Nestable cookware

An item of cookware comprising a body, the body having an outer wall and a base, and a handle, the handle being vertically rotatable between a first working position in which the handle is oriented to extend away from the outer wall and a second stowed position in which a major portion of the length of the handle is located extending across the body substantially parallel with the base or at a downward angle relative to the plane of the base, the handle having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being rotatably secured to an item of cookware via a connecting portion attached to one side of the cookware and the distal end having a gripping member disposed thereon, wherein the handle comprises a cavity located therein having a locking assembly comprising a locking member, said locking member configured to move between a first locked position and a second unlocked position, wherein the proximal end of the locking member comprises an acute angled upper surface relative to the plane of the handle and the connecting portion comprises a recess having an acute angled upper surface relative to the plane of the handle, wherein in the first locked position the angled upper surface of the proximal end of the locking member engages a first contact point on the angled upper surface of the connecting portion, and

• wherein the locking assembly comprises a resilient bias means aligned along the length of the handle and configured to bias the locking member into the locked position.