An apparatus with a base and support elements to hold the lid of a cooking vessel. The apparatus has an upright support element attached to the base via a base element, and the upright support element is prevented from rotating in relation to the base element by nature of projections on the upright support element and corresponding indentations on the base element. Further, the apparatus has a horizontal cross member affixed to an upper end of the upright support element, and a holding element extends outwardly at an angle therefrom. The holding element has one or more projections which serve to affix the holding element to the horizontal support element, which itself has apertures and indentations that are complementary in geometry to the projections of the holding element.