August 13th, 2018   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

One of the SK chefs’ favourite TV programmes – Great British Menu – returns to our screens this week and this year it is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NHS. We are looking forward to seeing what the professional chefs come up with as they attempt to win a place at the banquet, but […]

August 7th, 2018   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Interest rates have increased for the first time in what feels like forever (it’s actually since March 2009), and while it is in itself only a small change, it can have a big impact on a family’s budget so perhaps it’s time to be frugal. Eating out has become one of the nation’s favourite ways […]

July 30th, 2018   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Put out the bunting, it’s International Beer Day on Sunday (5th August). Do you know that in 2011 an American journalist decided to abstain from solid food for Lent and drank nothing but beer and water for 46 days? He wanted to see if he could emulate German monks of the 16th century who supposedly […]

July 8th, 2018   |  
Author: Sean Flint   |  
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July is National Hot Dog Month, and whilst you might think this meaty snack is quintessential America, it was actually invented in Europe. There are conflicting claims to the exact origins of the popular cinema snack – one story claims two Austro-Hungarian immigrants, Emil Reichel and Sam Ladany, brought the hot dog with them from […]

July 2nd, 2018   |  
Author: SK Foods   |  
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With Germany out of the World Cup, it seems the path has been cleared for Brazil, now the tournament favourites, to lift the trophy. We love Brazil, but not only because of Neymar and Co, we must admit. It’s not its beaches, although they’re undoubtedly beautiful. It’s not the great cities like Rio and Sao […]

June 18th, 2018   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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So, the World Cup is underway and England kick off their campaign tonight against Tunisia. There then follows games against Panama before the final group match against Belgium. No doubt, if England manage three wins, the national expectation will skyrocket (again) and this will definitely be the year right?

June 11th, 2018   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Food, it is often said, brings people together. It can help bridge cultural gaps, it is celebratory, and there’s nothing more ‘in’ at the moment than Korean food. So, to mark the meeting between US President Donald J Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un this week we decided to look at what might be on the […]

June 4th, 2018   |  
Author: SK Foods   |  
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Gin. It’s everywhere now, isn’t it? You can’t move down a high street without falling over at least one specialist gin bar and even the most modest of hostelries seems to be offering about a third of their bar space to the spirit. Last year, just in the UK, we bought 47 million bottles. Sales […]

May 19th, 2018   |  
Author: Sean Flint   |  
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May is Hamburger Month. That sounds good to us! We love a burger here – it’s like the little black dress of food – you can accessorise it in so many different ways. From humble beginnings of a simple ground beef patty, perhaps with just a touch of ketchup and in a toasted bun, the […]

May 11th, 2018   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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International No Diet Day and Eat What You Want Day – now they are two awareness days we can definitely get on-board with! Ok, the weather is getting better and as a result legs and torsos are being exposed to the world left, right and centre, after a long winter of comfort eating and hibernation. […]