We can thank Ben Green’s mum for instilling an abiding love of flavour, her classically British home-cooked meals the foundation stone from where he launched. After beginning as a kitchen hand at the local restaurant aged just 15, Ben’s love for the craft took him around the world as Executive Chef on the Formula 1 circuit. More importantly, Ben and family moved to Australia and recently joined the City Larder team.

At City Larder, we’re constantly looking for ways to make our business practice kinder on the environment.
While you can recycle glass jars, the smarter move is to reuse them instead and that's why our labels adhere in a way that makes them simple to remove giving the jar a second life. We did a quick poll in the office and here are the top ways our team members repurpose those handy-dandy glass jars.

Cured Spanish ham is a culinary tradition stretching back hundreds of years that has left a literal mark on the Spanish landscape. Historically, these hams were created to spread the seasonal bounty across the year. It just so happens that they taste darn good.
The City Larder team has done the hard yards, tasting much jamón and paleta from two of Spain’s premium - producers Muñoz Rojo and Blázquez. We’re proud to now offer 5 DOP jamón and paleta that are truly exceptional.

In one of Australia’s top hospitality podcasts, Robbie chats with people who work in all aspects of food and hospitality, from restaurateurs to butchers, chefs to sommeliers, cheesemongers to brewers, and everything in between. It's a casual conversation between peers, with topics ranging from the serious to the not-so-serious. This coming season he will shine a spotlight on some of Australia's most passionate chefs who are bringing a unique product to market.

Turn the flavour up to eleven with Six-Eyed Scorpion Crispy Chilli Oil, created by Singaporean chef, Sandra Seah (they/them). Having worked at some of Melbourne/Naarm’s most notable restaurants (Riso, Transformer, and Smith & Daughters), Sandra is obsessed with seriously sexy flavour, and experimenting with new foods and recipes.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas with carols playing everywhere you turn. To avoid getting your tinsel in a tangle, we make your shopping easier with part 2 of the official City Larder 12 days of Christmas. That way you can eat, drink and jingle like you mean it!

You're no fool, you know that food gifts always make the best gifts so we present our official City Larder 12 days of Christmas gift guide. Because no one really wants a partridge in a pear tree, let alone drummers, milkmaids and a plethora of poultry - though we wouldn’t say no to five golden rings.

It is said that the ability to salt food properly is the single most important skill in cooking. Salt opens up flavours, making food tastes more like itself. Salt is essential to good health and ultimately life.
We want to share with you a little of why we love Olsson’s Salt, Australia’s oldest family-owned and operated salt company.