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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 […]

So, on Shrove Tuesday, what sort of pancakes will you be eating today? Call me old fashioned, but I like to keep it simple. That means, a bit of lemon juice and some sugar. But given we are all about the savoury here in the SK kitchen, it would be remiss of me not to […]

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 […]

On Yorkshire Pudding Day, why, we ask, is there still no EU protected status for this simple (if you know how to cook them that is!) dish? Melton Mowbray pork pies, Stornoway black puddings, Cumberland sausage, Jersey royal potatoes and Cornish clotted cream all have this status, which means it must be produced in the […]

Believe it or not, Chinese New Year 2017 is only just underway, but in the SK kitchen we have already started planning for 2018! 2017 is the year of the rooster, which is apt given we have two in the kitchen. No, I don’t mean the feathered version, but our Head Chef John and Senior […]

Put the diet on hold. Yes, you heard us correctly. For most people, January is a time to recover from the excess of Christmas, making sure you eat healthily so you can get back into your jeans/dress and avoid alcohol to let your liver recover. If that’s you, great, but you can count us out!

AN award-winning food company has added two new chefs to its development kitchen as demand for its ethnic snacks and ready meals continues to grow. SK Chilled Foods now has five chefs working in the development kitchen at its head office in Wynyard, near Billingham. And the new structure has been introduced to mirror the organisation […]

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.

Ok, hands up, who really likes Christmas pudding? In the last blog, we talked about alternative Christmas dinners, so it’s now time to have a look at alternative Christmas desserts Let’s say you ignore our advice and have a big turkey dinner on the 25th, we’re willing to bet that by the time it comes […]