Suppliers
The Cheese Web
A nationwide campaign to promote British Cheese, supported by cheese makers, retailers, restaurants and the media and coincides with British Food Fortnight.
www.thecheeseweb.com
Poppylot Farm Cheese
Jane Murray The producer of high quality award-winning ewes’ milk cheeses. The delicious brie-style Norfolk White Lady and the flavoursome Wissington hard cheese. Hand-made on the farm from the milk of 70 ish British Friesland dairy ewes.
T 01366 377334
Ferndale farm
Ferndale Norfolk Farmhouse Cheeses Local cheeses made on the farm with raw milk from cows grazing in beautiful North Norfolk countryside. 'Norfolk Dapple' is a hard clothbound cheese matured to develop distinctive dappled rind. 'Norfolk Tawny' is a washed rind cheese, bathed in true Norfolk strong dark ale. Also growing delicious potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
T 01263 577640
Mrs Temples Farmhouse cheeses
Hand made from the milk of their own cows, fully traceable from grass meadows. A range of flavours and textures for the cheeseboard and cooking, including soft veined Binham Blue, crumbly Walsingham, Melton Mozarella, creamy Wighton and the flavoured Gouda type Warhans
www.producedinnorfolk.com
T 01328 820224
Hamish Johnston Cheesemongers
Wholesale outfit approximately 20 miles from Newmarket. "We're very strong on farmhouse and artisan cheeses, often from tiny producers," says co-owner Mark Newman. The company has a large list of Suffolk cheeses, including Hawkstone (which makes amazing Cheshire-style cheeses), Buxlow Pagel and Suffolk Gold. Delivery is available for larger orders. Mail order, Telephone 020 7738 0741 or Unit 6 Ore Trading Estate, Framlington, Suffolk.
T 01728 621544
Neal’s Yard Dairies
www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
Robert Christie, cheesemonger
Swaffham Saturday Market, Fakenham, Aylsham, Dereham markets
Slow Food
Slow Food is an international eco-gastronomic movement which promotes the enjoyment and protection of locally produced food products and regional cooking.
www.slowfood.org.uk
JD Papworth Farms Butchers is a traditional Norfolk Butcher and Grazier, selling quality meats from their own farm and retailing in their own butchers shops located in market towns across Norfolk including our own local Swaffham branch.
www.papworthbutchers.co.uk
Burrage & Associates www.wildvenison.co.uk
David Barnard www.tastesofanglia.com
James White Apple Juices
Based in Suffolk it started off as a cider company but went bust, it then began to sell apple juice offering individual varieties of Bramley, Cox and Russet juices. Some are blended with complementing fruits and vegetables (blackcurrant, raspberry, cranberry, carrot, elderflower and cinnamon).Offer a Soil Association certified range of unfiltered organic juices. Overseeing the operation is an original founder of the New Covent Garden Soup Company, new lines include Big Tom and Great Uncle Cornelius specialising in non-alcohol drinks.
www.jameswhite.co.uk
Ashill Fruit Farm
Mr and Mrs Reed of Ashill Fruit Farm near Watton grow more than 40 varieties of apple, along with other fruits like pears, greengages, Damsons. They also create juice from their own apples. The Farm Shop also sells eggs, vegetables, honey and preserves.
T 01760 440050
Essence Jams set up in 2005 by two friends Sarah Savage and Penny Tyson, both who had previously worked in the food industry, essence foods set out to produce a range of homemade preserves and chutneys that really were completely different using interesting combinations that would attract the hardcore preserve fan and foodie alike. All of their products are handmade in small batches, and packaging is modern and sleek.
www.essencefoods.co.uk
Abbey Farm Organics grow over fifty different organic crops on 14 acres at Abbey Farm, Flitcham. You can buy this produce through a box scheme and local market stalls.
www.abbeyfarm.co.uk
Eostre Organics is an organic producer co-operative supplying fresh and processed organic food direct from our members in East Anglia and from partner producers and co-operatives in the UK and Europe. Eostre forms a direct link between these producers and the consumer, supporting local, direct and co-operative markets and offering fairer prices to both the producer and consumer.
www.eostreorganics.co.uk
Chillis Galore are Richard (aka Wilf) & Kathy, who started growing chillis 17 years ago in Norwich, just to get different varieties to use in their own cooking but has developed into the sale of their own homemade chilli jellies, relishes and sauces. All of their plants are still grown in two greenhouses in their back garden where different varieties are grown each year.
www.chillisgalore.co.uk
Simon Cattermole butchers Sue and Simon provide that friendly, informed and quality service which is worth travelling for. For people who like to know what they are eating and where it comes from, all the meat and poultry is British, and wherever possible produced on local farms. Particular attention is paid to animal welfare; high standards are required by suppliers and adhered to. Organic meat comes with guarantees as to how the meat was reared, what it was fed on, how it was transported and slaughtered. Even delivered to your door by Simon on his motorbike!
www.scatty.co.uk
Munns, Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil Westmoor Farm is part of the Cambridgeshire County Farm Estate and is situated in the heart of The Fens. The Munns family has farmed here since October 1959 when a tenancy of a 21 acre smallholding from the then Isle of Ely County Council was occupied. Funding was provided from a £100 pools win and extended credit from suppliers. The farm now consists of about 500 acres of arable cropping and gained an enviable reputation for the conservation work undertaken. Munns Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil is extracted from the seed by a method known as cold pressing which involves the seed being mechanically pressed at low temperature to extract the oil. It contains no additives or preservatives what so ever. Munns can be used in much the same way as olive oil for roasting, frying or making dressings.
www.laemunns.com
The Inverawe Smoke House provides classic organic Scottish smoked salmon comes from the most northerly isle in the Shetlands, is fed on on natural organic diet including shrimp, has much paler colour, they also provide Loch Etive smoked trout.
www.inverawe.co.uk
Fransham Farm Shop
Stockists of Norfolk cheeses and meats, also has a good range of local deli products.
T01362 687603
John Savory Organic Eggs
J Savory’s eggs are laid by brown hens at Highfield Farm to the Soil Association’s Standards. The hens are kept in low density, mobile housing, with daytime access to green pastures, they fed on an organic diet, which gives a lighter coloured yolk with excellent flavour.
T01328 829249
The Norfolk Cider Company who own Norfolk Apple Juice Limited are now the oldest established cider makers in Norfolk, following the closure of William Gaymer and Sons. There Cider is more like an apple wine and a little stronger at 7.5%.
www.norfolkcider.co.uk
Iceni Brewery is situated on the edge of the Thetford Forest, in the Brecks area of Norfolk. The brewery is owned and managed by former food industry worker, Brendan Moore. In January 1995, Brendan began brewing beer commercially for retail. Over the years the shop opened, and bottling and packing processes began, which enabled a new market for tourism and guided tours for enthusiasts.
www.icenibrewery.co.uk
Thelnetham Vineyard
2003 Muller Thurgau the grape is a cross of Sylvaner and Riesling, developed in Germany to combine the advantages of both grapes. Despite opposition from the French for the grape being a hybrid, it has worked well in England as an early ripener. It also has more complexity than a German grown grape. The wine has a prominent elderflower nose with balanced acidity, good depth of fruit with a hint of grapefruit.
www.ukvines.co.uk
T01379 890739
William Mason www.williammasonfinewines.co.uk
Everich T 01728 746460
Cellar d’or www.cellardor.co.uk
Corney & Barrow www.corney-barrow.co.uk
Enotoria www.enotria.co.uk
T & W Wines www.tw-wines.com
Bushes Brew
A small farm in Stowmarket is producing flavoured alcohol using English fruit, the methods is kept extremely simple, just bottle fruit in alcohol with a bit of sugar, leave it for a couple of months, strain it and then bottle it.
www.bushesbrew.com
The Perfect Pie
Carefully produced in North Norfolk, on a small scale, from Nell Mintgomery’s home reared Saddleback rare breed pigs (RSPCA Freedom Food accredited). Just a touch of onion marmalade with the pork is the key. That and the fact that you bake each one freshly as you need it so that it is at the peak of perfection when you eat it. The pies are made with the sort of meat that would normally be used for joints and chops - the good stuff. And bacon in for added depth of flavour
www.perfectpie.co.uk
Denver Windmill was built in 1835 and continued to grind corn using windpower for over one hundred years it has used diversification to increase its market range, they have opened a shop and visitor centre, which sells its own flour and various Norfolk related products, a café and bakery that sells its own bread and cakes and they have also turned the Millers cottage into 3 holiday cottages for people to stay in.
www.denvermill.co.uk
Narborough Trout Lakes
Part of a working trout farm it provides fishing, B&B and Smokery, they have recently added smokes free range chicken and duck to their smoking lists
www.narfish.co.uk
Coles of Kings Lynn T 01553 767 997
Cley Smoke House
Producing high quality smoked fish from the North Norfolk Coast, they have a wide range in fish, shellfish, meats and dips, pickles and preserves.
www.cleysmokehouse.com
Clive Holder
An excellent supplier of wild mushrooms at very reasonable prices.
www.gourmetbritain.com
T 01328 738610
The Herbary Farm Shop
Pesticide free production of exotic babyleaf salads, vegetables and herbs in season. New Farm Shop opened in 2006.
www.theherbary.co.uk
E.J. Perowne Great Snoring Quail
Produces free range chicken, duck and goose eggs and barn quail eggs; they also sell pickled quail eggs. All our birds have daytime access to the outside.
T 01328 820351
Elveden Estate Shop and Café combining a wine merchant, deli and butchery Elveden Estate has used diversification to spread its wings into a different market, it displays aisles of food from its local surroundings and on Friday and Saturday the local fishmonger sells his fish from his van. Elveden Café which at Lunchtimes it wears a simpler gastro-café style hat offering breakfast, morning coffee, hearty lunches and afternoon tea with freshly baked cakes. At weekends, Friday and Saturday evening bring fine dining, including themed nights, it also offers a loyalty card scheme.
www.elveden.com
Not forgetting our own hens that provide us with wonderful eggs, their diet supplemented by the kitchen scraps, in turn their manure helps grow some wonderful fruits on the south facing walls of the house and within our grounds.
Finally, the many small growers, who sell their produce through Swaffham WI and Farmers Markets and the famous Saturday market, or who simply turn up at our kitchen door with the gluts of their harvest.
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