Keep opened bottles of wine fresh with Kilner’s new Vacufresh wine stopper. Featuring a clever vacuum pump system that removes air in the bottle, the Vacufresh stopper slows down the oxidisation process, ensuring that your wine will stay fresh for longer.
The Vacufresh wine stopper is compact, easy to store and really simple to use. Just place the bottle of wine on a sturdy flat surface then firmly push the Vacufresh stopper onto the bottle and pump several times until you feel resistance, which means that the remaining air in the bottle has been removed. Then lock in place for long lasting fresher tasting wine without the waste!
The Vacufresh wine stopper retails from just £6.99.
OXO’s turntables are a cost effective alternative to fitted magic corners and integral spice racks. Ideal in the kitchen, bathroom or pantry, the turntables keep all your essential store cupboard ingredients in an organised fashion and provide a safe, orderly home for essential cleaning supplies.
OXO’s UK Marketing Manager, Tracy Carroll, says: “Turntables have always been a popular phenomenon in the US and have become a staple storage solution in the home, especially since the recession.
“With purse strings becoming tighter, many of us are shying away from expanding the family kitchen and are looking to make all the available space work harder. Our turntables do just that, keeping work surfaces clear and maximising storage space so that everyday items are easy to reach.”
Gone are the days of guessing what herbs and spices you have in store, with OXO’s turntables you can see exactly what lurks at the back of your kitchen cupboards and can easily access those hard to reach areas without the fear of sending jars and bottles flying everywhere.
The turntables come in three different sizes: 11”, 16” and a versatile two-tier 10”. Each one features a non-slip base for a smooth, continuous spinning action and a sturdy deep ledge that keeps items upright when in use.
The two-tier turntable provides flexible double decker storage and features an adjustable second tier that splits in two to accommodate taller items and bottles.
Prices: Two-tier turntable: £20
11”: £10
16”: £15
Designed to make everyday living that little bit easier, the OXO range offers over 200 stylish, yet practical tools for the home including kitchenware, organisational tools, cleaning products and gardening equipment.
The OXO range is widely available through a selection of national retailers including Lakeland, John Lewis, House of Fraser, Amazon, Dunelm, Selfridges and other leading cook shops. For stockist details, please call 0114 290 1455
Heston Blumenthal has announced the winner of a nationwide search for the culinary British innovator of the future set to transform the UK cooking experience.
Since its launch in April the ‘Kitchen Innovation Challenge’, has seen 600 new ideas submitted from across the UK. The top ten finalists from all over the UK presented their ideas in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style pitch to Heston and three other judges, all renowned for innovation in their chosen fields including Paul Pankhurst, Chair of British Design Innovation, Rosie Nagra and Wendy Miranda, Lakeland.
The inventions were as diverse as ‘rotating cake trays’ to ‘easy clean sieves’. The final ten innovative product ideas caught the eye of the judges because their ingenious ways of helping to achieve ‘perfection’ in the kitchen. The ‘Challenge Winner’ will receive a £10,000 cash prize, their idea brought to market and sold in stores nationwide including royalties on any future sales.
The finalists ranged in age from 30 to 65 and came from across the UK – Derbyshire, Sunderland, Shropshire, Kent, Solihull, Essex, Nottingham and Hull.
The winner of the competition is Margaret O’Callaghan, aged 65, a housewife from Bromley in Kent. Margaret’s winning innovation, The Scrudle, is a cross between a scoop, scraper and a ladle which allows sauces, gravies and casseroles to be easily transferred from pot to plate, without even a drop of the mixture being lost. The Scrudle is made from plastic with a measuring device on the side and has a flat edge to ensure smooth scooping of mixtures to catch every last drop for cooking perfection.
Margaret is the winner of a prize package estimated to be worth a staggering £50,000; which includes a £10,000 cash prize from Finish and a business development package that includes the opportunity to work with Lakeland to develop the product, bring it to market and receive royalties from future sales in Lakeland’s catalogues, website and nationwide stores.
Head judge Heston Blumenthal says: “Margaret really impressed us on Judging Day – her presentation was fluent and confident and her product was innovative, practical and something that I can actually see myself using in the kitchen. After her pitch all of the judges came out thinking ‘now why didn’t I think of that?’ because it is such a simple idea, but also something that will be useful and genuinely make life easier.”
Keep opened bottles of wine fresh with Kilner’s new Vacufresh wine stopper. Featuring a clever vacuum pump system that removes air in the bottle, the Vacufresh stopper slows down the oxidisation process, ensuring that your wine will stay fresh for longer.
OXO’s turntables are a cost effective alternative to fitted magic corners and integral spice racks. Ideal in the kitchen, bathroom or pantry, the turntables keep all your essential store cupboard ingredients in an organised fashion and provide a safe, orderly home for essential cleaning supplies.