From Ships, Saws and Balls, to Banger Success
Bristol-based premium pork specialist, The Jolly Hog was set
up eight years ago by Olly, Max and Josh Kohn. Olly, a former professional
rugby player for Harlequins and Wales, had needed a future plan once his
sporting career was behind him. When given a sausage-making machine for his
birthday by his wife, Olly discovered his proficiency with pork. Youngest
brother, Josh, who was working with their dad as a cabinet maker, was recruited
to help out. They began hand making sausages and selling Jolly Hog baps from
Harlequins car park on match days. As the company grew middle brother, Max, a
ship broker, came on board to keep the finances afloat.
When Michel Roux Jr. texts you to request your tasty treacle
bacon you know you're onto a winner. Through hard work and popular demand our
three trusty Hogateers now have a regular presence at The Stoop (Harlequins
home ground), Tough Mudder events, The Oval Cricket Ground, Cheltenham Races,
Silverstone Woodlands, Glastonbury and Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland.
Additionally, the boys have recently launched a porky-inspired restaurant –
Pigsty. The Kohn Brothers have also triumphed on the supermarket shelves and
online at Ocado, so Jolly Hoggers everywhere can now have their porky fix any
day of the week.
Enjoying a cracking start to 2017, the brothers are
celebrating after securing additional listings with Sainsbury's. Jolly Hog's
Proper Porker and Caramelised Porker packs of sausages are now available in
200+ Sainsbury's stores. The supermarket has also introduced Double Smoked Dry
Cured Back Bacon, an Unsmoked version and the extra thick sliced, Black Treacle
Bacon. Made with outdoor bred, RSPCA Assured British pork, the sausages are
also gluten free. During 2016 the Caramelised Porker collected both a Great
Taste Star and a British Sausage Week Award.
Olly Kohn, comments: “It's been the best possible start to
2017.
I'm really fortunate to have enjoyed careers that combine
two great loves – sport and food. At this point in time, we want to take people
on great big Jolly Hog adventure and have some fun and tasty treats in the
process. It's all about good grub and good times for us – keeping it real,
honest and focussed.”
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