Abstract: A removable holding device for manipulating cooking utensils has at least one holding lug in which is provided an opening substantially parallel to an internal edge of said lug, the device including a shell comprising an internal cavity that opens laterally onto a front face of the shell via an oblong orifice, said internal cavity being adapted to receive the lug when the lug is inserted via the oblong orifice, the holding device also comprising locking means received inside a clearance chamber provided in the shell and at least partially dosed at the top, the locking means being adapted to cooperate with the opening in the lug hen said lug is received in the internal cavity. The shell is in one piece. Thus the number of parts necessary for producing the device is particularly small and the production of the device on an industrial scale is greatly facilitated.