FINE line in fiery food, for those who like it hot, is being produced in a quiet corner of North Yorkshire.

Those seeking a gourmet thrill may have already stumbled on the wares of the One Stop Hot Shop.

Spicy stuff from chilli chocolate to chilli chutney is made by hand, in a kitchen near Northallerton, and sold by local retailers.

A wide range of products are on offer, from staples such as chilli sauce and chilli relish, to the more unusual chilli toffee and chilli jam.

There is even chilli tea, for those who like a cuppa with a kick.

Set up by 18 months ago, the business is a labour of love for Andrea Wood – a woman who knows her nagas from her Scotch bonnets.

“I love what I do and I enjoy seeing people enjoy my products,” said Ms Wood, who debuted at the Dales Festival of Food and Drink last year and is going back for seconds next month.

“Everything is on a small scale. I am keen to preserve the hand-made aspect of the business, rather than farming it out,” she said.

She has set out her stall at food shows around the North, and had orders for her chilli chocolate – FINE line in fiery food, for those who like it hot, is being produced in a quiet corner of North Yorkshire.

Those seeking a gourmet thrill may have already stumbled on the wares of the One Stop Hot Shop.

Spicy stuff from chilli chocolate to chilli chutney is made by hand, in a kitchen near Northallerton, and sold by local retailers.

A wide range of products are on offer, from staples such as chilli sauce and chilli relish, to the more unusual chilli toffee and chilli jam.

There is even chilli tea, for those who like a cuppa with a kick.

Set up by 18 months ago, the business is a labour of love for Andrea Wood – a woman who knows her nagas from her Scotch bonnets.

“I love what I do and I enjoy seeing people enjoy my products,” said Ms Wood, who debuted at the Dales Festival of Food and Drink last year and is going back for seconds next month.

“Everything is on a small scale. I am keen to preserve the hand-made aspect of the business, rather than farming it out,” she said.

She has set out her stall at food shows around the North, and had orders for her chilli chocolate – FINE line in fiery food, for those who like it hot, is being produced in a quiet corner of North Yorkshire.

Those seeking a gourmet thrill may have already stumbled on the wares of the One Stop Hot Shop.

Spicy stuff from chilli chocolate to chilli chutney is made by hand, in a kitchen near Northallerton, and sold by local retailers.

A wide range of products are on offer, from staples such as chilli sauce and chilli relish, to the more unusual chilli toffee and chilli jam.

There is even chilli tea, for those who like a cuppa with a kick.

Set up by 18 months ago, the business is a labour of love for Andrea Wood – a woman who knows her nagas from her Scotch bonnets.

“I love what I do and I enjoy seeing people enjoy my products,” said Ms Wood, who debuted at the Dales Festival of Food and Drink last year and is going back for seconds next month.

“Everything is on a small scale. I am keen to preserve the hand-made aspect of the business, rather than farming it out,” she said.

She has set out her stall at food shows around the North, and had orders for her chilli chocolate – which comes in milk, dark and white varieties – from as far afield as Canada Stockists include Lewis and Cooper, in Northallerton, and the Fat Sheep, Reeth.

When the D&S Times visited her at her home, in South Otterington, she had prepared a selection of products to try.

It started with her throatwarming chilli toffee and tasty, mild chilli jelly – “good for glazing over salmon”, said our host – and built up to Ms Wood’s hottest offering.

Dubbed Smart Arse Sauce, perhaps for obvious reasons, it comes with a health warning on it.

In the interests of being thorough, we tasted the merest drop – and needed the lion’s share of a pot of yoghurt to get back to normal afterwards. Extreme caution is advised.

Ms Wood, who reckons no chilli is too hot for her, advises dairy products, rather than water, for cooling down a savage chilli hit.

“Water blocks your pores and seals that heat in,” she explained.

Ms Wood, who works full time with the youth offending team in Darlington, sees the business as a sideline, and says she is happy for it to remain as such for the time being.

Her website – theonestophotshop.

co.uk – is part of the Ring of Fire, a online community of chilli-lovers.