Why Sylt’s Pickle Discovery Club is the ultimate foodie Father’s Day gift

By Harmony Kinnear

Finding an original Father’s Day gift can be tricky, especially if your dad is a proper foodie. There’s only so many bottles of wine, eccentric hot sauces and posh hampers a person can get before it all starts to feel a bit predictable. 

One thing we’re willing to take a shot in the dark on is that your dad likes pickles. In fact, he probably absolutely loves them. Most dads do. It’s just one of those weird phenomenons that ought to be studied. Dads collectively have decided that a pickle can improve almost anything, whether that’s a burger, a sandwich, a cheeseboard or an idle moment stood in front of the fridge. 

This is where Sylt Pickling’s Discovery Club enters the chat.

Every month, the Sylt team selects two seasonal fruits or vegetables grown in the UK and transforms them into completely unique fresh pickles using award-winning pickling liquors. It goes without saying, but these are nothing like your standard supermarket pickles.These are small-batch, inventive jars packed with crunch, sharpness and flavours that you genuinely can’t get anywhere else.

Over the last five years, Sylt has pickled pretty much everything under the sun. Some experiments became instant classics. Others, should never have gone near the pickling brine (banana has been banned forever). But constant experimentation is exactly what’s led to the Discovery Club.

Each delivery includes:

• 2 x 450g jars of seasonal fresh pickles
• 2 in-house recipes developed around that month’s pickles
• 20% off the full Sylt range for the duration of the subscription
• Free delivery every month

Subscription options are flexible too but longer subscriptions come with savings, making it easy to become the kind of household that suddenly has very strong opinions about pickles. (We are these people too, so don’t worry).

Here’s a breakdown:

• 1 Month: £18.00
• 3 Months: £51.30 total (Save 5%) 
• 6 Months: £97.20 total (Save 10%) 
• 12 Months: £172.80 total (Save 20%)

Discovery Club recipes are “foodie father” to their core, as each developed by us in the kitchen. For our most unique pickles, they can help suggest the best way to use them. This means jars don’t end up at the back of the fridge behind questionable bottles of hot sauce. You don’t need to worry about adding tat or clutter to his kitchen worktop – Pickles disappear quickly in his house.

So, this Father’s Day, pickle your dad silly. He’ll thank you for it!