The sauce making process takes quite a while at The Sauce Forge, we pull back the curtain and give you a peak at how we make our sauce!

We managed to secure an allotment! juggling full time work, parenthood and the general life chaos, lets outline how we got here, what we've done so far, and where we plan to go!

After struggling for years to grow a crop of chilli plants, in 2024 I managed 5kg of chillies from our 24 mature plants. In 2025 I am learning from my mistakes starting the growing season off right!

The Sauce Forge began with homemade pickled eggs, evolving through kimchi to hot sauces. This blog post details our journey from hobbyist sauce makers to a fledgling small business.