Hos Essential Cuisine utvecklar vi kvalitetslösningar för professionella kök. Med fokus på god smak, jämn kvalitet och effektivitet skapar vi produkter som bidrar till en smidig verksamhet och gör vardagen enklare för våra kunder.
Essential Cuisine In
1995
Founded by Nigel Crane, former Sous Chef at the Dorchester.
Our first products were the Chicken and Fish Stock Mix which hit the market this year.
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2003
The company moved into our first office, Innovation House, and expanded the product portfolio launching Premier Veal Jus and Glaces.
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2006
After lots of hard work and dedication, we achieved £1 million in profit.
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2007
We built a new warehouse in Winsford for the growing business. Enabling us to expand production and stock levels.
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2008
Our ready-to-use Signature Range was launched and the team expanded to 10 employees.
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2011
Our new offices opened in the heart of Cheshire allowing the team to expand even further to 20 employees.
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2013
We expanded our Cheshire facility to house a brand new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. Allowing us to increase production capacity.
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2015
We introduced our gluten free Béchamel Sauce Mix to our range.
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2016
Our team expanded even further to 75 employees and we were proud to achieve £10 million in profit.
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2017
The No1 gravy range was re-launched with a new gluten free recipe.
Our Cheshire site expanded even further with a new chef innovation kitchen, NPD lab and technical offices.
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2018
The company was acquired by Solina Group in May. Solina is a leading global food solutions company that develops and manufactures customised ingredient systems, seasonings, and functional solutions for the food industry.
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2019
In line with our acquisition by Solina and our heroic brand status, we launched a new brand look and feel.
Informed by industry trends, we launched our Street Food Chef Seasonings, bringing vibrant global flavours to chefs across the country.
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2020
As veganism became more of a prevalent diet choice, we launched our innovative Vegan Lamb, Beef, Chicken and Vegetable Stock Mixes into the market.
Our Vegan Stock Mix Range are also accredited by the Halal Food Authority.
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2021
Relaunched our Signature range with a new premium look and feel.
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2023
Essential Cuisine became proud headline sponsors of the Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of The Year Competition.
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2024
To further expand our global flavour category, we launched our Indian Inspired Seasonings and Curry Onion Sauce – a launch made possible through our collaboration with Solina and our sister company, Solions.
The Essential Cuisine brand was updated to incorporate the Solina group brand mark.
Essential Cuisine In
2025
We were proud to announce that our Winsford factory achieved a BRCGS AA* standard from an unannounced audit.
Adding to our Street Food Chef range, we launched our Street Food Chef Sauces and new Fragrant Thai Style Seasoning.
We launched an Asian Korean Style Base into our Asian Range.
Produkter anpassade efter dina behov
Oavsett kökstyp eller verksamhetens storlek har vi lösningar som passar dina behov. Vårt sortiment är utvecklat för professionella kök där jämn kvalitet, hög användarvänlighet och effektiv drift är avgörande.
