Friends of HFTH
We have made a lot of new friends since joining the hot sauce community and we want you to know all about them!
Our Kitchen Family!
These are the people we meet and see at the kitchen we work at. A great range of people and products and we love being in the same workspace as them!
In Good Company Kitchen - commercial kitchen for hire! MIke has taught us so much in the past couple of years!
Pampa Y Patagonia - these guys make the real deal! Authentic Argentinian empanadas. Absolutely the best!
Royal Pepper - award winning hot sauces from our friends Nick and Nya! Their Dill hot sauce is a winner!
Mojo Peppa Sauce - Mojo is probably the hardest working person I know in the hot sauce business. H is a great chef, makes great and HOT sauces and knows how to win awards!
Tijuana Tom's House of Hot Sauce - Right behind Mojo, Tom and Kendra are everywhere all the time and are killinng it with their high end sauces!
Red Cap Peppa Sauce - our friend Sanathan makes authentic Trinidadian peppa sauce with great flavour and he brings the heat!
Katie Bakes - Katie is one of the bakers at our kitchen and she loves cheese! Well the cheese we make at least! Her biscotti is amazing!
White Tail Bakery - Matt Sam is another baker and his pies are incredible! Another Biscotti magician!
Parlato's Catering - these guys are always making fantastic dishes and making our mouths water!
Our Hamilton Peeps
These are the folks that help make the Hammer the amazing place it is! So happy to have met all these people!
MaxZim Maple Products - the Zimmer family are champions of the community and sell great stuff! They produce their own maple syrup and they are experts in the grilling and smoking industry. They sell all your grilling/smoking equipment and accessories!
Ottawa Street Farmers Market - we found a home at the market and Denise makes sure we are on our toes doing a good job every Saturday morning! Open from April to October this is where you will find us!
Down the Street Food Co - Michael the Sammich guy is on Ottawa St and is our go to lunch spot when we are selling at the farmers market. Soups and sandwiches supreme!
Dawson's Hot Sauce - Brodie is a local legend in the hot sauce biz and has had a few sauces featured on the show Hot Ones. Check out the storefront on Barton St!
Steel City Sauce Co: - Kevin isn't just a hot sauce maker extraordinaire, he is a world travelling chef with some amazing adventures behind him! He's got some killer sauces and I am so jealus he came up with a sauce called "Viking Tears"!. He is also been featured a few times on the show Hot Ones.
Delusional Hot Sauce - Pat and Liz jumped on the scene in 2022 and at the 2023 Heat Wave Expo they bagged a couple of awards! Up and coming you have to check them out!
Twisted Tomato Ketchups - Anthony is a fellow Stoney Creek resident and he has a unique twist on ketchup. The Buffalo Dill and the Chipotle are amazing!
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats - if you are from Hamilton its in your blood to be a TiCat fan! Oskee Wee Wee
Hamilton Bulldogs - we love hockey and the Bulldogs are a powerhouse! They have to spend the next few seasons in Brantford so it will be harder to get to the games but they need our support!
Forge FC- The most popular sport in the world is soccer and Hamilton's Forge FC has won the Canadian Premier League Championship 3 of the first 4 years that the league has been in existence!
Maria's Tortas - we don't have any connection to Maria's other than she makes the most amazing Mexican food! You have to come to Stoney Creek to try her food!
Nardini's - another local store with a butcher shop and amazing sausages. Stoney Creek legends!
Our Burington Peeps
Jay was born in Hamilton but grew up in Burlington and has a lot of ties there. Plenty of friends and lots of great businesses
Aldershot BIA - Tiffany at the BIA is busy promoting all the great businesses in Aldershot as well as the markets she puts on. Lots of hard work goes on in Aldershot!
Ye Olde Squire - we met Jen and the rest of the staff at the Squire when we were doing a market in Aldershot and we ended up spending a lot of time at Trivia Night on Tuesdays with Les the Quiz Master! Best wings in Burlington!
Flashe Gas - Daryl is our HVAC guy and he is the best! If you have any furnace, AC, pool heater, gas line jobs hit him up!
Pets n Groom - We have a bird so we don't take her to Michael's shop but if we had a dog we would definitely be there! He'll make your pooch look amazing!