bakeries, pastry kitchens and restaurant dessert stations. Their stainless tips, reinforced bags and robust handles are all intended for commercial environments.
Can home bakers use Ateco products?
Absolutely. While Ateco tools are built for professional kitchens, they are also popular with serious home bakers who want better control and more consistent results. Many decorating sets are ideal starter kits for learning piping basics at home.
Are Ateco tools made from food-safe materials?
Ateco designs its products for direct food contact, using appropriate food-safe materials such as stainless steel, approved plastics and silicone. As with any tool, you should follow the manufacturer’s cleaning and care instructions to maintain hygiene and performance over time.
How do I choose between reusable and disposable pastry bags?
Reusable bags are often preferred in commercial settings where they can be washed and put back into rotation, making them economical for heavy use. Disposable bags are convenient for coloured icings, strong flavours or high-allergen items, and they simplify cleanup during peak production or off-site work like catering and pop-ups.
Which Ateco tips do I need to start decorating?
For most bakeries and decorators, a starter set of round tips (for writing and outlines), open and closed star tips (for rosettes, borders and swirls) and petal or leaf tips (for flowers and accents) will cover the basics. Ateco multi-piece kits bundle these essentials so you can equip a station or new decorator quickly.
