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Monday 9:30am - 5pm Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm Thursday 9:30am - 5pm Friday 9:30am - 5pm Saturday 9:30am - 6pm

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The Hot Sauce Emporium

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The UK's first and longest-running shop dedicated to chilli sauce & all things chilli.

Please note that we do not run an online store - we are an independent business based in Bristol's historic St. Nicholas Market, dedicated to giving the best over-the-counter shopping experience that we can. Customers are welcome to browse our extensive range of products, and we are always happy to chat, give advice and help with recommendations.

20/06/2025

I should probably be enthusiastically posting about the new sauces we have in the store, but, instead, I feel that it's time to talk about blankets. Yes, those woven things that have kept humanity warm and snug for millennia. You see, rather like chilli sauce. Especially if they have some rather fantastic Tubby Tom's designs on them. Just perfect for livening up a Hot Sauce Emporium wall, I'm sure you'll agree. See, it all makes sense now.

Feel free to come and admire these lovely blankets, whilst perusing a staggering range of chilli sauces, at the Hot Sauce Emporium, located in Bristol's historic St Nicholas Market.

I promise not to mention blankets in my next post.

09/06/2025

A big shout out to the organisers of Bristol's first Sh*t Hot Festival, which took place yesterday. It was a great opportunity to meet and chat to the makers of a wide range of chilli sauces and, of course, to sample their wares. I tried to take in as much as I could, and here are a few photos from the event, featuring Easton Chilli, EatMuti, Haskhells hot sauces, EAT MALA, Rye Lane Hot Sauce, Satan's Gravy, Yoyo Laos Sauce, Somerset Chilli Garden and Wylde Roots Sauce - some new to me, and some very familiar to both myself and shop customers, no doubt. I should stress that there were plenty more great saucemakers in attendance, as well as other fun activities, and I sincerely hope that this wasn't a one-off - Bristol has a long tradition of hosting a thriving chilli sauce culture, and we really deserve a regular event such as this one....

30/05/2025

Just in from South Devon Chilli Farm - the brand new Mocha Crunch chilli chocolate bar, which combines roasted and ground coffee beans with their multiple award-winning chilli chocolate. As some of you will be aware, one of my jobs is to personally taste new products to ensure they are of sufficient quality to offer my customers. After sampling this chocolate, all I can say is, you'll be lucky if any of it's left by Monday, so make sure you grab a bar tomorrow if you are in town... it really is absolute perfection.

In other news, Grace will be returning tomorrow for another tasting session, offering her amazing Taste Makossa freshly-made Cameroonian scotch bonnet sauces.

All of this will be happening in the Hot Sauce Emporium which is located within Bristol's historic St Nicholas Market.

12/05/2025

We had a lovely day out at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival yesterday, and were very pleased to meet Amrit from the South Devon Chilli Farm, proudly celebrating his RHS Gold Medal win! This is the first time that there has ever been a chilli display in the Floral Marquee, let alone the first time that South Devon Chilli Farm have exhibited, so to win a Gold is pretty astounding. Whilst the display itself naturally focused on an impressive display of chilli plants (including an amazing 3 year old Carolina Reaper 'Bonsai Tree'), it does demonstrate how much care, dedication and expertise go into all South Devon Chilli Farm products. Hearty congratulations to Amrit and the team from the Hot Sauce Emporium, and see you next year.....

06/05/2025

A few pics from this year's Eastnor Castle Chilli Festival, which is always entertaining, and generally regarded as the first big event on the UK chilli calendar. The weather held out this year, and as ever, I managed to catch up with a few friends and wholesalers, as well as somehow miss a few...pictured are Nick and Jay, sporting their new Clifton Chilli Club logos, Russ from Grim Reaper Foods, Stuart and daughter Hattie (hope I got that right!) of the legendary Hot-Headz, and lastly, it's a big hand please for Gloucester's own Sauceror Supreme and Sunday Brunch refugee Tom Hughes of Tubby Tom's....plenty of products were sampled on behalf of The Hot Sauce Emporium's discerning customers, so keep watching the shelves for incoming new products...

02/05/2025

Friday afternoon delivery update - I've just received 3 cases of Spicin Foods goodies, including the previously out of stock Pain Is Good Spicy Honey Habanero Wing Sauce, Pain Is Good Jamaican Sauce, and Da Bomb Beyond Insanity's hotter brother, Da Bomb Ground Zero. It's still proving quite difficult to procure these sauces, so if any of these are personal favourites, come and grab them while they're available. No Pain Is Good Buffalo Blue Cheese Wing Sauce this time, though, I'm sorry - and we are down to the last 3 bottles...

You can find all these exotic treasures of the chilli sauce world at the Hot Sauce Emporium, located within Bristol's historic St Nicholas Market.

23/04/2025

Any Fallout fans out there who haven't got their hands on one of these beauties from Coney Island Saucery may be pleased to know that I do have a limited amount of this delicious medium-hot pineapple and habanero sauce in stock now. Apart from the fact that it's a very moreish sauce, Fallout fans will be delighted by the Glow-In-The-Dark Vault Boy label. Please note that stocks are limited, and please also note that I do not accept bottle caps.

The Hot Sauce Emporium is located within Bristol's historic St Nicholas Market, just behind the Nuka-World theme park. Image borrowed from Coney Island Saucery.

17/04/2025

Public service announcement - we will be closed on Good Friday (tomorrow), as well as Easter Sunday and Monday. However, we WILL be open on Saturday 19th, and Grace from Taste Makossa will be visiting again with samples from her delicious (and now National Chilli Award-winning) range of freshly made Scotch Bonnet sauces. The samples will be available from about 11.30 am to 3.00 pm - if they last that long...

We have also just taken delivery of a fresh supply of the amazing EatMuti Mak-Kimchi, having sold out of the last batch in record time.

The Hot Sauce Emporium is located in the centre of Bristol, within the historic St Nicholas Market.

11/04/2025

We've just had a delivery from Bristol's own EatMuti Matt, and are fully restocked on sauces, Kimchi, Kraut and Pickles. In amongst the goodies was a case of the brand new Ketchi - a mild, velvety and complex ketchup, made from Matt's signature Kimchi, which means it contains cabbage, chinese leaf, mooli, spring onions, leek, onion, pear and more - and it is entirely vinegar-free.

You can find this delicious and healthy sauce in our Chilli Ketchup section. The Hot Sauce Emporium itself is located within the Exchange Building on Corn Street, part of Bristol's historic St Nicholas Market.

28/03/2025

Two very welcome new arrivals from Ontario in Canada are the Ginger Goat OG Original Goat and the Tropic Star hot sauces. Vibrant and fresh-tasting, these sauces are bold on both flavour and heat, and many of you may remember them from featuring previously on Hot Ones. There are some top quality sauces coming out of Canada right now, and Ginger Goat are up there with the best.

Both sauces are available from the Hot Sauce Emporium right now - we are located within the Exchange Hall in Bristol's historic St Nicholas Market. The mouthwatering images were kindly provided by Kris from Ginger Goat.

25/03/2025

A quick heads-up that the popular and somewhat fiery Yoyo Laos Sauce Luang Prabang Special Hot Sauce is back in stock after a lengthy absence. For a Scotch Bonnet and Birds Eye chilli sauce, this one may surprise you, as it punches above it's weight in terms of the heat levels, but it has a lovely addictive fresh flavour to it. It was awarded a very respectable two stars by the Great Taste Awards, and, as you might expect, is great in asian dishes.

We also have another awesome product from Yoyo Laos in stock - the Great Taste coveted three star award winning Bolaven Salted Green Pepper. These seemingly humble peppercorns are a must-taste experience and are not widely available in the UK.

Both items (and other sauces from the Yoyo Laos range) are currently available in the Hot Sauce Emporium, located in Bristol's historic St Nicholas Market. All Yoyo Laos purchases include a donation towards the incredibly important and life-saving work of the MAG (Mines Advisory Group).

19/03/2025

Intorducing Butter Bike Co. Peanut Butter - all-natural small batch peanut butters which taste fantastic (they certainly impressed the Great Taste Awards judges), and two of which just happen to be chilli-themed. We now have the Smoked Chilli Peanut Butter in stock, as well as the Limited Edition Hot Jalapeno Peanut Butter (which hopefully isn't too limited, as it's the most satisfying chilli peanut butter I've yet to taste). If you love your natural-style peanut butters as well as chillies, I cannot recommend these two enough.

Both varieties are now in stock at the Hot Sauce Emporium, located within Bristol's historic St Nicholas Market. Yummy images kindly provided by Jeni from Butter Bike...

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Exchange Hall, Street Nicholas Market
Bristol
BS11JQ

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 5pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5pm
Friday	9:30am - 5pm
Saturday	9:30am - 6pm

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