February 20th, 2020   |  
Author: Jane Beesley   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

Did you know that the first recorded Chinese restaurant in Britain opened in 1907? Yes, that surprised us too! Unfortunately, there’s no record of what was on the menu at the appropriately named ‘The Chinese Restaurant’ in London’s Piccadilly Circus, but we suspect the food was very different from what is served in your average […]

February 14th, 2020   |  
Author: Chris Brown   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

Ok, hands up, who knows how to cook rice properly? Whether it’s the burnt layer stuck to the bottom of a pan which takes forever to clean, to a watery splodge that looks more like semolina, even the best of us (including chefs) have encountered just some of these common consequences of trying to make […]

January 31st, 2020   |  
Author: Chris Brown   |  
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As you will be aware if your read our blogs (and please spread the word to others if you do) throughout Veganuary (or January as it is known among meat eaters) we have been comparing the vegan dishes launched this month by some of the UK’s biggest chains. There’s one day left in January and […]

January 24th, 2020   |  
Author: Oliver Parkinson   |  
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So, as Veganuary draws to a close, we come to our final ‘taste off’ of the month – Pizza Hut’s Vegan Pepperphoni Pizza vs McDonalds Veggie Dippers. We’ll start with the Veggie Dippers. Granted, McDonald’s do say this is only intended as a side, but you can’t help thinking that after all the publicity surrounding […]

January 17th, 2020   |  
Author: Jane Beesley   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

The war on meat continues this week with another momentous battle. Following on from the epic struggle between BK’s Rebel Whopper and Greggs’ Vegan Steak Bake, we have pitted two more giants of the fast food industry against each other. In the red corner we have KFC with their Vegan Burger and in the blue […]

January 10th, 2020   |  
Author: Sean Flint   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

If you read the news, there are some big questions on everyone’s minds this week. No, it’s not whether World War Three is about to break out or how much money Meghan and Harry will need for ‘financial independence’. For the record, we don’t think they will struggle! The big question is………. What tastes better, […]

December 19th, 2019   |  
Author: Neil Shaefer   |  
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Categories: SK Foods News

A partnership between SK Chilled Foods and a temperature controlled storage and distribution company is ensuring that millions of pieces of chilled food will make it fresh onto UK supermarket shelves in time for the busy Christmas and New Year period. Each year, our festive products make the short journey down the A1 to West […]

December 19th, 2019   |  
Author: Chris Brown   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

So, over the last few weeks we have discussed and provided recipes for traditional Christmas food such as Brussels and turkey, albeit putting our own unique SK stamp on it. In the last recipe of 2019 (hey even development chefs need a few weeks off) we’re suggesting you do something different this year and we’ll […]

December 13th, 2019   |  
Author: Jane Beesley   |  
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So, hands up, how many of you will be eating turkey this Christmas? Ok, and how many times do you eat turkey from February to November, assuming there may still be some leftovers in January? Soup anyone? Isn’t it funny that turkey has become such a Christmas staple? We eat around 10 million turkeys each […]

December 5th, 2019   |  
Author: Chris Brown   |  
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Categories: Chefs' Blog

So, who will be having Brussels sprouts with their Christmas dinner this year? Once upon a time, if we asked that question, we would have undoubtedly had more ‘nays’ than ‘yahs’. But as Simon and Garfunkel so eloquently put ‘the times they are a changin’. It’s fair to say that Brussels sprouts have historically had […]