Test Kitchen

NEW DROP 💥

cheeky little creeper went on a couple days before closed for the annual glow-up. didn’t tell anyone because I am literally SO LAZYYYYYY.

its a tasty ‘lil riff on… you guessed it… a NY chopped cheese.

We didn’t love the idea of lettuce and tomato in there so we sacked that off. we also wanted a bit of tingly tangly spice, so we sexed up our Windsor Farm brisket n chuck mince w/ gochujang. slapped on the flatty, chopped n crispy, it’s then oozed up with more cheese than would ring alarm bells for Neals Yard if it wasn’t just s**t (but quite often perfect) American slices.

a j**z of burger sauce and a tangle of garlic & dill sauerkraut, stuffed in a soft sub.

the end result makes you go “wtf I could eat 10 of those, it’s so small” and then say afterwards “no I couldn’t actually because it’s quite rich and that is strikingly good value for money ‘cos it was tasty and I’m full”.

it’s on the menu rn 💥

TK HQ | 2024 wrapped, 2 weeks late . . .

i've been trying to decide whether 2024 was absolute dog s**te or the best year ever & after much consideration, have decided on the latter. despite numerous curveballs, our business has grown & for the first time since early 2021 we feel like we're at the helm. we've got so much to look forward to and 2025 is all about setting solid foundations. 2026 is global domination, but we'll get to that later . . .

here are our 3 main take-aways from the last year;

🏆 choose partnerships wisely;

are they good, honest people? do they value your skill? are they aspirational to you? if it's a no to any of the above, run. we should’ve run a lot faster.

🏆 number wang first, excitement later;

when our business first changed direction last year, it was very easy to get excited at all the new avenues open to us. i personally wasted a lot of time creatively exploring projects that would not have served us, when i should have just run the boring numbers first.

🏆 everything can wait;

learning that i am an extremely impatient person has been a game-changer. i'm slowly realising that nothing terrible will happen if i occasionally extend the deadlines i've set for myself. health and wellbeing is more important.

IT’S SPICY & FULL OF VEG | practice in front of a mirror…

… ‘cos it’s what we’re telling the kids when they ask for some. not a chance you sticky-fingered little goblins, this is for the grown folk. be gone 🪄

john’s been king of the treacle tart since day & this is a VERY welcome reinvention of the classic. using black treacle instead of golden, the final slice is so gloriously unctuous and ends with a really malty almost liquorice mouth-bonanza.

we’ve slapped squirty cream on it ‘cos nobody wants this to cost over £10 just so we can use vanilla chantilly. he’s made a berry compote to pimp that though, cooked down with mandarin winter ale.

it’s on the menu right now, and there’s 7 slices available until he can get back in there to make more 💥
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