Ledbury Big Breakfast 2016 – 29th and 30th January

Update your dairy with the dates for the fourth Ledbury Big Breakfast.

This year Ledbury will be celebrating breakfast on Friday 29th January and Saturday 30th January.

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This event celebrates that most important of meals – breakfast, and what we at the Food Group consider important – good locally produced food and drink.

Food shops, butchers, cafes and hotels in and around Ledbury will be providing a wide range of local breakfasts, including specials for the day.

Last year 20 local businesses took part presenting all kinds of breakfast treats – this year we hope there will be even more variety for you to eat in or take home.

Those taking part in 2016 will include:

The Talbot Handley Organics
Delilah’s Four Oaks Delicatessen
Nice Things Gurneys
Market House Cafe Llandinabo Farm Shop
Chez Pascal Wallers
Muse Cafe The Nest
Cameron & Swan Trumpet Corner
Caffe 21  

 

More information will be available on our website here in early January – when we will post up all the specials on offer, and details of opening times etc.

Big Breakfast 2015 – photos

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.

James Bodenham of Llandinabo Farm Shop and Bill the Bell celebrate the winning prize sausage
James Bodenham of Llandinabo Farm Shop and Bill the Bell celebrate the winning prize sausage

“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. 

Dave Waller and Bill Wiggin MP admire a salver of local breakfast produce
Dave Waller and Bill Wiggin MP admire a salver of local breakfast produce

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.

Come and enjoy a feast of breakfasts at the Ledbury Big Breakfast

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.

Paul Gurney of Gurney Butchers with ingredients for a good breakfast
Paul Gurney of Gurney Butchers with ingredients for a good breakfast

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 26th 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)

The Big Breakfast is coming …

Market House Cafe - Breakfast BruschettaP1000687

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

Muse - Breakfast Buffet P1000636

Big Breakfast – more photos

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.

Llandinabo Farm Shop James Bodenham & Bill the Bell with winning sausages P1000685
Llandinabo Farm Shop James Bodenham & Bill the Bell with winning sausages P1000685
Wallers -Matt Waller shows off the Full Monty Sausage P1000664
Wallers -Matt Waller shows off the Full Monty Sausage P1000664
Gurneys Butchers - Paul Gurney & Bill Wiggin MP P1000667
Gurneys Butchers – Paul Gurney & Bill Wiggin MP P1000667
Market House Cafe - Breakfast BruschettaP1000687
Market House Cafe – Breakfast BruschettaP1000687