Earlier this year we entered our Bread & Butter Pickles and our Korean Pickled Garlic into the Guild of Fine Food's annual Great Taste Awards. This year 12,777 products were submitted from 106 different countries, all trying to gain a 1, 2 or 3 star Great Taste Award which is regarded as a signpost to an outstanding product. Not every entry receives an award meaning standards are very high. Covid-19 meant that the judging had to take place remotely which resulted in the announcement of the awards being a little later than usual. When they were finally revealed on 21 Sep ..read more

Happy New Year. As we wave goodbye to 2020, I wanted to share some of Crooked Pickle's 2020 highlights, as well as shout a big hoorah and welcome to 2021. First and foremost 2020 was obviously dominated by Covid. With lots of businesses being badly affected, we've been fortunate enough to carry on producing and supplying our delicious pickle products throughout. However, we wouldn't have been able to do this without our brilliant suppliers and of course our wonderfully loyal customers. Suppliers Winster Foods are based in Chesterfield, and it's here that we purchase 90% of our ingredients. The ..read more

We all know how special pickles are. But at Christmas, we think they're positively essential food fodder. Let me tell you the story of 'Weihnachtsgurke' (or the Christmas Pickle) and why soon, everyone will be hanging a pickle on their Christmas tree. I'm not going to lie, the origins of the Christmas pickle are a little iffy, but hey, it is Christmas and we're a pickle company....so we're happily going embrace it!  The story is that each year on Christmas Eve, families all over Germany (and America and soon to be the UK...?) hide an ornamental pickle in their Christmas tree. The first ch ..read more

So where did it all start I hear you ask? Very good question guys! Let me give you The Crooked Pickle's very short history of pickling.... First off, the name 'pickle'. Originating from the Dutch word 'peckel' which simply means 'brine' and refers to the method used when pickling began. In short, it was salty water. (Here at Crooked Pickle HQ, we pickle all our freshly picked vegetables in vinegar - keeping them vibrant and crunchy!) Origins of Pickling Pickling began many, many years ago (approximately 4000 years actually!) with the Mesopotamians, who were partial to preserving their cucumbe ..read more