Sales of Opies Red Onion Chutney surge
14th March 2017Sales of Opies Red Onion Chutney surge thanks to new national listing Opies Red Onion Chutney is a high quality culinary shortcut specifically developed for caterers, chefs and cooks looking for a time-saving solution. Although a new product, the chutney has already made its mark and has enjoyed a surge in sales thanks to a…
Taste of Kent Awards 2017 winners revealed
10th March 2017The winners of Produced in Kent’s Taste of Kent Awards have been revealed today (Thursday 9 March), after being recognised as Kent’s ultimate food and drink champions at this year’s black tie event, which was held at the Kent Event Centre, Kent Showground, Detling. Stephanie Durling of Produced in Kent, comments: “We would like to…
What’s on at The Mulberry Tree
7th March 2017Jazz on a Sunday afternoon …. 30 April & 11 June Come along and enjoy jazz by the Smooth Jazz Quartet. Lunch starts at 12.00 with music playing from 13.00 until 17.00 in the winter and 17.30 in the summer. £26.95 per person 3 course meal & music An evening with Dean Martin & Friends!…
Folk star Sam Lee teams up with Green farm
Diary dates: 6.30pm – midnight, Thurs 20th April to Sat 13th May 2017 (various dates) Folk music star Sam Lee offers a nighttime walk to a unique concert by wild nightingales and special guest musicians as the thrilling finale to a campfire feast, featuring songs, wildlife insights, gourmet food and story telling Green Farm Kent,…
Spring Farmers Market Dates
Hall Place Bexley Farmers Market takes place Sunday 5 March and Sunday 2 April and is held in the Courtyard area, Hall Place Bexley, Bourne Road from 10am on the 1st Sunday of each month. Hall Place is a Grade I listed country house and is surrounded by 65 hectares of magnificent formal gardens and landscaped…
5th Generation joins Opies
As one of the UK’s oldest family owned food companies, Bennett Opie LTD is committed to maintaining this status, cemented by the fifth generation of the family having taken up key roles within the business as Philip Opie Technical Director and Chairman retires from his full time executive role. Philip’s son, Christopher Opie has joined…
Don’t miss the Flying Scotsman this Easter!
An exciting new exhibition is set to open this Easter at the Kent & East Sussex Railway in Tenterden. ‘Bricks Britannia’ will opens on the 1st April and the centre piece of the exhibition will be an impressive eight metre long model of the iconic ‘Flying Scotsman’ – the most famous steam locomotive together with…
Bennett Opie continues extend charitable donations
Bennett Opie Limited have extended their corporate social responsibility to support local, national and international charities. The Kent-based family food firm value the importance of reducing waste and over the past three years have been selling large disused vinegar drums. Local people have been snapping them up as they make the perfect water butt for…
Chef Craig Mather praises hospital food
Empire Room Chef Craig Mather reschedules ‘Meet the Producer’ dinners following emergency surgery – Praises hospital food Craig Mather, head chef of The Empire Room restaurant at the Royal Harbour Hotel in Ramsgate, has announced reschedule dates for his Meet the Producer dinners, following live-saving surgery for a burst appendix. The long-awaited events, which were…
Empire Room restaurant to offer Mother-in-Law menu
The Empire Room restaurant at the Royal Harbour Hotel in Ramsgate, is to offer a special Mother-in-Law menu, on the Sunday following Mother’s Day The move is not an attempt to revive the politically incorrect material of working men’s club comedians, rather a response to customers with divided loyalties between their own mothers and that…
