At Local Food Surrey, we love great food and drink. In these food and drink articles, we wax lyrical about the best local and seasonal food that we find in Surrey and beyond.
Before lockdown, Ruth Macintyre of Ruth’s Little Kitchen ran full cookery workshops, appeared at events and hosted private lessons – and then the pandemic hit, and she threw herself into a digital world of live demonstrations and creative collaborations. Here we catch up with the effervescent cook and food educator in the latest instalment of our ‘Stay Loyal to Local’ campaign.
While there was no room for a black tie awards dinner this year due to the ongoing pandemic, the Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards 2020 have still celebrated the best of Surrey's food and drink offering - and a number of Local Food Britain members were among the winners and finalists announced today.
As a tough year moves towards its close, Steve and Anne of The Godstone Brewers have battled through every challenge thrown at them and still found the time to grow their brewery and build a new taproom at their Flower Farm home in Surrey.
From a perfect free-range turkey to indulgent handmade puddings via a British cheese board selection, you can put quite the Christmas dinner spread on using only Local Food Britain members’ delicious produce. Here are a few ideas to help impress your friends and family this festive season.
Dorking’s Food Float was ahead of its time with its local food and drink deliveries and weekly open air stall supplying fresh produce. In the latest instalment of our Stay Loyal To Local series, we catch up with them to find out how the team and volunteers have been getting on during this most unusual of years.
As champions of independent breweries and all things beer, Hop Stop Beers have managed to keep the beer flowing from their Oxted shop and Reigate bar this year despite lockdowns.
Organised by the Guild of Fine Food, the Great Taste Awards are known as the ‘Oscars’ of the food world and the ‘epicurean equivalent of the Booker prize’. A number of Local Food Britain member producers won stars this year.
Based on the Sussex and Hampshire border in Rogate, Rother Valley Farm were hit hard by lockdown as they were unable to supply pubs, restaurants, schools, universities and other businesses with their free-range, ethically reared meat. Rather than panic, they launched a weekly Farm Gate Market and brought customers to them. Here we catch up with them for our Stay Loyal to Local campaign.
Local Food Britain's Tracy Carroll learns more about sustainable farming and pasture for life beef at Brightleigh Farm in Outwood for Surrey Life magazine.
As specialists in outdoor dining and feast over supper clubs, The Salt Box were hit by lockdown during what would normally be their peak season. For the latest interview in our ‘Stay Loyal to Local’ series, they tell us how it’s great to be back with new picnic feasts and a return to woodland dining at their Priory Farm Estate base in Surrey.
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