Category: Big Breakfast

Many thanks to everyone who made the Ledbury Big Breakfast such a great success over the weekend.  We hope you enjoyed a good local breakfast from the wide range on offer. 

As well as breakfasts hot, cold, eat in or takeaway for you to enjoy, this year for the first time the weekend included a breakfast for Ledbury businesses early on Friday morning and a staff breakfast at John Masefield School.  Bill Wiggin MP and Mayor Bob Barnes made an early visit on Friday to a number of participants to celebrate the start of the event.

“Bill the Bell” Turberfield was on hand to hail the winning sausage in this year’s competition run by Trumpet Corner Tearoom and Llandinabo Farm Shop – a delicious pork, bacon, liver and onion creation suggested by customer Alan Brown who won a free breakfast for idea.

Special dishes enjoyed this weekend included Hereford Hop rarebit with chutney at the Market House Café, poached Herefordshire pear with bara brith at the Feathers, cheese and crispy bacon muffins at the Muse Café, eggs in Portobello mushrooms at Cameron and Swann, Eggs Benedict at Chez Pascal., and a special takeaway Bagel Bar at Four Oaks Delicatessen.  Mrs Muffins and the Café at Nice Things tempted those with a taste for the traditional with their hearty English breakfast. 

Outside Ledbury town, the Scrumpy House Restaurant at Weston’s Cider, Trumpet Corner Tea Room and the Nest, Hereford Road all joined in the fun of the event.   In town, first timers Caffè 21 were cooking American pancakes and Delilah’s Café special breakfast omelettes.  Handley Organics offered a tempting choice of breakfast bakery, and at lunchtime the Talbot celebrated with its Rock and Roll Bingo brunch hosted by Andy Ward.  Our butchers Wallers, Gurneys and Llandinabo Farm Shop all had tempting offers to take home for breakfast.  Well done to all who took part this year!

Please let us know if you have ideas for making this event even better in the future.

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You can enjoy breakfasts from the lightest to the fullest at the Ledbury Big Breakfast 2015 taking place on Friday and Saturday 30th and 31st January.   This event is run by Ledbury Food Group in conjunction with Breakfast Week 2015 to celebrate breakfast and local food.

Specials new this year for you to enjoy include a takeaway Breakfast Bagel Bar, together with Poached Herefordshire Pear with Bara Brith, Cheese and crispy bacon muffins, Eggs baked in Portobello Mushrooms, Sausages made with Cider, Apple Brioche with bacon and a cider syrup, a Breakfast Stack and a novel Rock and Roll Bingo Brunch. If you fancy Eggs Benedict, pancakes with bacon, omelettes of all kinds, or traditional home cured bacon and eggs then Ledbury is the place for you.  See full details on our events listing page.

A full range of local produced breakfast produce will be on sale at our butchers and food shops to build and enjoy a good breakfast at home.

Several cafes are opening specially from 8am on Friday to provide for those who would like a breakfast before work – or just an early breakfast.   The Country Market will offer a stop and go café/takeaway service for those in rush on Friday.

For a second year Trumpet Corner Café and Llandinabo Farm Shop are running a competition for a new sausage which they will sell during the Big Breakfast.  Get you entry in by 26^th January!

Alongside the Big Breakfast, John Masefield High School are celebrating Breakfast Week with a special programme of lessons focusing on breakfast, and promotion of breakfasts in the school dining room for pupils and staff.

We are pleased to have such a range of local food on offer again, and to join in Breakfast Week 2015 with its key message of the importance of a good breakfast to start the day.

Bromsberrow Big Brunch

There is a chance to enjoy more delicious breakfast dishes featuring locally sourced ingredients later in February. On Saturday 21st February, The Shop at Bromsberrow will be holding the Bromsberrow Big Brunch from 11am – 1pm with traditional, cooked and continental breakfast items on offer. Come and visit our friendly community shop for this special event which will see the launch of the new café at The Shop and the announcement of the winner of the competition to name the café.
The Shop is in Bromsberrow Heath, just off the A417 before the motorway junction. (Postcode for Sat Nav: HR8 1PG)

What could be better than a super breakfast on a cold winter’s day?  Come and join us in the 3^rd Ledbury Big Breakfast taking place in and around Ledbury, Herefordshire on Friday 30^th and Saturday 31^st January.

All kinds of breakfasts will be on offer from the lightest fruit and cereals to the heartiest Herefordshire breakfast.  You can eat in the warmth of one of our cafés or hotels, or visit our butchers or food shops to take something tasty home.  Expect special breakfast offerings – in previous years we have enjoyed Eggs Benedict, Eggy Bread, Devilled Kidneys, the “Full Monty” Sausage, and even Breakfast Ice Cream.  This year we also hope to have “early-bird” breakfasts for workers in the town to enjoy.

Venues and menus are now listed here.

The event is being organised by Ledbury Food Group in association with Farmhouse Breakfast week to remind us of the importance of enjoying a good breakfast, and to celebrate our wonderful local food.

Last year 20 food outlets of all kinds took part.

Thank you to all those who made the Ledbury Big Breakfast 2014 such a successful event despite the weather by participating, breakfasting, buying to take home or just being there. The Breakfast Ice Cream from Just Rachel made it to the Cider shop on Saturday morning and Mrs K Clark nominated the winning sausage in the competition run by Trumpet Corner and Llandinabo Farm Shop – pork, black pudding and leek. Please let us know how you enjoyed the event or tell us how we can improve things next time on ask@ledburyfoodgroup.org (or Twitter @LedburyFoodGrp) or leave your comments here.

More on this event will follow but in the meantime enjoy the pictures.

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We hope you enjoyed the first day of the Ledbury Big Breakfast. Here are some great photos of breakfast events around Ledbury:

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We’re looking forward to this year’s Ledbury Big Breakfast on Friday 31st January and Saturday 1st February. Twenty-one cafes, shops, hotels, pubs, delis and markets in Ledbury and District are taking part to celebrate Farmhouse Breakfast Week, featuring special breakfast offerings as well as their normal menus.

What could be better on a cold winter’s morning than a delicious breakfast that sets you up for the day? From freshly made drinks and smoothies at Ice Bytes to a Hearty Herefordshire Breakfast at Mrs Muffins or the Café at Nice Things), there is something for everyone. You can feast on devilled lamb’s kidneys with toasted homemade brioche at the Feathers, or eggs benedict at Chez Pascal or the Retreat, or you can go for bacon and eggs at a number of places. You can even choose a bacon bruschetta. There are lighter bites of all kinds such as “Herefordshire porridge” at the Market House Cafe, local patisserie at Cameron and Swan and a continental twist at the Shop at Bromsberrow, bacon and cheese scones at the Muse Cafe, rhubarb breakfast muffin at Roots Herefordshire, fruit salad and yoghurts…the list is endless

For those who want a breakfast to take home, the butchers or food shops will all have special offerings for you – bacon, sausages, including the intriguing Full Monty Breakfast sausage at Wallers, a special offer on local eggs at Gurneys, and delicious fresh fruit granola from Four Oaks Delicatessen. The wonderful scotch eggs from the Handmade Scotch Egg company are available at Handley’s Organics. At the Three Counties Cider Shop you can taste local apple juices and jams and on Saturday 1st February from 9.30am Rachel Hicks from Just Rachel Ice Creams will be offering samples of her new creation – Granola and Honey Ice Cream.

On Friday the winning sausage from the Sausage Competition run by Trumpet Corner café and Llandinabo Farm Shop will be available to eat or buy to take home. Entries are really rolling in for this. Katie Rolfe from Trumpet Corner said, “We’ve had some interesting entries so far, including the quirky, the out of ordinary and the traditional”. Friday is also the day for hearing Bawdy Tales from the Inns of Ledbury courtesy of Gareth Calan Davies whilst enjoying a filling brunch at the Talbot.

Don’t forget the markets – the Country Market will be serving local eggs, toast, preserves, muffins in their “Breakfast on the Go” on Friday. On Saturday Noggin Farm’s home produced pork and sausages will be on offer at Ledbury Market for you to take home for next week’s breakfasts.

We can’t wait…

See the events listing for more details of what is available and where, plus times of availability.

We’ve all been talking about it and it would appear that both from the customers’ point of view as well as the participating cafes and retailers The Big Breakfast was a great success. Many have reported that they could see it being a regular event, or will definitely be putting some of their breakfast ‘specialities’ on their menus in future.

The general consensus is that it was a good promotional profile for the town in every way, not only showcasing the area’s strengths in locally sourced and/or produced quality food but also marketing the town’s convivial atmosphere. Friday’s and Saturdays in Ledbury have always had that lovely ‘bustle’ a market town can provide. Residents and visitors alike love its ‘timeless quality’, individuality and inclusivity. Events like The Big Breakfast press home the message………..

I managed to sample the Continental Breakfast at the Muse Café and was recommended the homemade fruit compote by a customer – delicious with muesli and yoghurt! The table was burgeoning with homemade scones, jams, breads etc plus local ham and Hereford Hop cheese – I could have eaten the lot it was so tempting. Saturday we had Eggy Bread and bacon…and one full English bap (black pudding). The waistband was showing signs of tightening so I had to stop there… Members of the Ledbury Food Group have all reported their visits to various venues over the few days, so I suspect they have had a similar experience which speaks volumes for the fare on offer!! Of course we will have to do it again…. if only for us to get round to the ones we missed!!

Now I have to give credit to Griff and the food group members who did such sterling work drumming up support from retailers between Christmas and the event. The delivery of the National Farmhouse Breakfast week posters to venues, followed by the daily dispersal of advertising leaflets, (listing the participants and their locally sourced and produced ‘specialities’) to people in the street was crucial. I’m quite sure that without that input which encouraged Ledbury vendors to partake and subsequently help raise the awareness of the public, The Big Breakfast may well have been The Small Breakfast. And for many visitors to Ledbury, if they hadn’t been aware before of those destinations itemized and what they ‘do’ in our town – they are now……..which was the object of the exercise!

PS Thank you Fran for the handling of the publicity in the local press. It’s been good to see Ledbury and the Ledbury Food Group in the the papers for the best of all possible reasons…………….