11 Nov 2017
Tags: Waitrose, confectionery, Russia, Globus Gourmet, gin, sea salted caramel, Chocolate, Christmas, Gifts, Artisan, exporting
Fudge Kitchen's award-winning artisan confectionery is hand made and hand decorated in small batches, using all natural ingredients, locally sourced where possible. Exported across the globe, it is also expanding into 200 Waitrose shops over the festive season, which will be stocking three classic Fudge Kitchen gift lines for the discerning foodie in your life. No matter if that happens to be you …
- The Twelve Flavours of Christmas selection (left) – a beautiful, circular gift box of seasonally flavoured squares of creamy fudge, including After Dinner Mint, Dark Chocolate & Pistachio, Continental Gingerbread, Chocolate Fruit & Nut, Hazelnut Heaven (Great Taste Award-winner), Mince Pie, Chocolate Orange (GTA-winner), Sea Salted Caramel (GTA-winner), Christmas Cookie, Figgy Pudding, Mocha Choca and Classic Chocolate.
Weight: 22g / piece | RRP: £15
- Himalayan Salted Caramels (right) – one of the award-hauling Delectables range of brittles and caramels, this is creamy caramel, hand worked on a marble counter for optimum smoothness, shot through and decorated with pink Himalayan rock salt.The perfect stocking filler.
Weight: 125g | RRP: £6.50
- Mixology Confection boxes – Fudge Kitchen regularly partner up with artisan brands with the same provenance, quality and integrity as themselves. Here hand made, all natural, gluten free fudge is infused with the exceptional spirits of micro-distillers, Nip from the Hip, Anno Distillers and Rubis Wines and the Special Reserve cider of Biddenden Vineyards. Nine generous squares uncannily reproduce a confectionery cocktail cabinet, ranging from the curious: Bitter Orange & Cubeb Gin, Juniper & Kaffir Lime Dry Gin (GTA-winner), Chocolate Wine & Cherry, Strawberry Vanilla Vodka with Black Pepper, to the classic: Brandy Alexander, Whisky Mac, Special Reserve Cider, Irish Cream and Rum & Raisin.
Weight: 190g | RRP: £10
They join 22 selected Waitrose shops, which stock a stash of fifteen Fudge Kitchen products year round …
- Five of the most popular nine-piece themed selection boxes: Taster, Love, Chocolate, Best of British and
- Delectables brittles and caramels, including Pecan Turtles, Peanut Brittle (GTA-winner), Butterscotch and Chocolate Orange Caramels.
- Twelve Flavours of Indulgence – a literal wheel of fortune, this circular gift box is packed with 12 generous pieces of handmade fudge in Sea Salted Caramel (GTA-winner), Dark Chocolate Sea Salt, Chocolate Rose, Mocha Choca, Dark Chocolate & Pistachio, White Chocolate & Raspberry, Stem Ginger, Chocolate Orange (GTA-winner), Triple Chocolate, Butterscotch, Peanut Brittle and Almond Crunch.
- Liquid Fudge four flavour teaser gift set, including 200g jars of Chocolate Orange, Sea Salted Caramel, Vanilla Toffee and Rich Chocolate.
- Drinking Fudge Classic Selection box – six individual sachets of Fudge Kitchen's unique Drinking Fudge range, waiting patiently in a gift box to be transformed, with hot or cold milk, into the most indulgent drink imaginable; in Moreish Mint Chocolate, Tangy Chocolate & Orange, Chocolate Caramel, Original Fudge, Classic Chocolate and Mocha Choca Madness.
- Slider sextets in five lines: Gin Selection (including GTA-winner), Salted Selection (including GTA-winner), Traditional, White Chocolate Raspberry and Double Trouble(GTA-winner),
To Russia with love …
Fudge Kitchen's regular presence at international trade shows including Sial, ISM and recently the Cologne behemoth Anuga, is clearly working; and their export arm continues to extend its reach.
FK products currently criss-cross the globe from South America to the Netherlands, from Norway to Dubai, Ireland to New Zealand, Germany to the States and now … to Russia ... quite obviously, like every Fudge Kitchen product, with love.
Located across Moscow and St Petersburg, Globus Gourmet (pictured right) is the first chain of high-end gastronomes in Russia, offering delicacies hand picked from around the world under the compelling criterion, “We insist that food is also art”. Fudge Kitchen's hand made, hand decorated products understandably hit the mark then, and they are now stocking five lines from the FK range of nine-piece selections: Love Fudge, Mixology Confection, Puddings Collection, Taster Selection and Best of British.
ENDS
Editors' notes …
- Fudge Kitchen started as Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen in Blackpool in 1983. In 1995, the company was bought by MD Sian Holt, who, over the course of 18 years, expanded the Fudge Kitchen retail side into eight thriving shops in Bath, York, Cambridge, Canterbury, Windsor, Edinburgh and Oxford; before steering the brand into a new, exciting wholesale phase of its life, with the development in 2012 of the Devilishly Different Gourmet Butter Fudge Still using the finest, natural ingredients, handmade and hand decorated by an artisan staff in their new dedicated production facility in Aylesham, Kent, but now with an extended shelf life of six months. The company now exports to over 20 countries from France to the Falkland Islands and has also moved into the food service own label, corporate and hospitality sectors.
- The 60+ strong range of products includes Drinking Fudge, Fudge Sauces, Gift Hampers, Dipped Sticks, themed selections of miniatures, Fudge Fondues, Slim Sliders, Sharing Squares, Fudge Making kits and the Delectables range of Brittles and Caramels; and a menu of some 40 flavours. All are available online at co.uk and selected lines are available through over 200 stockists nationwide including Selfridges, Harrods, Waitrose, Booths, Lakeland, Firebox, Fenwicks, Adnams and independent speciality stores across the UK. Fudge Kitchen are also proud to supply some of the UK's most luxurious hotels, including Claridges; and Wembley Stadium events and to make own label fudge products for Selfridges and Whittard's of Chelsea, amongst others.
- Every year, Fudge Kitchen selects a charity to support over the ensuing 12 months, through fund-raising, sporting craziness, awareness building and donations from dedicated sales. It has seen Fudge Kitchen staff pedaling across India to raise £1,185 to replace slum housing, cycling from London to Paris and across Cambodia and Vietnam, raising over £6,000 for Breast Cancer Now and for 2017's chosen charity, The Lily Foundation, a London Marathon run and National Fudge Day dedicated to fund raising of the charity. The Lily Foundation's aim is to fund research to improve diagnosis, increase treatment options and ultimately find a cure for Mitochondrial Disease - a tragic, incurable disease that affects 10 million people in the UK. Read more about Mitochondrial Disease and The Lily Foundation here: thelilyfoundation.org.uk/
- Fudge Kitchen supply their products direct, but also export through European distributors Bommel, in Holland (http://www.bommelsconserven.nl) and Piccadilly Purveyors of Fine Food in New Zealand (http://piccadilly.co.nz/).
- The boasty bit: Fudge Kitchen are proud to have received fifteen Great Taste Awards in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 for their Rich Chocolate & Orange Fudge, Penuche Fudge, Double Trouble Fudge, Peanut Butter Fudge, Sticky Toffee Pudding Gourmet Fudge, Hazelnut Heaven Gourmet Fudge, Sea Salted Caramel Fudge, Juniper & Kaffir Lime Dry Gin Fudge, Butterscotch Fudge Sauce, Stem Ginger Fudge Sauce, Almond Bark, Peanut Brittle, sugar free Peanut Brittle and sugar free Salted Caramels; and to have been named Ambient Manufacturing Company of the Year at the 2014/15 industry Oscars, the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards. MD Sian Holt was awarded a Special Award for Leadership and Vision by Produced in Kent and was listed in the Kent Business Power List of 40 most influential business leaders in Kent.
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