ABOUT GREEN SAFFRON
Green Saffron is a multi-award-winning family business based in Cork, Ireland. Born in Ireland, fresh from India. We passionately produce stunning spice blend sachets, jarred sauces, chutneys, Naan and the best Basmati. We ethically source our sustainable spices direct from partner and family farms all around India. We proudly call Arun our ‘Head Masaalchi’, our resident spice-expert, a ‘spice guru’.
With his wife, Olive, he started Green Saffron from scratch armed with a coffee grinder, some brown paper bags and a couple of coloured pens. He aƩended Mahon Point Farmers Markets in Cork and the Milk Market, Limerick making spice blends and giving away simple-to-follow, family based, delicious-tasing recipes with each authenic blend.
We’re all about fresh spices – ours travel at top-speed from partner farms in India, making the trip from ‘source to sauce’ in just a matter of weeks. Spice innovation for aspirational flavour results. Absolutely everything we do is underpinned by our main mantra of ‘fast, fresh and healthy’.
Green Saffron has developed its own fully traceable, fully sustainable spice route. Family boots-on-ground guarantee a robust, 100% trustworthy supply chain. Arun and Green Saffron work with family farms and strategic partners in India to implement the Green Saffron ‘Fresh Spice Gold Standard’. The unique supply chain he has built provides total Chain of Custody of spice ‘From Responsible Farm to Discerning Fork.
Green Saffron is a multi-award-winning family business based in Cork, Ireland. Born in Ireland, fresh from India. We passionately produce stunning spice blend sachets, jarred sauces, chutneys, Naan and the best Basmati. We ethically source our sustainable spices direct from partner and family farms all around India. We proudly call Arun our ‘Head Masaalchi’, our resident spice-expert, a ‘spice guru’.
With his wife, Olive, he started Green Saffron from scratch armed with a coffee grinder, some brown paper bags and a couple of coloured pens. He aƩended Mahon Point Farmers Markets in Cork and the Milk Market, Limerick making spice blends and giving away simple-to-follow, family based, delicious-tasing recipes with each authenic blend.
We’re all about fresh spices – ours travel at top-speed from partner farms in India, making the trip from ‘source to sauce’ in just a matter of weeks. Spice innovation for aspirational flavour results. Absolutely everything we do is underpinned by our main mantra of ‘fast, fresh and healthy’.
Green Saffron has developed its own fully traceable, fully sustainable spice route. Family boots-on-ground guarantee a robust, 100% trustworthy supply chain. Arun and Green Saffron work with family farms and strategic partners in India to implement the Green Saffron ‘Fresh Spice Gold Standard’. The unique supply chain he has built provides total Chain of Custody of spice ‘From Responsible Farm to Discerning Fork.
We’re committed to making our products accessible to everyone,100% natural with not a single ‘nasty’, nothing dodgy and certainly no fillers. Everything’s certified gluten-free (except our award winning Naan), all of our products are suitable for vegetarians, with 90% being certified Vegan Friendly. We’re equally committed to reducing food waste with pared-back packaging and perfectly portion controlled that means our products always eat at their vibrant best.
Green Saffron products are brilliant building blocks the make the most vibrant and tasty of authentic Indian curry they can equally be used for meals inspired by every world cuisine. Versatile enough to add sparkle to every tried-and-tested favourite, create an entirely new dish, or totally transform leftovers and that’s why we’re inviting you to tuck in and experience the difference for yourself!
Arun and Green Saffron work with Professor Chris Elliott and the Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast to help the fight against food fraud and prove the provenance of spice and basmati rice. Single source, new season crop – only the freshest, highest grade spices with the highest volatile oil content make the cut – are selected, bagged and shipped, making the journey from source to sauce in just a matter of weeks. Sedex verified, backward integrated, this is spice sourcing at its best, guaranteeing best practice and food safety across the entire chain.
From modest beginnings in the farmers’ market, Green Saffron now acts in three categories; Retail, Ingredients and Raw Materials having grown its brand to nationwide distribution in Ireland and some European export markets.
Welcome. Enjoy!
ABOUT ARUN
His inimate knowledge of spices and spicing gives his food a joyous modern edge. Honing his skills at Ballymaloe, Ireland and kitchens in London, Arun’s cooking as with his presenting has an easy uncomplicated style.
Settling in Ireland’s food capital, Co Cork in 2004, Arun set-up his highly regarded and award-winning spice company Green Saffron in 2007 with wife Olive. Green Saffron sources sustainable, fresh spices direct from family farms in India. Arun produces highly innovative unique and exceptional blends for cuisines of all styles used by top chefs the world over.
There’s much more to Arun than meets the eye. His passion for the science of spice, flavour combination and achieving the best from his raw product is second to none. He may appear unassuming, but he’s a ball of energy, endlessly inspired by everything he
encounters. His ridiculously infectious enthusiasm makes Arun the ideal spokesman for all kinds of spicy matters. No matter how conservative the customer, he manages to encourage everyone he meets to embark on their very own culinary adventures.
His inimate knowledge of spices and spicing gives his food a joyous modern edge. Honing his skills at Ballymaloe, Ireland and kitchens in London, Arun’s cooking as with his presenting has an easy uncomplicated style.
Settling in Ireland’s food capital, Co Cork in 2004, Arun set-up his highly regarded and award-winning spice company Green Saffron in 2007 with wife Olive. Green Saffron sources sustainable, fresh spices direct from family farms in India. Arun produces highly innovative unique and exceptional blends for cuisines of all styles used by top chefs the world over.
There’s much more to Arun than meets the eye. His passion for the science of spice, flavour combination and achieving the best from his raw product is second to none. He may appear unassuming, but he’s a ball of energy, endlessly inspired by everything he
encounters. His ridiculously infectious enthusiasm makes Arun the ideal spokesman for all kinds of spicy matters. No matter how conservative the customer, he manages to encourage everyone he meets to embark on their very own culinary adventures.
Arun regularly appears on Ireland’s RTE 1’s Today Show with Maura and Daithi where he has a cookery segment on afternoon magazine show, along with appearances on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch. Other occasional appearances include as a ‘leading spice industry expert’ on the semi-final of BBC’s Masterchef and as spice expert and chef on the Netflix show, ‘The Story of Spice’. He has also both demonstrated and orated at large-scale food events like the annual Abergavenny Food Festival, Ideal Home and the Food Matters roadshows. His skills with spice are in hot demand with top chefs the world over – this man roves the globe to share his knowledge and help develop dishes that completely redefine diners’ ideas about spice.
Arun regularly appears on Ireland’s RTE 1’s Today Show with Maura and Daithi where he has a cookery segment on afternoon magazine show, along with appearances on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch. Other occasional appearances include as a ‘leading spice industry expert’ on the semi-final of BBC’s Masterchef and as spice expert and chef on the Netflix show, ‘The Story of Spice’. He has also both demonstrated and orated at large-scale food events like the annual Abergavenny Food Festival, Ideal Home and the Food Matters roadshows. His skills with spice are in hot demand with top chefs the world over – this man roves the globe to share his knowledge and help develop dishes that completely redefine diners’ ideas about spice.
Arun can wax lyrical about spices; but is equally adept at delivering snappy soundbites that carry real weight. As a noted spice authority, he boasts an ever-expanding encyclopaedic knowledge of his subject. He can capture a crowd’s imagination within a few seconds, and retain their interest for hours.
A BBC television appearance with Paul Hollywood on ‘Pies & Puds’ allowed Arun to introduce the presenter to some wonderfully esoteric wares, and share some of his surprising ways with spice. His wide-eyed enthusiasm might not quite have got Hollywood sprinkling black pepper over his trifle, but you could clearly see the baker giving it some thought!
Arun now works with food scientists, top and Michelin-starred chefs, multi-national companies, global family businesses, local family businesses, and our own brand to develop dishes, products, ranges of products, concept food solutions and spice blends. The go-to spice guru in Ireland and, increasingly, the UK, Arun loves to share his spice knowledge and helping develop dishes and foods that completely redefine our knowledge and understanding of spices.
Wherever spice is involved, Arun is your man. Whether he’s developing new products with retailers and restauranteurs; experimenting in Green Saffron’s own kitchen; talking to customers at food shows and markets; or lighting up a stage or screen, he manages to sprinkle a little of that magical masala over proceedings. Need to spice something up? You know who to call.
Arun can wax lyrical about spices; but is equally adept at delivering snappy soundbites that carry real weight. As a noted spice authority, he boasts an ever-expanding encyclopaedic knowledge of his subject. He can capture a crowd’s imagination within a few seconds, and retain their interest for hours.
A BBC television appearance with Paul Hollywood on ‘Pies & Puds’ allowed Arun to introduce the presenter to some wonderfully esoteric wares, and share some of his surprising ways with spice. His wide-eyed enthusiasm might not quite have got Hollywood sprinkling black pepper over his trifle, but you could clearly see the baker giving it some thought!
Arun now works with food scientists, top and Michelin-starred chefs, multi-national companies, global family businesses, local family businesses, and our own brand to develop dishes, products, ranges of products, concept food solutions and spice blends. The go-to spice guru in Ireland and, increasingly, the UK, Arun loves to share his spice knowledge and helping develop dishes and foods that completely redefine our knowledge and understanding of spices.
Wherever spice is involved, Arun is your man. Whether he’s developing new products with retailers and restauranteurs; experimenting in Green Saffron’s own kitchen; talking to customers at food shows and markets; or lighting up a stage or screen, he manages to sprinkle a little of that magical masala over proceedings. Need to spice something up? You know who to call.
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