Journal
Happy days and holidays, news from the cookery school and farmhouse as well as details of our latest competitions and giveaways. To be honest, any chance to celebrate or simply bring a smile to everyone’s face.
Celebrate Shrove Tuesday
You may well be a traditionalist and like nothing more than a wafer thin crepe glistening with lemon and a sprinkle of caster sugar. Or perhaps like me, your mantra is always 'waste not, want not'. So when there is a brown banana lingering in the fruit bowl, your...
The Traditions of Stir Up Sunday
‘Stir Up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people’, began the reading in The Common Book of Prayer, on the last Sunday of Advent. The rousing message was intended to gain the attention of the congregation, rather than refer to their baking skills. ...
We’re finalists in the Visit England Awards 2022
We were delighted to attend the spring party for 120 winners and sponsors at Sculpture by the Lakes on 19 May. This event was a welcome opportunity for tourism winners, leaders and sponsors to meet face-to-face and to receive our Stuart Wiltshire glass trophies,...
Down on the farm.
We stepped out of the kitchen to visit local shepherd Grace, who lives close by. There’s no denying that Grace is totally committed to her growing flock of Dorset Poll sheep but chatting to her recently, it was evident that her long term aims of establishing a...
SILVER Award in South West Tourism Regional Finals.
Following our success at the prestigious Dorset Tourism Awards in February 2022, we were thrilled to be invited to attend the South West Tourism Awards which was held in Exeter this week. Leading tourism businesses from all across the region, to include...
Apple Cake #CookForUkraine
This recipe is taken from Olia Hercules book Mamushka. Olia is a celebrated food writer who now lives in London but her family are back home in the midst of the horrific invasion. Along with her friends Alissa Timoshkina, food influencer Clerkenwell Boy & the...
Marmalade GOLD at World Marmalade Awards 2021
We are thrilled to announce that our fine cut Seville orange marmalade was awarded GOLD at the World Marmalade Awards in Dalemain. The awards ceremony took place during the weekend of 20/21st June and was officially attended by His...
How we judge marmalade.
After taking part in numerous judging events for national food and drink industry awards, and offering seasonal marmalade classes, we are now hosting our own local marmalade competition at the cookery school. Lisa has outlined how she assesses a jar of marmalade when...
Pancake Recipes for Shrove Tuesday
You may well be a traditionalist and like nothing more than a wafer thin crepe glistening with lemon and a sprinkle of caster sugar. Or perhaps like me, your mantra is always 'waste not, want not'. So when there is a brown banana lingering in the fruit bowl, your...
Five reasons to LOVE direct trade, micro batch chocolate.
Bean to bar chocolate is carefully created in micro batches using cacao that has been fairly traded directly from the growers and farmers. These are beans that have been harvested from trees that have been carefully cultivated for generations by families who care...
Things we love to do in January.
Another slice of pie? The British Pie Awards at Melton Mowbray.
The British Pie Awards Let's hear it for the pie makers, the butchers and the bakers who delivered their wares to St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray on Wednesday 6th March 2019 for the eleventh 'British Pie Awards'. They took the time, care and attention to select the...