Lea & Perrins sauce source found

The "original recipes" for Lea and Perrins (L&P) Worcestershire sauce may have been found by one the firm's former employees, a museum has said. Brian Keogh was the L&P accountant then an archivist on his retirement in 1991.

The late employee found rough, encoded notes about ingredients for the secret recipe in a skip by the firm's Midland Road site, Worcester Museum said.

The notes date from the mid 1800s and the museum said it would conduct handwriting analysis to verify them.



Mr Keogh wrote a book called The Secret Sauce and it is believed he used the notes found in the early 1980s as his source material.

He collected many items connected with L&P and died in 2006 aged 80. His daughter Bonnie Clifford is now working with Worcester Museum to have his collection put on public display.

Worcester City Museums collections officer David Nash said: "There has always been a lot of secrecy surrounding the recipes and pride that it is made locally. It would be significant to the people of Worcester and maybe even attract national interest if they are proved to be genuine."

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