{"title":"BASKETCASE GOURMET- SOUTH MELBOURNE, VIC","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A FEW WORDS FROM THE MAKER -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAs an ex professional chef, I love to keep up with food trends and experiment with different flavours, and good food and nutrition will always be my passion. You can imagine my devastation when, in 2010, I was diagnosed as being Coeliac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eI needed to make major changes to my diet, and fast. Not only were bread and pasta banned – and back then the gluten free options were pretty bad – but more misery followed when I discovered that soy sauce, and the vinegars used in my favourite BBQ sauces were also on the black list!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe world tilted on its axis … until I started experimenting,  and came up with some pretty good substitutes. The result of all these endeavours was a surplus of lots of different condiments, of which I had do something with, so I started giving away as gifts. In 2014, a Christmas gift to a friend sparked a demand for my sauces, and the Basketcase story started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasketcase\u003c\/strong\u003e - because only a crazy person would work full time, manage a family, start a part time business, and at Christmas of all times!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSlowly but surely our products have evolved, Basketcase is now a full-time business employing three people, and now encompass the following categories, with new products in development all the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOur products are all created in small batches,  commercially in South Melbourne. We combine and blend the finest of natural ingredients to create products that are of high quality; and are a perfect match with the amazing and diverse fresh produce that Australia has to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWe endeavour not use preservatives where possible, and definitely no man made additives or thickeners. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur products come from nature\u003c\/strong\u003e, and we all know that Mother Nature changes -  chillies are not always of the same heat, tomatoes of the same ripeness - so you may see some slight differences in our batches from time to time, depending on the seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWe hope to inspire all cooks to take their cooking to the next level using our range of gourmet products to produce a professional and delicious result.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0286\/3493\/9470\/collections\/image_1fd4085d-d8fa-4995-a2bd-1ece2b07b4cc.webp?v=1697920146","url":"https:\/\/themakersmarketplace.myshopify.com\/collections\/basketcase-goyrmet-south-melbourne-vic.oembed","provider":"Australian Makers Marketplace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}