The MR. CHILI Luca bottle with its top hat, bow tie and hang tag

A short guide to hot sauce with manners

Hot sauce has been misbehaving.

It has grown hotter, louder and more extreme, and it is rather pleased with itself. MR. CHILI is the gentleman who teaches it some manners. Chili is an ingredient, not a dare. Every sauce is built around the dish it belongs to, not the heat it can cause. So the question is never how hot it is. The question is what you are eating.

What are you eating? The three sauces

No. 2

The Sauces

Three sauces, each a chapter of Lucas Discovery, each with a story of its own. Made in small batches, balanced through countless tastings. No shortcuts, no extracts, no heat for heat’s sake. Each is built around the dish it belongs to.

Luca

The Signature Blend

Where the discovery begins. Fruity, fresh and balanced, with a gentle heat that follows without taking over.

Heat

CHF 22.50 190 ml

Smoky Habanero

The Smoky Discovery

The discovery deepens. Smoky, intensely fruity and bold, with a deeper heat that has depth and character.

Heat

CHF 22.50 190 ml

III

Green Coriander

The Herb Note

The freshest chapter yet. Coriander, parsley and mint, with a balanced heat that refines without overpowering.

Heat

CHF 22.50 190 ml

The three MR. CHILI bottles side by side: Luca, Smoky Habanero and Green Coriander, each with its hat and bow tie

The Set

All three, at a better price

Three bottles at full price come to CHF 67.50. Together they are CHF 60.00. One for the table, one for the grill, one for the fish.

CHF 60.00 3 × 190 ml

All sauces: 190 ml, CHF 22.50, no artificial ingredients. Free Swiss shipping on orders from CHF 90.

No. 3

Kind words

A beautifully balanced chili heat that never gets pushy. It accompanies the food instead of trumping it. A real all-rounder that should be missing from no table.
Martin · Luca
I love hot sauces, and I am picky accordingly. Green Coriander is among my favourites. The taste is exceptional and goes with many dishes.
KH · Green Coriander
My favourite sauce. I like it with spaghetti.
D. · Luca

From the reviews left in our shop, lightly trimmed and rendered from the German.

No. 4

House Rules

1.
No macho heat challenges.
Nobody at this table is proving anything.
2.
No heat for heat’s sake.
No shortcuts, no extracts. If it does not make the food better, it does not go in.
3.
No setting fire to a perfectly good dinner.
A sauce should be noticed, then forgotten, then asked for again.

The Green Coriander bottle, hat and bow tie, on paper — The gentleman himself.

No. 5

The Story, in brief

Father and son at the kitchen table, a pot between them — At the kitchen table.

MR. CHILI began at the family table, not at the drawing board. Eric and his son Luca started experimenting with chilis, ingredients and homemade sauces, more for the joy of it than with a plan. The sauce turned out rather good. Friends and family joined in, and somewhere along the way MR. CHILI was born. The first sauce carries Luca’s name.

Every batch is still made in small quantities by Eric, his family and a group of friends. Real ingredients, nothing hidden, and a bottle that belongs on the table, not in the fridge door.

Read the story

The question is never how hot it is. The question is what you are eating.

No. 6

Stockists, wholesale and gastronomy

Stockists are being listed. Until then, the bottle is available here, and by post.

Shops, restaurants and larger orders have a page of their own, with wholesale terms, samples and corporate gifts.

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New chapters, pairings and limited releases. No noise.