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The Secret to a Better Sandwich - Three Easy Lunch Sandwiches That Taste Anything But Ordinary
The Secret to a Better Sandwich - Three Easy Lunch Sandwiches That Taste Anything But Ordinary
|Andrew Calder
Lunch doesn’t have to be boring. We're quite lucky here at Calder's HQ with an abundance of tasty jars in our fridge - call it an occupational hazard! - So... Read more...
Serious Jarin' - The Day we got a shout on on Radio 2 from Steve Wright (aka DJ Silly Boi)
Serious Jarin' - The Day we got a shout on on Radio 2 from Steve Wright (aka DJ Silly Boi)
|Andrew Calder
A funny thing happened recently. I was on a training course to upskill my digital marketing know how and had been asked to record a piece of audio for our... Read more...
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How to make the ultimate cheese on toast
|Andrew Calder
Not only is cheese on toast the ultimate comfort food, the easiest lunchtime snack, or classic post pub supper, it also happens to be the perfect pairing for our pickles... Read more...
Calder's Kitchen: It's about People, Places, Partnerships & Heritage
Calder's Kitchen: It's about People, Places, Partnerships & Heritage
|Andrew Calder
At Calder’s Kitchen, everything starts with family. We’re a proudly independent, family-run business based in the North East of England, and our journey began in a very personal way – with... Read more...
The Origins of Traditional Piccalilli: 1950s vs modern day - What changed?
The Origins of Traditional Piccalilli: 1950s vs modern day - What changed?
|Andrew Calder
There's barely a week goes by where we don't get asked the question from a curious inquisitor at our market stall 'What is Piccalilli and how do you use it?' ... Read more...
Tasty Traditions - The Story Behind Calder's Kitchen & Beamish Traditional Piccalilli
Tasty Traditions - The Story Behind Calder's Kitchen & Beamish Traditional Piccalilli
|Andrew Calder
We received this lovey write up in the spring / summer edition of the Beamish Magazine. Traditional Beamish Piccalilli, available to buy on the market stalls in the old town... Read more...
Festival of Food & Drink at Clumber Park
Festival of Food & Drink at Clumber Park
|Andrew Calder
Last weekend saw a bit of a milestone for Calder's Kitchen as we attended our 'furthest from home' Food Festival since we first started out. The simply stunning Clumber Park... Read more...
Join us at the Foodies Festival, Cheshire this July - FREE ticket giveaway competition
Join us at the Foodies Festival, Cheshire this July - FREE ticket giveaway competition
|Andrew Calder
We're super excited to be taking part in our first ever Foodies Festival - The UK's biggest celebration of food, drink and wellbeing (9th-11th July) at Tatton Park in Cheshire.... Read more...
Return of the Food Festival: It's great to be back!
Return of the Food Festival: It's great to be back!
|Andrew Calder
This time last week it was a mixture of emotions; a nervous excitement after almost a year since our last outing at an outdoor food festival (and that particular event,... Read more...
How to Create The Ultimate Sandwich Filling at Home
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
British Sandwich Week 17-23 May 2020 How to Create The Ultimate Sandwich Filling at Home   11 May 2020   17th-23rd May marks British Sandwich Week 2020, a weeklong celebration of the most quintessential British culinary invention!   Here at Calder’s Kitchen we’re getting in on the action by bringing you seven our favourite sarnie fillings using our famous piccalilli, originating from Grandad Charlie’s traditional recipe.   One of the great things about ‘proper piccalilli’ and condiments that have lasted the test of time are in their versatility. Whether you... Read more...
The Story Behind the Launch of the Pies
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
Following the launch of the amazing new Vale of Mowbray piccalilli pork and spicy piccalilli pork pies, read all about the project - from initial concept to arriving on the shelf earlier this spring. In this recent interview Carl Barker, Senior Development Technologist at Vale of Mowbray explains how it all came about. Read the full story here Read more...
Six of the Best – Food Festivals across the North East you don’t want to miss!
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
As seasoned traders and visitors at some of the best foodie events, and general lovers off all things food & drink we give you our shortlist of must visit food festivals taking place across the North East in 2019.   In this blog post discover our tips for a great day out with friends and family where you can pick up some of the very best locally produced food and drink treats. The North East in recent years has become a rapidly emerging hot bed of artisanal food & drink... Read more...
Vote now! Calder's Kitchen nominated for the final of the County Durham Business awards 2019
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
We're so pleased to have been nominated for the final of the County Durham Business Awards 2019. Voting closes on Friday 22nd March so please take a minute to vote for us … every vote counts! https://englandsbusinessawards.co.uk/county-durham/    Read more...
Investors back Darlington piccalilli business in a pickle
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
GRANDAD'S secret recipe is proving to be an appetising offer for foodies and investors alike who are keen to support a family-run business in the food industry... read about us in The Northern Echo https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/17496481.investors-back-darlington-piccalilli-business-in-a-pickle/ Read more...
Find out what happened when Calder's Kitchen caught up with Dean and Rich from Brew Stories at the Tyne Bank Brewery
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
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Find out how we benefitted from a Boost your business course!
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
A specialist Sunderland food business is celebrating the taste of success after taking advantage of a free training programme designed to upskill SMEs. Calder’s Kitchen, based in the heart of Sunderland City Centre has seen an estimated 10% increase in business after taking part in a ‘Boost Your Business’ course delivered through regional skills and enterprise programme, Go>Grow. The ‘Boost Your Business’ course, delivered by several agencies, collectively known as the North East Enterprise Agency is being rolled out to SMEs across the region as part of a £1m package... Read more...
Artisan Food Festival at Rockliffe Hall
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
We are very pleased to announce that we'll be among the featured local food producers during the inaugural Artisan Food Festival at Rockliffe Hall (2nd & 3rd February). Read more here. Read more...
Sunderland business receives backing of retail entrepreneur
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
A Sunderland based food producer has received a business boost from former Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis. Andrew and Anne-Marie Calder, owners of Calder’s Kitchen, tweeted retail entrepreneur Theo about their business during his ‘Small Business Sunday’ initiative. As one of the lucky winners, they gained a re-tweet from him to his 500,000 Twitter followers.Read more here. Read more...
Meet The Local Producers
|Andrew Anne-Marie Calder
Read our write up in top North East food celebrant Savour Magazine's feature on top up and coming food producers in the region. Read more...