We welcomed Karen and Sara from the national Breakfast Week campaign to this year’s Big Breakfast. Ledbury is the only town where the whole town gets involved with Breakfast Week and while they were here they made a promotional video to encourage participation in the event.
The video features Dave Waller, Heather from the Market House Cafe, Andy Ward from the Talbot, James from Llandinabo Farm Shop and Penny from the Nest. Our apologies to those we did not have time to visit and to anyone who participated but is not featured.
Many thanks to all who provided breakfasts of all kinds and to those who ate breakfasts of all kinds at the Ledbury Big Breakfast to celebrate Breakfast Week and Ledbury’s local food and drink. Continue reading “Ledbury Big Breakfast a great success”
What could be better on a cold January morning than a tasty breakfast? This year 19 local food outlets are joining to bring you the best in breakfast and the best in local food on Friday and Saturday 29th and 30th January. This event is run by Ledbury Food Group in conjunction with Breakfast Week 2016. Continue reading “Even more to savour at this year’s Ledbury Big Breakfast”
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.
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.
Back by popular request, Dee Davidson will be bringing his great range of vegetarian curries and dahls. Made from soya milk and tofu from organic soya beans, curries have long been a passion of Dee’s. They are made from his own recipes which he has developed over time, inspired by 10 years of living amongst Asian communities in Walsall, Birmingham. Come along and meet Dee at the Kempley Produce Market, Saturday, 14th November, 9.30-11.30.
Also at this month’s market:
Table ready pheasants from Charlotte, £1.85 for a whole bird, £1.30 for a pack of two breasts. Orders can also be taken at the market.
Greek feta & spinach pie . Mary will be bringing her fabulous Spanakopita pie, a tasty treat that would save you having to think about what to cook this weekend, as well as a great selection of patisseries including chocolate & pecan cookies.
Christmas poultry & meat. Charlotte will be taking orders for all your meaty Christmas needs. Free range: Turkeys from £8.50kg & Geese from £9.50kg. Ducks from £6.50kg, Rib of Beef from £8.50kg, Lamb from £7.50kg, Gammon from £5.99kg. Find out more about Charlotte’s Fork to Farm venture.
Cheesy gifts and platters. Ian and Liz will be taking orders for your Christmas cheeses. A great idea for a really thoughtful present from your local cheese makers. Also goats cheese, yoghurt, butter, preserves & veg.
The Forest Bakehouse’s sour dough bread, croissants & sausage rolls
Amy’s free range eggs
KPM’s Granola & dried strawberries
Organic vegetables from Flights Orchard Farm, Little Marcle
Melkirts Mushrooms
Honey from Paul Davies
Juice & Plumdelicious range from Bentleys Castle Fruit Farm & Juice from Hilters Fruit Farm
HIllbrooks Ice Cream range of luxury ice cream and sorbets
Cafe & Book Swap
Enjoy butties made from dry cured bacon and sausages from pigs reared in the Malverns, cured in Ledbury, cooked in Kempley. Served in freshly baked sour dough bread from The Forest Bakehouse. Catch up with friends and neighbours over a cuppa in the cafe (our meal deal, just £1.20). There are lots of good reads in the book swap. If you have nothing to exchange, then just leave a donation in the pot.
The market is open from 9.30 – 11.30 at Kempley Village Hall.
Two events for you at the Master’s House, St Katherine’s, Ledbury
Where do we go from here with food and farming?
Rob Elliott and Sally Dean ask this question in the third of their talk/discussion series on Monday 16th November at 7pm.
Don’t worry if you missed the others in this series as there will be plenty to interest in this session.
Rob says, “We will discuss the options we have today regarding our future health and food security, looking also at how those options might address the problems of environmental degradation, human misery and the general ecological health of our planet. Where do we go from here with regard to food and farming? Can we continue to feed a growing population? What about the obesity crisis? Or indeed poverty and hunger?
We will look at these issues through the eyes of some of today’s new pioneers, including one of our very own back-to-nature (and “back to the future”) farmers, Simon Cutter of Model Farm near Ross-on-Wye, who will give us a brief but inspiring overview of how and why he farms in a genuinely sustainable way.”
Not to be missed, tickets costing £6 can be purchased in advance at Ledbury Library, and will be available on the night. Your ticket includes light refreshments and a very local drink.
This event is organised by Ledbury Library Development Association in association with Ledbury Food Group.
Grass-fed cattle at Lower Hope, Ullingwick
Feast at the Master’s Table
Eat, drink, be merry and entertained at a splendid meal of local food in the glorious medieval setting of Ledbury’s Master’s House.
The Friends of the Master’s House invite you to join them, and the Master, on Saturday 21st November for an evening of food and entertainment starting from 7pm.
A three course meal of seasonal local specialities will be provided from the pop up kitchen manned by Belinda Sparey’s team from “The Best of Taste”.
Various musical and other divertissements will be provided to entertain you, and period costume is optional.
Tickets are now on sale at Ledbury Library for this special event at £30 – numbers are limited and tickets must be bought in advance. Drinks will be available at the event.
This event – which could become an annual occasion – is organised as part of an ongoing programme of events at the recently restored and revived Master’s House.
For an afternoon, a day or a full weekend – the Big Apple is a special opportunity to enjoy the autumn countryside on the Marcle Ridge. This year’s celebration of English apples, orchards and cider will include walks, talks, tastings and activities, not to mention delicious lunches and apple teas, at eight venues in and around Much Marcle.
Cidermaking highlights this year will include getting hands on experience with a 200-year-old cider press at Woodredding Farm, taking a tour of Westons Cider, and seeing the horse-drawn travelling cider press at Awnells Farm.
A ‘Feast of Apples’ at Hellens will include a market featuring unusual varieties of apples while local printmaker Annaliese Appleby will be helping visitors to create an apple tree collage at Gregg’s Pit. Two special events will celebrate the contribution of local folklore historian Roy Palmer, who died earlier this year. Sweet Cider Time, an evening of music and readings features vocal group Serenata at 7pm on Saturday evening, while on Sunday morning a guided walk will include readings from Ripest Apples, the anthology compiled by Roy for the Big Apple. A Big Apple Bike Ride, meeting at the Market House in Ledbury at 10am on Sunday, will explore the Big Apple venues from the saddle, with plenty of opportunity to sample Big Apple catering along the way.
One of the final events of the weekend will be a screening of ‘Five Fruit Trees Make an Orchard’. This new film comparing seventeenth century and contemporary perspectives of orchard value was made with the help of people with learning disabilities and will be shown at Hellens at 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon.
