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Free Range Success

Free Range Success

The Cornish Duck Company has matured from a fledgling food enterprise to a business in full flight, featuring on BBC’s Countryfile last month and taking home a host of awards at Taste of The West 2014. In 2006, Roger and Tanya Olver began converting the family 

Elemental Cornish Gin Passes the Taste Test

Elemental Cornish Gin Passes the Taste Test

Elemental Cornish Gin, produced by a family of artisan distillers, has been awarded a Taste of The West ‘Gold’ Award, less than a year after it was first launched. The Gin is the brainchild of Jon and Jilly Meyer of Tregonetha and is one of the first 

Asparagus Season at Market

Asparagus Season at Market

The British Asparagus season begins officially on the 24th April and, at Truro Farmer’s Market, those eagerly anticipated green shoots are now making an appearence, courtesy of Tregassow Asparagus of St Erme. British asparagus (which was once classified as part of the lily family) is 

Local Food in the Heart of the City

Local Food in the Heart of the City

As people across the country rediscover the joys of their local market, the white and green stripped stalls of Truro Farmers Market are once again at the vibrant heart of Cornwall’s culinary scene, winning new converts to a grassroots food culture which has never been 

Cornwall’s Biggest Produce Market Returns

Cornwall’s Biggest Produce Market Returns

Now into its third successful year, the Big Produce Market returns to the heart of Truro at Lemon Quay on the 9th and 10th of May. Featuring over 50 of Cornwall’s most exciting food and drink producers, the market showcases many of the county’s smaller, 

The world’s biggest coffee morning at The Old Coastguard

The world’s biggest coffee morning at The Old Coastguard

On Friday 27th September one of the biggest fundraising events in the fight against cancer arrives in the Cornish village of Mousehole. The Old Coastguard will be hosting their own very special gathering as part of Macmillan’s national Coffee Morning from 10am, and all are welcome.     Macmillan’s aim each year 

Interview with Tom Hunter – May 2013

Interview with Tom Hunter – May 2013

For Ellis Wharton Wines, this is an interview with Tom Hunter, Head Chef at The Scarlet Hotel. Chef Tom Hunter is at the helm of The Scarlet Hotel, Cornwall’s most glamorous romantic retreat. We caught up with Tom after a busy weekend, to find out