Find RoniB’s Kitchen’s complete range of Award-winning Filipino products in the UK Pavilion at Thaifex Anuga Asia, Bangkok, from 28 May to 1 June.
A first-time exhibitor, the RoniB’s Kitchen range includes banana ketchup, chilli oils, condiments, cooking sauces and jams created from family and traditional recipes from the Philippines, Southeast Asia. Visitors to the stand will be able to sample the products.
They include Filipino banana ketchup, a sweet and tangy twist on a classic condiment, which was recently featured on UK national television on “Aldi’s Next Big Thing”. In the TV show Roni Bandong-McSorley, founder of the company and her husband Steve competed for a space on Aldi, the UK supermarket’s shelves. They beat hundreds to secure a life-changing contract supplying the product to over 1,000 Aldi stores nation-wide.
RoniB’s Kitchen also produces the traditional Filipino Adobo cooking sauce; Kalamansi Marmalade (Philippine Lime Marmalade), Filipino Black Bean Chilli Paste for coating on meat and fish and Tamarind Jam, made with tamarind. All products are free from artificial flavourings, colourings and preservatives.
Roni, who comes from the Philippines, says “I am thrilled to be exhibiting at THAIFEX - Anuga Asia. We are exploring new markets in Southeast Asia as we plan to expand our distribution. At the show, I look forward to sharing the bold and complex flavours of the Philippines. The products are convenient to use and will enhance the flavour of dishes. For example the Adobo cooking sauce can be used with any meat, fish, shellfish or vegetables.”
The RoniB’s Kitchen range of products consists of Banana Ketchup; Adobo Sauce cooking sauce; Labuyo Hot Chilli Sauce; Ihaw Ihaw Barbecue Sauce; Garlic Chilli Paste; Black bean chilli oil and paste and Kalamansi Marmalade. Altogether the company holds five Great Taste Awards from the UK.
The products can be used in a host of different recipes such as Roni’s Kung Po Style Chicken, Kalamansi Cheesecake No Bake, Fiery Pineapple Chicken Traybake. More recipe ideas at https://www.ronibkitchen.co.uk/recipes
All products are vegan and vegetarian friendly. Visit https://www.ronibkitchen.co.uk for more information.
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About Roni Bandong-McSorley
Since Roni Bandong-McSorley moved to the UK, her mission has been to promote Filipino cuisine. Whenever she took a Philippine dish to a friends’ party, it was always the first to go “so then I knew it was time to shine a spotlight on Filipino food, but the ingredients I needed to create the dishes were scarce. Filipino food was very much hidden from the mainstream so I knew I needed to change that,” she says.
She entered a competition on the UK TV show Kirstie Allsopp’s Handmade Christmas TV show and her Filipino dish won “Best Alternative Christmas Dinner” Award. After that, Roni decided to launch her own range of products that showcase the culinary heritage of the Philippines.
Born in the Philippines, Roni started her culinary journey by first learning to bake. As a teenager, she started experimenting in cooking dishes from other cuisines. After graduating in marine zoology at the University of the Philippines, she worked in sales and marketing in various industries before she moved to the UK. Here she continued to work in sales and marketing. Her last stint was working in events and conferences before she started her food business. In her spare time, Roni enjoys travelling, exploring historical cities and tasting regional cuisine.