Last weekend [22nd/23rd May] was the very first Letchworth Food Festival located in the town centre. The weather was nothing short of glorious, bright sunshine and not a cloud in the sky – perfect infact for everything the Food Festival had to offer – chefs on stage demonstrating recipes and sharing their expertise, regional producers [...]

I LOVE what I do…..no two days are the same, rarely are afternoons the same as mornings. Had a really varied day today – first of all out and about in Norfolk, sorting out some stock [ie moving boxes around!] and making a few deliveries….then to Cambridge to go back to school!  Well actually it [...]

I was delighted [even honoured] to be asked by the lovely folk at Rude Health to become one of their Real Food Festival Ranters earlier in the week. Rude Health are passionate about making great tasting, healthy and organic breakfast cereals  and invited a whole bunch of fellow foodie enthusiasts to ‘rant’ about a subject [...]

I was in London today attending the 2010 Zenith International Soft Drink Conference…..basically a gathering of the great, the good and the glittering of the Soft Drink industry.  It was a packed agenda of great speakers, discussing the issues and emerging trends within the industry. There were keynote speeches from the two giants within Soft [...]

I’ve decided that Ginger Beer could be the tonic that the country needs to cheer itself up from all this electral gloom…hung parliaments, emergency budgets, budget deficits etc…..its not cheery stuff at all! The solution? Lashings and lashings of Ginger Beer! A growing consumer trend is that of ‘Nostalgia’ – as the world gets more [...]

I’m just back from 5 days in London at the Real Food Festival 2010 which took place Friday 7th through to Monday 10th…..at Earl’s Court!  Having only just started up in business a little over a year ago [well a year and two months if you want to be pedantic] then I’m not well versed [...]

I am off to Earls Court later this week to take part in the 2010 Real Food Festival!  There are going to be over 400 Food producers there, as well as celebrity chefs like Raymond Blanc, entertainment [including cows being milked and the ubiquitous Sheep Show]. Having only started Breckland Orchard last year, things are [...]