NEWS
AND PRESS
Sept 2009
We're proud to announce that the new products have been launched!!
A sweet ‘n’ savoury chutney spiked with red chillies
and Kentucky bourbon. It goes great with cheeses, fab with fondues and makes pork sausages and chops simply sensational!
Pickle-up your puddings and enjoy a profusion of other sweet and savoury uses. It’s gorgeous with goat’s cheese and great with Greek yogurt. It can even be used as an alternative filling for mince pies!
Why reserve the treat of coffee and biscotti to trips to the coffee shop in the High Street? This brilliant biscuit mix, brings coffee together with chunks of white and dark Belgian chocolate, so now you can create your own café culture at home!
We think that we've managed to make the tasting menu even better so if you'd like a tasting you can find out more here
Look out for the new gift packs - they'll be launched within the next few days!!
August 2009
We're off to launch Northern Ireland this week and will be exhibiting at the Castle Court shopping centre in Belfast all day on Friday 21 August. Come and see us and try some of our food!!
June 2009
Clare was hob-nobbing with the celebs last week at a great charity function on behalf of Action against Hunger.
"A team of celebrity chefs beat some of the nation’s best known food critics in an ingredient taste-challenge held in support of charity Action Against Hunger at Taste of London last night.
The celebrity chefs, who included Antonio Carluccio, Oliver Rowe and Anna Hansen, beat a team of critics, including Tom Parker Bowles and Tracy MacLeod, in a blind taste challenge, which tested their knowledge of ingredients." My Secret Kitchen had a number of blind ingredients for the chefs to try, including the Szechuan pepper which leaves that zingy numbing taste in your mouth!
Below is Clare on the Action Against Hunger stand
May 2009
We are bursting with excitement now we can finally launch the 'Inspired Dinners' range with you!
We have listened to foodies looking for easy, fabulous entertaining solutions of their own creation; we have thought about how we can give you a high end, valuable product to market, and we have seen the economy shift us away from dining out as friendships and 'home-ships' become more important.
And this is our fabulous, valuable, food and friend loving solution.....
Inspired Dinners: Italian Bistro
Inspired Dinners: Eastern Canteen
Our ‘Inspired Dinner Boxes' are designed to make dining at home a more amazing experience.
Five of our products with recipes & instructions to create seasonal menus using 5 additional ingredients (and a few storecupboard items)
Plus the extras to embellish and decorate the table to make the occasion special
It's an easy and convenient way of creating restaurant-quality food and a restaurant-style atmosphere, without a restaurant-sized bill!
March 2009: The new products are here!
Many months of planning once more and we think we have the best new set yet! We've gone around the world, from Africa, through Mexico, through to the far east and then back to the UK for our new range. These are all available at tastings as of next week and available online now. So enjoy them and let us know what you think!
Szechuan Pepper Pot : Using the fruits of the Japanese prickly ash tree and blending with star anise, fennel, caraway and other bits and bob, this grinder gives a warm, tingling, east asian flavour with lemony overtones.
Hibiscus & Rose Reduction: Floral is in! This has a multitude of uses, and can be used in anything from a simple embellishment for fruity desserts to a special ingredient that turns a bottle of cheap white wine into a sensational spritzer. Perfect for these tougher times.
Nacho Fiesta Cheese Ball Mix: Full of traditional Mexican spices including jalapeno chilli, oregano and a little roasted cumin, this mix, when combined with cream cheese produces an incredible ball of flavour for use with crackers, as a topping for potato skins, a stuffing for fajitas or blended with sour cream to produce an incredible mexican dip
Peach Pudding Pickle: Sweet juicy peaches combined with chillis and vanilla to produce a pickle that’s equally good in savoury and sweet dishes – Try it with jerk chicken or your favourite curry, or use it with yoghurt or as an accompaniment to cheesecake.
February 2009
We're excitedly planning the launch of the new range at the beginning of next month. The sad news is that it means we are saying a goodbye to a few of our exisiting range. We only have a limited amount of stock of the following items that will be delisted:
• Chocolate Infusions
• Lavender Shortbread
• Fig Pudding Pickle
These will be available until March 15th so please get your orders through quickly as once they're gone... that's it!
February 2009
We're now gearing up for our next exhibition at the One Life Live 2009 at Olympia in mid March. If you'd like to contact us we have a few free tickets for you! Just send us an e-mail and if we have any left, they're for you (saving of £14)
"Do you long to do something different with your life? Whether you're feeling unfulfilled in your job, are facing redundancy or you're simply stuck in a rut and feel it's time to make a change, come to One Life Live 2009 and get the inspiration, advice and practical support you need to make it happen.
Whether you long to retrain for a new career, want to take a career break to travel or volunteer overseas, dream about becoming your own boss or simply feel in need of a achieving a better work/life balance - you'll find the answers at One Life Live 2009."
January 2009
Well.... we've got another winner to announce! At the start of last year we decided to take one of the consultants on an amazing trip to Chicago, to go to the biggest food exhibition in the world - The Restaurant Show. The winner would have to do some serious building of their team and have a wonderful set of tastings completed throughout the year. We're delighted to announce that Su Davies won this year and below is a photo of her receiving her award. Congratulations Sue! We've also announced that this year, consultants will have the opportunity to go for a culinary trip to Tuscany for 2010. As we're we're an awful lot bigger we'll be taking a group, rather than just the one! So, if you're thinking about becoming a consultant, now is the time to join!!
January 2009: Energize me!!!
We've started the year with an Energise Me! tasting - you can choose between our standard tasting event or a real pick-me-up invigorating tasting packed full of ideas to kick start the new year. Contact us or your your nearest consultant for more information
Christmas 2008: Thank you from My Secret Kitchen
Thank you to all for your wonderful support this year. We've had an incredible 2008, meeting some inspirational people and built a great base for an even better 2009. In the meantime have a peaceful and flavourful Christmas and New Year.
Dec 2008: Good Food Show Winner!
We had a wonderful time at the BBC Good Food Show at Olympia meeting some lovely people and spreading the word about the business. Many people were interested in becoming a consultant and lots of people have requested tastings, we're slowly getting through the list so please bear with us! The delightful news for G Marshall of Sleaford, Lincs is that he/she has won the My Secret Kitchen Hamper in the prize draw! So congratulations!
Month on month we are having record sales, so thanks to all for helping us grow the business. If you'd like to help even more, please remember the gift packs that make fantastic presents for foodie lovers for Christmas!
Nov 2008: It's Gift pack month for My Secret Kitchen!
My Secret Kitchen have launched a range of innovative gift packs and boxes for those Foodie friends, colleagues, customers and family members who are looking for an inspirational gift this Christmas. All the packs contain a mix of what the company does best, a range of unusual, high quality foods and drinks that can’t be found in the everyday stores. Everything from the beer bread mix, to a chilli chocolate fondue through to our new chocolate infusions range. Prices range from £12.99 to the Ultimate Hamper at £115.
Buy any three gift packs this month and receive a Brownie Indulgence pack free! So take a look at the new range here.
Sept 2008: The new products are here!!!
Our new Autumn/Winter range have just been launched and we are delighted to announce the following to the My Secret Kitchen family of products:-
Chocolate Infusions - This is a totally new concept that we believe raises the bar on traditional hot drinks. Three new flavours combine Belgian chocolate curls with select herbs and spices. Very simply, you add milk to a couple of spoons of the mix, then warm in a saucepan or microwave, leave for a few minutes for all the herbs and spices to steep in the milk, then strain into a mug. The rich chocoate melts into the milk and the herbs and spices are infused perfectly to give you an amazingly different and authentic hot chocolate drink. We also believe we are the first ones to combine white chocolate and wasabi, in our Morning Magic infusion... sounds very strange but works perfectly!
Red Wine and Port Finishing Sauce - This fits so well in our philosophy of make your meals more amazing. So many uses, from deglazing a roasting pan to adding to spaghetti bolognese and lasagne. Its a wonderfully concentrated sauce that you only need a little to add a real impact to your meals. It's vegetarian too.
Wholegrain Beer Bread Mix - Our beer bread mix has become so popular that we've decided to add a sister loaf. This is slightly more savoury than the standard loaf and is packed full of malty grains. The principle is still the same though, just add a bottle of beer to make an amazing loaf of bread.
Fig Pudding Pickle - is back! We launched this last Autumn and it went down a treat with a lot of people so we've decided to resurrect it. Perfect for sweet and savoury dishes and great for a mince pie with a twist.
Book a tasting and try all the new products!
There will be a whole new range of gift boxes being launched over the next few days so watch this space
August 2008: In the press once again!
 Our success at the GreatTaste Awards has been featured in one of our local papers, the WiltshireTimes.
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August 2008: The award-winning My Secret Kitchen!
 Great news! My Secret Kitchen have won two prestigous awards in the Great Taste Awards – known as the Oscars of the UK Food Industry!
The Balsamic Reduction has been given the two star gold award, and our Maple Caramel Sauce has received the highest accolade, the three star gold award! We are so proud!! The Maple Caramel Sauce will now be in with the chance of being crowned the Supreme Champion in September.
The official press release is below:
My Secret Kitchen are dancing round the pantry at the news that their Maple Caramel Sauce has won the top three gold star award. Imagine your favourite toffees made into pourable, liquid heaven – and made all the more delicious by a hint of warm maple syrup. That’s the reason for the success. To add to their joy, they also won a two gold star award for their Balsamic Reduction.
The Great Taste Awards, which is organised by the Guild of Fine Food and often referred to as the Oscars of the food industry, is this year celebrating its 15th anniversary and is the authoritative, independent standard for Britain’s fine food sector. The judging standards are the most rigorous in the UK. Every entry is blind tasted by teams of experts. By the time it earns gold, it will have been assessed by at least three different teams. This year’s judges include Alex James, farmer, journalist and bass player with Blur, Mark Hix, the chef’s chef, Charles Campion from the Evening Standard and the Independent; Tom Parker-Bowles of UKTV Food’s Market Kitchen; and national food journalist Fiona Sims.
My Secret Kitchen is the UK’s first food and drink tasting company. The big idea is that rather than invite people round to look at lingerie or sniff some scent, it would be great to invite them round for something they can really enjoy – food.
Phil Moran, co-founder of My Secret Kitchen said, “A lot of the people who try our Maple Caramel Sauce give us the verdict of 'oooh' and 'aaah' but it’s great to also get the official Three Gold Star approval from such a distinguished team of experts”
July 2008: Lots of changes going on!
We hope you like the new look front page! We've added some snazzy Flash bits to it (thanks to Jeff) and, most importantly, added a blog to the site. It will consist of juicy (or not) bits of gossip about whats going on in My Secret Kitchen. Take a look!
It's Thai month for July! If you go to one of our tastings and enjoy all the sampling, we're giving away our top selling Thai dressing with kaffir lime for everyone that spends £20 or more. Read more about hosting a tasting.
June 2008: New gift pack! (Only read this part if it's super nice outside, otherwise it doesn't work!)
Let's face reality. This summer is going to be an amazing one. BBQ's, salads and celebrations with friends...
So, to make it even more perfect, we have introduced a Summer Salads gift pack – invite yourself to a summer get together, offer the host one of these and smile. Find out more...
June 2008: It's chocolate month for My Secret Kitchen!
Host a tasting in June
and as well as your Jute bag thank-you gift and £5 worth of product for every £50 of orders, we'll give you a FREE Ultimate Chocolate Brownie Mix and our ‘Top Ten Brownie Bliss Recipes’ for exciting ways to make extra special desserts and treats.
Contact us in the usual way via email at office@mysecretkitchen.co.uk or by calling 0845 094 5319.
May 2008: More wonderful articles!
It's been very busy so far for us this month, the Tatton Park exhibition enabled us to meet some wonderful people around Cheshire and the surrounding counties.
Anyone who is interested in having a tasting in that area can be completely comfortable with us now having some great people as consultants. We're still missing some pretty major cities where we have no consultant coverage so please give us a call or e-mail us if you're thinking about the opportunities that My Secret Kitchen can offer you.
The June issue of Period House has a little feature of us in the food section and we've recently had quite a few requests for information following a great three page feature of us in the new Direct Selling News europe magazine!
April 2008: William and Bailey's first fame photos!
William and Bailey have been very excited over the last few days with the first photos of them in a real life magazine!! Sense magazine, produced by the Royal Bank of Scotland wrote a lovely article about the benefits of working from home and took some lovely photos of the whole family.
 
March 2008: Our spring/summer products are here
Our new products have been launched! We've three fresh new products that capture the flavour of spring and summer, and take taste buds to some exciting new places.
Kashmir Curd is delicately infused with the Asian spice, cardamom, and is a deliciously versatile accompaniment to a wide range of desserts. It can also be spread on crumpets and slathered over scones to spice up breakfast or add an extra dimension to afternoon tea. Best of all, it's subtly exotic nature means it can be combined with ice cream to solve the perennial problem of what dessert to serve after a curry.
Thai Dressing with Kaffir Lime is a true splash of summer with the fresh zing of spring. It's amazing as a marinade, delightful as a dressing or sensational when drizzled over grilled haloumi cheese to make a simple-but-super starter.
Chocaberry Cheese Ball Mix combines with cream cheese to create tastefully tart mouthfuls of creamy white chocolate and raspberry indulgence. This inspires the possibility of outrageously impressive dessert cheese balls or, when also mixed with cream, an incredibly quick-and-easy cheesecake filling. Alternatively, just sandwich it between a couple of biscuits and enjoy a slice of fantasy food heaven.
February 2008
As you know, we are exhibiting at One Life Live 2008 and we have arranged for you to have a special discount. Tickets normally cost £12 in advance and £15 on the door, but you can book tickets for just £10 each by quoting our stand reference (P26) when booking online at www.onelifelive.co.uk or when calling the ticket hotline on 0844 8483225.
We look forward to serving you a few sneaky brownies there.... just ask as we'll have hidden them....
January 2008
It's a wonderful new year! We're fully aware that sometimes the financial side of life can be tricky after the Xmas blow-out so join us as a consultant in January or February and there's no need to pay for the business kit until April, giving you plenty of time to start your business and make the profit to pay for the kit and really give your new business a dream start. Just give us a call on 0845 094 5319...
December 2007: Pursue something new
in 2008!
 After
the success and popularity of our stand at the Good Food Show,
we're out on the road again in 2008. Our first appearance
will be at One Life
Live in London from 29 February to 2 March.
One Life Live is an event for
anyone who dreams of breaking free from the daily grind to
pursue a new professional or personal goal. To that end, we'll
be promoting the freedoms, rewards and opportunities presented
by becoming one of our
consultants.
December 2007: We're here, there and
everywhere!
As the word spreads about My Secret Kitchen, so does the coverage
in the press! During December, we've featured in Essentials
and Marie Claire magazines, and in The Telegraph.
Just click the images below to see each article in full.
October 2007: Gift Packs
and new products are here!
Our new products are here! Fig
Pudding Pickle and Lavender
Shortbread Mix have joined My Secret Kitchen's growing
range of products. We've also introduced five Gift
Packs that will make perfect festive gifts for your food-loving
friends.
July 2007: Clare makes her first press
appearance
 One
of our local papers, The Swindon Advertiser, has
run a feature about Clare and My Secret Kitchen. The reporter
spent several hours with us, sampled lots of our products
and went away both impressed and full!
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