Local Food Britain

Jul

02

Surrey cookery school chef lifts the lid

Food

Take a talented young chef, bucket loads of ambition and bags of energy. Mix with a flock of ducks, several million bees, an orchard and a vegetable garden. In the centre, place a professional kitchen and add a sprinkling of people keen to improve their culinary skills.

Jun

28

Keeping it Real

coffee

Alice Whitehead meets the coffee lovers behind Newdigate business Coffee Real and finds out why they are so committed to producing a top quality coffee

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May

17

Labour of Love

Food

Toby Drought is a man on a mission: as founder of ‘Love For Local’ – which sells and distributes food from selected South East producers direct to farm shops, delis, cafes and pubs – he’s dedicated to supporting British food producers and farmers and getting more of the good stuff to a great shop near you. Here, we uncover why he’s so committed to spreading the love for local.

May

03

Local Food Surrey is official

Food

Wednesday 2 May 2012 was an auspicious day for foodies across the South East, as LocalFoodSurrey.com was officially launched at Priory Farm Shop in South Nutfield.

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Mar

30

British asparagus rules the world

Vegetables

All too often, the asparagus on offer in our shops are imported from places like Peru and are bigger on carbon footprint than they are on flavour. British asparagus is hailed by chefs as the best in the world. Our climate allows the stems to develop slowly, producing a full, sweet flavour and a fine, tender texture.

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Mar

10

Let's hear it for local - part 2

Meat

The second part of our article gives another five compelling reason why we should all support local.

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Mar

03

Let's hear it for local

Food

At Local Food Surrey, we love local. And the more we meet the lovely people of Surrey who work their socks off to produce fantastic local food and drink, the more we want to support them. So join us as we dish up our reasons why you should shop local

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Feb

04

Enjoy Surrey's bounty with Pick Your Own

Pick Your Own

It’s around 40 years since some enterprising Surrey farmers first tentatively opened their gates to customers eager to pick their own crops. The concept was already proving successful in America, when a few British pick your own pioneers to test the market and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Nov

22

Bramley apples - at the top of the tree!

Fruit

The story of the Bramley started with a chance planting 200 years ago, in 1809. A little girl called Mary Ann Brailsford took some pips from apples her mother was preparing and sowed them in her Nottinghamshire garden.

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Nov

07

Talking turkey - choosing a great bird

Are you dreaming of a “White” Christmas? Or a “Bronze” one? When it comes to turkeys, you may not have weighed up the merits of one type over another, but most of us who invest hard-earned cash in our most popular Christmas bird care about whether the end result is tasty and tender or a big disappointment.