Savory Spice Shop on Food Network (Again!)

Exciting news! Savory Spice Shop's Co-Founder, Janet Johnston has a new TV series on Food Network! The show is called "Spice and Easy" and features Janet Johnston cook up some tasty dishes featuring their spices, herbs, and seasonings (of course!).

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The folks at the Food Network met Mike and Janet Johnston, founders of Savory Spice Shop, in 2008 during Pat and Gina Neelys travels for "Road Tasted with the Neelys". The production company really loved them," said Food Network spokeswoman Michelle Betrock.

The Johnston's have already shown to be pros in front of the camera with previous appearances on "Paula's Best Dishes" and "Down Home with the Neelys" - and now Colorado's own spicy couple will show the world that culinary expertise thrives on the Front Range! We have a lot to be proud of in Colorado.

We're very excited for them and just love to see great local folks with authentic core values get the attention they deserve. Good luck, Janet, and congratulations to the national attention it'll bring to the Denver, Boulder, Littleton, Colorado Springs and all of the Savory Spice Shops... including a new one in Santa Rosa, CA.

Here's what Food Network has to say:

Spice and Easy host Janet Johnston has all kinds of spicy know-how — and she's willing to share. A spice-shop owner and passionate cook, she knows a bit about flavor.

About the Host
As an avid home cook and successful spice-shop owner, Janet Johnston brings her bright personality and true passion for spices to Food Network on her show, Spice & Easy. Janet shares her deep knowledge of spices and demonstrates the ease of infusing spices and seasonings into everyday dishes resulting in fantastic flavors. Her approachable techniques and ideas eliminate intimidation and prove that spicing things up is both fun and simple.

Janet grew up in Hoffman Estates, Ill., outside of Chicago, with her parents and three siblings. She earned an associate degree in 1990 from William Rainey Harper College. She then moved to the city and studied photography at Columbia College and received her bachelor’s degree in 1993. After graduation, Janet worked for 13 years at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), starting as an executive assistant and working her way up to being a manager on the Internet marketing team.

In 2000, Janet met her future husband, Mike, who worked in the spice industry. He ignited her passion for spices and cooking, and they moved to Denver in 2004 to realize their dream: opening a beautiful spice shop and building a successful business together. They married in August 2006 and opened their second shop in September in Littleton, Colo. They opened a third ship in Boulder, Colo., in July 2008 and a fourth shop in East Denver’s Lowry Town Center in October 2008, which served as a prototype for their new franchise business. The first franchise opened in November 2009 in Colorado Springs with several more in the works. Janet and Mike manage the overall business every day in addition to constantly creating new spice blends and developing approachable recipes for their customers.

In August 2008, Savory Spice Shop was featured on the Denver episode of Food Network’s Road Tasted with the Neelys as a standout local business. Since then, Janet and Mike have appeared on episodes of Paula’s Best Dishes and Down Home with the Neelys to cook up some of their favorite spice-filled delights.

Besides cooking and eating, Janet enjoys traveling, antiquing, gardening and exercising including yoga.

Janet currently resides in Denver, Colo., with her husband, Mike, and their dog, Bounder. Spice & Easy is filmed in Denver — both in their 100-year-old Victorian home as well as in the original Savory Spice Shop.

About the Show
Janet Johnston, passionate Denver-based spice-shop owner and avid home cook, promises minimum fuss and maximum flavor in her new "In the Kitchen" Food Network cooking series, Spice & Easy. Janet takes classic recipes and demonstrates how to simply reinvent them with a creative use of spices, proving that great seasonings can only enhance a meal. As she cooks up menus featuring everything from appetizers and entrees to side dishes, drinks and even desserts, each episode features an array of flavor-packed recipes with interesting spices built around themes like Friday Night Book Club, BBQ Challenge and Movie Night. With Janet’s help and expertise, "spicing up" dishes with a kick of flavor just got a whole lot easier!

Also, don't miss the metroseen.com video about Boulder's Savory Spice Shop!