Sector support

Hotels, Pubs & Restaurants

With chefs at our heart, there’s no other supplier better placed to understand the unique challenges of kitchen life!

Here to help:

High quality, gluten free products
Market insight & trend analysis
Training support & menu development
Removing allergens where possible
Superior yield

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When Essential Cuisine came to market, they filled a niche very well.
I’ve been using Essential Cuisine for over 8 years. In a really busy restaurant sometimes you haven’t got the time to make an excellent stock or jus. Their stocks and jus are extremely ‘essential’ for our operation.

Matt Davies, Group Exec Chef - The Lewis Partnership

It’s a real partnership, not a salesperson, but chef to chef.
We work in partnership with the development team at Essential and as a result we have developed quality bespoke products. Essential take time to attend our chef training sessions, to give demonstrations, and explain differnt applications for their products.

Guy Marchetti - Divisional Executive Chef

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19th March 2020

The organising team behind North West Young Chef of the Year have taken the decision to postpone the 20thedition of the prestigious competition, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of chef competitors and all related stakeholders amid the Covid-19 outbreak.