New pizzas and cheaper prices from What On Earth

BIG PIZZA NEWS!  Our favourite organic food company, What On Earth, is giving its organic pizza range a shake up to make it bigger and better than ever before.  They're tweaking the flavours of some of the old favourites and introducing not one, not two, not three but FOUR brand new pizzas.

The new pizzas will consist of:

• Pizza Pescheria - Inverawe smoked salmon, feta, mozzarella, sliced red onion, dill and black pepper
• Pizza El Greco - Feta, sliced Kalamata olives, mozzarella, sliced red onion
• Pizza Piccante - Pepperoni sausage, sliced Kalamata olives, mozzarella, shaved parmesan, sliced red onion and fresh garlic oil
• Pizza Miabella - Sliced field mushrooms, cheddar cheese, mozzarella, fresh thyme, oregano and fresh garlic oil

Do you like the sound of them?  We certainly do!  Well, we did...and then we got to try them, and we can confirm that they taste even better than they sound.

In addition to these new pizzas What On Earth will improve the flavour and appearance of its existing pizzas.  The changes won't be drastic; they're just planning to tweak the seasoning so as to give you a tastier pizza experience.  The company will also retire two of the older pizzas - the Organic Pizza de Pepe and the Organic Pizza Mia.  

Once all the changes have been made there will be a total of eight gourmet organic pizzas in the What On Earth range:

• Pizza Pescheria
• Pizza Miabella
• Pizza Piccante
• Pizza El Greco
• Pizza Sienna
• Pizza Cipolla
• Pizza Florentine
• Pizza Margherita (formerly  Basilico)

If all that wasn't enough we have some more news for you. The price of What On Earth's pizzas is GOING DOWN.  Hooooray!  So, all in all, you'll be getting better pizzas at lower prices.  What isn't to love?  Today is a GOOD day.

Simply pizza,

Simply Nectar

Our time at the Restaurant Show

Talk, eat, drink, repeat.  Talk, eat, drink, repeat.  Talk, eat, drink, repeat.  This is exactly what we did for three days when exhibiting at The Restaurant Show.  We talked lots, we ate lots and we drank lots.  What a good three days we had!

The Restaurant Show was held at Earls Court from 8-10 October and it saw thousands of restaurateurs, caterers, owners, chefs, sommeliers and hoteliers bounding through the doors.  They were all there to discover new products and services, taste some food and drink and make some new connections.  We managed to do exactly that and we’re pleased we could help others do that too.

We had a stand at the show along with our buddies What On Earth.  For three days we served up samples of all of our delicious nectars and juices and it seems that visitors to the Restaurant Show were pleased with our offering. They lapped them up!  Peach and Pear were certainly clear favourites.  We also stood by while What On Earth gave out tasters of yummy organic pizzas and organic desserts, which everyone seemed to wolf down.  We both seemed to feed many a hungry and thirsty mouth, including Jeremy’s!  We also managed to meet and chat to lots of new people, which was extremely exciting.  There was a real buzz around the What On Earth/Simply Nectar stand and we really enjoyed our time there.

What made our three days even better was our positioning.  Why?  Because we were directly opposite The Deli Station stand and next to the Fever Tree stand.  The Deli Station had some amazing food available and Fever Tree had some delicious soft drinks.  By offering them some of our nectars and some What On Earth food we managed to get a few lovely bits in return.  We really were eating and drinking all day long.  It was great!  Well, great for our tums but not so good for our waistlines.  Oops!

Hopefully our greed will die down a bit next week because we’re off to do ANOTHER show.  Yep, you did hear correctly.  We’re going to be exhibiting at the Independent Hotel Show next week.  Eeek, two shows in two weeks.  It’s certainly a busy time for us at the moment.

We’ll be sure to post some photos of our time at the Independent Hotel Show next week.   If you’re there come along and see us on stand IH97G…even if Jeremy does look like this!  We may even give you some free Simply Nectar and What On Earth pizza if you're lucky.

Simply exhibiting,

Simply Nectar

What On Earth seeks a new baker to join the team

Our close friends at What On Earth are looking for a new member to join the team.  They're searching for a baker...not a butcher or a candlestick maker!  The role is full time and the candidate in question will need to be experienced in the baking industry as they will be making What On Earth's renowned organic pizzas.  Here are more details that What On Earth has provided us with:

About The role

• Producing food up to company spec
• On-going quality control and informing supervisor of any changes to raw ingredients that might affect quality
• Effective production (min 300 pizza bases in a shift)
• Assisting supervisor and passing comments on to senior staff, which might make working more efficient
• Ensuring all technical standards are met by communicating with department managers.

Who we are looking for

• Available to start with us ASAP
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to promote a positive working culture, encourage staff to learn new abilities, be open for input from all members of the team
• Able to promote good working ethics: timekeeping, positive approach, appropriate behaviour, politeness, being calm under pressure
• Willing to undergo training
• Flexible & good attention to detail
• Punctual & a team player
• People person, “can do” attitude, optimistic, “cool head” personality

Qualification & Experience:

• Have relevant quality experience on bakery level-preferred experience of organic food industry
• Good  knowledge of industry standards (HACCP) & food hygeine
• Food Hygiene certificate preferable

Benefits

• 28 days paid holidays
• Discount on WOE products
• Most important- “room to grow”
  
  

How to Apply

If you are interested in the role please apply by sending your CV & covering letter to Tara@whatonearth.co.uk  for immediate consideration.

What on Earth Ltd is an equal opportunities employer.  Due to the high number of responses we receive we may not be able to get back to you all.  If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks please consider your application as unsuccessful.

Good luck guys.  Go forth and apply!

Simply baking,

Simply Nectar

The Story of our Christmas party

We’re getting in the Christmas spirit here at Simply Nectar.  We’re not putting decorations up or anything like that, not just yet anyway.  That would be a bit too keen!  Instead we’re discussing all the fun we had at the Christmas do on Friday night.  Listening to all the stories going around the office it seemed we all partied our pants off….well not literally, unless of course I haven’t heard about that bit yet. 

Our night started at our favourite organic pizzeria, Story Deli, in the east end of London.  Here they do some of the tastiest pizzas we’ve eaten, using all the very best organic ingredients (a lot of which come from our friends here at What On Earth).  Mmmm, it’s making me hungry just thinking of the Story Deli pizzas, despite having eaten my own body weight in them last week.  With the thin and crispy bases, the mounds of rocket and the rest of the delectable toppings, those pizzas definitely went down well with the team – especially Rolf.  I think he got through 3 in the end!  You should check out Story Deli for yourself and see what you think.  They’re very friendly in there so pop along and say hello.  Tell them we sent you too :-) http://storydeli.com/

Inside Story Deli

Jeremy and I got to the restaurant early to decorate the tables and if I’m honest I think we did a blooming good job.  We used tinsel, crackers and candles to give the table a Christmassy feel.  We then wrapped up some chocolates and put them in everybody’s place.  What more could they ask for?!  Unfortunately there were no excited gasps or cheers of approval when everybody turned up to see our work of art but sadly we can’t have anything I suppose.  We were proud of our hard work.

We spent the next few hours (about 5 to be exact!) talking, laughing, eating, drinking and generally indulging ourselves in true merriment….as well as mountains of tasty pizza.  We pulled crackers (actual crackers…that isn’t a metaphor), we told jokes and we took photos.  We really did see in Christmas in style, despite the big day still being a few weeks away.  Ah well, that’s just a tiny matter in my eyes.

Another great aspect of the party is that everybody got to socialise together.  Due to the nature of the Simply Nectar / What On Earth business, there are a lot of staff members who work through the night.  The day workers therefore don’t get to see the night workers very often so the party gave us all a chance to be together for a few hours.  It made us feel like one big happy family and the more wine we drank (not Simply Nectar this time), the more happy we became!

Sometime after 11pm we got chucked out of Story Deli (not that we’d outstayed our welcome of course…!) and moved on to some more bars, leaving a mound of plates, bottles, glasses, crumbs, party hats, empty crackers and decorations in our wake.  It’s ok though…the guys who run Story Deli are our friends so of course they didn’t mind….we hope.

The night ended a little later and everybody proceeded to make their way home across London in the early hours of Saturday morning.  It appears that everybody made it into the office in one piece today so it seems we all survived the night, and the impending headaches the morning after.  With the office party done and dusted we now know it isn’t long until Christmas Day is upon us and yet more parties are due to be attended.  Boy, I love this festive time of year.

Simply Christmas

Simply Nectar

Back to Business with Barclays Bank

We at Simply Nectar and What On Earth were very privileged to have two of the biggest names at Barclays Bank working with us for the day recently. Not only did it give us an excuse to dress up all smart, the day also gave us the opportunity to show the gentlemen around our premises, give them an insight into the daily goings on at the Simply Nectar/What On Earth HQ and also pick their business focused brains.  We tried to get them to give us some pocket money for penny sweets too but sadly we couldn't get any money out of them ;-)

We were joined by Chris Head and Peter Simon – two of Barclays’ big bosses. They spent the day working with us in aid of the bank’s ‘Back to Business’ scheme, which gives bankers the opportunity to spend time working for their customers. This experience allows Barclays to gain insight into their customers’ worlds and gives them a clearer understanding of how they can support their customers. The scheme followed the creation of Barclays Business, which launched in early 2010. The bank had a vision to become the ‘Go-To’ business bank by collectively and continuously making its customers’ lives easier. They decided that this meant they needed to get into the minds and lives of the customers; they needed to think boldly and be unique so that their customers wouldn’t want to go elsewhere, hence the invention of Back to Business.

We were chosen as a business to work with because our company offers a completely different environment to what both Chris and Peter are used to. We’d also like to think that they chose us because we are prize customers!  We were able to provide Chris and Peter with a whole new working experience – the complete opposite of their usual day to day office based roles. One of their most exciting tasks was to get into the kitchen and make some of What On Earth's renowned organic pizzas. Sadly we didn’t get to taste the fruits of their labour but they seemed to be doing a pretty good job and they certainly looked the part…they were set up with hair nets, white coats and everything!

Our head chef, Sergei, giving the guys a thumbs up

Not only could they see what it’s like to be a What On Earth chef they also got to check out other products, joined us in the board room for various meetings and they even got treated to lunch at Villandry – one of our biggest customers. In return they offered us some sound advice and opinions.  We just need to put it all into action now!

We want to take this opportunity to thank Chris, Peter and of course Barclays as a whole for giving us a very useful, insightful and enjoyable day. THANKS GUYS. 

Simply Barclays.

Simply Nectar