I think the quickest way to spice up your life (and your cooking) is with the best herbs and spices you can find. Here are some of my favourite spice merchants, herb growers and seasoning specialists!
Single Origin Pepper, Salt and Spices from Afganistan to Zanzibar.
Gourmet Spice Co make a range of awesome spice blends, flavoured oils, vinegars and teas that really can transform your cooking with ease and speed.
Myrtle's Kitchen began making incredible chutney and jams. Covid hit and they started making fabulous pastries, savouries and grazing platters. Then came the seasoning pots - Droitwich Salt, Lemon Myrtle and herbs like tarragon, mint, dill and oregano. Gorgeous tins, delicious seasonings inside!
South African super heroes Now Now Foods have packaged up their spice mixes into the most gorgeous little boxes of deliciousness.
Durban, Babotie and Cape Malay Curry Spice Mixes to make at home.
Seaspoon make fantastic edible seaweed blends, which are nutritious and really easy to use.
From the beautiful Isle of Guernsey, The Seaweed Food Co hand harvest seaweed from their local beaches and create incredibly healthy and delicious seaweed blends.
Little bottles packed full of natural drops of herbs and spice! These are really easy to use and have incredible flavour, the shelf life is great too!
Sanjay and his lovely mum are the spice masters of Birmingham. If you love spice, you definitely need to get to know Sanjay!
Silk Sari Wrapped Spice Tins make a fantastic gift and you can choose the type of spices inside. Find a great range of herbs, spices, blends and accessories on their website or at one of the BBC Good Food Shows in Birmingham.
Urban Herbs sell amazing herbs online. They have lots of unusual and delicious plants and give advice on how to use them and keep them alive!
During the Summer months, you'll find Urban Herbs out and about at Food, Flower and Gardening Shows, farmers markets and other outdoor events selling their fabulous fresh potted herbs.