Jubilee Foods, a brand extension of Café Jubilee, opened its first store in Ta’ l-Ibrag last week as the first of a trio that the company plans to inaugurate in different locations in Malta and Gozo over the next months. Jubilee Foods is offering the possibility for aficionados of genuine food to enjoy the entire range of Jubilee artisan foods at home.

The shop, which is located a stone’s throw away from the Ta’ l-Ibrag parish church, will stock Jubilee Foods’ pies and savouries, wine, preserves, oils, coffee, and desserts. The range will also include seasonal specialities – currently, the highlight is the Lampuki Pie, a much-loved dish on the traditional Maltese culinary calendar.

“The idea behind Jubilee Foods is to offer people the possibility of enjoying the Jubilee experience even while relaxing at home. We are achieving this by offering a range of Mediterranean or traditional, wholesome and hand-made artisan foodstuffs prepared from fresh produce,” said Alex Scicluna, Director of Jubilee Foods.

The new shop embodies the Jubilee Foods ethos of high-quality products and takes patrons on a nostalgic journey back to their roots with a shopping experience that has been designed on the same principles as the Café Jubilee patron experience. The selection includes traditional Maltese and Gozitan dishes whose recipes have been handed down from generation to generation.

“The Jubilee Foods range has been the subject of extensive research, at the basis of which were our customers’ wishes. Thanks to this research we were able to create an initial range of about forty food items which include jams, chutneys, syrups, Comino honey, traditional tomato paste, sun-dried tomatoes, peppered cheeslets and hand-picked capers. All Jubilee Foods branded products have been certified and the packaging carries extensive dietary information,” said Mr Scicluna.

Ready to cook items on the list include the famous Nanna’s Ravjoli, the rice and pumpkin pie, steak and dark ale, and cheeselet and broad bean pies while the selection of desserts offers date sweets, walnut and marmalade tarts, and pumpkin cake. There is also a small range of Jubilee wines, Italian olive oils and aromatic coffee sourced from South America. In November, the plain cheeselet will be added to the list of foodstuffs.

“We have bigger plans for Jubilee Foods, both for developments of new products and for the chain of shops themselves. We also plan to open another shop in Victoria in the coming weeks. The plan is to reach a total of nine Jubilee Foods shops across Malta and Gozo within the next three years so that the public will have easy access to their favourite products,” Mr Scicluna concluded.