August 2010
3 posts
Gorgeous autumn weekend
Ironbridge will be getting Gorgeous this October with an exhibition of the region’s finest crafts and foods.
The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust and The Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft are bringing together a mix of some of the finest craftspeople for the Gorgeous Exhibition which takes place over the weekend of October 9th and 10th.
For the third year running there will...
It's show time
Burwarton Show, The Showground, Cleobury North, near Bridgnorth WV16 6RP
Thursday, August 5
This one day agricultural show has been going for more than 100 years so organisers know a winning show formula. There’s something for the whole family to enjoy, children will love the tractors, animals and fair and adults will like milling around the tradestands and supping cider.
The main ring...
July 2010
5 posts
Cheese in the Big Apple
Shropshire cheese has been making its mark on the Big Apple, thanks to Whitchurch cheesemakers Appleby’s.
Clare Downes of Appleby’s travelled to New York with British cheese marketing specialists Neal’s Yard Dairy.
The three-week trade visit to the USA included two days at the New York Fancy Food Show and tastings of Appleby’s Cheshire and Double Gloucester to customers at cheese chops across...
The Food Centre butchers who just can't stop...
The butchery team at a Shropshire food centre have been spending a great deal of time and effort smoking behind the building. John Brereton and his team at the Ludlow Food Centre have acquired a surprisingly healthy smoking habit by spending time developing a range of smoked meat products. In just the last four months John and his team have worked on smoking a huge array of smoked meat...
Tea (or lunch) in the park at Saturday's Newport...
FOOD fans will find plenty to set their tastebuds tingling at this year’s Newport Show, staged in the picturesque surrounding of the Chetwynd Deer Park on July 10.
The huge Food Hall will once again be a showcase for the region’s finest foods and will provide plenty of opportunity to ‘try before you buy’ samples.
A Live Cookery Theatre is always popular as is the chance to sit and savour...
June 2010
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Food festival at Green Fields
Producers and staff from Green Fields farm shop, in Donnington, Telford, are holding a summer food and craft fair this weekend.
The festival promises to be the perfect venue to pick up some great Father’s Day gifts and tasty treats from some of the regions most innovative food producers.
Local beers, wines, chocolate and hampers are bound to appeal to the discerning dad, and food will be...
May 2010
4 posts
Getting hairy in the kitchen
Hairy Bikers, Simon King and David Myers are looking forward to appearing at the Summer Good Food Show at the NEC Birmingham in June. They will also be cooking up some treats at the Shrewsbury Flower Show in August. Shropshire Kitchen caught up with them before the big event.
Any ideas on what you’ll be cooking at the NEC yet?
Yes we will be cooking something for everybody, nice...
Regional produce on menu at Shrewsbury farm shop
Customers at Battlefield 1403 Farm Shop, Shrewsbury, will be treated to a menu full of regional food and drink as part of a week long promotion.
The farm shop is running the promotion in partnership with HEART of ENGLAND fine foods (HEFF), the regional food group for the West Midlands, to highlight the wealth of locally produced food and drink across the area. The promotion will run from...
Free membership to Midlands exclusive gourmet...
We have a fabulous foodie offer for anyone who loves to eat out.
One lucky Shropshire Kitchen follower will win free annual membership to Midlands dining club, Gourmet Life.
We also have 10 Tastercards, valid for three months, available on a first come, first served basis.
Gourmet Life offers special discounts and exclusive access to some of the finest dining venues in the region as well as...
April 2010
8 posts
Taste of spring in Shrewsbury
With the earliest of the spring lamb now on sale, shoppers in Shrewsbury are being encouraged to pop along to The Market Hall and celebrate some of Shropshire’s finest local produce.
Food lovers seeking their first bite of the highly prized lamb can purchase it from John Bliss and W D Butchers at The Market Hall, both open Tuesday to Saturday each week.
“Spring lambs are slaughtered just after...
Top tips for spring
Asparagus is one of the first things to look forward to in spring and the first crops are being picked right now from fields in Shropshire, ready to be served up on their own (lightly steamed) or with fresh new season lamb and new potatoes.
The asparagus season is fairly short, lasting approximately two months in Britain, meaning we go mad for it when it finally hits the shops, says Ludlow Food...
Win a break for two at Manchester's Palace Hotel
Enjoy a warm Mancunian welcome with dinner, bed and breakfast for two at the luxurious four star Palace Hotel.
For your chance to win a one night stay for two people at The Palace Hotel, Manchester, with one night’s dinner, bed and breakfast, send us the answer to the following questions (clue: the answers are in the hotel description below!)
1. What is the name of the Palace Hotel’s...
10,000 Fidgets at food centre
The Shropshire Fidget Pie has been around for over 400 years and is one of the few unique food products left in Shropshire. Fidget Pies are made by filling a small pastry case with a mixture of gammon, onion, potatoes, cider and apple which is topped with cheese and a pastry lid. The traditional Fidget was a favourite lunchtime snack, much like the Cornish Pasty, of farm workers who could easily...
March 2010
5 posts
Top takeaways curry favour
Four of the county’s best takeaway chefs are set to take part in a cook off to decide who will be crowned Curry Chef of the Year
Restaurants in Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth will compete with takeaways in Oswestry and Bayston Hill next Monday (March 29) in the final of a competition to find the first Shropshire Council ‘Curry Chef of the Year’.
The four finalists are: Eurasia Tandoori Restaurant,...
County's finest set to sparkle
Ten Shropshire companies have impressed judges and shot through to the shortlist of the prestigious HEART of ENGLAND fine foods (HEFF) Diamond Awards 2010.
The Diamond Awards celebrate the fantastic food and drink available in the Heart of England region which includes Shropshire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Birmingham and The Black Country.
Four Shropshire...
Sweet success in Mexico
Shropshire chocolatier Louis Barnett has returned from a week in Mexico City, where he was invited to attend the Mexican International Chocolate Experience as the youngest ever chocolatier.
Louis, from Chokolit in Bridgnorth, did demonstrations and presentations to many of the event’s 10,000 visitors.
Louis is delighted at the success of his trip. “The Mexican Experience has been an...
Cooking demos at town fair
Cooking demonstrations and tastings will be on the menu at this Friday’s Shrewsbury Food & Drink Fair.
HEART of ENGLAND fine foods (HEFF), the regional food group for the West Midlands, is attending the event in The Square this Friday (March 5) with its demonstration kitchen.
In addition to the producers selling their fantastic regional food and drink, there will be a rolling programme of...
Fine food amongst the flowers
This year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show at the county town’s Quarry park is set to showcase more of Shropshire’s finest fare than ever before on August 13 and 14.
The Marches Marquee is back better than ever. Promoting a wide range of top quality food and drink producers from Shropshire, The Borders and further afield. The specialist suppliers include local fish and vegetable boxes, fresh meats and...
February 2010
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Funds for future's foodies
Budding young Shropshire foodies can apply for financial help of up to £1,000 to help achieve their career dreams.
Ludlow Food Festival has set up a bursary to help young people to build a future in the local food and drink industry.
The Graeme Kidd Memorial Bursary, a tribute to one of the Food Festival’s founders who died in 2009, aims to enable local people, aged between 16 and 25, to...
January 2010
5 posts
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Enjoying the fruits of labour
Ludlow Vineyard and Distillery officially has the Tastiest Juice in the West Midlands after winning the grand final yesterday.
The company won the West Midlands Tastiest Juice Competition – cox variety, at the grand final which was held at the flagship AGA store in the Mailbox, Birmingham.
The annual competition is run by HEART of ENGLAND fine foods (HEFF), the regional food group for the West...
Sample a Scottish supper
It doesn’t matter if you are Scottish through and through or once visited Edinburgh for the day, Burn’s Night is still worth celebrating.
If you don’t know your neeps from your tatties, tonight is the perfect excuse to find out and try some traditional Scottish fare.
Every year, Scotland celebrates the anniversary of the birth of her national poet. Traditionally haggis, neeps and tatties (mashed...
Sizzling sausage success
Sausages from Wenlock Edge Farm, Longville, have been crowned the best in Shropshire after a meaty Sizzle Off competition on Tuesday.
Ten butchers took part in the Shropshire Sizzle Off of the West Midlands Tastiest Sausage Competition hosted by HEART of ENGLAND fine foods (HEFF), the regional food group for the West Midlands, in association with AGA. It was held at the AGA Shop in Ketley,...
Game for a healthy New Year
If your New Year resolution is to lose a few pounds or to eat more wild and natural food from the region, then game is a great choice.
Low in fat and cholesterol, game is a healthy alternative to other red meats and most type are in abundance in January.
Pheasant and partridge contain a high level of iron protein, vitamin B6 and selenium, and venison is high in protein, low in saturated fatty...
December 2009
6 posts
Help for a lonely goat herd
Artisan goat’s cheese producer Sarah Hampton is desperately seeking a herd manager to help her look after her precious rare-breed white Saanen goats.
Sarah, who runs Brock Hall Farm, near Bridgnorth, is running the business single-handedly after former goat manager Donna Mulvenna had to return to family in Australia.
Sarah admits it is a struggle to manage and milk the herd of 50 goats and...
Try Something New For 2010: Grow And Cook Your Own...
The government is urging the UK population to be kinder to the planet – and to themselves – by eating more fruit and vegetables that are grown sustainably, with the revelation that 18% of the UK’s greenhouse gases are related to food and drink production and consumption, and that 1 in 4 British children are now obese. In light of these recent findings, people are being urged to start the New Year...
Muck in for Christmas
What Christmas present do you get for the man or woman who has everything? Well, how about a Pig Experience Day – the perfect gift for any Lord or Lady Muck.
Gwen Howell, of Pigs in Clover, has six different breeds of rare breed pig, including piglets, at her small holding in Cardeston, near Shrewsbury. She says that the pig experience has become surprisingly popular with scores of people ready...
WIN Chase liqueur
There’s still time to send in your tastiest recipes and win a bottle of fruity Chase liqueur.
Shropshire Kitchen has teamed up with Chase Distillery to offer one reader a 50cl bottle of delicious Chase liqueur, perfect for Christmas.
Just send in your favourite original recipe. The recipe judged most tasty or unusual by the Shropshire Kitchen team will win a bottle of the fresh fruit liqueur...
Cut above the rest
Congratulations to Paddy and Sue Ryan of A Ryan & Sons Butchers, in Much Wenlock, for winning Best Local Food Retailer in BBC Food & Farming Awards 2009.
The Ryans were presented with the prestigious award at a star-studded event attended by HRH Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Other famous names in the impressive line-up of food lovers included chef Raymond Blanc, Blur...
November 2009
3 posts
Win 2 pairs of tickets to the BBC Good Food Show
Renowned as the UK’s biggest food and drink Show, with more to see and do this year than ever before!
You’ll find a host of top celebrity entertainment and interactive features including masterclasses, live demos and the all-new cook along stage, the Miele Cookery Experience. With Christmas just around the corner, this Show is the perfect place to stock up on bargains galore, taste and buy...
Goodies galore at food show
Catch the Shropshire Kitchen team at the BBC Good Food Show, in Birmingham on Wednesday, November 25.
The nationally acclaimed food show takes place at the NEC from November 25 to 29, and we’ll be there to report on all the latest food and drink news.
This year’s show boasts a great cast list including Jamie Oliver, James Martin and Gordon Ramsay in the Supertheatre sponsored by...
Sausage tasting goes with a bang
More than 200 guests attended a blind sausage tasting at The Bellstone, in Shrewsbury, to compare rare breed pork sausages with some supermarket bangers.
The event, organised by local rare breed pork producer Gwen Howell of Pigs In Clover, saw tasters sample eight different sausages, six of which were rare breed pork, one was a supermarket’s own economy brand and one was a mid-priced nationally...
October 2009
3 posts
Shropshire Kitchen Magazine
The first issue of Shropshire Kitchen to be published beginning November.