Essential Cuisine

@chef.essential

Proudly supporting working kitchens with expertly crafted products, designed to elevate your menus and enhance your creativity.💙🍴
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What a fantastic event this week at RAF Honington with the incredible @weareess 👏 Representing Solina UK&I, @chef.essential , @richsaucesig & @zafronfoods , were proud to support an unforgettable street food-style event attended by around 600 guests from local RAF bases. From giant hangars and live DJs to monster trucks and an amazing atmosphere, the energy was incredible all day long. @davidjesika absolutely smashed it in the kitchen, serving up Jamaican Style chicken and fries, that quickly became crowd favourites - with guests returning for seconds… and even thirds! 🔥🍗🍟 A huge shoutout to ESS for putting on such a brilliant event and to everyone involved who kept things running from prep through to service. It was a full-on shift, but a hugely rewarding one with fantastic teamwork throughout. And yes… meeting Shane Lynch may have been a particular highlight for Jess! 😄 @roocarter #ESS #RAFHonington #StreetFood
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2 days ago
A Week of Flavour, Connections & Adventure in Toronto 🍁🍽️🤝 @bobhamilton and @andrew_ec7 have spent the past week in Toronto with the @midasnetwork_ team 🇨🇦. The trip provided a fantastic opportunity to connect with leading foodservice brands across the industry 🤝, while also sampling some of Toronto’s incredible food scene along the way! During their visit, the team spent time with our sister company, @w.t.lynchfoods , where they explored both sweet and savoury capabilities across the product ranges 🍯🍲, gaining valuable insight into innovation and development across the portfolio. They also explored a range of local hotspots including Craft Beer Market, and the iconic St. Lawrence Market. A real highlight was dining at the Michelin Star restaurant Quetzal ⭐🔥, experiencing first-hand some of the exceptional culinary innovation the city has to offer. The team also attended a cookery demo and networking session hosted by Aashim Eats 👨‍🍳, alongside other industry guests. Of course, no trip to the region would be complete without a visit to the breathtaking Niagara Falls 🌊, including a memorable boat tour experience 🚤! And calling into Hamilton District on their return for further food insights offering a fantastic array of restaurants. @bob_hamilton1 dish of the week was a Chicken Liver Parfait from The Standard in Hamilton and @andrew_ec7 dish of the week was the Bonemarrow dish. It’s been an exciting and valuable week, strengthening connections across the industry and creating new opportunities ✨. A huge thank you to the @midasnetwork_ team for hosting such a brilliant visit 🙌, we can’t wait for the next one! #MIDAS #Toronto #EssentialCuisine #Solina #Canada
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3 days ago
A Collection of Small Plates 🍽️✨ Discover our latest recipe concept, A Collection of Small Plates, created to inspire menus made for sharing, variety and flavour. Small plates continue to shape menus across foodservice, giving diners the freedom to explore a little bit of everything. For consumers, this means more interactive, social dining experiences, the chance to discover new cuisines and flavours, and greater flexibility to suit different tastes and dietary needs, served up in a way that’s made to be shared, online and at the table.📸 From a kitchen perspective, small plates also bring real operational benefits. They can support better cost control, reduce ingredient waste, and allow for easier menu rotation, while also helping to drive a higher average spend per table. With that in mind, our chefs have developed a concept designed to spark ideas and support your own small plates menu planning. This collection brings together products from Essential Cuisine, alongside @ZafronFoods and @RichSaucesig , showing how each range can work seamlessly across a variety of dishes and styles. In the video, you’ll catch a behind‑the‑scenes look at some of the plates coming together 👀🍴, just a taste of the recipes available within the full concept. To explore the complete collection and find inspiration for your next menu, click the link in our story 🔗 #NewRecipeConcept #SmallPlates #MenuInspiration #EssentialCuisine #RichSauces #ZafronFoods
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4 days ago
💙 Coeliac Awareness Week 💙 This National Coeliac Awareness Week, we’re taking a moment to shine a light on a condition that affects 1 in 100 people in the UK, people who rely on the food industry every day to get it right. For those living with coeliac disease, eating out isn’t just about enjoyment. It’s about trust, safety, and feeling included 🤍 That’s why allergen awareness is so important. At Essential Cuisine, we’re proud that every single product we produce is 100% gluten free, helping chefs create dishes full of flavour without compromise, and giving diners complete peace of mind 🍽️✨ Being a chef isn’t just about great food. It’s about care, responsibility, and making sure everyone at the table feels safe and welcome 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳 #CoeliacAwarenessWeek #GlutenFree #EssentialCuisine #AllergenAwareness #FoodForEveryone
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5 days ago
Mental Health Awareness Week 💚 The hospitality industry is built on passion, long hours, and high standards, and that can take its toll. This week, we’re shining a light on the importance of mental wellbeing and reminding our community that looking after your mind is just as important as looking after your craft. Let’s keep the conversation going 💚 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #HospitalityWellbeing #EssentialCuisine
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6 days ago
Jerk Hot Honey Chicken Sliders 🍯🌶️ Our new Street Food Chef Jamaican Jerk Seasoning is the perfect addition to any menu looking to explore bold, global flavours 🌍🔥 For this recipe, we’ve blended the much‑loved hot honey combination with our Jamaican Jerk Seasoning, a punchy fusion of herbs and spices with a kick of Scotch Bonnet Chilli, adding just the right level of heat to the dish. These ‘Jerk Hot Honey Chicken Sliders’ are ideal for small plates menus, starters, side dishes, or even larger catered events. Packed with flavour, the sliders are layered with chilli, sweet pineapple, crunchy gherkins, ripe tomatoes and more, with every ingredient working harmoniously and brought together with a finishing drizzle of @richsaucesig Burger Sauce 🤍✨ 👉 To see the full recipe, click the link in our story. 📸 @food_photography_hw #JerkSeasoning #NewRecipe #MenuIdeas #EssentialCuisine #RichSauces
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9 days ago
🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Dave🎉 Congratulations to Dave Metcalf on an incredible 20 years at Essential Cuisine! As one of our longest‑serving team members, we took a few minutes to catch up with Dave and reflect on his journey so far. Watch the video to hear his story, and join us in celebrating this amazing milestone. To enquire about career opportunities with Essential Cuisine and the wider Solina Group, contact [email protected] #EssentialCuisine #TeamEC #20YearMilestone #EmployeeSpotlight
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10 days ago
Summer menu planning, made simpler 🍴☀️ Looking to bring depth of flavour to your summer dishes? Our Glace Range is designed to give you flexibility in the kitchen, with 8 carefully crafted flavours that work across a wide range of applications. From enriching sauces and stocks to rubbing onto meats 🥩, poaching, or using as a marinade, glaces make it easy to add richness and consistency while letting your creativity lead ✨ They’re also completely gluten free ✅ and meet the 2024 salt targets* 🧂, so you can focus on flavour without compromise. If you’d like to explore what our Glace range and what they could bring to your summer menu, you can request a sample via the link in our story 👆 #EssentialCuisine #GlaceRange #SummerMenus #ChefLife #BigFlavour
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11 days ago
From kitchen to factory – crafted for industry. 👨‍🍳🏭 At Essential Cuisine, we take the flavours chefs trust every day and scale them for food manufacturers, central kitchens and producers. The same quality, taste and consistency, just in larger formats, built to support your operation. ✨ With over 250 years of combined culinary expertise, our chefs work side by side with technical specialists 🤝 to create a seamless, collaborative development process. From ready meals and soups 🍲 to sauces and full product ranges, we’re here to help you scale with confidence. Discover more about our manufacturing capabilities via the link in our story 🔗 #EssentialCuisine #FoodIndustry #ProductDevelopment #ChefLedFlavour
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12 days ago
Jerk‑Glazed Pineapple with Rum Ice Cream 🍍🔥 Planning menus ahead of summer? This sweet option deserves a place on your dessert menu. Chef @ryan_graham1987 has used our new Street Food Chef Jamaican Jerk Style Seasoning to create a dessert that balances sweetness with gentle heat, ideal for bright, seasonal menus ☀️ In this Jerk‑Glazed Pineapple with Rum Ice Cream recipe, our Crème Anglaise is combined with Jerk Seasoning to create a creamy, punchy rum ice cream, served alongside chargrilled pineapple to bring warmth, spice and depth to the plate. The result is a dessert that’s bold yet balanced, with vibrant colour and plenty of texture throughout. Perfect for chefs looking to offer something a little different, this is a standout summer dessert that delivers flavour with confidence ✨ To see the full recipe and try it yourself, click the link in our story 🔗 📸 @food_photography_hw #JerkSeasoning #StreetFoodChef #EssentialCuisine #MenuIdeas
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13 days ago
👏 Congratulations to our Lanarkshire heat winner, Charlotte Borland! Charlotte secured the win at @nclanarkshire with her langoustine and citrus risotto, a vibrant, well‑balanced dish that impressed the judges in a heat of exceptional quality. The @youngrisottochef competition celebrates young chefs aged 17–23, giving them the opportunity to showcase their passion, creativity and personality through a standout risotto dish. Designed to support chefs at the start of their careers, the competition encourages individuality, confidence and flair in the kitchen. Essential Cuisine has proudly sponsored the competition for four years, and each year we’re inspired by the growing level of talent on display. For the Lanarkshire heat, @essential_andyb was proud to take part as a judge on the day, alongside fellow guest judges, assessing an outstanding standard of dishes throughout the competition. A huge congratulations to Charlotte, we look forward to seeing her compete in the final ✨ #YoungRisottoChef #RisoGallo #ChefCompetition #FutureChefs #EssentialCuisine #Risotto
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16 days ago
What a fantastic time we had at the @turnerpricefood @caterexpo ! 🙌 It was great to connect with so many of you and showcase the breadth of our Essential Cuisine and Rich Sauces ranges - and even better to see you enjoying the samples. The standout? Our jerk BLT, featuring our brand new Street Food Chef Jamaican Jerk Seasoning paired with Rich Sauces Real Mayonnaise… a firm favourite! 🔥 A big thank you to everyone who stopped by, got involved, and had a go at our golf game ⛳ We’re already looking forward to doing it all again and meeting more of you at the Hull event later this year! 💙
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17 days ago