Nim’s are BRC Accreditted
29th May 2019Here at Nim’s we make fruit & vegetable crisps, air dried infusions and edible teas. Delicious products made from fresh fruit & vegetables with no added nasties of any kind. As a food factory, we have regular checks to ensure that we are making sure that food safety expectations and quality are met at every…
Simply making something from nothing
We would all like to limit the amount of food wasted in our homes, but no matter how hard we try, the sad truth is that huge amounts of perfectly edible produce are thrown away before they ever get to us. Experts say as much as a third of all food is wasted and up…
Producers celebrate launch of cookbook
Food lovers and producers turn out at launch of The Corner House Cookbook Matt Sworder, chef owner of The Corner House restaurants in Kent, was delighted to share his first ever cookbook with guests, family, friends and producers this month. The launch activity kicked off at Harbour Books in Whitstable on Saturday 11 May where…
The Corner House in Canterbury awarded Two AA Rosettes
The team at The Corner House have plenty to smile about this month. The Canterbury res-taurant retained its AA Four Silver Star Restaurant with Rooms rating and added Two AA Rosettes to its accolades. The achievement coincides with the launch of The Corner House Cookbook – which show-cases The Corner House’s most popular dishes from…
Plenty of opportunity for Kent’s food & drink producers
23rd May 2019The Kent Food and Drink Conference 2019 The Kent Food and Drink Conference 2019 heard there is currently plenty of opportunity for Kent’s food and drink producers however they need to be aware of trends in the wider sector which may impact on them over the next 12+ months. According to research presented by Chris…
Bake Off comes to Strawberry Fair at Brogdale
Brogdale Collections, home of the National Fruit Collection is set to celebrate the first fruits of the season with a summer Strawberry Fair on Sunday 16th June 2019 Come celebrate the first blush of summer at Brogdale with a quintessentially English Strawberry Fair. Set your taste buds off with rare and heritage strawberries, best enjoyed…
Little Ships scoops LUXlife Magazine Award
Ramsgate’s Little Ships Restaurant & Café has been named Best Breakfast Venue at the LUXlife Magazine 2019 Restaurant & Bar Awards. Since its launch in July 2018 as an annexe to the Royal Harbour Hotel, Little Ships has become a popular gourmet breakfast venue, remaining open all day, 7 days a week, from 9:30am (!0:30pm…
SW Doughty – Celebrating 100 Years
17th May 2019For family run traditional butchers S.W. Doughty of Doddington, 2019 is indeed turning out to be an extra special celebratory year. For it was in 1919 exactly one hundred years ago that Thomas Doughty, the butcher and postmaster in the neighbouring village of Eastling bought the business for the princely sum £640 to provide employment…
Lots of finalists in the Muddy Stilettos Awards
Produced in Kent are delighted to have a whopping 6 businesses in the finals of the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2019. The Pig at Bridge is up for ‘Best Boutique Stay’ Green Farm Spa is in the final for ‘Best Day Spa’ Macknade Fine Foods are up for ‘Best Farm Shop/Deli’ Hush Heath are in the…
Kent County Show offers more for Gardeners
16th May 2019The Kent County Show has boosted it’s offering in the Garden Life Marquee for it’s 90th Show on 5, 6, 7 July 2019. New in the area will be talks from some of the top names in gardening and horticulture. Jim Buttress will be appearing on the demonstration stage and will be talking about his…
