The third Lakes Chilli Fest will be held on the 14th and 15th of August 2010 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Set against the spec­tac­u­lar back­drop of Eliza­bethan Levens Hall, vis­it­ors to the Chilli Fest can also explore the world fam­ous gar­dens where the sum­mer bed­ding and herb­aceous bor­ders will be at their best.

The Chilli Fest provides enter­tain­ment for all the fam­ily. Over forty stalls, some of which are new this year, will offer chilli-related goods such as jams, jel­lies, chocol­ate and sweets, ice-cream, sauces, seeds, plants, chut­neys, cloth­ing, breads, oils, cor­di­als etc. Vis­it­ors will be able to sample foods from Mex­ico, Thai­l­and, India, Morocco and Ger­many as well as many renowned products from Cum­bria, many of whom are going ‘hot’ for the occasion.

Live music will be provided on both days by the Mil­nthorpe Steel Band and enter­tain­ment by street enter­tainer Maynard Flip Flap, Salsa North West (join in and learn to salsa!) and Janet Allen the face painter. There will be a chilli trail in the garden and other games for chil­dren run by the garden­ing team together with all the other attrac­tions that the Levens gar­dens offer such as the children’s adven­ture play­ground, the wil­low labyrinth and ‘have a go’ croquet.

Lively cook­ery demon­stra­tions will be given by Nick Mar­tin, Prett Tejura of Curry Cuisine , John & Soy Rigg of The North­ern School of Asian and Ori­ental Cook­ing and Ricardo Rodrig­uez. There will also be inform­at­ive talks by Chris Crowder the Head Gard­ner at Levens Hall and Mar­garet Robin­son of Robin­sons Seeds and Plants of For­ton, Chelsea Gold winners.

This year our reporter Darth Naga will be report­ing from the show with his video cam­era, os if you see him, please intro­duce yourselves.

You can also book your tick­ets on-line click here

The latest list of stalls includes :-

• Ambal­ama Spices — Whole & ground spices, recipe packs and seasoning.
• Brian Kelly — Hand made fudge, truffles, toffee
• Bread Tree Co Uk — Finest Italian chilli products, spices, oils etc.
• Caf­feine Rush — Katy and David Wad­ding­ton — Fresh cof­fee, tea, hot chocol­ate etc.
• Cam­bridge Chilli Farm (Tim Murphy) — Chilli Sauces, jel­lies and rel­ish from chl­lies grown on farm
• Cha Cha Chilli — Bottled chilli sauce from Australia
• Chilli Pep­per Com­pany — Ger­ald Fowler — Chilli seeds, sauces, chut­neys and chilli medi­cinal products
• Com­pletely Chilli — Chilli Plants, Chilli Sauces, jel­lies and chut­ney from chil­lies grown on farm.
• Cum­brian Maid — Frozen yogurt and yogurt smoothies
• Cum­brian Salami Com­pany — Cum­brian Salami includ­ing Fire cracker cum­brian cho­rizo, glu­ten free sausage
• Curry Cuisine — Indian pickles, spice mixes, chut­neys, spice packs
• Daleside Brew­ery — Hand­craf­ted real ale includ­ing the Levens Morocco Ale
• David’s Chilli Oil — Medium and hot chilli oil
• Deer’n’Dexter — Premium meats from Red Deer and Dex­ter Cattle
• Dry River Chil­lies — Orna­mental and crop chilli plants
• Eng­lish Lakes Ice Cream — Loc­ally made ice cream
• Falacfe­li­cious — Veget­arian falafels served in a pitta
• Fire Foods - Home made chilli sauces and chutneys
• Friendly Food & Drink — Deli­cious hand-made pre­serves, chut­neys, sauces & spe­cial smoothies
• Gift of Oil — Phil Bian­chi — Deli­cious Single Estate Extra Vir­gin Olive Oils & Vinegars
• Spicy Mon­key — Ian Nixon — Home made curry pastes, curry powders, spice mixes
• Holly and the Ivy Co — Pro­du­cer of spe­cial­ised preserves
• R. S. Ire­land — Real Lan­cashire Black Pudding
• Jethro’s Mar­in­ades — Chilli Sauces, ginger sauces, mar­in­ades and dressings
• Kayes Tearoom & Bakery — Range of artisan cakes, slices and cheese and chilli slices
• Kendal Cor­di­als — Hand made high qual­ity cor­di­als, soft drinks and ginger & chilli cordial
• Lake­land Pic­nic — Loc­ally pro­duced ready to eat bur­gers and sausages
• Los Chileros — Chilli Pep­per Products
• Love Unlim­ited — Hand made and painted ceramic kit­chen and tableware
• Love Chil­lies (Stephen Wood) — Home Made jams, dips, sauces, chilli cloth­ing and gifts related to chillies
• Made from Marble — Hand craf­ted marble products includ­ing kit­chen items
• Mango Rays — Chilli, Chicken korma, veget­arian cur­ries, chilli smoothies
• More Wurst - Ger­man BBQ, Giant Wurst
• Moussa — Olives, Gar­lic, Nuts, Bak­lava, Feta Cheese
• Mr. Vik­kis — Indian fusion pickles
• Mrs. Kirkhams Lan­cashire Cheese — Unpas­teur­ised Lan­cashire Cheese from own pro­duced milk
• More — Patrick Moore — Artisan breads, desserts, cakes and pastries
• North­ern School of Asian & Ori­ental Cook­ing — Asian & Ori­ental meals to take away and eat at home
• Park­ers Pre­serves — Home Made Glu­ten & Wheat Free Chut­neys and pickles
• Pep­er­on­cino - Italian style gour­met chilli foods from seed to plate
• Port of Lan­caster Smoke­house — Tra­di­tional smokers of fine food, smoked meat, fish, cheese, game & poultry
• The Pud­ding Com­part­ment — Award win­ning pud­dings and muffins
• Ricardo Rodrig­uez — Cum­ber­land Saus­ages, lamb and bur­gers from own small holding
• Rico Pic­ante - Authen­tic Per­uvan Chilli Sauces
• W. Robin­son & Sons (Seeds & Plants Ltd) — Veget­ables and Chilli Plants — Chelsea Winners!!
• Savin Hill — Tra­di­tional breed meats, saus­ages, pies, bacons with chilli twist
• Scorchio - Hot sauces
• Sill­field Farm Products Ltd — Chilli bacon, saus­ages, pies — all own products
• Starlys Spice Co. — Spice blends to cre­ate dif­fer­ent Indian curries
• Stratta - Award win­ning fruit & flower vin­eg­ars, oils, dress­ings, pre­served fruits
• Terra Rossa — Exquis­ite Jord­anian and Moroc­can oils, harissa, herb mixes etc.
• Wine for Spice (Hyde Park Wines Lim­ited) - Cool refresh­ing spark­ling wine to drink with cur­ries & spicy food

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Here are some images from our time at West Dean Chilli Fiesta this year, we hope to have a video guide to pub­lish later.

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I thought it was time to share my method of heat extrac­tion from the beau­ti­ful chilli pep­pers out there. You want to increase the heat without adding volume? Then Oleor­esin is for you!

My sauce, ‘The Evil One’ which was my first attempt at a super­hot sauce, owes its credit to Oleor­esin of the Blair’s dried jolokia chilli I used. Oleor­esin is the nat­ural oil found in most plants and herbs, but with chilli as well as heat, it also con­cen­trates the flavour.

What you need to do is dry out your pre­ferred chilli pep­per. 110c in an oven is per­fect for a couple of hours, split the pods or leave whole, it doesn’t mat­ter. If you prefer, pur­chase them ready dried, Chil­lipep­per­pete, Hot Headz and Scorchio all carry excel­lent varieties.

Once dry, crush with pestle and mor­tar (or use a blender but try hold­ing your breath as the dust is potent!) and then pop into a seal­able glass jar. Just cover with a grain alco­hol, I use vodka, cheap stuff from the super­mar­ket gave exactly the same res­ult as Black label Smirnoff, so don’t worry, the chilli is the most import­ant ingredi­ent, then lid on, good shake, pop in the fridge. When you remem­ber, over a week to 10 days, give it a shake.

After the 10 days, gently pour out into a fun­nel lined with a cof­fee fil­ter paper, over another glass jar. Allow to com­pletely drain. In your ori­ginal jar, pop the chil­lies back in and repeat the pro­cess (yes, 3 weeks to make it!). In the 2nd jar, you’ll have a very hot chilli vodka. Now place a piece of kit­chen roll over the top and tape it on, you don’t want any­thing to fly into it, over the next week, this will allow the vodka to evap­or­ate. After the second time you drain the chil­lies into the same jar, dis­pose of the fil­ter paper well, tied in a car­rier bag so no one touches it. Again, cover with kit­chen roll and tape it on. Another week and you’ll be left with a thick oily residue. Oleor­esin. This is going to be the pure heat from the pepper.

Basic­ally that is it, I am enter­ing ‘The Evil One’ again in Brighton this Septem­ber, and I used Chil­lipep­per­petes Naga’s this time, it has come out a lot hot­ter than the last time I made it, so if you wish to taste it, I hope­fully will have a spare bottle for the chil­li­heads out there to try!

Rus­sell Williams

Cre­ator of ‘The Evil One’ — Amateur Sauce Win­ner — Best in Show ! (Fiery Foods Fest­ival (Brighton Easter 2010)

With over a 140 stand this year the West Dean Chilli Fiesta is the biggest UK chilli event, to make it simple we have a map and a list of the stand you may wish to visit.

On the Front Lawn

• Apple­dram Farm Products (01243 773828) Cider, apple juice, beer & ginger cordial
• Aunty Jee (07525 945876) Hand cooked Pun­j­abi Indian food
• Bar­bara Roe (01730 894956) Patio/courtyard garden­ing, wall plant­ing & art
• Bel­lota Ltd (01432 840998) Cured spicy chorizo
• Bread Tree (07533 396635) Chilli sauces, season­ings, pickles & spreads
• Cam­bridge Chilli Farm (01487 822900) Chilli sauces, jams, rel­ishes & jellies
• Canoodle Thai Taste (01243 860602) Thai Food
• Carr Taylor Wines Ltd (01424 752501) Wines to go with cur­ries & spicy foods
• Cherry Tree, The (01308 458111) Pre­serves, chut­neys, pickles & ched­dar cheese
• Chilli Pep­per Com­pany (01539 558110) Chilli chocol­ates, sweets, chut­neys & sauces
• Chil­lipep­per­pete (01273 705606) Chil­lis & chilli sauces / Chilli Ice cream & cakes
• Choc Star (07748 073848) Chocol­ate ice cream & hot chocol­ate with chilli
• Cof­fee Fairy, The (01730 816493) Arab­ica fair trade coffee
• Con­di­ment Com­pany Lim­ited (0845 120 6282) May­on­naises, sauces, dips and dressings
• Con­scious Food (0207 733 7998) Power Snack foods – crack­ers, dips & sweet snacks
• Curry Sauce Com­pany, The (08713 103440) Indian / Thai curry sauces & Naan breads
• Dos San­tos Foods Ltd (07877 489739) Goa saus­ages, pickles, mas­alas, chilli dogs & curry
• Eng­lish Gard­en­wares (01243 543804) Tra­di­tional garden­ing products
• Fallen Angel Micro­brew­ery Ltd (01825 841307) Bottled beer
• Gour­met Med (01903 746064) Olives, breads & pastries
• Harrie’s (01243 784353) Cof­fee & other bever­ages plus homemade cakes
• Holly and the Ivy (0121 343 0297) Spe­cial­ised hand­made preserves
• Hot-Headz! (01453 731730) Hot sauces, sal­sas, mus­tards & snacks
• Inyama Biltong (01252 341491) Biltong, dry­wors & boerewors
• Irie Spice Cater­ing (07852 466162) Jamaican BBQ
• Jo’s Jump­ers (01428 645457) Fair-trade gifts & accessories
• Le Mesurier’s Ltd (01306 737006) Chut­neys, sauces, rel­ishes & mayonnaise
• Little Orch­ard Pre­serves (01580 241809) mHerb jel­lies, rel­ishes, pickles, jams & preserves
• Lord­ing­ton Lav­ender (01243 378312) Lav­ender products-essential oil & soaps
• Mas­ala Mon­key (07786 831388) Indian veget­able & fish curries
• MexGrocer.Co.UK (07963 188890) Mex­ican products: chil­lis, sal­sas & beans
• Mr Vik­kis (01768 899023) Indian fusion pickles
• O’Hagan’s Ltd (01243 649133) Saus­ages fresh & barbequed
• Pal­mavera Ltd (0207 288 1629) Sardinian artisan foods – salami & pecorino cheeses
• Past Thymes (01428 717400) Herb con­tain­ers & gifts for gardeners
• Pim Gleadle (01243 542308) Silver/costume jew­ellery & accessories
• Ross­more Oysters Ltd (01293 888868) Oysters in Tabasco sauces
• RSPB (01273 704876) Wild­life char­ity – Inform­a­tion stand
• Ruchi Pickles and Pre­serves (00 33 553 623446) South Indian hot pickles, spice mixes & chutneys
• Scorchio (01799 524242) Hot sauces!
• Teapigs Ltd (0208 560 0312) Tea
• Tup­penny Barn Organ­ics Ltd (07977 536684) Veget­able trans­plants, herbs, garden tools
• Upton Cheyney Chilli Com­pany (0117 967 5689) Chilli sauces
• Waffle Bar, The (01580 830011) Homemade fresh dairy ices plus floats
• Wil’s Smoke­house (01544 327847) Smoked pump­kin / sun­flower seeds with chilli
• WSCC (Bet­ter Tomor­rows CIC) (01243 777459) Pro­mo­tion of home composters

On the North Lawn

• Alce Har­field (01749 880020) Ori­ginal paint­ings, prints and cards
• Back Door Shoes (07976 205825) Shoes with fruit & crops designs
• Bever­ley Har­ris — Felt­maker (01730 231316) Hand­made felt, bags, brooches, jew­ellery etc
• Bush Vines (01243 378618) Dis­tinct­ive wine from small producers
• Chi — Africa Ltd (01243 783442) Recycled metal sculp­tures and eth­nic sundries
• Chichester Hol­istic Centre (01243 790997) Hol­istic therapies
• Chichester Quilters (01243 527091) Plant creche for Sus­sex Snow­drop Trust
• Chilli Com­pany (UK) Ltd (01449 766677) Vari­ous chilli food products, chilli beer & clothes
• Chilli Jam Com­pany, The (01243 375464) Hand-made chilli jam, rel­ishes, sauces & chutneys
• Fairy Cakes Designs (01243 528407) Dec­or­at­ive garden and design accessories
• Gar­lic Farm, The (01983 865378) Gar­lic from the IOW – fresh & smoked
• Gilly’s (07775 736669) Con­di­ments and food for consumption
• Green­house Sen­sa­tion (0845 602 3774) Grow­ing kits – grow your own chillies
• Growth Tech­no­logy Ltd (01823 325291) Plant nutrients/horticulture
• Hor­net Pro­vi­sions Co (01243 532002) Freshly pro­duced local food
• Ish­maels Mother (01372 813053) Indian/Asian food
• Jol­loff Bites (01273 673827) Afro Carib­bean food
• Kari­mix UK Ltd (0208 545 0090) Spicy rel­ishes, sauces, chut­neys, pickles, pastes etc
• Love Unlim­ited Ceram­ics (01275 879977) Chilli ceramics
• lovechillies.co.uk (01892 824013) Home-made sauces plus chilli cloth­ing, books/gifts
• Mis­sion Mex­ican Grill (01865 202016) Mex­ican street food – burri­tos and tacos
• Mother Bhumi — WHAMBAM (01892 537368) Organic, wheat-free & dairy free, bhajias & pakoras
• Mr Singh’s (0208 514 3260) Pun­j­abi chilli sauce – dynamite
• Munchy Seeds (01728 833004) Edible dry roas­ted seeds
• Smash Por­cel­aine (00 33 147 664429) Hand dec­or­ated por­cel­ain from France
• Spice Shelf, The (01903 538808) Award win­ning chut­neys & pickles
• Spice-n-Tice Ltd (0116 262 1074) Authen­tic Indian spice kits
• Stratta (01323 732505) Fruit/flower vin­eg­ars & herb infused oils
• Sus­sex & The City (01273 501817) Chilli beer / Perry Cider & Apple Juice
• TCD Foods Ltd (01434 322455) Chilli sauces, spices, jams, chut­neys & marinades
• Terra-Verte (01380 828655) Ter­ra­cotta cook­ware, cas­ser­oles, bowls etc
• Thrilli Foods (01323 490917) Chilli based products
• Tom Simpson Design (01243 265922) Hand craf­ted metal wares for home & garden
• West Dean Forest Hogs (01243 811874) Grilled ven­ison, hot & soft drinks

On the Pic­nic Lawn

• Ambal­ama Spices (01989 730398) Sri Lankan spices, recipe packs and seasonings
• Apple­dram Farm Products (01243 773828) Cider, apple juice, beer, ginger cor­dial & Pimms
• Bal­lards Brewery/Simply Gar­lic (01730 821301) Bottle-conditioned real ale / gar­lic / shallots
• Cheese & Olives Ltd (01243 839373) Spicy & fla­voured cheeses
• Chil­dren on the Edge (01243 538530) Face painting
• Chilli Cre­ation Lim­ited (07908 490714) Chilli pastes & pickles
• Chil­lipep­per­pete (01273 705606) Chil­lis and chilli sauces/Chilli Icecream & cakes
• Chil­li­queen Ltd ()01491 872597) Chilli based condiments
• Claras Carib­bean Food Kit­chen (07894 966017) Freshly cooked Carib­bean food & sauces
• Cocoa Loco (01403 865687) Hand­made, organic baked & chocol­ate products
• Cof­fee Cha­risma (07973 701875) Spe­ci­al­ity cof­fee, tea, fresh fruit smoothies
• Curry Tree — Pur­ity Trad­ing Ltd (0845 127 7400) Curry spice mix
• David’s Chilli Oil (01451 831016) Chilli oils
• Dry River Chil­lies (01903 812027) Chilli plants, fresh & dried chillies
• Edible Orna­ment­als (01480 405663) Sauces, craft, chilli bur­gers & chilli beer
• Facing Heaven Food Co (01420 511444) Chilli sauces, sal­sas, paella & desserts, drinks
• Fat Pig, The Spit Roast Com­pany (01243 530032) Hog roast, food & bottled water
• Fire Foods (01476 574383) Chilli sauces, chut­neys & T-shirts
• Fudge Kit­chen (01303 864400) Lux­ury hand-made fudge – confectionary
• Gifty’s Kit­chen (07954 402381) Hot pep­per sauces & chilli condiments
• Gour­met Med (01903 746064) Olives, breads & pastries
• Gran Stead’s Ginger Ltd (01273 231152) Non-alcoholic ginger wine & ginger marmalade
• H & A Nader (01903 892886) Authen­tic Lebanon products, pre­serves & pickles
• H2 Events (01428 654380) Liza’s Singa­por­ean Food & Chicago Hot Dogs
• Ham and Cheese Com­pany Ltd (01428 645958) Cured meat / salami
• Hamilton Arms/Nava Thai (01730 812555) Thai food & drink
• Hatch Mansfield/Errazuriz Wines (01344 871800) Chilean wine
• Indulge Rum Punch Ltd (0208 698 0789) Alco­holic beverages
• Jethro’s Mar­in­ades (01273 600337) Spicy mar­in­ades, sauces, dress­ings & chilli gift bags
• Jules & Sharpie (La La Ltd) (01728 833955) Chilli jel­lies, jams, chut­ney, marmalade & sauces
• Kush Cuisine (020 8668 6992) Pre­serves with a twist
• Los Chileros (001 505 768 1100) Dried chilli products
• Manjira Ltd (01444 413190) South Indian Pachadis chutneys
• Montezuma’s Chocol­ates (01243 510518) Local chocol­ate man­u­fac­turer incl. Chilli chocolate
• Mother Bhumi — WHAMBAM (01892 537368) Organic, wheat-free & dairy free, bhajias & pakoras
• Organic Eccent­rics (01243 839395) Hot organic food & fairtrade drinks
• Ori­ginal Drinks Com­pany (01732 823449) Ginger drinks, spiced tomato, dips in 14 varieties
• Ouse Val­ley Foods (01273 891893) Jams, jel­lies, chut­neys, pickles, curds & pes­tos etc
• Pep­er­on­cino Ltd (01933 626944) Italian-style Chilli related products from seed to plate
• Per­dix Ceram­ics (01275 340982) Chilli ceramics
• Pic­nic & Hamper Com­pany (0870 240 5190) Sweet & savoury tarts, cakes & bis­cuits, nuts & seeds
• Pin­nacle Cater­ing (01243 811564) Homemade fresh fruit desserts & lemonade
• Rel­ish In Spice Com­pany, The (01243 555433) Sus­sex steak bur­ger, Chilli Bur­ger & Chilli Dog
• Sea Spring Seeds (01308 897898) Fresh chil­lies, chilli plants & seeds
• Simpson Seeds Ltd (01985 845004) Seeds, books, sauces & oils
• Siva’s Savour­ies (01903 232026) Curry pas­ties & honey chilli chicken barbeque
• Suzette’s Fresh Pan­cakes (01725 516993) Freshly cooked pan­cakes – sweet & savoury fillings
• Terra Rossa (0208 661 9695) Olive oils, herb dips, sauces, beer, bis­cuits & sweets
• Warb­ling­tons (02392 472396) Fresh fruit smooth­ies & freshly squeezed orange juice
• West Dean Col­lege (01243 811301) Pro­mo­tion of Art & Craft Short Courses
• WHYNOTHOT (01269 845450) Chilli sauces, chut­neys, chilli Vodka, chilli jerky & plants
• Wine for Spice (0207 724 4606) Wine to drink with cur­ries and spicy food
• Yummy Lol­lies Ltd (01273 446440) Hand­made 100% fresh fruit lollies

In the Walled Garden

• Bart Spices Ltd (0117 977 3474) Herbs, spices & sauces
• Chilli Garden, The (01428 712879) Chilli products made with our own chillies
• Chilli Plants, Posters & Cards (01420 588323) Chilli plants, posters, cards & decorations
• Cool Chile Co (0870 902 1145) Dried Mex­ican chiles and Tequila
• Hot-Headz! (01453 731730) Hot sauces, sal­sas, mus­tards & snacks
• Premier Pre­serves (02392 697982) Homemade jams
• Say Cheese (01273 814723) Artisan cheeses pro­duced in the UK, mainly SE
• Spi­cymon­key (01914 400591) Spice mixes, spice mar­in­ades & chilli sauces
• St. John & Dolly Smith’s Pickles (07973 687376) Pickles, sauces & chutneys

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Another bumper month of chilli news and our first video site visit to Hot-Headz, now we are look­ing for­ward to report­ing from the UK’s Largest Chilli Event the West Dean Chilli Fiesta on the 6/7/8th August, we hope to see you there.

Hot Headz & Scorchio Top 10 Products — July 2010 —  Hot-Headz and Scorchio provide us each month with there Top 10 Products sold dur­ing the month via their web sites.

Tapa­tio Salsa Pic­ante Hot Sauce Review —  Tapa­tio is pro­nounced “Tah-pah-tee-o” and means a per­son from Guadala­jara, a city in the heart of Mexico.

Top 10 UK Chilli Web Sites — July 2010 —  This month we have added the UK pos­i­tion to Top UK Chilli Web sites, the ori­ginal aim of the chart was to show how well UK based sites did in the rest of the world, now you can see with a minor excep­tion of the #1 site Chil­lis Galore, the pos­i­tions are also reflec­ted in their UK position.

Tesco Stocks Dave’s Insan­ity and Ghost Pep­per Sauce —  Tesco is now stock­ing both Dave’s Insan­ity Sauce at £2.98 and Dave’s Ghost Pep­per Sauce at £5.99 per bottle.

Fresh Chil­lies at Fort­num & Mason — Edible Orna­ment­als has been selec­ted by Fort­num & Mason to sup­ply some of their 40+ dif­fer­ent vari­et­ies of chil­lies grown at their Cher­wood Nurs­ery, ran­ging from the mild Ana­heim chilli to the eye water­ing Dor­set Naga.

Meet Your Maker — Hot-Headz — Right! time for me to intro­duce a NEW fea­ture here at the Chile­foundry! This is an idea myself and Hot Juan have had for some time, but last week was the first proper chance we got to actu­ally imple­ment it, the idea we had was for a series of fea­tur­ettes based on dif­fer­ent chilli and hot­sauce man­u­fac­tur­ers and dis­trib­ut­ors based in the UK and we shall visit these people and then make a short doc­u­ment­ary type video on each one!

Blair’s Queso Review —  Right back again live and kick­ing from my little break in Yeovil where myself and Mr’s Naga stayed with Hot Juan and his fam­ily for a very pleas­ant few days, but now its back to busi­ness, so lets kick it off with a little some­thing from Blair eh?

Pimi­en­tos de Padron are now in sea­son — Pimi­en­tos de Padron are now in sea­son at Dry River Chil­lies they have grown extra this year after selling out so quickly last year.

Grow­ing Chil­lies from Seed: Part 3 — Re-potting. Once your seed­lings have out-grown their ini­tial pots, they will need re-potting. Chilli plants bene­fit from being potted-on gradu­ally, that it, one size pot at a time. We pot from 3”, to 6”, then 9” and 12”.

Win our Chilli Hamper (20+ Bottles and Jars of some of the best UK Chilli Products) —  As part of our 500th art­icle cel­eb­ra­tion we are giv­ing away a hamper full of chilli products from our favour­ite suppliers.

Scott Roberts — Chilli Let­ter from Amer­ica #8 — The big news from me would be the debut of the Weekly Fir­ecast. Sure, online videos per­tain­ing to fiery foods are no new thing, but I’ve bat­ted around the idea of some­thing closer to a chile and hot sauce related tele­vi­sion pro­gram for many a moon. I finally decided on a com­prom­ise of sorts; it would be a multi-segment video pod­cast hos­ted on You­Tube. My “pilot” epis­ode deb­uted a few weeks ago, and now that my yearly vaca­tion (or as your Brits would call it, “going on hol­i­day”) is mostly done, I can focus on cre­at­ing a new video every week.

Chilli treats by Deli Welli Doo Daaa —  We’ve all heard of Chilli chocol­ate bars and Chilli chocol­ate brownies. Angie Bourne and Anthony Sturge take this concept to a whole new level. This lovely couple, both with years and years of chef/catering exper­i­ence, incor­por­ate local pro­duce and the finest ingredi­ents to make sure they leave a last­ing impression.

Fiery Foods Chilli Eat­ing Com­pet­i­tions — Grill­Stock Bris­tol 2010 — Its Monday morn­ing and I’m sat at Hot Juan’s com­puter typ­ing this up while he sorts out the hamper for you lovely people, I’m pretty knackered at this point…good thing i have few days off work!

Olives Et Al — hot put­ney sauce — Why Put­ney, well it is not a chut­ney is it, but is is very sim­ilar to a Tomato Chut­ney, if you have tried Olives Et Al Put­ney in the past you will know it is a excel­lent tomato based rel­ish, that goes with almost everth­ing, today we are tring the the new hot­ter version.

We are at Grill­Stock at the Bris­tol Har­bourside —  We are at Grill­Stock, today, will try to report what is hap­pen­ing today with a bet­ter report Monday with pictures.

Hot-Headz Cay­enne Hot Chilli Sauce — The Cay­enne gets it’s name from the city of Cay­enne in French Guiana, it has a unique fla­vour, pep­pery and sharp, you oftern find it as an ingredi­ent in med­ical cures for almost everything.

UK Chilli Sales up 600% — Accord­ing to the Express UK sales of Chil­lies are up 600%

The Chilli Jam Com­pany – Chil­lirissa — On open­ing the jar, the con­tents is a thick light red/orange paste with a lovely smell of gar­lic and onions, the taste is won­der­fully hot and pun­gent, the ini­tial taste is from the onions, quickly fol­lowed by the chilli and then the rich­ness of the sun dried toma­toes, this leaves a beau­ti­ful fla­vour in the mouth, it is hot and rich and yes I am really enjoy­ing this.

Wahaca Chilli Guru Video Win­ner — Reg­u­lars will remem­ber that Wahaca (Thomas­ina Miers chain of Mex­ican res­taur­ants) was look­ing for a chilli guru/expert to help them cre­ate a video show­case for the joys of grow­ing chillies.

Nando’s New and Improved Tomato and BBQ Sauces —  A few weeks ago I picked up a couple of bottles of New Improved Nando’s Peri-Peri BBQ Sauce and Peri-Peri Tomato Sauce in my local super­mar­ket (Yes some­times we have to pur­chase sauces), unfor­tu­nately I had not tried the pre­vi­ous ver­sion of these two products so I can­not tell how much they have improved.

Grill­stock Hosts The Infam­ous Fiery Foods UK Chilli-eating Con­test — At Grill­Stock 2010 our very own Darth Naga will be host­ing the Fiery Foods UK Chilli-eating Con­test. The con­test is being held next week­end as part of Grill­stock on Sat 17th & Sun 18th July at 4pm on the Har­bourside in Bris­tol, con­test­ants will get to be the first to try this season’s 7 Pot, Bih Jolokia, Trin­idad Mor­ouga and of course the Chil­lipep­per­pete Naga (which last year meas­ured an astound­ing 1,080,000 SHU’s).

The Lakes Chilli Fest — Levens Hall 14/15 August 2010 — The third Lakes Chilli Fest will be held on the 14th and 15th of August 2010 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Set against the spec­tac­u­lar back­drop of Eliza­bethan Levens Hall, vis­it­ors to the Chilli Fest can also explore the world fam­ous gar­dens where the sum­mer bed­ding and herb­aceous bor­ders will be at their best.

See Adrian and Den­ise Nut­tal Build The Chilli Com­pany — We came across an epis­ode of “Build A New Life” on SeeSaw.com it show how Adrian and Den­ise Nut­tal built a new life for them­selves grow­ing and selling chilli products from their 11 acre nurs­ery– The Chilli Farm.

Dart­moor Chilli Farm – Hot Straw­berry Jam — Make with Els­anta straw­ber­ries (One of the most pop­u­lar com­mer­cially grown vari­et­ies in Europe), grown at their own nurs­ery where it has never seen a pesti­cides, herb­i­cides or fungicides.

The Chile­Foundry You­Tube Chan­nel — Did you know we have our own You­Tube Chan­nel http://www.youtube.com/user/chilefoundry

Pep­pers By Post Open Day — 22nd August 2010 — This year the Pep­per By Post open day is on the 22nd of August. Vis­it­ors will have the chance to walk around our poly­tun­nels and green­houses and see all the chil­lies we are grow­ing. The open day is a Pep­per by Post and Sea Spring Seeds event, so as well as chil­lies there will be other veget­able tri­als on show, includ­ing a sweet pep­per and a tomato trial in the tun­nels, and other veget­ables out­doors. Fresh chil­lies, seeds and pot­ted chilli plants will be avail­able for sale. There will be some talks and cook­ery demon­stra­tions as well.

The Upton Cheyney Chilli Fest­ival — 11th Septem­ber 2010 — This is the second year for this new Chilli event organ­ised by The Upton Cheyney Chilli Company

Chilli Corn Bread Recipe — I love corn bread, it always reminds we of vis­its to the USA, it is not nor­mally some­thing I find at home here in the UK, it goes great as a side dish with BBQ pulled pork or a nice fresh salad.

Bel­fast Chilli Fest — 11-12th Septem­ber 2010 —  Two days of red hot Amer­ican music, Food & Ice Cold Beer.

Hotel Chocolat. — Chilli Truffles — There truffles have a crisp outer shell with and rather nipple like purple spot on the top for dec­or­a­tion, inside is a dark col­oured chocol­ate ganache, which they describe as hav­ing a subtle chilli warmth, as you taste the ganache you get a def­in­ite alco­holic sen­sa­tion before the smooth ganache melts in the mouth reveal­ing the warmth of the chilli.

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