for more than two
decades as restaurateurs we have constantly sought out
traditional farmers, producers and suppliers to provide us with the seasonal ingredients
which are the basis of our ever changing menus...
here are
some of the passionate people who supply the fresh produce that comes into our kitchen every
week
click the picture to see them more clearly;
click the name
to learn more about their produce!
tod and barbara bulmer were our very first local
producers:
just before we opened our restaurant
we had been told about a farmer who grew asparagus
somewhere on the other side of manchester... I
still visit kenyon hall farm every week...
carole faulkner opened the
chester cheese shop in 1985, the same year as we opened our original village restaurant... we
seem to remember we first got together around 1988...
tom parkinson took over his mum and
dads organic dairy farm the day he graduated from agricultural college in 2006.
mentioned in the doomsday book, tom's farm has been producing good food for
quite a while!
tony burns
is one of the most knowledgeable wholesale butchers in the north west of england
glyn morris
has been buying tony's welsh lamb at st asaph livestock auction every
thursday since 1989. a retired auctioneer told me "glyn always pays the best
prices..." which also means he gets the best stock!
eileen taylor comes from a family of
pig farmers and runs a real, old fashioned pork shop
chris neve can be found at the fish
auction beside fleetwood docks most mornings at 6am. sometimes
I join him...
chris sandham is the fourth
generation of cheese makers in the village of barton, between lancashire's
bowland forest and the fylde costal plain
nicky
leeth is possibly our smallest
supplier, providing us with exquisite local honey
reg johnson
and bud swarbrick are so busy raising their nationally famous goosnargh duck and
chicken that they never seem to be in when I arrive at their farm with my
camera...
but their pictures
are on
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/jandsgoosnargh/default.htm
food for free lancashire is blessed with beautiful
moors and river valleys where we get quite a lot of our food for the price of a
good walk!
geoff owen is probably the best friend
that I have ever had. he is the man who introduced me to the secret delights if
italian cuisine ~ as well as it's wonderful wines...
milan market is one of my favourite places to be at 5 o'clock
in the morning...
renzo sobrino mills and sifts organic
cereals at his mill in la morra ~ to enable us to bake the bread for your table and
roll fresh pasta every day
this
young man
produces the most perfect air dried tuscan hams and salamis
piero cornacchia presses the abruzzo
olives which make the olive oil for your table
carlalberto relli is an italian coffee
roaster par excellence
ramsons 
