We started this company by accident in 2018. It started with a cayenne pepper falling from its plant and I thought that our red dirt it landed on was what made this pepper hotter than a normal cayenne.

Owner of Inferno Farms and holder of the world record for most Carolina Reaper pepper eaten in one minute, Greg Foster, comes on the craft hot sauce podcast. On the podcast Greg shares lessons learned from culinary and hot sauce mentors, and what’s going through his mind before a reaper eating contest!

Stacy Mortiz shares how Secret Aardvark began hocking sauce at Portland farmer’s markets and have grown to be in over 1,000 roadhouses, eateries, and shops around the world.

Sufia emigrated from Bangladesh at the age of 12 and moved into the fashion industry after graduating from FIT. She shares her journey leaving fashion to pursue her love of food and hot sauce.

We start with sourcing our key fresh ingredients from local and regional farms and suppliers to reduce our carbon footprint. Our pepper supplier is only a few miles down the road from our facility. Our labels are made from recycled paper and of course, our glass bottles and PET lids are recyclable.

Chef Nino is a chef, farmer, and entrepreneur in Zimbabwe. Nino comes from a farming background and has founded AGRIOLA, which works with rural farmers by providing them with seeds, drip kits, and resources to farm.

I have always been adventurous with food, but spice wasn't a big thing in my house growing up. As I got older, I worked in a Mexican restaurant which started my love for a little heat.

Elijah and Bret from Elijah's Xtreme Hot Sauce come on the Craft Hot Sauce podcast. The father and son company is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and have been making sauces commercially in 2013.

We are still a tiny company with a small warehouse on one side of town and separate office space on the other. Will, Rose & I spend almost every weekend from April 1st through the end of November on the road, trying to build brand identity.

Thom Toth of Voodoo Chile Sauces has been making gourmet hot sauces since 2012. His Porcus hot sauce is a bacon hot sauce is a challenging culinary feat.

Haico is not originally from Canada, but he moved here in 2005. Now, something you need to know about him is that he grew up in a very multi-cultural background and grew up with several spicy foods.

I grew up in a house divided. My father was a lover of spice, at least on his terms. Not too many meals went by without the bottle of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce or the jar of crushed red pepper.