Welcome to Essex Local Produce

Essex Local Produce directory provides a listing for local, producers and homegrown produce within the county of Essex.

This blog will provide contact and listing information for selected companies and will act as a platform for reviews and shall generate further interest in local produce.

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Home Made Bakery Essex

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Home Made Bakery Essex
17 Broadway West
Leigh-On-Sea
Essex
SS9 2BZ
Telephone: (+44) 01702 478032
Email:
homemadebakery@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.homemadebakery.co.uk




Home Made Bakery is a family run business based in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Established in 1971.

They offer special occasion cakes, cupcakes and have their own bakery full of delicious home made products.

The offer a number of cakes ranging from Weddings, Children's Birthdays to those milestones birthdays we all love to celebrate.

Can't find what you are looking for? Get in touch with the team and they will happily try to accomodate your needs!

All of their produce, bread, pastries and confectionary are made on their premises at Leigh.

They have three of their own shops while also delivering to other local bakeries, cafes and shops.


chocolate chip cookies


The Home Made Bakery are well known for their wedding and celebration cakes. They take pride in trying their utmost to treat customers as individuals and make sure they are advised and given different ideas for the perfect cake whatever the celebration.



Occasion Cakes:

occasion cakes


Cupcakes:

cupcakes


Wedding Cakes:

wedding cakes


A fantastic selection of cakes with an amazing personal touch.

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Carpenter's Farm Shop

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Carpenter's Farm
St Mary's Road

Great Bentley

Colchester

Essex

CO7 8NJ

Telephone: (+44) 01206 250221

Email:
www.carpentersfarmshop.co.uk
Website: www.carpentersfarmshop.co.uk



Carpenter's is a family run farm shop near Colchester, Essex.
Their farm incorporates 137 acres of prime arable farmland growing Potatoes, Wheat, Barley, Strawberries, Raspberries, Asparagus & Christmas trees. Newly established Blackcurrants and Gooseberries are now cropping well.

They claim to be "Probably the best Farm Shop in Essex" and they certainly come pretty close.

The amount of produce on offer is vast. Not only do they offer a pick your own with a quality range of fruit and vegetables, they have a magnificent array of potatoes available along with some of the nicest looking asparagus I've seen grown from their farm.

homegrown asparagus

They Specialize in:

Asparagus

Potatoes

Soft Fruits

Meat and Fish

Frozen Foods


homegrown strawberries


The Farm Shop has a wealth of produce available:

  • Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
  • Fresh Milk, Cream & Cheese
  • Fresh Meat, Poultry, Game, Bacon & Cooked Meats
  • Fresh Fish: Fresh, Smoked, Frozen Fish & Shellfish
  • Chilled Drinks, Bottles or cartons
  • 'James White' apple juices
  • Locally made "Fryers" Apple Juices
  • Frozen Local Meats, Poultry, Fish & Game
  • Frozen Fish and shellfish
  • Local Ice Cream Tubs & Lollies
  • 'Field-Fare' Frozen Ready Prepared Fruit, Vegetables, Pastries, Ready Meals & Deserts
  • Sweets & Chocolates – including seasonal items for Valentines, Easter & Christmas
  • Crisps & Savoury Snacks including Tyrells crisps
  • Fresh local baked bread, rolls and cakes delivered six days a week
  • Local Preserves, Marmalades, chutneys, pickles, dips, sauces
  • Biscuits – sweet, savoury & cheese, luxury and everyday
  • Everyday Household items and Kitchen groceries from hand wash to baked beans
  • Pet food, dog chews & bird peanuts
  • Cooking sauces, dressings and dips.
  • Ballencourt French pates which range from farmhouse pork, wild boar, ostrich to duck or leek.
  • Confectionary, chocolates and traditional sweets. e.g.. sugar mice, chocolate marzipan and coconut ice
  • Butlers Grove range of speciality preserves, posy packs and gift packs.
  • Shrubs, plants, compost, bark, peat & grow bags
  • Culinary Gifts, Novelty & Confectionary Chocolates
  • Hampers & Gift Baskets
  • Wine
  • Homewares, notebooks, blackboards, pictures, greeting cards & wrapping paper
  • Wide range of groceries, canned and packet goods, from nuts, cereals, coffees, soups, sauces & pastas
  • Fresh self serve olives, peppers, sundried tomatoes & olive oil in refilable bottles and olive wood dishes too
  • Christmas trees, holly wreathes, holly & mistletoe, tree stands & Christmas plants.
  • Coal & smokeless fuel, home grown and cuts logs

and if that's not enough, how about a spot of fishing. The Lake is available to fish all year round.

Fishing




Hampers

A Seasonal Specialty is the Carpenter's Hamper. A Fine gift for the food connoisseur at Christmas.

seasonal hamper

Speaking of Christmas, you can also go and pick out a tree at Carpenter's , they have some other festive items available too like hand made wreaths and mistletoe to get you in the Christmas spirit.


Carpenters Farm Shop :

Home grown Asparagus available
Open Monday - Saturday 8:30am - 5:00pm
Open Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays 10am - 4pm
Fresh Fruit & Vegetables from local & London markets - best prices & special offers guaranteed
Regional foods & drinks: keeping food miles down
Frozen Food Hall
Succulent Olives, tasty cheeses & Charcuterie for all tastes
Delightful gifts, handsome hampers & greeting cards for all ages
Fresh Local Bread & Rolls and morning goods
Ample car parking

Crouch Vale Brewery

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Crouch Vale Brewery
23 Haltwhistle Road
South Woodham Ferrers
Chelmsford

Essex
CM3 5ZA

Telephone: (+44) 01245 322744
Email: info@crouchvale.co.uk
Website: www.crouchvale.co.uk



Crouch Vale is an independent brewery. The brewery was set up in 1981 with an aim to brew and supply the finest cask conditioned ales, using traditional ingredients and time honoured production processes; from local barley malts, Kentish and Worcestershire hops, to tried and trusted hops from the US and Germany.

The brewery produces regular beers throughout the year, from the award winning pale and fruity Brewers Gold, to the golden, spicy Amarillo. They also produce seasonal beers, from the classic ‘Summer Breeze' bitter to the ‘Willie Warmer’ dark strong barley wine.

brewers gold bottles


Fine Cask Conditioned Ales:

Amarillo:

5% ABV

Premium Golden Ale

amarillo

Blackwater Mild:

3.7& ABV

Fruity and Full



Crouch Best:

ABV 4.0%

A full bodied mid-brown "the local favourite"




Essex Boys Bitter:

ABV 3.5%

A pale brown beer

essex boys bitter


Brewer's Gold:

ABV 4.0%

A pale, refreshing fruity beer


brewers gold

Seasonal Beers:

Currently Available:

- Pioneer
- Snow Drop
- Santiam
- Yakima Gold
- Golden Duck
- Summer Breeze


Crouch Valley is an award winning small brewery that takes pride in producing the finest cask conditioned ales, utilising traditional ingredients and time honoured production processes. Regular Beers and Seasonal Specials are available throughout the year from good pubs, approved stockists, beer festivals and from their brewery shop.


Brewery Shop Hours:

Monday - Friday: 8.30am - 5pm


Come Meet the Team...

the team

Monday, 11 April 2011

Sarah Green's Organics

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Sarah Green's Organics
The Hall Farm
North Street
Tillingham
Southminster
Essex
CM0 7ST
Telephone: (+44) 01621 778844

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Sarah Green's Organic Farm Shop produces a wide selection of high quality organic seasonal vegetables and soft fruits throughout the year.

This family run farm is providing the best of produce sourced from working farms in the local area.

Sarah is passionate about growing delicious organic, seasonal vegetables. On 30 acres of Soil Association registered farmland, situated on the peaceful marshes of the Dengie Peninsula in Essex, she produces a wide range of vegetables all year round, from aubergines to onions, cabbages to courgettes and much much more..

Within the attractive barn conversion shop, fresh delicious eggs are provided by the farm's 800 laying hens; organic pork, beef, lamb and chicken brought in by carefully selected local producers.

The Service is friendly, personable and extremely helpful. Sarah even offers seasonal recipe leaflets in the shop to boost your recipe knowledge and make the best of some of the outstanding produce on offer.

sarah green farm shop

Produce Available:

Fresh Fruit & Vegetables

Meat, Poultry & Game

Sausages & Burgers

Eggs

Soft Fruits

Dairy Produce:

Butter
Milk
Cheese
Yoghurt
Ice Cream

Whole Foods:

Beans & Pulses
Dried Fruits, Nuts & Seeds
Flour, Grain & Cereals

Bread

Herbs & Spices

Chutneys, Pickles & Spreads

Jams, Marmalades & Honey



Opening Times:

Thurs - Sat : 9am - 4pm
Sunday: 10am - 2pm

 farm shop display


Further useful information and promotions can be found on the info page of her website.



French's Farm

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French's Farm
French's Farm Shop
Wigley Bush Lane
South Weald
Essex

CM145QP
Telephone:
(+44) 01277 264317
Email:
frenchsfarm@googlemail.com
Website: www.frenchs-farm.co.uk



French's Farm was formed in 1984, it is a totally organic farm of approximately 165 acres, that uses no herbicides or pesticides and uses organic feed with no growth promoters or hormones added.



The Organic Butcher shop on site can recommend and advise you on so many different cuts of meat not readily available from supermarkets.


All of the produce is farmed from very small local producers within a 25-mile radius. They have an extremely healthy cliental from their local village, into Brentwood and surrounding areas, who are experiencing the need for organic food for their families, not just from a healthy living point, but, much more from the environmentally friendly way of things today.



French's Farm Aims:
  • To maintain the highest quality standards for our products.
  • To provide the best customer service possible.
  • To promote an inclusive workplace and help the community.
  • Total commitment to the countryside and green policies.
 springtime

Produce Available:

Pork: (from Dunmow Joints)


Boned & Rolled Leg
Boned & Rolled Shoulder
Boned & Rolled Loin
Chop with/without kidney
Belly
Belly Strips
Spare Rib Chops
Pigs Liver
Pigs Kidneys

Sausages:

Pork
Herb
Chipolatas
Moroccan Lamb
'New' Pork Sizzlers
Venison

Bacon:

Streaky
Back
Gammon Joints
Gammon Knuckles

Beef: (South Weald)

Fillet Sirloin Rump Rib Eye Braising Steak Feather Blade
Beef Burgers
Ox Tail
Ox Kidney

Game:

Venison
Wild Rabbit
Pheasant

Lamb: (West Mersea)

Joints
Legs
Shoulders
Boneless Leg Joint
Chops
Barnsley Chops
Shanks
Stewing Lamb
Breast of Lamb
Liver
Kidneys
Minted Lamb Burgers



Chicken:

Bronze Turkeys
Goose
Duck
Duck Breasts
French Trimmed Chicked Supreme

Fish and Shellfish:

Line caught Sea Bass

Cod Fillet

Wings of Skate

Real Oak Smoked Haddock

Whole Trout’s

Trout Fillets

Organic Salmon – fillets and Steaks

Tiger Prawns

Lobsters & Crabs to Order


 butchers shop

Excellent produce with a friendly ethic. For more interesting information about French's Farm keep in the know with their newsletter.

DISCOUNT:

A Discount Voucher for first time customers is available by following this link:

http://www.frenchs-farm.co.uk/id70.html





Monday, 4 April 2011

The Rare Breed Meat Company

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The Rare Breed Meat Company
Herons Farm,
Colne Road,
Coggeshall,
Colchester,
Essex CO6 ITQ
Telephone: (+44) 01376 561408
Email: orders@therarebreedmeatcompany.co.uk
Website: www.therarebreedmeatcompany.co.uk

The Rare Breed Meat Company Head Office is situated in Coggeshall, just 5 miles west of the A12 London Road and 12 miles west of Colchester Town.

As the name suggests, The Rare Bread Meat Company specialise in meat from rare and traditional breed, free range animals.

The business is owned and run by a master butcher and an expert farmer, both with decades of experience between them and both from a long line of professionals in their associated trades.


Opening Times:

Monday - Friday: 7am - 5pm

Produce Available:

Free Range Pork:
Gloucester Old Spot
Blythburgh

Free Range Beef:
British Hereford
British White
Dexter
Gloucester
Highland
Longhorn
Red Poll
Shorthorn
Sussex Red
White Park

Free Range Lamb:
Colne Valley
Grey Faced Dartmoor
Hampshire Down
Hebridean
Jacob
Romney Salt Marsh

Free Range Chicken, Seasonal Game, Turkey & Goose.


free range meat cuts


Traditionally reared, free range, rare and traditional breed meat at its very best. From sweet succulent and rich Salt Marsh Lamb to tender and fine grained Gloucester Old Spot Pork; free range plump poultry and game, to 21 day aged flavoursome beef that just melts in the mouth. The Rare Breed Meat Company has established a highly regarded reputation as one of the finest wholesale suppliers of quality meat to the trade and public. Highly Recommended.

Ben's Fish Ltd

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Ben's Fish Ltd
Rewsalls Old Barn
Rewsalls Lane
East Mersea

Colchester
Essex
CO5 8SX

Telephone: (+44) 01206 386833
Email: info@bensfishmersea.co.uk
Website: www.bensfishmersea.co.uk


 fresh fish

Ben’s Fish is situated in the prime fishing location of East Mersea, within a stone’s throw of the Blackwater Estuary, and just over 9 miles south of Colchester town centre.

West Mersea has long been established as a haven for fine fish, shellfish & crustaceans, the Mersea Island native oysters being renowned as among the very best oysters in the UK. Ben’s Fish is by no means an exception to this rule, having built up a trusted reputation for providing the highest quality fish & seafood to businesses and top restaurants, both in London and locally.

With over two decades of experience as an inshore fisherman, Ben knows exactly what he is looking for when it comes to fresh, seasonal, high quality fish. This hands on experience has also helped build solid relationships with local fisherman, farmers and growers in and around the East Coast.

 fish collage


Superb local seasonal fish, shellfish & crustaceans are caught daily to provide top London and local restaurants with wholesale premium quality fresh seafood. From plump line caught bass to famed native oysters, perfectly sweet cockles and clams to the prized meaty halibut and monkfish, the simple sublime flavours of first-rate, freshly caught fish and seafood cannot be beaten. You can be assured of full traceability, minimum food miles, seasonality and of course the highest quality fresh fish, shellfish & crustaceans from Ben’s Fish.

 sole monkfish