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Hot stuff: Adam Marks and Mary Ballantyne

Top press 9 Gold Great Taste Awards 2008 Mr Vikki's Hot Stuff, Hot Coriander Sauce

A Cumbrian couple have cooked up an amazing Nine gold's at this year's Great Taste Awards.

After 7 Gold's last year and 1 Gold, 4 Silvers, and 2 Bronze in 2006.

The honours come just 2 years after chef Adam Marks and partner Mary Ballantyne started their business. Despite their success, Adam says he has just perfected the recipes which are now set for consistency at the old Welcome Inn, a converted pub, near Penrith.

And he's fired up by the heat and flavour of habanero chilli's. Read the full story here

Recent Mention in the Sunday Times style magazine

Chutney's with a twist.

Can't have curry without chutney? Check out the Mr Vikki's range. The chutneys are cooked in small batches using recipes that fuse Asian and western influences. The award-winning hot apricot and hot gooseberry are fragrant with fruit and spices, while the HHH chilli pickle is a favourite with Indian restaurants.

From £2.75 a jar; Mr Vikki's.co.uk

Independent Newspaper

Summer 2008, Indy's top ten chutneys, won by our company another very proud achievement

GTA {great taste awards 2008}

Mr Vikki's scoops 9 fantastic GTA's, the Michelin star equivalent of fine food producers, check it out at finefoodworld click here

Local Indian restaurant using Mr Vikkis Pickles

The secret recipe Wild Assam Orange and the Infamous HHH are now featuring on the India Gates restaurant Penrith, and by request at the Taste of Bengal, two fabulous restaurants, the Mr Vikki's Shimla comes highly recommended.