Origin Story
The Flavour Behind the Brand
I have never been far from a kitchen. It started young — working alongside my mom in a catering company, making food for weddings and parties, learning early that food isn't just fuel, it's what brings people together and makes them feel something.
I want to make you love cooking, either again, or for the first time.
I've been in culinary, in some form or another, most of my life. At the risk of sounding like Ai wrote this, I will say -- Whether that's staging at a steak house, learning that I didn't want to be a chef - that I wanted to ENJOY cooking for my whole life, writing, bartending, or learning weird stuff to cook and throwing dinner parties for friends, I've kinda done it all. Food is super important to me, and sharing that is what made Lavish Little Spice Co. come to life. I decided it was time to get off my ass and stop thinking about it, and actually DO it.
We spent 6 ish months in research and testing. I realized that if I didn't book a market, start the site, get OUT there, I'd just stay in testing, sharing cool blends with chef/foodie friends. (That's not the way to build a business. Like.... ) So, after 6 or so months, I booked my first market, and Lavish Little Spice Co was launched!
Flavours are super important to me. I love spending time tasting things. I know, it's weird, but it's fun for me. Discovering new flavours, new ideas. Every blend has gone through this same process. Lots of research, lots of tasting, lots of humming and hawing and a little of this and a little of that, searching for the right balance.
All of Lavish’s blends are handcrafted in small batches in Edmonton, Alberta, from spices chosen for quality and flavour first. No fillers, no fluff, no MSG, and only as much salt as necessary. This is the kind of seasoning that makes you feel like you've got a secret.
Small batch. Big flavours. No culinary degree required.