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Mon August 22 2011
DRAGONS’ DEN HOPEFUL SECURES INVESTMENT
Nottingham based Rico Mexican Kitchen has secured investment a matter of days before appearing on Dragons’ Den. Rico Mexican Kitchen founder, Marcela Flores-Newburn, was seen serenading the Dragons along with a Mariachi band on Sunday 21st August, hoping to receive investment of £75,000 in exchange for 20 percent of her business. The money was to develop her premium range of authentic Mexican food and to bring new types of Mexican food to the UK.
A group of Northamptonshire-based investors have provided funding this week to help Rico Mexican Kitchen with marketing and PR, product development, branding and supporting the brand’s drive into supermarkets, days before Dragons’ Den is aired.
David Haycock, a director of the investment group said: “We really believe in Rico Mexican Kitchen’s product range and in the work Marcela is doing, not only supporting the growers in Mexico and Britain, but also in making authentic Mexican food available to consumers. We are looking forward to helping her in her quest by funding what is necessary to get the brand and products out there.”
Marcela Flores-Newburn, who is originally from Monterrey, Mexico said: “This is such an exciting week! Not only did I get the opportunity to appear on Dragons’ Den, but I’ve also found the investment the business needed to flourish. Our products are genuinely Mexican, which is something completely new in this food category and previously unavailable. There is a great deal of interest in Mexican food with fajitas and burritos now a dinner time favourite for many but I feel now is the time to introduce the ‘real deal’ to consumers and increase the flavours and food on offer.”
Products currently available at a number of independent retailers include Salsa Verde, Mild and Tasty Salsa, Chipotle Xtra Hot Salsa, Spicy Beans, and Mexican Mole Sauce. Rico Mexican Kitchen has also introduced tamales to the UK market; a maize dough parcel filled with any number of ingredients and wrapped in a corn husk. Tamales have been around for over 5,000 years and were even enjoyed by the Aztecs.
For further information, interviews and images please contact Maria Kennedy at cremePR on 07932 644771 or by emailing maria@cremepr.com
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Mon July 04 2011
TAMALES in the UK!
Have you ever tried Tamales?
They are the World's first ever grab and go food!
Just imagine, if you were an Aztec or a Mayan on your way to work to build pyramids,
what would you take as a pack-up lunch?
Of course, you would take Tamales. Yes, a bit like a Mexican Cornish Pasty. Tamales
are made with a maize dough (therefore naaturally gluten-free) and tasty fillings
such as spicy chicken and Mole sauce, or Pork Salsa Verde, and we also make wonderful
vegetarian and vegan Tamales.
Each Rico Mexican Kitchen Tamal is hand made to authentic, artisan recipes and wrapped
in a corn husk, then steamed.
Try Tamales in London at Wholefoods Market high St Kensington, Wholefoods Market
Clapham Junction, and soon in the other Wholefoods Market branches and other locations.
In Derby, find them at Soundbites on 11, Morledge. In Manchester. try Unicron Grocery.
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Sat June 18 2011
Join Rico Mexican Kitchen making Tamales at the Cervantes Institute, Eaton Square
London
On Saturday 18th June, Rico Mexican Kitchen joins the Cervantes Institute to turn
the very English Eaton Square into a Fabulous Spanish Plaza for the day, filling
it with concerts, dance shows, food demonstrations, kids activities and much more.
Join Marcela from Rico Mexican Kitchen in the workshop where she'll give you the
secrets to make delicious Tamales, the first ever grab-and-go snack dating back
from before Aztec times, as part of the Cervantes Institute Dia E celebrations of
Spanish-speaking countries & culture. For more information visit
http://londres.cervantes.es/imagenes/File/DIA%20E%20PROGRAMA.pdf
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Wed June 16 2010
BBC Good Food Show
RICO Mexican Kitchen is proud to announce that we will be at the BBC Good Food Show
this year with our fantastic range of authentic Mexican Salsas, our healthy Spicy
Beans and our range of Mexican Cooking Sauces.
Running from the 16-20 June 2010 the BBS Summer Good Food Show promises to be a
fantastic event featuring presentations and cooking demonstrations from the likes
of James Martin, The Hairy Bikers, Masterchef and Nadia Sawalha. This year the BBS
good Food Show has introduced a ‘Grow Your Own’ area that will concentrate on showing
you the benefits of growing your own vegetables, fruit and herbs.
RICO Mexican Kitchen will be exhibiting at stand F340 where we will be showcasing
our Mild and Tasty Salsa, Chipotle Xtra Hot Salsa, our Salsa Verde, our Spicy Beans
and our fantastic Mexican Mole Sauce. All of our traditional authentic Mexican salsas
and cooking sauces will be available for you to try and of course it will be great
to meet you all.
As ever we will be on the lookout for your Mexican recipe ideas and ways that you
have used our RICO Mexican Kitchen products in your recipes – so if you have any
recipes scrawled down on a piece of paper or if it is just stored in your head as
it is passed down through the generation then bring it along! We will get it on
our website and share your Mexican recipes with the world.
We will be exhibiting in the Producers Village alongside producers like The Garlic
Farm, Good Chutney Company and Belvoir Fruit Farms. Follow this link for more information
about the Producers Village.
Other highlights to look out for will be
http://www.FoodLoversBritain.com, tastingbeerslive and the Masterchef Experience.
RICO Mexican Kitchen looks forward to seeing you there!
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