UKTV Local Food Hero – Regional Hotspots!

East of England

UKTV Food Local Hero 2008

Bakery: All Things Nice
Address: High Street, Cawston, Norfolk, NR10 4AE
Tel: 01603871246

Outlet: Bakery / Patisserie,  Café,  Delicatessen/specialist food shop
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Cheese / Dairy,  Drinks,  Fish & Shellfish,  Home-Cooked Dishes,  Meats,  Poultry,  Preserves, Fruit & Veg

Butchers: Bridget B's
Address: Sacombe Hill Farm, Watton at Stone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 3NL
Tel: 01920 832115
www.bridgetbs.com

Butchers specialising in rare breed cattle natural reared beef.

Butchers: Bridget B's
Address: Sacombe Hill Farm, Watton at Stone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 3NL
Tel: 01920 832115
www.bridgetbs.com

Butchers specialising in rare breed cattle natural reared beef.

Cafes: Carringtons
Address: 23 Market Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 3PA
Tel: 01223 361792

Outlet: Café
Selling: Drinks, Home-Cooked Dishes

A well known and established café/restaurant which caters for all ages. It produces fresh homemade food in pleasant surroundings.

Cheesemongers: H Gunton
Address: 81-83 Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3EZ
Tel: 01206 572200
www.guntons.co.uk

Outlet: Cheesemonger, Delicatessen / specialist food shop
Selling: Cheese / Dairy

Established in 1936, Guntons is a traditional food hall. It boasts more than 100 cheeses and a wide range of cooked meats, including home-cooked ham and pies which can also be enjoyed in the refurbished café.

Delicatessen: Pecks farm shop
Address: Stockwell Farm, Eggington, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 9PA
Tel: 01525 211859
www.pecksfarmshop.co.uk/

Outlet: Delicatessen,  Farm shop
Selling: Cheese/Dairy,  Preserves,  Sweets,  Fruit & Veg

Located in a 60ft barn, Pecks Farm Shop, offers a variety of products which are grown locally within a 5mile radius. It speciailises in freshly made and baked onion bread made every Saturdays.

Farm Shop: Bury Lane Farm Shop
Address: Bury Lane Farm Shop, Melbourne, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 6DF

Outlet:  Farm shop

Bury Lane Farm Shop sells a variety of produce from plants and flower pots to fresh meat, cider and beer. Plus interesting produce from smaller retailers.

Fishmonger: Butley Orford Oysterage
Address: Market Hill, Orford, Suffolk, IP12 2LH
Tel: 01394 450277
www.butleyorfordoysterage.co.uk

Outlet: Fishmonger,  Restaurant
Selling: Fish & Shellfish,  Home-Cooked Dishes

Butley Orford Oysterage catch fish from the North Sea with their own boats. Oysters are grown at Butley Creek since the 1950s and their smoke houses supply freshly smoked fish every day.

Greengrocer: Knibbs Foods
Address: 38 Church Street, Gamlingay, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 3JH
Tel: 01767 650332

Outlet: Farm shop,  Greengrocer / Box Scheme
Selling: Cheese / Dairy,  Drinks,  Meats,  Poultry,  Fruit & Veg

Specialist: Fairfield Rd
Address: Braintree, Essex, CM7 3HF
Tel: 01376 349009
www.theasiancookshop.co.uk

Outlet: Specialist Provider
Selling: Preserves,  Fruit & Veg

With a wide choice of goods on offer from Indian spices to sushi ingredients, this specialist gives you the opportunity to make your favourite Asian dishes and provides the recipes!

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London

Bakery: Bake-a-Boo
Address: Bake Shop & Tea Room, 86 Mill Lane, West Hampstead, London, NW6 1NL
Tel: 020 7435 1666
www.bake-a-boo.com

Outlet: Bakery / Patisserie,  Market stall
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Cheese / Dairy

Selling cakes and specialist wheat-, gluten- & dairy-free cakes and biscuits.

Butchers: Baldwins Butchers
Address: 469 Green Lanes, Haringey, London, N4 1AJ
Tel: 020 8340 5934
www.baldwinfoods.com

Outlet: Butcher
Selling: Game, Meats, Poultry

A family run business dedicated to providing free range & organic produce and they are one of London’s premiere Game dealers. Their specialist selection of sausages includes over 20 varieties.

Café: Boggi's
Address: 73-75 Monmouth Street, London, WC2H 9DG
Tel: 020 7240 7675

Outlet: Café
Selling: Home-Cooked Dishes

Cheesemonger: MacFarlane's Fromagerie & Fine Foods
Address: Abbeville Road, London, SW4 9NF
Tel: 020 8673 5373

Outlet: Box Scheme,  Cheesemonger,  Delicatessen/specialist food shop
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Cheese / Dairy,  Drinks,  Home-Cooked Dishes,  Meats,  Sweets,  Chocolate,  Fruit & Veg

Over 100 farmhouse cheeses from the UK, Ireland and France sit alongside chocolate, hummus, olive oil, home-made soups, sandwiches and fresh bread. There is also an organic fruit and vegetable delivery service every Friday.

Delicatessen: Vima
Address: First Floor, 22 Northcote Road, London, SW11 1NX
Tel: 020 7228 1813
www.vittoriomaschio.com

Outlet: Delicatessen
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Cheese / Dairy, Preserves

A specialist shop and supplier of freshly made pasta, Vima makes and sells at least thirty varieties.

Farm Shop: Spitalfields City Farm
Address: Weaver Street, Spitalfields, London E1 5HJ
Tel: 020 7247 8762
www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org

Outlet: Farm shop
Selling: Fruit & Veg

A registered charity, the community at Spitalfields farm in a built-up city scape using volunteers. It produces fresh vegetables for the local community helps inform and entertain it.

Fishmonger: F C Sopers
Address: 141 Evelina Road, Nunhead, London, SE15 3HB
Tel: 020 7639 9729

Outlet: Fishmonger
Selling: Fish & Shellfish

Soper's fishmongers stocks a huge variety of seafood from around the world, including fresh Cornish fish. They stock over 200 lines and are open on Sundays.

Specialist: Sharpham Park

Specialist: Sharpham Park
Address: Borough Market, London Bridge, London, SE1 1TL
Tel: 01458 844080
www.sharphampark.com

Outlet: Specialist Provider
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Home-Cooked Dishes,  Meats

Sharpham Park are the only commercial growers of organic spelt in the UK. Visit their Borough market stall for spelt bread, biscuits, mueslis and flour, pizzas, pies and sausages.

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Heart of England

Bakery: Campbell's Bakers & Confectioners
Address: 12 High Street, Warsop, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG20 0AG
Tel: 01623 843030

Outlet: Bakery / Patisserie
Selling: Bread / Bakery

Butchers: A E Pears & Sons
Address: 10 East End, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 4NG
Tel: 01664 822256

Outlet: Butcher
Selling: Meats

AE Pears and Sons is a traditional village butchers offering old fashioned service and quality meat.

Cafes: Derby Cathedral Coffee Shop
Address: 18-19 Iron Gate, Derby, Derbyshire (South), DE1 3GP
Tel: 01332 341201

Outlet: Café
Selling: Drinks,  Home-Cooked Dishes

The Derby Cathedral Coffee Shop stocks local produce and is staffed by volunteers.

Cheesemonger: Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese
Address: Ulceby Grange, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 0HE
Tel: 01507 466987
www.lincolnshirepoachercheese.com

Outlet: Cheesemonger
Selling:  Cheese / Dairy

Founded by two brothers in the 90’s, this is an award winning and popular cheesemongers.

Delicatessen: How It Should Taste
Address: Great Glen Post Office, 11 Stretton Road, Great Glen, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 9GN
Tel: 0116 259 2201

How It Should Taste is the delicatessen section of the local Great Glen post office. It sells a wide range of local and regional produce. They also sell wines, beers and sloe gin.

Farm Shop: Arrow Farm
Address: Arrow Farm, Steetley, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3DZ
Tel: 01909 723018

Outlet: Butcher, Farm shop
Selling: Meats

A wide selection of quality meat is always available from the butchery as well as an array of seasonal fruit and vegetables. They also stock preserves, frozen goods and specialities.

Fishmonger: Organic Smokehouse
Address: Clunbury Hall, Clunbury, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 0HG
Tel: 01588 660206
www.organicsmokehouse.com

Outlet: Fishmonger
Selling: Fish & Shellfish

All of the smoking is carried out using the traditional 'draft method' using air-dried, naturally fallen Shropshire Oak. It produces the award winning smoked salmon, smoked butter and smoked olive oil.

Greengrocer: Wild and Free
Address: 2, Central Buildings, Railway Terrace, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3EL
Tel: 01788 570400
www.wildandfree.net

Outlet: Greengrocer / Box Scheme,  Specialist Provider
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Cheese / Dairy,  Meats,  Fruit & Veg

Offering a personal service, Wild and Free offers you organic fresh fruit, vegetable, meats, as well as dairy products and bread and even Organic cleaning products made out of natural plant extract.

Specialist: Sadlers
Address: 2-6 High Street, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4HT
Tel: 01327 312909
www.sadlersfinefood.co.uk

Outlet: Specialist Provider

Locally farmed organic meat, vegetables, cheese and much more is offered in Saddlers. The café serves freshly prepared in house food.

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North East England

Bakery: Archer's Jersey Ice Cream
Address: New Moor Farm, Walworth Gate, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL2 2UD
Tel: 01325 300336
www.archersjerseyicecream.com

Outlet: Bakery / Patisserie, Farm shop
Selling: Cheese / Dairy

Archers use milk from their own herd of Jersey cows along with fresh fruit to make top quality ice cream.

Butchers: A.C Snaith
Address: 15 Main St, Ponteland, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE20 9NH
Tel: 01661 822015

Outlet: Butcher
Selling: Meats, Poultry

This butcher offers a range of high quality meat with a friendly personal service.

Cafes: Bohan's Irish Kitchen
Address: 272 London Road, Highfield, Sheffield, North Yorkshire, S2 4NA
Tel: 0114 258 8096
www.myspace.com/bohansirishkitchen

Outlet: Café,  Market stall

The only independent Irish food outlet in the country, Bohan’s Irish Kitchen is a take-away establishment with trained chefs producing traditional dishes, some of which have been passed on by the owner’s grandmother.

Cheesemonger: Crofter's Foods
Address: Seamer Hill Farm, Seamer, Middlesborough, Cleveland, TS9 5NQ
Tel: 01642 711155

Outlet: Bakery / Patisserie,  Butcher,  Cheesemonger,  Farm shop,  Greengrocer

Crofter’s Foods sell organic fruit and vegetables, fish and dairy products and have their own butchery.

Delicatessen: The Gourmet House
Address: Durham Indoor Market, Market Place, Durham, Co. Durham, DH1 3NJ
Tel: 0191 3757511
www.thegourmethouse.co.uk

Outlet: Delicatessen
Selling: Drinks,  Preserves,  Sweets,  Chocolate

Situated in the Durham Indoor Market selling a selection of curry sauces, jams, marmalades and sauces. Also available is the hamper service Durham Hampers.

Farm Shop: Askerton Castle Estate
Address: Brampton, Northumberland, CA8 2BD
Tel: 016977 3332 
www.askertoncastle.co.uk

Outlet: Box Scheme,  Farm shop,  Market stall
Selling: Meats,  Poultry

We sell belted Galloway beef, Kerry Hill and Scottish Blackface lamb and mutton, and pork from Tamworth pigs. Free range eggs and occasional poultry are available.

Fishmonger: Latimer's Shellfish Deli
Address: Shell Hill, Bents Road, Whitburn, Tyne and Wear, SR6 7NT
Tel: 0191 529 5235

Outlet: Fishmonger
Selling: Fish & Shellfish

With its views over Whitburn Bay and friendly, helpful staffs, Latimers is a rare and wonderful place! It offers selection of fresh fish, crab, lobsters and more.

Greengrocer: Farmaround North
Address: The Old Bakery, Mercury Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4TQ
Tel: 01748 822007
www.farmaroundnorth.co.uk

Outlet: Greengrocer / Box Scheme
Selling: Fruit & Veg

Delivered by hand straight from the land, farmaround aims to bring customers the very best seasonal organic food at affordable prices. Farmaround is a weekly home delivery service of organic produce.

Specialist: Trees Can't Dance
Address: Lane Head, Coanwood, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, NE49 0NU
Tel:
01434 322455
www.treescantdance.co.uk

Outlet: Specialist Provider
Selling: Preserves, Chocolate, Fruit & Veg

Since 2005 Trees Can't Dance have been successfully trading as the world's most northerly chilli farm. They produce nine different chilli sauces, spice blends, chilli jam, chutneys, oil and chilli chocolate.

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Northwest

Bakery: 39 Steps Restaurant
Address: Altrincham Road, Styal, Cheshire, SK9 4JE
Tel: 01625 548144
www.39stepsrestaurant.co.uk

Outlet: Restaurant
Selling: Home-Cooked Dishes

This picturesque, 350 year old restaurant is situated in the National Trust Village of Styal. It sources the freshest produce locally and works closely with many producers and growers to enhance the menus.

Butchers: Alan Pickup Quality Butchers
Address: 26 Church Street, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 6QW
Tel: 01928 733232

Outlet: Butcher
Selling: Meats

This independent butchers offers traditional meat products, such as lamb, pork and beef and a selection of award-winning sausages, locally sourced eggs and game meat.

Cafes: Cafe Bliss
Address: 3 Trinity Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4DA
Tel: 01484 544888

Outlet: Café
Selling: Home-Cooked Dishes

Excellent customer service and food marks out this café as bliss!

Cheesemonger: Cryer & Stott
Address: Ashley Estate, Carrwood Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 4SR
Tel: 01977 511022
www.cryerandstott.co.uk

Outlet: Cheesemonger
Selling: Cheese / Dairy

As well as supplying cheeses from a wide range of manufacturers, they also make their own cheeses, including Ruby Gold cheese, the World’s only cheese made from their famous local rhubarb.

Delicatessen: Le Chocolatier
Address: 8 Barrrowmore Estate, Great Barrow, Manchester, CH3 7JA
Tel: 01829 741010
www.cocoasolid.com

Outlet: Delicatessen
Selling: Chocolate

Le Chocolatier produces a range of handmade chocolates which are available to purchase through mail order and at certain food stores. Le Chocolatier also runs a popular children’s chocolate workshop.

Farm Shop: Carr farm sausage shop
Address: Carr Farm Garden Centre, Birkenhead Rd, Meols, Wirral, Merseyside, CH47 9RE
Tel: 0151 632 2000

Outlet: Farm shop
Selling: Meats

Apart from sausages, Carrs also offer a range of meat as well as preservatives, chutneys and jams.

Fishmonger: Direct Fish
Address: 28 Bridge Street Brow, Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 1XY
Tel: 01614 802841

Outlet: Fishmonger
Selling: Fish & Shellfish

With welcoming and knowledgeable staff, Direct Fish provides more than just fish and meat! Recipe ideas are also provided on request.

Greengrocer: Beanies Wholefoods Cooperative
Address: 205-207 Crookes Valley Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 1BA
Tel: 0114 268 1662
www.beanieswholefoods.co.uk

Outlet: Greengrocer / Box Scheme
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Cheese / Dairy,  Preserves,  Fruit & Veg

Described as an Aladdin’s Cave of great food! Staff are also friendly and knowledgeable.

Specialist: Applehouse Trading
Address: 152 Deansgate, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 1BB
Tel: 01204 525084

Outlet:  Café,  Delicatessen, Specialist Provider
Selling:  Home-Cooked Dishes

This independent cafe and health food store specialises in a range of vegetarian and vegan food, sold at reasonable prices. The ingredients are sourced from organic and local suppliers where possible.

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South East England

Bakery: Adrian Chant Lainston Bakery
Address: Lainston House, Sparsholt, Winchester, Hampshire, S021 2LT
Tel: 01962 776088
www.lainstonhouse.co.uk

Outlet: Bakery / Patisserie
Selling: Bread / Bakery

The products that come out of this young bakery are unique and stunning, the flavour combinations are endless, especially when herbs are sourced from their own garden.

Butchers: A.C Coughtrey
Address: 81 Lower Street, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 2BP
Tel: 01798 872206

Outlet: Butcher
Selling: Meats

All meat is locally sourced and mostly organic and is cheaper than the nearby supermarket.

Cafes: Bloomers Sandwich Bar
Address: 56 St. Marys Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0EL
Tel: 01491 825465

Outlet: Café,  Takeaway

Cheesemongers: Grey's Cheese Company Ltd
Address: 17 Reading Road, Pangbourne, Reading, Berkshire RG8 7LU
Tel: 01189 843 323

Outlet: Cheesemonger,  Delicatessen
Selling: Cheese / Dairy,  Drinks,  Sweets,  Fruit & Veg

Grey’s sells a delicious range of fresh cheeses, continental wines and a wide range of breadsticks, crackers and much more!

Delicatessen: Villagers Fine Sausages
Address: 91 The High Street, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1AG
Tel: 020 8325 5475
www.englishsausages.com

Outlet: Delicatessen,  Farm shop,  Market stall,  Specialist Provider
Selling: Meats

Offering a superb range of handmade sausages, full of flavour made with the finest ingredients. All done with impeccable service.

Farm Shop: B & A Ralph
Address: Marlpit Farm, Wierton Road, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4JW
Tel: 01622 743851

Outlet: Farm shop

A farm shop, which sells a number of locally produced vegetables, preserves and apple juice.

Fishmonger: Griggs of Hythe Ltd
Address: The Fisherman's Landing Beach, Range Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6HG
Tel: 01303 266410

Outlet: Fishmonger
Selling: Fish & Shellfish

The most wonderful range of fresh fish and shellfish available with excellent service.

Greengrocer: Veg Out
Address: 72 Orchardside, Hunston, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 1PQ
Tel: 01243 781438

Outlet: Greengrocer / Box Scheme
Selling: Fruit & Veg

Veg Out supply over 200 boxes of the highest standard of organic vegetables to an area around Chichester every week.

Specialist: Coeliac's Food Store
Address: Willow Way, Ewell, Surrey, KT19 0EH
Tel: 07804 860 789
www.coeliacsfoodstore.co.uk

Outlet: Specialist Provider
Selling: Bread / Bakery, Home-Cooked Dishes

Coeliac’s Food Store offers main meals, desserts and a range of breads that customers cannot buy fresh from any shop. Their aim is to provide wholesome tasty foods without additives, preservatives, salt or gluten!

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South West

Bakery: Burts Potato Chips
Address: The Klamp House, Belliver Way, Roborough, Devon PL6 7BP
Tel: 08450 852 220
www.burtschips.com

Outlet: Bakery / Patisserie

Their specially selected potatoes are delivered to them fresh from the farm, then sorted, peeled and sliced into a cauldron of pure sunflower.

Butchers: Archers Of Westfield Ltd
Address: Bellevue, Main Rd, Westfield, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 4QE
Tel: 01424 751030

Outlet: Butcher
Selling: Cheese / Dairy,  Home-Cooked Dishes,  Meats,  Poultry

Archers of Westfield supplies a full range of fine quality local meats, including beef, pork, lamb and chicken, as well as bacon and up to thirty different varieties of their own home made sausages.

Cafes: Blackstones Kitchen
Address: 10a Queen street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1HE
Tel: 012250338809
www.blackstonefood.co.uk

Outlet:  Bakery / Patisserie,  Café,  Delicatessen/specialist food shop,  Restaurant,  Takeaway
Selling:  Bread / Bakery,  Drinks,  Home-Cooked Dishes

Husband and wife team Daniel and Rebecca Blackstone make the daily changing dishes in small batches using the very best local raw materials.

Cheesemonger: Ceri's Cheese and Chad's Honey
Address: Hill End Farm, Brinkworth, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5AZ
Tel: 07977 580281
www.ceris-cheese.co.uk

Outlet: Cheesemonger
Selling: Cheese / Dairy

Hill End Farm is the fifth generation of of cheese-makers. Using milk from their own pedigree herd of British Fresians, Hill End Farm makes a range of traditional soft and hard cheeses.

Delicatessen: Butternut Deli
Address: 341, Church Road, St George, Bristol, BS5 8AQ
Tel: 0773 833 6573

Outlet: Delicatessen,  Specialist Provider
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Cheese / Dairy,  Meats,  Preserves

The Butternut Deli on Church Road is a busy shop, selling home-made cakes, pizzas and quiches as well as locally sourced breads, eggs, pastas, preserves and cheeses.

Farm Shop: Bairds Farm Shop
Address: Home Farm, Climping, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5RQ
Tel: 01903 713346

Outlet: Bakery / Patisserie, Cheesemonger,  Delicatessen/specialist food shop,  Farm shop,  Fishmonger,  Greengrocer
Selling: Bread / Bakery,  Meats,  Fruit & Veg

A full range of fruit, vegetables and meat is sold at this West Sussex farm shop. Meat is butchered on site to customers' requirements.

Fishmonger: David Smith-Fruits De La Mer
Address: 23 North View, Westbury Park, Bristol, BS6 7PT
Tel: 0117 973 1666

Outlet: Fishmonger
Selling: Fish & Shellfish

Established in 1982 in Bristol, David Smith – Fruits De La Mer is a traditional wet fishmongers, specialising in fresh fish and shellfish sourced mainly from the West country.

Greengrocer: The Better Food Company
Address: The Proving House, Servier Street, St Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9QS
Tel: 0117 935 1725

Outlet: Café,  Farm shop,  Greengrocer / Box Scheme,  Restaurant
Selling: Home-Cooked Dishes,  Fruit & Veg

From the quality of the produce to the warmth of the welcome, this is how shopping and service should be!

Specialist: Ashburton Cookery School
Address: Hares Lane Cottage, 76 East Street, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 7AX
Tel: 01364 652784
www.ashburtoncookeryschool.com

Outlet: Specialist Provider
Selling: Home-Cooked Dishes

Teaching their students using only local organic seasonal ingredients to encourage the use of produce grown in a sustainable environmentally friendly way, this school has recently been awarded a Green Tourism Award.

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