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Essential Cuisine Ltd part of Solina Group is one of the UK's leading manufacturer and supplier of stocks, sauces and gravies to the UK’s foodservice and food manufacturing sectors.

Due to our continued fast pace of growth we are looking to appoint a Customer Care Executive to join our successful sales team in Winsford, Cheshire. The ideal candidate will have sales or telesales experience and have a friendly and confident telephone manner. Experience of working in the food industry is an advantage but full training will be given.

This February (14th-19th), a pioneering chef team comprised solely of people with disabilities will vie for medals at the 2020 IKA Culinary Olympics in Germany – the first team of its type to ever compete at the showcase.

The brigade will do so wearing whites emblazoned with the Essential Cuisine logo; the company is lead sponsor of The Culinary Ability Awards – the not-for-profit organisation that has brought the team together to compete.

Essential Cuisine are once again proud to support Crisis at Christmas, a national charity for homeless people.
 
Crisis continues to help thousands of people across the nation on their journey out of homelessness. They are a national charity that assist homeless people rebuild their lives and  leave homelessness for good. They offer one to one support,  advice and courses for homeless people across England, Scotland and Wales.

This self-confessed ‘student of food science’ has been heavily involved in the industry since his early teens, starting out as a Commis, working every weekend whilst studying at catering college.

After a decade at the pass, he stepped away from working kitchens to return to academia, pursuing a degree in Food Science. His first taste of product development came during an internship from university at a global food ingredient supplier. He was, he confesses, hooked from this moment onwards.