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mark wickens @Essential_Mark

South East BDM Essential Cuisine. UK made 🇬🇧 Stocks Gravy, Jus & Street Food-Chef seasonings. Winsford. Hastings dweller, kayaker, music mixer 07795 462451

Joined May 2012
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mark wickens@Essential_Mark
22 Apr 2020
In a world of uncertainty, there’s the fabulous @Number10cat (the rest of his admirers can do their daily duties) 😊
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Love British Food
@LoveBritishFood
18 Aug 2025
Looking for some recipe inspiration?🇬🇧 Love British Food Official Partner @essentialcuisin have put together hundreds of ideas that are well worth browsing through. Delicious... essentialcuisine.com/recipes…
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I went for the BBQ’d pepper steak, mushroom, jersey potato’s, tomato and charred salad option 😊 (and #glastonbury ) Lovely…. #ECBBQ @essentialcuisin #bbq #sunday
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Craft Guild of Chefs@Craft_Guild
16 Jun 2025
Congratulations to the winner of the #CGCAwards Development Chef Award which is sponsored by @essentialcuisin - Gareth Bowen from @cunardline.
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Young Risotto Chef@youngrisotto
7 May 2025
Well done Ellis and Liam - proud winners from our biggest heat in the NE. See you at @SpursOfficial for the Final #risotto @RisoGalloUK @PACEUK @essentialcuisin @Craft_Guild @masterchefsgb @chefpublishing @FilippoBerio
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Young Risotto Chef@youngrisotto
26 Feb 2025
A big shout out to those that help make it happen - thanks guys! @FilippoBerio @essentialcuisin @koppertcressUK @RisoGalloUK
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Cold out - warm’in … Beef stew, dumplings and @essentialcuisin 😊 #stock #signaturebeefjus
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It’s the (wonderful) #glutenfree vegetable stock from @essentialcuisin that makes the sauce, soup or seasoning
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stir fry prawn 🍤 / rice @essentialcuisin #fishstock marinade from #winsford and #isleofwight @TheGarlicFarm garlic soy 😊 #lovebritishfood
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It’s 🥶 #soupseason ! Wrap up warm and enjoy 😊 a decent warming #soup with ⁦@essentialcuisin⁩ #stock at your #local #pub #restaurant and #glutenfree , made with ❤️ in Winsford
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National Highways: South-East@HighwaysSEAST
21 Oct 2024
**Reminder** The #M25 #Surrey/Kent remains closed clockwise J5 #Sevenoaks - J6 #Godstone following a serious HGV fire. Lanes 2 of (4) remain closed on the anti-clockwise carriageway. #M26 westbound J2A #WrothamHeath & #M25/A21 remains closed. nationalhighways.co.uk/trave…
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On instagram @chef.essential - #NCOTY
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Craft Guild of Chefs@Craft_Guild
8 Oct 2024
That’s all the dishes served in the morning round of Young National Chef of the Year. #YNCOTY
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Good luck and best wishes for today #chefs #NCOTY
Craft Guild of Chefs@Craft_Guild
7 Oct 2024
It’s almost time for us to discover our next National Chef of the Year and Young National Chef of the Year winners. Good luck to the 22 chefs who will be competing tomorrow. Share your good luck messages for the finalists with us #NCOTY #YNCOTY
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Dim the lights and let saucy season begin… September Sausages with @essentialcuisin #stock #gravy #jus and #beakandtailbutchers #Hastings #porkandherbsausages #lovebritishfood @LoveBritishFood 😊
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The Pantiles@ThePantiles
31 Jul 2024
🌟 Young Chefs, We Want You! 🌟 Enter our Young Masterchef competition, in association with @sankeysrtw Summer Feastival & you could cook on stage with the UK's top chefsl! 🍴👩‍🍳 🎉 Find out more: thepantiles.com/whats-on/san… #YoungMasterchef #SankeysFeastival #FoodFestival RT!
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Craft Guild of Chefs@Craft_Guild
29 Jul 2024
Today we have revealed who will be cooking in the final of National Chef of the Year in October! Take a look at the ten chefs in the running for the #NCOTY title >> craftguildofchefs.org/news/t…

Ten talented chefs unveiled as ‘ones to watch’ for National Chef of the Year

After making the top 40 in the competition last month, the chefs had to create an amuse-bouche or pre-dessert with the theme ‘A taste of summer’ using seasonal ingredients. The chefs were asked to...

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BII_Workforce
@BII_Workforce
26 Jul 2024
Partnered with @essentialcuisin, you can now upskill yourself in the kitchen. Want to know how to make basic pasta dough? Or need a reminder on how to make roast potatoes? Check them out: biiworkforce.org/BII-Workfor… #PubLife #Hospitality #Pubs #KitchenWork #EssentialCuisine
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Hey 👋 @essentialcuisin - “As seen on TV” watching #motorwayhotel .Thank you Chef - (And a brilliantly made, informative, entertaining show on @channel5 I might add) - Episode 4 offers this beauty! #chickenstock ( #glutenfree ) - enjoy! 😋
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SWChefComp@SWChefComp
2 Jul 2024
Thank you to @essentialcuisin, sponsor of our Young Professional Chef award open to chefs aged 19-24, working in any position up to, and including, junior sous chef. Entries close 31st July. Find out more and submit your entry on our website at southwestchef.co.uk/
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a “starter for ten” - (conferring) to the @essentialcuisin #recipe book with @BIIandBIIAB (P19) Welsh Rarebit - added roast tomato and onion as @Essential_Jon would 😊…maybe 🤔
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