Montreal hot sauce sampled by stars on popular YouTube show ‘Hot Ones’

A Montreal basking condiment shaper is getting a awesome boost from immoderate A-list celebrities aft being showcased connected a celebrated YouTube show watched by millions.

It’s not each time that 1 of nan biggest movie stars ever takes thing you put your bosom and psyche into and says he likes it, but that’s precisely what Mark Cregan precocious knowledgeable erstwhile Will Smith said he enjoyed nan sensation of Mark’s Hot Sauce Fermented Kimchi.

“I ne'er thought at, like, 10 years aged that nan Fresh Prince would beryllium eating my basking sauce, thing that I made,” Cregan beamed successful an question and reply pinch Global News.

A longtime edifice worker, Cregan created Mark’s Hot Sauce successful Montreal 10 years ago. His Fermented Kimchi condiment is being featured connected nan existent play of Hot Ones, wherever big Sean Evans interviews stars while they eat chickenhearted wings slathered successful spicier and spicier sauces.

The show is simply a immense hit.

More than 5 cardinal group heard Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton definitive his affinity for Mark’s Hot Sauce.

“Oh, I for illustration this one,” Hamilton told Evans connected nan May 30 episode.

“Lewis Hamilton is 1 of my idols,” Cregan said pinch a large grin connected his face.

Cregan moved to Montreal from Toronto to study biology astatine McGill successful 2007. He uses fermented basking peppers successful each his sauces.

“I person a subject background, truthful fermentation and each that benignant of geeky sciency stuff, I’m ace into,” Cregan said.

Legendary supermodel Heidi Klum spouted nan benefits of fermentation aft eating Cregan’s condiment connected nan show.

“I deliberation nan fermented Thai chilli really gave it a really absorbing flavour profile, mixed pinch nan tanginess of nan kimchi,” Cregan told Global News.

Getting connected nan show is simply a beatified grail for immoderate artisanal basking condiment maker. Cregan’s Barbados-style condiment was featured successful 2020. A fistful of Canadian brands person been featured since Hot Ones started successful 2015.

“I sent them a bunch of samples, and they loved nan kimchi one. I deliberation it worked really good successful their lineup this year,” he said.

An quality connected nan show intends an bid of tens of thousands of bottles, because they’re sold connected nan website of nan Heatonist, nan Brooklyn basking condiment shop that created nan show.

The publicity is opening markets his marque had ne'er been successful before.

“We’re moving correct now connected a large shipment for a shop and supplier successful France,” Cregan said.

Mark’s is only nan 3rd spiciest condiment retired of nan 10 connected nan show this season. Cregan is reasoning he’ll concoct thing ferociously fiery and effort to get connected again.