Welcome to Essex Local Produce
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
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.
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:
Cupcakes:
Wedding Cakes:
A fantastic selection of cakes with an amazing personal touch.
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Carpenter's Farm Shop
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.
They Specialize in:
Asparagus
Potatoes
Soft Fruits
Meat and Fish
Frozen Foods
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.
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
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.
Fine Cask Conditioned Ales:
Amarillo:
5% ABV
Premium Golden Ale
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
Brewer's Gold:
ABV 4.0%
A pale, refreshing fruity beer
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...
Monday, 11 April 2011
Sarah Green's Organics
French's Farm
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.
Produce Available:
Pork: (from Dunmow Joints)
Boned & Rolled Shoulder
Boned & Rolled Loin
Chop with/without kidney
Belly
Belly Strips
Spare Rib Chops
Pigs Liver
Sausages:
Bacon:
Back
Beef: (South Weald)
Fillet Sirloin Rump Rib Eye Braising Steak Feather Blade
Game:
Lamb: (West Mersea)
Joints
Legs
Shoulders
Boneless Leg Joint
Chops
Barnsley Chops
Shanks
Stewing Lamb
Breast of Lamb
Liver
Kidneys
Minted Lamb Burgers
Chicken:
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Wicks Manor Farm
Wicks Manor Farm
Tolleshunt Major
Maldon
Essex
CM9 8JU
Telephone: (+44) 01621 860629
Email: fergushowie@wicksmanor.co.uk
Website: www.wicksmanor.com
Award winning pork and pork products including fabulously full flavoured pork joints and cuts, sausages, back bacon, gammon and ham from naturally fed pigs, traditionally reared on the family run Wicks Manor Farm. You can purchase their range of pork products from their farm shop in Tolleshunt Major, Maldon, online from their website, or at a number of local Farmers Markets and good food retailers in the Essex area.
Farm Shop Opening Times:
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 5.30pm
Sunday: 9am - 5.30pm
Produce Available:
Pork:
Fillet
Chops
Leg
Loin
Gammon:
Whole/On the Bone
Smoked/Unsmoked
Honey & Mustard Glazed
Green
Horseshoe
Steaks
Ham:
Cooked Whole on the Bone
Cooked Half
Honey Roast Half
Packed Sliced
Bacon:
Smoked/Unsmoked
Sausages:
Traditional
Olde English
Pork & Apple
Pork & Mustard
Peppery
Chipolatas
Sausage Meat
Friday, 1 April 2011
Cafe Knead Bakery - The Blue Egg
The Blue Egg
Braintree Road
Great Bardfield
Braintree
Essex
CM7 4PY
Telephone: (+44) 01371 811716
Email: shop@theblueegg.co.uk
Website: www.theblueegg.co.uk
The Blue Egg is a farm shop, deli, bakery, café, gift shop and post office all rolled into one, offering the convenience of being able to shop for the bulk of your weekly produce in one go. The majority of the produce is sourced locally, with an emphasis on quality, taste, seasonality and value for money. Within the large and attractive converted barn is also a wealth of distinctive and individual gifts, from home wares and soft furnishings to children’s toys and gifts for new babies, to arts, crafts and fine linens and much, much more...
Produce Available:
Specialist Cooked Meats & Deli Goods
Locally Reared Pork, Smoked &Unsmoked Sausages & Bacon
Local Free Range Chicken
Fresh Seasonal Fruit & Vegetables
Freshly Baked Artisan Bread
Freshly Baked Pies, Quiches, Pastries& Cakes
Varieties of Pate & Olives
Local Free Range Eggs
Gourmet Ready Made Sauces
Chutneys, Relishes & Dressings
Jams, Honey & Preserves
Vinegars, Oils & Marinades
Dried Organic & Gluten Free Produce
Hand Made Ice-Cream
Herbs, Spices & World Foods
Wines, Beers & Ciders
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Calcott Hall Farm Shop
Calcott Hall Farm Shop
Calcott Hall Farm
Ongar Road
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 9HS
Telephone: (+44) 01277 264164
Email: info@calcotthall.com
Website: www.calcotthall.com
Calcott Hall is a family run business and our aim is to provide a pleasant and friendly shopping experience, very different from large supermarkets. We grow a wide range of vegetables and fruit and source locally whenever possible. We stock products from the Taste of Anglia food group and select for taste and quality.
Produce Available:
- Meat, Poultry & Seasonal Game
- Seasonal Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs
- Full Range of Dairy Produce
- Free Range & Organic Eggs
- Freshly Baked Bread & Rolls
- Handmade Sweet & Savoury Pies
- Speciality Ice-Creams
- Ready to Bake Pastries
- Freshly Frozen Soft Fruits
- Sauces & Condiments
- Vinegars, Oils & Marinades
- Herbs, Spices & World Foods
- Whole Foods, Rice & Pasta
- Freshly Prepared Soups & Ready Meals
- Gluten, Wheat & Yeast Free Produce
- Local Wines & Beers
- Fresh Juices, Presses & Cordials.
A family run working Farm and Farm Shop that offers a truly extensive range of fine locally produced food and drink within a large, beautifully restored barn. A quality greengrocer, butcher, deli, grocers and wine/beer off seller, all rolled into one. Seasonal, fresh produce at its best and all very reasonably priced. Excellent, friendly customer service. Highly recommended.
Opening Times:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Thursday: 8.30am - 5.30pm
Friday: 8.30am - 6.30pm
Saturday: 8.30am - 5.30pm
Sunday: 10.00am - 2.00pm
Spencer's Farm Shop
Spencer's Farm Shop
Wickham Fruit Farm
Wickham St Pauls
Essex
UK
CO9 2PX
Telephone: (+44) 01787 269 476
Email: www.spencersfarmshop.co.uk/contact-us
Website: www.spencersfarmshop.co.uk
Spencer's Farm are a family run Fruit Farm established 35 years ago in Essex, with Pick Your Own fruit and vegetables according to seasonal availability.
The Coffee Shop is open seven days a week if you fancy a nice relax, while in the Farm Shop their are over 900 specialist foods at your disposal - locally sourced wherever possible.
The Pick Your Own range is marvellous with a vast amount of fruit and vegetables available to buy already picked, or for you to come along and pick until your satisfied.
If you like Strawberries, the "Table Top Strawberries" are grown at waist height for ease of picking, otherwise many pick your own produce are available; such as:
Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Red & Blackcurrants, Blackberries, Loganberries, Tayberries, Cherries, Plums, 18 varieties of Apples, Asparagus, Runner Beans, Courgettes, Pumpkins and Herbs.
The Farm Shop is exceptional with an amazing volume of local and home-made produce available to purchase all year round.
Farm Shop Produce: Fruit and Vegetables:
Seasonal soft fruit and vegetables (see table), with a large proportion of Strawberries now under cover, plus a wide variety of home grown Apples.
Fruit Pies & Crumbles:
Summer Pudding, Apple & Mincemeat, Raspberry & Almond and Raspberry & Marscapone Tarts.
Pies, Quiches, Lasagne & Pasties:
Thai Chicken, Chicken in Cream & Mushroom Sauce, Lamb with Apricot, Beef Bourguignon, Pheasant with Chestnuts, Venison Casserole, Wild Rabbit Casserole, Moussaka, Cottage Pie, Beef Lasagne and Vegetable Lasagne with Blue Cheese. Savoury Pies include Steak & Mushroom, Steak & Kidney, Game, Chicken & Mushroom, all produced with home-made pastry. A variety of Quiches, including vegetarian, are also available.
Ice Cream:
A good selection of the award winning Hadley's and Farmer Bill's Ice Cream together with a range of Alder Carr Cream Ice - all delicious with our fruit pies and crumbles.
Meats:
Home reared pork from Lane Farm Country Foods and home reared Cratfield Beef from Suffolk, plus Pedigree Tilbury Meadow Beef from nearby Great Yeldham, as well as a selection of local poultry, lamb, sausages and bacon, are available.
Cheeses:
Deli Counter with over 40 specialist cheeses.
Pates:
A good selection of pates are available including Chicken, Pork, Duck, Pheasant, Venison, Smoked Fish & Salmon.
Fruit Juices:
The popular single variety apple juices, using their own apples, together with a selection of farm pressed fruit cordials and sparkling presses from Belvoir Fruit Farm, plus the award winning 'Big Tom' spiced Tomato Juice and such delights as Curiosity Cola and Victorian Lemonade!
Frozen Fruit, Vegetables, Bakery and Fish:
A good selection of loose frozen fruit and vegetables, also including Home Roast Potatoes, Hash Browns, Yorkshire Puddings, Breaded Garlic Mushrooms, Apple Turnovers, Croissants, Pain aux Raisin, Pain au Chocolat, Fish Cakes and Prawns.
Bread and Rolls
Chutney's, Pickles & Marmalades:
Delicious home made Fruit slabs, Fruit buns and Eccles cakes, all made in the farm shop kitchen, plus locally made sponge cakes, as well as a good range of hand-baked fruit and other cakes and a broad selection of sweet and savoury biscuits and hand-baked meringues.
Eggs
Honey:
Pure Essex Honey - Set, Clear and Comb, plus Suffolk Borage Honey
Snacks and Confectionary:
Gourmet snacks and nuts, including award winning 'Tyrrells' Potato Chips, the only U.K. small chip maker to grow and produce potato chips, giving extra crispiness! Plus a range of traditional sweets and confectionary.
Oils & Vinegars:
Premium range of flavoured olive oils and vinegars using high quality ingredients.
Sauces, Dressings and Marinades:
A comprehensive selection of popular sauces, dressings and marinades including a wide selection from Swayfen Herbs plus the Earls Colne based Simply Delicious organic range.
Olives:
Anti-pasti and a selection of green and black fresh olives are available, plus semi-dried tomatoes and pesto.
Game:
Game -'wild'-meat naturally harvested from farms and estates in Suffolk, including Venison, Rabbit and Pigeon, plus Game Pie mix.
Smoked Fish:
A high quality range of smoked fish is available from Butley Oysterage - Pinneys of Orford - including Prawns, Salmon, Haddock, Mackerel, Kippers, Sardines, Trout, Eel & Pate.
Puddings:
Coles Traditional Steamed Puddings in individual microwavable packs - including Spotted Dick, Treacle, Sticky Toffee, Ginger & Orange and Chocolate.
Vegetarian:
A range of Patés, Humous and Falafels from locally based Leeora Vegetarian Foods
Spencer's has the most fantastic product range, I couldn't recommend it more.
Monday, 28 March 2011
Blackwells Farm Produce
Blackwells Farm Produce
Blackwells Farm Produce
Herons Farm
Colne Road
Coggeshall
Colchester
Essex
CO6 ITQ
Telephone: (+44) 01376 562500
Email: howard@blackwellsfarmproduce.co.uk
Website: www.blackwellsfarmproduce.co.uk
The Blackwell family has been farming in the Coggeshall area for four generations. For many years they have concentrated on traditional farm fresh geese and turkeys for the Christmas market, and in 2004 set up the Rare Breed Meat Company to service leading butchers and food halls directly seeking high quality locally produced meat for which they could provide full providence back to the source.
Their main produce includes pork, beef, poultry, seasonal game, pheasants, partridges, geese, chicken, turkey.
While they also offer a number of locally sourced products in their traditional farm shop such as:
- A Wide Selection of Free Range Meat, Poultry & Seasonal Game
- Home Made Sausages, Smoked/Unsmoked Bacon, Cooked & Cured Meats
- Fresh Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables
- Freshly Baked Breads
- Home Made Sweet or Savoury Pies
- British & European Cheeses
- Additive Free Fresh Ready Made Meals, Gourmet Sauces & Dips
- Local Dairy Produce & Free Range Eggs
- Chutneys, Relishes & Dressings
- Jams, Honey & Preserves
- Oils & Vinegars
- Freshly Pressed Juices
- Local Wines, Beers & Ciders
- Locally produced goats and cows Ice Cream
The Traditional Farm Shop brings the best of locally produced seasonal food and drink as well as our own farm produce in one convenient location, and is open to the public on a daily basis.
Opening Times:
Mon- Fri: 8am to 6pm
Sat: 8am to 4pm
Sun: 10am to 3pm
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Cammas Hall Fruit Farm
Cammas Hall Fruit Farm
Needham Green
Hatfield Broad Oak
Nr. Bishops Stortford
Essex / Hertfordshire
CM22 7JT
Telephone: (+44) 01279718570
Email: paula@jmlukies.co.uk
Website: www.chff.co.uk
Cammas Hall Fruit Farm is a fruit farm situated on the Hertfordshire/Essex border offering personal and wholesale catering supplies of fresh fruit & vegetables and seasonal venison.
The farm is run by the Lukies family and has been for the last 125 years. As one of the pioneering 'Pick You Own' farms in the mid 1960's, Cammas Hall Fruit Farm has always prided itself on supplying the freshest fruit, of the highest quality, direct to their local consumers.
Cammas Hall offers Strawberries, Blackcurrants, Raspberries, Wild Venison, Corn, Blackberries, Blueberries, Gooseberries
Opening Times:
The owner is a family friend of mine and I have visited this pick your own farm on several occassions with friends and family. It is a fantastic summer day out and some of the produce is exquisite and very fairly priced. If you haven't tried pick your own before I heartily endorse giving it a try.