Blythburgh free range pork –
Jimmy and Pauline Butler – www.freerangepork.co.uk
My friends for over 30 years and producers of the best pork – anywhere!!
W&H Marriage and Sons Ltd.
– bread, cake and pastry flours –
www.flour.co.uk
Canadian strong and organic flours – we use them in all our breads.
Revett’s The Butcher! –
Wickham Market – 01728 746263
Gary and Helen carrying on the tradition of beautifully butchered meat –
and just the best sausages in the county!
Munchy Seeds – Crispin and
Lucinda Clay – www.munchyseeds.co.uk
Stunning range of roasted seeds – high in the good things –
low in the bad!
Alder Tree Ltd. – fruit ice
creams – www.alder-tree.co.uk
The Hardingham family have been making our fruit ice creams for years and
years!
Suffolk Farmhouse cheeses –
Jason and Katharine Salisbury - www.suffolkcheese.co.uk
.
Suffolk blue and gold cheeses from their herd of Guernsey cows
Breckland Orchard – Claire Martinsen’s “posh pop” – www.brecklandorchard.co.uk
High House fruit farm – Piers
and Suvi Pool – www.high-house.co.uk
Just the best and most local apple juices, bramleys, cherries, tayberries
& apricot jam!
Lane Farm country foods –
Ian and Sue Whitehead – www.lanefarm.co.uk
Award winning salamis and chorizo – and really good bacon.
Rutland Fine Foods – Martin
Downes and his family 01780 720226
Has to be the only professional snail farmer I know! Really good.
The Wild Meat Co. Ltd. –
Paul Denny – www.wildmeat.co.uk
Known Paul since he was a boy! Wizard butcher and purveyor of excellent
game.
Hillfarm Oils – Sam Fairs
– www.hillfarmoils.com
Beautiful cold pressed extra virgin rapeseed oil.
Stokes Sauces (Essfoods Ltd) -
Rick Sheepshanks – www.stokessauces.co.uk
Wonderful range of jams, chutneys condiments, marmalades and sauces etc.
The British Larder – Madalene
Bonvini-Hamel and Ross Pike www.britishlarder.co.uk
Inspirational chefs and friends who are so happy to share their great wealth
of culinary skills and knowledge.
Lawson’s delicatessen –
Aldeburgh – 01728454052
http://www.lawsonsdelicatessen.co.uk/lawsons.asp
Richard Lawson and Claire Bruce-Clayton – good mates who run an excellent
deli.
Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival
– www.aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk
Just about the best festival in the country
Adnams – Great beers and fine wines – www.adnams.co.uk
Allogon – IT consultant/
web design. 01728689153 mob.07808728827
Alan Hallett – Top quality web management and computer consultation
Val Jordan –
www.tastymushroompartnership.co.uk
My mentor when it comes to gathering wild mushrooms, and just a lovely person.
Tastes of Anglia Ltd – www.tastesofanglia.com
01473785883
Our own Eastern region food and drink group.
RSPB Minsmere – www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/m/minsmere/index.aspx
One of my Special Suffolk places – a real gem.
National Trust – Sutton Hoo
– www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-suttonhoo
Another stunning place – right on our doorstep
Leiston Film Theatre – tel:01728
830549 www.leistonfilmtheatre.co.uk
Wayne Burns excellent re-vitalised “flea-pit” a proper cinema!
Pump Street Bakery - Orford.
www.pumpstreetbakery.com
Fantastic artisan baking from Chris Brennan and his family - Eccles cakes
are possibly the best I have eaten, plus totally addictive sough dough bread
and real doughnuts!
Snape Maltings - www.snapemaltings.co.uk Excellent shops, cafe and re-vamped farmers market first Saturday of the month - lots of pals selling top stuff.
Richard Grimes - www.richardgrimes-tailor.co.uk - Bespoke Tailors - Top husband and wife team - `Richard is a true master of his craft while Lynn masterminds the stunning ladies fashion department
Radio Suffolk - www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/suffolk/ - Our excellent local BBC radio station - with the outstanding Mark Murphy Breakfast Show, very good for news, views and plenty on the 'Super Blues'!!
Flybird Installations - www.fbiltd.co.uk - Chris Spark for all things you need to try and keep the 'pesky varmint's out!!
Church Farm Kettleburgh - www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Businesses/ChurchFarm - Annie and John Bater's wonderful farmhouse bed and breakfast - just so friendly.
Marybelle Dairy - www.marybelle.co.uk - The Strachan family have been producing top quality milk, cream and yoghurt for as long as I can remember, just great local products that tick all the right boxes!
Dale Howe and AJ - Our dear friends who do all our painting and decorating. Really good, plus they can turn their hands to all manner of jobs that need doing - brilliant! 07761 500439 or email dale.howe1@ntlworld.com
Curtain Call - www.curtaincallsuffolk.co.uk - My old school chum - Averill Mew - makes lovely curtains.
Butley Mills - www.butleymills.co.uk - Glyn Evans and the Hewitt/Massey family. Self catering holiday apartments - just a stroll down the road from us - beautifully restored old mill now very high quality accommodation.