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There are some food awareness days/weeks we particularly look forward to and National Curry Week is certainly one of them. It’s not just because Asian food is one of our specialities here in the SK kitchen, although that obviously makes events like this even more interesting (we don’t get as excited for World Porridge Day for example!). […]

Today is the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, Macmillan’s biggest fundraising event for people facing cancer. It’s a great cause and one we here at SK certainly support. There may not be anything more quintessentially British than a cup of tea, but you still can’t beat a damn fine cup of coffee (credit: Agent Cooper, Twin […]

It’s National Rice Week and it’s fair to say, given we specialise in Asian food, that were are all over it! Incredibly, rice is the mainstay of food for over half the world’s population and has become much more than just an accompaniment in a dish. It’s very versatile and can be used to make […]

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, […]

As lovers of lamb, it came as a surprise to discover that one of the reasons for Love Lamb Week is that fewer people have been regularly eating the meat over the past 15 years. What’s not to like? Lamb is such a versatile dish and despite what you might think, it’s no harder to […]

It’s National Burger Day. In the not too distant past, going out for a burger meant you were restricted to your local McDonalds or Burger King and, if you are a 40-something like many of us at SK are, you may even remember Wimpy! Sitting down to a Big Mac, a Whopper, or a Wimpy […]

Fusion is an overused word in our business, especially when all it effectively means is combining different types of food. We like to KISS here in the SK kitchen and by that we mean Keep It Simple Stupid, so fusion, along with rustic, artisan, authentic, farm to table and many, many more, incur the wrath […]

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” When an author of Henry James’ stature says that, it would be foolish to disagree, so when we discovered the date of this year’s annual afternoon tea, we couldn’t wait to start cooking. But before you […]

When we discovered today was International Beer Day, we fought each other over who should write the blog and provide a recipe. After all, who doesn’t like beer? Not only is it great on its own, from a chef’s point of view, it’s fantastic for using in food. Whether it’s giving some robustness to a […]