Is everyone enjoying British Food Fortnight? The theme of this year’s event, aside from celebrating how amazing British food is, is rediscovering long-forgotten traditional recipes that were once unique to particular areas of Britain.

Is everybody enjoying Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight? This is a nationwide event which supports and promotes Scotland’s produce and the people who grow, make, cook and sell it. We’re big fans of Scottish food and are proud to make food here in the SK kitchen which is enjoyed by so many people north of […]

It’s Afternoon Tea Week – Is there anything more quintessentially British than afternoon tea? It’s as British as fish and chips, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding and spotted dick. We are therefore delighted to support Afternoon Tea Week, which is a celebration of one of the nation’s favourite traditions.

It’s Bastille Day. This French national day commemorates the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, an important event in Paris in a violent revolution that had begun two days earlier and which would lead to the country becoming a republic. Like most national days, food plays a big part in the celebration and […]

It’s British Tomato Week, so we will kick off this blog with a question; is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Believe it or not, this question was answered by the US Supreme Court in 1887 when tomato growers in America pressed for, and were ultimately successful, in getting it classed as a vegetable. […]

It’s St George’s Day. St George is the patron saint of England but do you know that we are not the only ones who celebrate St George’s Day? Christian churches across the world, including Canada, Jordan, Lebanon, Hungary and Spain, celebrate the day in a different way by marking the feast of St George.

When you think of Easter what food springs to mind? Fish (if eating on Easter Friday) and hot cross buns will no doubt be top of your list but you know by now that we always prefer to take a worldwide view on all things food related, so, what will be getting served up in […]