When you
sit down to watch the big match, whether with friends or family, one question
always comes up – what’s the best food to eat with football? Lager has long
established itself as the drink to go with football - no matter how much
Coca-Cola spend on trying to change that image! The debate on the perfect food
to accompany the football has been more varied and has seen pretenders such as
pizza and the burger chain that won’t be named trying to gain top spot. But there
is a new contender who mixes heat with flavour to make the ideal football food
for any football fan.
Mannys
Sauces come in a great range of flavours from the genuine, original and unique
Piri-Piri to the Chicken Marinade – available as Hot Chicken Marinade as well. In
fact, the Piri Piri and the marinades are considered to be within the
best sauces on the planet. The
excitement of a football match needs food that excites the tastebuds and that’s
where Manny’s Sauces comes in. There are 9 different sauces to choose from and
each is packed with flavour, free from the top 14 allergens and suitable for
vegetarians and vegans - ‘THE SAUCIEST ROAD TO DIVINE GOODNESS’ as Manny would
say!
The
variety of sauces and the recipe ideas contained on the leaflet and the website
mean that you can have a different meal for every match of the season from the
delicious Mannys Sauces range. Think about matching the spice of the Manchester
derby with spice of the Hot Chicken Marinade, the refinement of the rich London
clubs Chelsea and Arsenal and matching them with the Tomato Fusion or consider
the classic Piri-Piri sauce with the classic Premier League encounter of Aston
Villa v West Brom – both founder members of the Football League in 1888.
I’ve
looked before in my blog about the balance between the traditional side of the
game and how the new game fits in with those traditions. Going back to the
games of my youth, I’d go to the match and have a pie and Bovril at half-time.
The game has moved on beyond the point where Roy Keane complained about prawn
sandwiches. Savvy football consumers are also savvy food consumers and they
want something that is tasty, made with authentic ingredients and often with a
bit of a kick. Mannys Sauces do all of these things and more. They have
been making the best sauces since 1985, and that’s even longer than Arsene
Wenger has been in charge of Arsenal!
Don’t have time to cook? Well, why not try Mannys Sauces
range of continental meat lines that would go perfectly with the football as
these are great for snacks, tapas and sandwiches etc. These are more great
products and you can currently choose from Portuguese-Style Chorizo, Chicken
Chorizo, Paio, Presunto or Pork Belly. These make a perfect plate if you don’t
have as much time, or if you want something lighter.
The
football betting industry has taken off in recent years, thanks to developments
such as in-play betting and the use of mobile devices. I can see football food
taking off in a similar way with Mannys Sauces at the top of the league! This
journey to the top will be driven by Manny’s passion. Let’s take a look at his
story – as told by Manny himself-
“As any other person in the world, I had a huge dream - to open the
first Piri-Piri Chicken Restaurant in the world, and then spread this dream to
every corner of the planet. It wouldn’t be easy to achieve, but neither was it
impossible. I had the will, the courage, the faith and family support to make
it come true. Early in 1985, I sold my home to open the first piri-piri chicken
restaurant outside of Mozambique. CHICKENLAND was the chosen name and
Johannesburg, South Africa was the birth place of my dream! After a short
while, I was making, bottling and selling a range of 5 different Piri-Piri
Sauces and Marinades. After a slow start, the business was a stunning success!
The name quickly spread across the city and everyone was talking about this new
food place that was taking the food industry by storm.
The business success was proven! The next step was expansion to other
parts of the city, country and abroad, and many people tried to get financially
involved. Expansion included a need for capital and people, and so in 1987, I
sold some of my business shares to two young men: one of Portuguese origin and
the other, a South African of Jewish origin. Shortly after they joined, the
business name was changed to NANDOS. Chickenland was a nice name, but according
to marketing experts at the time, it was felt that the business should be
backed by a personal name before the expansion took place. BetweenMANNYS and
NANDOS, I was out-voted two to one, and the latter name was chosen. Despite a
few initial problems, the expansion started taking off and now more than ever,
the success was tremendous!
A few years later, the rug was pulled out from under my feet and I was
forced to leave my business. I lost my dream; one of the best things in my life
after my family. After this happened, I opened a few other restaurants
including Chickenland in Portugal, but these weren’t my dream. It was a way to
make a living, but it wasn’t my passion. It took me a long time to recover from
what happened, but I was determined and pushed through until another dream
emerged; to make the best sauces and speciality food products in the world!
MANNYS SAUCES is now my new dream! Once again I can see this new dream taking
shape and growing strong all the way to the TOP! The passion is back and I
again have the will, the faith, the support of my family, and the support of so
many loyal customers that know and appreciate the high quality products that we
make. I am forever grateful to my family and my customers for their support and
the divine forces for showing me the way.
Manny x”
I don’t
think that there is anyone out there that isn’t inspired by Manny’s story and
now desperate to try one (or all) of these amazing sauces. So, I hear you ask,
how can I get my hands on Mannys Sauces? Well, there are a few ways of going
about this. It’s available directly from Mannys Sauces at http://mannyssauces.com
Or from Amazon -
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