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AUGUST & HENRI

PROBABLY THE BEST BELGIAN SAUCE IN THE WORLD

Created by a father and his son, August & Henri sauce is a legendary, unique, authentic sauce. It’s probably the best Belgian sauce in the world and it’s now tasted all over the world!

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Discover the best sauces in the world!

August & Henri sauces have their origins in a century-old legend. Find out how our sauces came into being and how the secret was kept.
OUR STORY, WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

THE STORY OF A FATHER AND SON DUO

1890

The beginning of an epic journey

In a small village in the Antwerp region, on 12 December 1889, a cerulean sky overlooked the thatched cottages. Smoke bellowed from the chimneys as a long and harsh winter unfolded. In one of the houses, August and Henri were busy creating what will be their first sauce. By candlelight and with their family keeping the secret, they tested and experimented with different combinations and proportions of ingredients, spices, oils until they obtained their first creamy, delicate sauce: the traditional mayonnaise. That's when the August & Henri epic journey began!

1890

1895

Dozens of recipes

The night and its magic were their source of inspiration from one day to the next. They created and re-wrote several recipes and thus created about ten traditional Belgian sauces.

1895

1900

International sauces

From the Mona Lisa in Paris, the lions' fountains in Granada to the pyramids of Giza, the design processes behind the most beautiful things in the world are kept secret. Do you understand now why August & Henri recipes are also kept secret?

1900

1905

A family secret

Les sauces commencent à avoir un succès grandissant. Père et fils décident alors de protéger leurs recettes dans un coffre-fort dissimulé dans un lieu secret qui se révèle de génération en génération.

1905

Our team

Christoph Pauwels

Managing Director