Gringley Gringo home-made chilli products Gringley Gringo was established in August 2005 in the village of Gringley-On-The-Hill in Nottinghamshire, supplying a range of high quality chilli products to delicatessens, farm shops and restaurants in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
The company remained a part-time business yet built a solid reputation of quality, excellent service and community involvement. Debby Porter used to work for Gringley Gringo, running several farmers markets and trade shows. When Jodie, the previous owner relocated to Wales, Debby bought the company with business partner Sarah Priestley in June 2008. |
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Since then, production has really stepped up a gear. Gringley Gringo now run several farmers markets and attend a number of major trade and consumer exhibitions, as well as supplying a much greater range of trade customers across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
Although the business has grown exponentially since the change of ownership, each chilli product is still (and always will be) lovingly home-made. We may use larger pans now, but our fundamental ethics of quality, service and moral responsibility haven't changed. It is for this reason that you'll never find our products in the supermarkets, as we have no desire to sell mass-produced products at over-inflated prices. As a result, most of our orders are from repeat customers and we benefit from many recommendations. |
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 | Debby Porter
Debby started as an employee of Gringley Gringo before buying the business with Sarah Priestley in June 2008. Debby is responsible for sales, running the farmers markets and trade shows as well as managing our trade accounts. |
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 | Sarah Priestley
A Director of the business, and also our head chef, Sarah cooks, bottles, labels and distributes the majority of our range. Sarah is also responsible for quality control, fulfilment of internet orders and accounts. |
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 | Mick
Mick has been working with Gringley Gringo since November 2008. He very kindly offered to help us with the cooking when orders started flooding in. Now he also has taken over some of the farmers markets. |
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 | Jo Thomson
Jo has been a long standing family friend for over 30 years, and joined the Gringley Gringo team back in June 2009 after a long spell as Head Chef at Rufford Golf Club in Nottinghamshire. Jo works for the company full time, and has brought with her a wealth of valuable experience and culinary flair. |
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 | Lynne Bower
Before joining the Gringley Gringo team in March 2010, Lynne worked as a Secretary to the manager of Clumber Park. Having worked for the National Trust for over 20 years, Lynne is a passionate supporter of local produce and ethical trading. Although Lynne has only been part of the team for a short time, we don't know how we ever managed without her. |
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 | Darren Randall
Since joining us in March 2010 Darren has been a lifesaver, running many of our farmers markets and looking after the animals on our smallholding. Originally a customer of Gringley Gringo, we invited Darren to join us due to his obvious passion for good quality, local produce. |
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 | Jemma Berry
Gringley Gringo's biggest fan! Jemma writes content for our website and works on our farmers markets. Can often be found behind the stand with a jar of Tongue Tickle Pickle in hand! |
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 | Damien Porter
Debby's son Damien joined the business in June 2008. Damien manages the Gringley Gringo website including it's design, content and optimisation. |
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