Abstract: A removable gripping device (1) for a cooking vessel (40), the device including a fixed member, a mobile member, a displacement mechanism capable of being controlled manually, the fixed member comprising a front wall designed to bear at least partially against the external face of the peripheral wall of a cooking vessel, the mobile member, being designed to bear against the internal face of the peripheral wall of the vessel in its closed position. The mobile member has two arms (11, 12), each of the two arms (11, 12) being provided with an end part (15a, 15b) extending substantially parallel to the front wall (16) of the fixed member (2, 3). The displacement mechanism (7, 10) causing the lateral displacement of the end parts (15a, 115b) of the arms (11, 12).