Old Bones Chilli Co
Old Bones Chilli Co was founded in September 2019 by Joshua Ngaire, a Sydney chef with more than fourteen years of fine dining experience across Australia and New Zealand. Joshua's approach to hot sauce was shaped by a simple conviction - a good sauce should enhance a meal, not overpower it.
The idea took hold during his time at Mejico, a Mexican restaurant in Sydney. Increasingly fascinated by chilli and fermentation, Joshua spent two years developing sauce recipes at home and refining them before a friend's reaction sealed the decision. "Dude, this thing is delicious." That was enough.
With a background spanning fine dining kitchens across two countries and a year of backpacking through dozens more, Joshua brought a genuinely global range of techniques and a refined palate to the process. His goal was big flavour over big heat — a smoked garlic chilli sauce that could sit on any restaurant pass without apology.
The first batch of a thousand bottles sold out in weeks. Joshua recruited the family, and Old Bones Chilli Co became a family-owned and operated business based in Sydney. The range has since expanded, but the focus hasn't shifted - every product is a genuine expression of flavour first, heat second.
Made in Bronte, New South Wales