München's table is built on Weißwurst-Frühstück before noon and the Brotzeit boards that run the city through to evening, with the Isar beer gardens opening as soon as the weather gives. OILY GARLY GOODY, a craft hot sauce kitchen in München run by Stephen Lange, has taken bronze in Medium Chili Sauce with fruity pineapple at the European Hot Sauce Awards 2026 (heatawards.eu), Europe's flagship hot sauce competition.
OILY GARLY GOODY is run as a craft hot sauce kitchen in München by Stephen Lange under the Best Vibes Only label. fruity pineapple is built from fresh pineapple and fermented yellow Habaneros, leaning into the tropical-fruit register Stephen brought home from surf trips. A bronze placement in Medium Chili Sauce, judged blind against producers from across the continent, puts that approach inside Europe's top tier.
Nathan Austin on fruity pineapple:
"fruity pineapple opens on tropical fruit before the heat lands: fresh pineapple sweetness up front, the fermented yellow Habanero coming through behind it for a floral heat rather than a sharp one. It reads as a Medium sauce that wants to live across the table, on grilled fish, on chicken tacos, anywhere a brighter sauce earns its place." – Nathan Austin, Tasting Editor, Republic of Heat
fruity pineapple (bronze, Medium Chili Sauce): fresh pineapple and fermented yellow Habaneros, handmade in München. Built for grilled fish, chicken tacos and the kind of bright, tropical applications where a Medium sauce can sit naturally on the plate.
"Our hot sauce fruity pineapple took a Bronze Medal in the Medium Chili Sauce category at the European Hot Sauce Awards 2026. Thanks to everyone who supported us and made this possible." – Stephen Lange, OILY GARLY GOODY
The European Hot Sauce Awards 2026 ran over 200 sauces from across the continent through blind tasting this year, scored on five criteria by a deliberately mixed panel of chefs, sommeliers, critics and chilli specialists. Medium Chili Sauce is one of the harder categories to define on paper and harder again to medal in: a sauce has to bring real heat without leaving the table-sauce register.
"Medium is a deceptively hard category. The panel is looking for heat that lives at the table, not at the limit, and fruity pineapple landed there with a tropical build that earned its place. EHSA exists to surface exactly that kind of result." – Neil Numb, Founder, European Hot Sauce Awards
fruity pineapple is available from OILY GARLY GOODY at oilygarlygoody.com. Full EHSA 2026 results across all 16 categories: heatawards.eu/results/2026?utm_source=press_release&utm_medium=press&utm_campaign=ehsa2026&utm_content=oily-garly-goody.
The European Hot Sauce Awards 2026 are announced ahead of the Berlin Chili Fest, 29–31 May 2026. Republic of Heat's EHSA 2026 Top 3 winner box is live at republicofheat.com/de-en/discovery-set/euhsa_top3, with further EHSA selection boxes at republicofheat.com/de-en/hot-sauce-sets.
PRESS RESOURCES Reveal videos on YouTube, embeddable: - Medium Chili Sauce: https://youtu.be/t6_GvbkBCM8 Press kit (photos, logos, AI lifestyle composites credited Republic of Heat / European Hot Sauce Awards 2026): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TMFmfdLVoix2liw374Qf__U1JOdnY2QJ?usp=drive_link
ABOUT OILY GARLY GOODY OILY GARLY GOODY is a craft hot sauce kitchen in München, run by founder Stephen Lange under the Best Vibes Only label. The range is built from natural ingredients and fermentation work, with fruity pineapple leaning on fresh pineapple and yellow Habaneros for a tropical Medium register. Available at oilygarlygoody.com.
ABOUT THE EUROPEAN HOT SAUCE AWARDS The European Hot Sauce Awards (EHSA) is the professional competition for commercially produced hot sauces in Europe, run annually since 2024 from heatawards.eu. EHSA was born out of the Berlin Chili Festival, which has run since 2019 and returns 29–31 May 2026, and became an independent competition in 2024. Over 200 sauces from producers across the continent were entered in 2026. Entries are judged blind across five criteria: aroma, heat profile, flavour, creativity and finish. The 2026 edition covers 16 categories, with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals awarded across multiple positions in each. Each category also names a Best in Category, the top Gold. EHSA is run independently of any single producer or retailer.
ABOUT REPUBLIC OF HEAT Republic of Heat is a European hot sauce subscription designed to show off the flavours coming out of Europe and help solve the distribution problem independent makers face. Founded June 2025 in Berlin by Nathan "Naga" Austin and Simon "Scoville" Gardner. The Discovery subscription delivers three handpicked craft sauces plus a spicy extra to subscribers across the EU each month. Press partner of the European Hot Sauce Awards 2026. republicofheat.com.
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