December 20th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

Mince pies will be putting in their annual appearance in our homes this Christmas. But the question is do you add an egg to your pastry or not? Do you make your own mincemeat or take it straight from a store-bought jar? And do you cover the filling completely or decorate it with a pastry-fashioned star or […]

December 20th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Categories: SK Foods News

SK Chilled Foods has welcomed a new board member with a wealth of food industry expertise. Nigel Horsman, formerly of Dorset Cereals, is the newest member of the SK Chilled Foods board.

December 18th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Discover, create, develop; the process of innovation at SK Foods is a recipe for success. At the heart of the process, the New Product Development team constantly strive to stay ahead of food trends and provide customers with new and original product options. To create their recipe for innovation they keep one eye firmly on […]

December 18th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Categories: Christmas Categories: SK Foods News

As 2015 draws to a close, we look back at a very productive and successful year. We are now creating more products than ever before including many new lines launched for Christmas. There have been a number of contributing factors to this success. Over the last year we have made significant investment in production including […]

December 11th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

Who doesn’t like Hot Chocolate and no, we are not talking about the 1970s British soul band! Do you scoop a few spoonfuls out of a tin and add to hot milk? Do you add marshmallows and cream? Or do you have a hot chocolate recipe handed down through the family?

November 30th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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It’s St Andrew’s Day but we are celebrating it throughout the week. St Andrew is the official patron saint of Scotland having been first recognised as such in 1320, but he is also the patron saint of Greece, Russia, Romania and Barbados.

November 27th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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A woman celebrating 25 years’ service with SK Chilled Foods is believed to have hand-folded more than 60 million samosas during her career. Asmat Farooq, who works  SK Chilled Foods’ Riverside site on Teesside, is estimated to have made 2.5million samosas every year for the 25 that she has worked there. That means that during her […]

November 25th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

Our American cousins celebrate Thanksgiving this week, but there’s no reason why you can’t bring some Thanksgiving traditions to your Christmas table. The fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving in the USA when traditionally the family sit down to eat turkey with all the trimmings followed by pumpkin pie. It’s the start of the holiday […]

November 22nd, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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It’s Stir-up Sunday today (22nd November) so if you haven’t done already there’s still time to gather the family together for a lucky stir and a wish with an old Christmas tradition. How many of you will be making your Christmas pudding this year? That’s what the tradition of Stir-up Sunday is all about and it’s […]

November 13th, 2015   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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If the children have seen you baking busily for the Children In Need cake sale at work and they’ve maybe sneaked a not-quite-so perfect cupcake, then this weekend might be the perfect time to get them into the kitchen. Inspire them with the thought of creating their very own Pudsey biscuits or cakes and encourage […]