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Essential News
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25/02/2010
 The maker of stocks, jus, glace and gravy for the professional chef is one of the sponsors of the 2010 Taste of Staffordshire Master Chef and Young Chef of Tomorrow awards.
The competition invites budding chefs aged 16 to 20 and experienced chefs aged 21 and upwards to submit menus for a three-course meal using seasonal local ingredients, costing no more than £20 and prepared in less than two hours.
The winner of the coveted Master Chef award will win £1,000 while the Young Chef of Tomorrow will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand their skills at a top Michelin rated restaurant. Read more>>
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18/02/2010
 Young chef Aaron Darnley has just returned from representing England in an international ‘cook off’ in Chile, thanks to sponsorship from Essential Cuisine.
The 20-year-old, a member of the British Culinary Federation, who works at Edmund’s restaurant in Brindley Place, Birmingham, finished sixth out of 17 countries in the Hans Bueschkens Junior Chef Challenge. The event took place in January during the World Association of Chefs’ Societies (WACS) Congress in Santiago.
Aaron, who was runner-up in the British Culinary Federation Young Chef of the Year 2009, was given less than a month to prepare for the competition after the original competitor had to drop out. Read more>>
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11/02/2010
 Essential cuisine is once again demonstrating its expertise on home turf by exhibiting at this year’s Northern Bar and Restaurant Show at Manchester Central on 12-13 April.
The team can be found at stand 401 at what is considered the hospitality business show for the north and a particular poignant event for the Cheshire-based expert stock maker.
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11/02/2010
Essential Cuisine has been ultra-busy in the kitchen and at the drawing board with some carefully researched tweaks to two of its ranges to give chefs even better products to work with.
Managing director Nigel Crane said they had built up such good relationships with chefs in the past year, they had been able to glean invaluable suggestions on how Essential Cuisine could fine tune its kitchen-made tasting ranges and make them work even better for customers.
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11/02/2010
 With the economic climate ebbing and flowing as the nation adjusts to the recession, it’s tempting to cut corners to ensure margins remain as high as possible. Costs of operating and employing staff continue to go up and staying afloat is no longer a sure thing, so why not? Choice Hotels Group, which owns five retreats across Blackpool and the Lake District, knows why, when it comes to stocks and sauces, scrimping is nonsensical…read full story>>
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10/02/2010
Essential Cuisine, expert stock, gravy, glace and jus maker for the professional chef, has a lot to shout about at this year’s Bournemouth Hotel and Catering Expo at stand R5 - Windsor Hall. Chefs will be able to discover just how good the kitchen-made tasting range really is.
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10/02/2010
 Stock specialists Essential Cuisine will be joined on its stand at Food & Drink Expo 2010 by award-winning soup maker The Redemption Food Company, which will be demonstrating the importance of good stock in creating a final dish.
Visitors to stand Y160 will be able to sample several of Redemptions most popular soups, including Tomato & Basil, Boston Chicken Chowder, Mediterranean Tomato & Smoked Bacon, Broccoli & Stilton, Yellow Pepper & Stilton, Pea & Ham, Red Thai Chicken, and Carrot & Coriander.
 The Redemption Food Company offers one of the most comprehensive ranges of freshly made soups on the market, using only the freshest natural ingredients. Its values are shared by Essential Cuisine, whose kitchen-made tasting stocks, demi-glaces, jus and gravies not only improve menus across foodservice, but save time and money in the kitchen.
For more information on The Redemption Food Company, log on to www.redemptionfood.co.uk
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08/02/2010
 The UK hospitality’s industry’s leading exhibition and live cook-off extravaganza is round the corner and teams of two are getting ready to do battle to become Essential Cuisine Team 2010.
The teamwork-inspired competition for dynamic duos will take place in the Live Theatre at this year’s Hotelympia at London’s ExCel from February 28-March 4.
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