Summer Kitchens by Olia Hercules Summer Kitchens by Olia Hercules
Summer Kitchens by Olia Hercules Summer Kitchens by Olia Hercules

Summer Kitchens by Olia Hercules

Summer Kitchen invites you into a Ukrainian summer kitchen, woven with culinary heritage and history alongside recipes for an outrageously delicious salads, preserves, grills and sweet treats. A gorgeous book for anyone with a hunger to learn about culinary cultures through the lens of someone who knows it so well. 

What is a 'summer kitchen'? In Ukraine, it means a small cooking space located in the veg garden, away from the main house. Calling on fond childhood memories and countless conversations and cooking sessions, Olia Hercules shows how you can make the most of summery ingredients to create new, inventive and utterly delicious plates of food. Her recipes include Ukrainian favourites like: Burnt Aubergine Butter on Tomato Toast, Sourdough Garlic Buns, Poppyseed Cake with Elderflower and Strawberries. 

'A complete revelation' 

Nigella

Olia Hercules is a London-based Ukrainian chef, food writer and food stylist. Following the financial crisis of 2008, Olia decided to quit her job as a film business reporter to pursue her dream to cook for a living. She trained at the renowned Leiths School of Food and Wine and then worked as a chef de partie in restaurants, including Ottolenghi, and as a recipe developer before landing a book deal for Mamushka, a cookbook that celebrates her family recipes, from Ukraine and Moldova to Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Her second cookbook is called Kaukasis: a culinary journey through Georgia, Azerbaijan and beyond. 

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Summer Kitchens is a preservation of Ukranian culinary heritage, book is filled with recipes for generous salad, moreish mains and sweet delights.

What is a 'summer kitchen'? In Ukraine, it means a small cooking space located in the veg garden, away from the main house. Calling on fond childhood memories and countless conversations and cooking sessions, Olia Hercules shows how you can truly make the most of summery ingredients to create new, inventive and utterly delicious plates of food. Her recipes include Ukrainian favourites like: Burnt Aubergine Butter on Tomato Toast, Sourdough Garlic Buns, Poppyseed Cake with Elderflower and Strawberries.

'A complete revelation' 

Nigella

Olia Hercules is a London-based Ukrainian chef, food writer and food stylist. Following the financial crisis of 2008, Olia decided to quit her job as a film business reporter to pursue her dream to cook for a living.

She trained at the renowned Leiths School of Food and Wine and then worked as a chef de partie in restaurants, including Ottolenghi, and as a recipe developer before landing a book deal for Mamushka, a cookbook that celebrates her family recipes, from Ukraine and Moldova to Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Her second cookbook is called Kaukasis: a culinary journey through Georgia, Azerbaijan and beyond.

 

Awards

Multiple Gift of the Year Awards:
The Gift of the Year awards are the most highly respected industry accolades, aimed at recognising the best products, talent and inspiration in our industry each year. We were touched and humbled that Spice Kitchen was awarded Gift of the Year in 2022 for our Indian Spice Tin with Silk Sari Wrap, the second time this product has won the award.

Multiple Great Taste Awards:

 

We won a whopping 13 Great Taste Awards in 2023 for our range of Signature Spice Blends. Previously, we have won awards for our Garam Masala, and Chai Hot Chocolate in 2015, 2017 and 2021 respectively. Great Tastes Awards are the acknowledged benchmark for fine food and drink. It has been described as the ‘Oscars’ of the food world. Quite simply, the Great Taste logo is the sign you can trust when buying food and drink.

 

Winners of BBC Good Food Show Producers Bursary Award:
Awarded to outstanding producers of excellent British Speciality foods. Spice Kitchen also Featured on the BB1 Hairy Bikers show where they used Spice Kitchen spices to cook their favourite food.

In The Media

Food and Wine Magazine

The Guardian

Good Housekeeping

Marie Claire  

The Independent

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