Four New Product Development Technologists recently started working for SK Chilled Foods. They are Katherine Lenderyou, Michael Thackeray, Lydia Akrami and Juliet Watson. The quartet have each been assigned their own supermarket customers and will be involved in every aspect of developing new food products from the idea stage to the shop floor.

SK Chilled Foods has been named Food Manufacturer of the Year. We also scooped the title of Chilled Manufacturing of the Year in the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, which were held in London this week. The two awards, regarded as the Oscars of the food manufacturing world, recognised the technical innovation that resulted in SK making record […]

When you have ‘High Risk’ in your job title, you know what you do has to be taken seriously. And as a High Risk Supervisor working at our South Bank site, that’s exactly what Paul Dales does. Paul’s role is to ensure that all the correct procedures are being followed in relation to food safety […]

If there’s anything you need to know about an onion bhaji, Chris Collins is your man. That’s because as part of his role as a Team Leader on the production line at our South Bank site, he is responsible for ensuring the bhaji lines run smoothly. When you consider we produce 200,000 bhajis a day, […]

Stephanie Bell compares the process of pitching food to supermarkets to an audition process. She says there are some similarities between her current role as an New Product Development (NPD) Manager for SK Chilled Foods and the audition process which an Actor would undertake. That’s because she often finds herself in front of an audience […]

It’s a good job Emma Bell has Sky+ with a lot of memory, because she needs it for all the food-related shows she records. From Great British Menu to Masterchef, her planner is always crammed full and that’s not just because she enjoys watching cooking shows. The main reason is that in her role as […]

Staff at SK Chilled Foods don’t need to wish it could be Christmas every day, because it practically is! Last Christmas was the company’s busiest and most successful ever, with over 50 different products being supplied to most of the UK’s largest supermarkets chains. This included: 3.2 million packs of food supplied to UK supermarkets from […]

Chinese New Year has particular significance for chefs John Connell and Jane Beesley – and not just because the food they make is currently being enjoyed by millions of people across the UK. John and Jane, who work for Teesside-based SK Chilled Foods, were both born in the year of the rooster. The pair are […]

It’s just as well Abbie Crawford has a mobile phone with a very large memory. Whilst most people are taking pictures of their friends, family and pets, Abbie uses hers to take pictures of food – a lot of pictures in fact. It’s not that surprising given her role as a New Product Development (NPD) Manager.