Fudge Kitchen Pops-Up in Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge until 23rd December 2018, in the Fifth Floor Foodmarket …

And creates “Harvey Nichols Festive Fudge”:an exclusive Christmas flavour for the world's leading luxury retailer …    _______________________________________________________

Fudge Kitchen is honoured to have been invited by Harvey Nichols, the world's leading luxury retailer, to host a seasonal pop-up shop in their famous Foodmarket on the Fifth Floor of the flagship Knightsbridge store. The shop will be open seven days a week across shop hours, from 5th November until 23rd December 2018.

“When visiting Cambridge, I had the opportunity to try some of Fudge Kitchen's products and was really impressed,” said Jose Collado, Food and Wine Retail Manager at Harvey Nichols.“From the packaging to the quality of the product, Fudge Kitchen produces really premium edible gifting – perfect for Harvey Nichols customers. We are thrilled to be welcoming them to the Fifth Floor Foodmarket to host a pop-up during the festive months, and have no doubt our customers will like the products as much as we do.”

From here, Fudge Kitchen will be demonstrating traditional fudge making techniques, offering sampling a-plentyand selling selected products perfect for foodie Christmas gifts, including their fudge-making Home Kits,Drinking Fudge selections, award-winning Delectables' Caramels and Brittles and a pick-and-mix Fudge Bar of hand made fresh, whipping cream slab fudge, with dairy-free options.

Fudge Bar none …

Made to a traditional 1830's core recipe, using the authentic “slabbing and loafing” technique onmarble counters that creates that dreamily creamy core, The Harvey Nichols pop-up offers sixteen original flavours, available as single slices, four-slice gift boxes and six-slice gift boxes. 

They include best sellers Sea Salted Caramel, Belgian Swirl and Classic Butterscotch Fudge, a range of festive flavours, including Mince Pie, Rum & Raisin, Christmas Pudding, Chocolate & Orange and a limited edition Harvey Nichols Festive Fudge, an incredible Continental Gingerbread fudge made with authentic Belgian Speculoos and created exclusively for the store 

They line up alongside Raspberry Sorbet, Lemon Drizzle, Maple Walnut, Dark Chocolate & Sea Salt and an indistinguishably dairy-free range, including dairy-free Sea Salted Caramel, Chocolate Classicand Vanilla Coconut. All entirely natural and gluten free.

Weight: 170 - 180g / slice

RRP: £5 per slice | £18: four slice box | £25: six slice box

And there's more …

Alongside regular demonstrations and sampling of the products, the pop-up will also offer …

Connoisseur Fudge Making Kit … the perfect foodie Christmas present, inside this gift box is everything but the wet ingredients needed to create and decorate 1kg of authentic, smooth slab fudge, in three original flavours - Chocolate, Plain and Toffee. Kits include branded apron, sugar thermometer, two fudge making tools, dry ingredients and detailed instructions and can also be made using dairy free alternatives.

Weight: 1,250g

RRP: £29.99

Delectables … a range of luxury chocolate coated caramels, hand worked for incredible creaminess, and premium brittles, hand stretched for the perfect 'snap'. They include Great Taste Award-winning Peanut Brittle, Almond Barkand No Added Sugar Peanut Brittle, as well asMocha Caramels, Cherry Bakewell Caramels, Himalayan Salted Caramelsand Mixed Nut Brittle. Great stocking fillers and host gifts.

Weight: approx. 20g per piece | 125g per box

RRP: £6.99 per box

Drinking Fudge …an unbelievably rich, indulgent drink unique to Fudge Kitchen, whether served hot or cold. The Harvey Nichols offer will include both the Classic Selection (Moreish Mint, Tangy Orange, Chocolate Caramel, Original Sea Salted Caramel, Classic Chocolate and Mocha Choca Madness) and Dairy-Free boxed selections (Gorgeous Ginger, Sea Salted Caramel, Cinnamon Spice, Dark Chocolate & Sea Salt, Chocolate Hazelnut Heaven and Dreamy Coconut Chocolate), both £10. Plus gift boxed selections including either a branded mug (£11.99) or latte glass (£19.99).

“We are so pleased to be part of the Harvey Nichols Christmas experience,” says Fudge Kitchen MD, Sian Holt. “It is a wonderful opportunity to bring our unique form of engaging “retail theatre” into London and to introduce the capital to the original slab fudge that is made in our shops. Harvey Nichols is a perfect fit for Fudge Kitchen – a brand committed to quality, excellence, service and innovation. Just like us!”

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 Editors' Notes …

• Harvey Nichols is the world's leading luxury retailer, renowned for its exclusive edit of the most prestigious brands across womenswear, menswear, accessories, beauty, food and wine. Founded in 1831, today Harvey Nichols has stores in London, Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds and a dedicated beauty store, Beauty Bazaar, Harvey Nichols in Liverpool. Outside the UK, stores include Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, and internationally in Hong Kong, Dubai, Istanbul, Ankara, Riyadh, Kuwait and Doha. Further information on Harvey Nichols can be found on the website: harveynichols.com

• Fudge Kitchen started as Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen in Blackpool in 1983. In 1995, the company was bought by MD Sian Holt, who expanded into seven still 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 Gourmet Butter Fudge. Their 90+ products, across a menu of some 40 flavours, have racked up seventeen Great Taste Awards and include Drinking Fudge, Fudge Sauces, Gift Hampers, themed gift selections, Sliders, Sharing Squares, Fudge Making kits and the Delectables range of Brittles and Caramels. All are available online at fudgekitchen.co.uk and selected lines are available through over 200 stockists nationwide, including Selfridges, Waitrose, Harrods, Lakeland, Firebox, Fenwicks, Adnams and independent speciality stores. Fudge Kitchen also supply some of the UK's most luxurious hotels, WembleyStadium events and make own label premium confectionery products for Selfridges, Harrods and Whittard's of Chelsea, amongst others. They export to up to 20 countries from France to the Falkland Islands.

Digital brochure: http://www.fudgekitchen.co.uk/files/FudgeKitchenCatalogue.pdf

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