Independent makers. European ambition.
Growing the market for independent European hot sauce.
We connect makers and growers with customers, retailers and the press. More people discovering Craft Hot Sauce. More of the value staying with the people who make it.
Made independently.
Discovered together.
One industry. Many independent voices.
Awards / Consumer sales / Trade / Representation01 / For makers & growers
You grow the chillies. Develop the recipe. Make the sauce. EHC connects the work that brings attention to independent producers with the work that helps their products reach customers.
Explore awards, press and sales partnerships, or help shape the Council’s work on provenance, supply chains and industry standards.
02 / For press
Regional growers. Award-winning sauces. Independent businesses changing what people put on the table. Find the people, the facts and the photographs for your next story.
Our work & partnerships
Recognition brings a maker into view. A shop makes their sauce available. A buyer puts it on a shelf. Each part of our work has a job to do.
A curated shop for independent hot sauce. A place for customers to discover their next favourite and come back for another bottle.
Explore the shopOur planned route for wholesale and contract sales to retailers. We’re preparing the service to connect independent hot sauce with buyers sourcing a range for their shops.
Sign up for EHC updatesBlind judging that puts exceptional sauces in the spotlight and introduces the makers behind them to press, buyers and customers.
Explore the awardsMeet the makers, taste their sauces and buy directly. EHC handles the festival's press work, bringing producer stories to a wider audience.
Explore the festivalProducer stories, policy positions and proposals for industry standards. A shared voice for the people growing chillies and making sauce.
The Council's work
A category with character
Fermented, smoked, grown and blended. European hot sauce carries the ingredients, traditions and ideas of the people making it.
Our ambition is to make Craft Hot Sauce a recognised retail category across Europe, with independent makers at its heart.
Meet the people making it happenEHC Ops · In development
We’re preparing EHC Ops for wholesale and contract sales to retailers. Sign up with EHC to receive more information as the service develops.
Sign up for EHC updatesFrom the press office
Winning makers, their stories and the next judging panel.
Producer profiles, press materials and festival information.
EHC’s policy positions and the evidence behind them.
Read published coverage of producers and projects.
Council membership
Bring your experience into the work on representation and industry standards. Commercial services are separate and optional.
Read the membership offer, fee and current formation status before registering your interest.
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