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Chef Mike, Terry, John Michael, and our entire staff at Caliente Gourmet would like to thank each and every one of our wonderful customers, from all over the world, who visited our retail shops over the past three years, first in San Marcos, then Escondido, and finally Carlsbad, CA. Because of the growth of our own specialty gourmet products and seasoning company, we have shifted gears, so to speak, and closed the retail shops. Increasingly higher mall overhead was a major factor. (It's too bad that malls are driving away small local businesses. One of these days, very soon, all malls will look alike...wait a minute...they DO look alike!) We'll continue to serve our loyal retail customers through this website and select retail establishments, as we continue to expand our wholesale and food service business.

ABOUT OUR SEASONINGS & PRODUCTS

We began with only two "Chef Mike" gourmet blends a few years ago, and launched the "Old Texican" line in 2002, winning an astonishing seven top industry awards that year, including two international First Place Awards. I think we did it because our Old Texican Seasonings are the best tasing and best made seasonings anywhere. We take the extra time to find the freshest and best ingredients - not the cheapest - and we blend in small batches to insure freshness and top quality. We don't use any artificial anything. Think about it... If you need a chemistry degree to understand what you're eating, you have to figure something's wrong. We don't use chemical additives. And we will never use MSG.

And there's one more thing. To us, it's more than a business. It's about creating the very best tasting spice blends, and carrying the best cooking products, and sharing with you good folks what we have shared with our family and friends for years, at our own table. We sincerely hope that you'll enjoy using our products as much as we enjoy making them. Our products have a love in them that goes all the way back to when I was just a youngster, watching my grandma cook. There was a big porcelain wood stove on one side of the kitchen and a gas stove on the other side. During the holidays, it seemed that half the town showed up for my grandma's cookin.' There was a whole lotta' love coming from that kitchen, and that's where it all started for me... watching and helping my grandma cook. She was the very best chef I'll ever know! It was her great love for cooking and using only the freshest and best ingredients, never compromising quality, that I now share with each and every product I make.

 We appreciate your business; and, thank you for visiting us!

Chef Mike

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John 6:35

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