New World

New World is a long-established UK kitchen appliance brand, now part of Glen Dimplex Home Appliance Ltd, the same group that makes Belling and Stoves cookers. Its range covers gas and electric cookers, ovens and hobs for ordinary households. This page is not a product review: it sets out what a household that already owns a New World cooker should know when getting ready for, or getting through, an emergency.

What New World makes

New World's products for UK households are gas and electric cookers, including range cookers, built-in ovens and hobs. For a prepared household, the distinction that matters most is the fuel: a gas cooker keeps a household cooking through a power cut, while an electric one does not.

Gas cookers and hobs

Gas cookers and hobs run on the gas network rather than the electricity network, so they are more likely to function during a power cut¹. If your hob ignites electrically, check your manual before an emergency to see whether it can be lit by hand and how. Keep the oven, hob and grill clean, as a build-up of fat and grease can easily catch fire⁵, and never leave a hob unattended while cooking⁶.

Electric cookers and ovens

New World electric cookers, ovens and induction hobs depend entirely on mains electricity, so plan around them failing in a power cut¹. If your household relies on an electric cooker, think ahead about alternative cooking arrangements, covered in our guides to heating and cooking without mains power and backup power at home.

Using a New World cooker in a power cut

In a power cut, a gas New World cooker may keep working while an electric one will not¹. Keep a fully charged torch handy so you can cook and check the hob safely in the dark⁸. For what to cook and how to keep food safe without power, see our power cuts and emergency food guides.

Safe use of gas appliances indoors

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service advises households to have all gas appliances serviced annually by a Gas Safe registered engineer, never to attempt DIY on a gas installation, never to block air vents, to fit a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a gas appliance, and to know how to turn the gas supply off in an emergency³. Only a Gas Safe registered engineer may legally carry out gas work; anyone else doing so is breaking the law⁹. Every registered engineer carries an ID card with a unique licence number and photograph, and the back of the card shows which areas of gas work they are competent in⁹.

Fit a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a gas appliance and test it at least once a month¹³. If it sounds, leave your home, call 999 and seek medical attention¹³. Do not use a gas appliance in a room you sleep in unless it has a flame safety device fitted or is a sealed unit with an external flue; confirm this with a Gas Safe registered engineer¹⁴. More on this is in our home emergencies guide.

Safety notices and recalls

A Government product safety report issued in August 2022 covered Glen Dimplex Home Appliance Ltd manufactured Belling, Stoves and New World gas range cookers with gas grills, in 110, 100 and 90cm models, purchased at any time between 2010 and 2022². The report found the products did not meet the requirements of the Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018². If you own one of these cookers, check the notice, reference PSD case number 2205-0240, and contact the manufacturer².

To check any appliance for recalls or safety notices, search the Government's list of product safety alerts, reports and recalls, and use Electrical Safety First's online product checker⁴. If an appliance is not listed as recalled it should be safe to use; if you have concerns about its safety, contact the retailer or manufacturer¹⁶.

Registering your appliance

Register your New World appliance with the manufacturer, or at registermyappliance.org.uk, so you can be contacted about faults or recalls⁴. You will typically need the model name or number, the serial number and the purchase date¹⁶. Keep these details with your household paperwork so they are to hand in an emergency.