Blanch & Shock

Blanch & Shock was started by Mike Knowlden, Josh Pollen and Amy Houston in 2009.

We have been part of the explosive scene of culinary creativity in London throughout the past decade, seeing food and the arts combine in new ways.

We aspire to make food that is perfect for the context. We are fascinated with ingredients and the stories they can tell. We often work collaboratively, and have a desire to connect people and ideas from different places.

Today, Mike runs the company with a focus on bringing this spirit of creativity to product development, menu and recipe design and artistic collaborations.

Publications

Elisa Oliver interviewed us for the Meal edition of the food journal FEAST.

Nevin Taylor interviewed us for Cooking Up a Podcast.

We are featured in in Gestalten’s roundup of innovative culinary projects, A Delicious Life: New Food Entrepreneurs

Our custom serviceware features in Charles Spence and Betina Piqueras Fiszman's The Perfect Meal: The Multisensory Science of Food and Dining

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Our address is 7 Thornsett Terrace, London SE20 7UH.

Blanch and Shock is the trading name of Wow Factor 9 LTD, company number 10067117 registered in England & Wales.