The Tour de Yorkshire starts later this week and as it’s just down the road (pardon the pun) from us, needless to say we’re very excited. It’s fantastic that this has now become an official event on the UCI Europe Tour following the success of the Tour de France, which passed by our neck of […]

Could a doughnut be any more perfect? It’s portable and easy to eat on the go. It’s delicious, obviously. And it’s just got a little bit better too…the humble doughnut is not so humble any more. It’s bright pink and favoured by one of the world’s favourite fathers. Homer Simpson…. That’s right, Krispy Kreme (who […]

With Easter coming up, we thought long and hard this week for another subject to write about for the blog…we really did. Alternative Easter feasts, creative ways with lamb, etc….we thought about them all, honest! But we kept getting distracted by chocolate eggs. The wanting to eat them now is weighing heavily on our minds […]

News is out that Costco are selling an apocalypse food kit which it promises will keep you and your family fed for a year should disaster strike – when presumably it will be safe to venture out of your shed or whatever you’ve been using as a bunker. Now, here at SK Chilled Foods, we […]

By Benna Davis, SK Chilled Foods Head of Development What ambitions do today’s food and nutrition students have for their futures? Where do they see themselves working? Do they know all the options open to them? They may be considering a career in dietetics or thinking about becoming a nutritionist perhaps. What might have not […]

It’s Spam Appreciation Week. Yes, it actually exists! In the days before Spam was a term for annoying emails, it was more synonymous as a brand name for canned cooked meat. Keeping the troops marching through the Second World War, Spam (or to give its correct styling, SPAM), was a name everyone knew.

Forget The Great British Menu; it was all about The Great SK Menu this week. Ahead of a visit from some VIPs, we transformed the meeting room in our northern head office into a ‘pop up’ restaurant, the very exclusive Wellington House. Like most of the fine dining establishments trying to make a booking was […]

It may only be the start of the 2018 Chinese New Year (the year of the dog) but here in the SK development kitchen, we’re already planning for 2019 – the year of the pig. You will be very pleased to know that we are skipping ahead this year and providing a pork-based recipe. Dog […]

Mention Christmas to anyone in February and you would get a funny look, but at this time of year John Parker is already full of festive spirit. That’s because in his role as a Commercial Manager at SK Chilled Foods, he is already planning for Christmas 2018. This month, for instance, he has already met […]