Chef's Frypants - OliveFrypants Tefron coating. John: Hey Bill! You know about Teflon? Bill: Of Course! My profession, as you know, is a chef. It's the coating seen on pots and pans that repels water and oil resulting in a non stick surface making it ideal for cooking. John: Yup!. The polymerized tetrafluoroethylene called polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a synthetic chemical made up of carbon and fluorine atoms that is resistant to corrosion, heat, and has low surface