Alnwick Food Festival

Burtree House Farm, Darlington, Co Durham DL3 0UY
t: +44 (0)1325 463521
e: enquires@burtreehousefarm.co.uk
w: www.burtreehousefarm.co.uk
Produce: Magnificent range of home baking and free-range chickens and eggs.

Cabosse Ltd
t: +44 (0)1665 830836
e: cabossechocolates@btinternet.com
w: www.cabossechocolates.co.uk
Produce: French-trained Cordon Bleu chocolatiere Louise Frederique has created a stunning assortment of handmade chocolates and figurines especially for the beautiful county of Northumberland where she lives.
Amongst her favourites are the handipped caramelised hazlenut milk chocolate rocher, the cherry truffle, buttery fudge dipped in finest chocolate and candied orangettes in thick rich dark chocolate. And to celebrate the coastal heritage of Northumberland Louise has created a range of milk, white and dark chocolate fish, lobsters and scallops, filled with chocolate shells, winkles and fish. A feast for the eyes and for the appetite!

Cake Perfect, Morpeth, Northumberland
t: +44 (0)1670 511 513
w: www.cakeperfect.co.uk
Produce: Cake Perfect designs original handmade and hand decorated custom designer wedding cakes and favours, corporate cakes, special occasions, celebration cakes and specialist chocolates.

The Cake Root, The Red Barn Bakery, Longframlington, Northumberland NE65 8ED
t: +44 (0)1665 570223
m: 07814390411
e: jane@theredbarn.co.uk
Produce: Cakes

Chain Bridge Honey Farm, Horncliffe, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland
t: +44 (0)1289 386362
m: 01289 386763
e: info@chainbridgehoney.co.uk
w: www.chainbridgehoney.co.uk
Produce: Finest honey and beeswax, collected from 1,800 colonies of bees throughout the Scottish Borders and Northumberland. Resulting products include heather honey comb, luxurious cosmetics, healing ointments, traditional polishes and pure beeswax candles.

The Cheese Shop, 6 Oldgate, Morpeth, NE61 1LX
t: +44 (0)1670 504434 (Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm)
e: enquiries@thecheeseshopmorpeth.co.uk
w: www.thecheeseshopmorpeth.co.uk
Produce: The Cheese Shop in Morpeth was established in 1990. It is now one of the largest cheese retailers in the North East, selling more than 150 different types of cheeses, British and continental. The shop sells as many local products as possible: The famous Northumberland cheeses from Blagdon, and the world-recognised unpasteurised cheeses from Doddington, as well as Colston and Basset Blue Stilton, and six different strong Cheddars, 15 goats cheeses, lots of ewes milk cheeses, and even buffalo milk cheese, plus lots more in a selection that really is hard to beat.

Chirnells Farmhouse Kitchen, The Chirnells, NE65 7JE
t: +44 (0)1669 621507
e: chirnells@aol.com
Produce: Teabreads, cakes, traybakes, biscuits, scones, all baked in the farmhouse kitchen

Coquet Valley Preserves, 3 Eshottheugh Workshops, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65 9QH
t: +44 (0)1670 787600; m: 07766857680
e: sandy@coquetvalleypreserves.co.uk
w: www.coquetvalleyproducts.com
Produce: Preserves, relishes, chutneys, marmalades.

Coquet Whiskey, The Haven, Back Crofts, Rothbury, Northumberland NE657YA
t: +44 (0)1669 620577
m: 07711806170
e: the.haven.rothbury@talk21.com

Doddington Dairy, North Doddington Farm, Wooler, Northumberland NE71 6AN
t: +44 (0)1668 283 010
e: enquiries@doddingtondairy.co.uk
w: www.doddingtondairy.co.uk
Produce: Cows from the Doddington Dairy provide the fresh, whole milk to produce a range of artisan cheeses and luxury ice cream for you to savour.

J Donkin (Bakers) Ltd, 16 High Market, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 8PD
t: +44 (0)1670 812126
e: chrisdnkn@aol.com
w: www.northumbria-larder.co.uk
Produce: Bakery and confectionary products made using the finest ingredients, sourced locally where possible, all hand-made and finished by a dedicated local team.

Frere Quenelle, Prior House, Stoney Rigg, Haltwhistle NE49 9JJ
t: +44 (0)1434 321974
e: frerequenelle@btinternet.com
w: www.getintothehabit.org
Produce: Fruit liqueurs.

The Fudge King, Wood Cottage, Ellingham, Northumberland NE67 5HF
t: 01165 589 347
e:Thomas@Thefudgeking.com
w: www.thefudgeking.com
Produce: It started during the summer of 06. A 16-year-old boy called Thomas Mundy started experimenting with fudge recipes and managed to develop the creamiest tasting fudge! With his sharp business mind, he saw a market for this product and started selling the fudge at local markets like Alnwick and Berwick. Flavours include Alnwick Rum and raisin, chocolate and caramel swirl, banoffi, vanilla crunch, raspberry crunch, After 8, mint choc swirl and lemon cheesecake.

G&S Organics, Rock Midstead Farm, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 2TH
t: 01665 660044; m: 07894 622256
e: info@gandsorganics.com
w: www.gandsorganics.com
Produce: A box scheme delivery service with meat, vegetables, bread, egg and milk. All meat eggs and bread are produced on the farm as are some of the vegetables in season. Also supply organic beef, lamb, pork, chicken and hampers via the website.

Gilchesters Organics, Gilchesters Organic Farm, Hawkwell, Northumberland NE18 0QL
t: 01661 886 119
e: info@gilchesters.com
w: www.gilchesters.com
Produce: Organic produce from the heart of Northumberland. Nestling two miles north of Hadrian’s Wall, among rolling hillsides the farm rears the finest organic traditional English and Scottish beef cattle and black face ewes. They also grow and mill their own grain and make homemade bread and cakes with the flour.

Hadrian Sweets
t: +44 (0)1434 321580
m: 07895 262456
e: hadriansweets@hotmail.co.uk
w: www.hadriansweets.co.uk
Produce: Wide range of traditional sweets, all sugar and gluten free, suitable for diabetics and coeliacs. All individually wrapped and with the ingredients and nutitional information clearly labelled on the packaging.

Heatherslaw Bakery, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland TD12 4TJ
t/f: +44 (0)1890 820208
e: info@heatherslawbakery.fsbusiness.co.uk
w: www.ford-and-etal.co.uk
Produce: Milling has taken place at Heatherslaw since the 13th century. The buildings which house the bakery are part of the 150 year-old water powered Heatherslaw corn mill where the original machinery is still used to produce stone-ground wholemeal flour. This flour is then used in the many cakes and biscuits produced by the bakery.

The Herb Patch, Brockwell House, Newlands, Ebchester, Co. Durham, DH8 9JA
t: +44 (0)1207 562099
e: david@herbpatch.fsnet.co.uk
w: www.herbpatch.fsnet.co.uk
Produce: A wide range of culinary, medicinal and aromatic herb plants, all grown without the use of pesticides, in peat-free compost.

High House Farm Brewery, Matfen, Northumberland NE20 0RG
t: +44 (0)1661 886192
f: +44 (0)1661 886769
e: info@highhousefarmbrewery.co.uk
Produce: The brewery was founded in 2003 by Steven Urwin on the family farm of Matfen High House. Located in a converted grain store, the brewery and offices provide a modern and efficient business base with its roots very much grounded in history and tradition. Brewed using only the very finest English ingredients, its three beers (Auld Hemp, Nel's Best and Matfen Magic) currently available from High House Farm Brewery are single hopped and are named after the farm's trusted collie dogs.

Horribly Healthy Muesli, Tithe Hill, Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland TD12 4QD
t: +44 (0)1890 850286
e: info@horriblyhealthy.com
w: www.horriblyhealthy.com
Produce: Muesli homemade from a farmhouse kitchen. A delicious and nutritious muesli consisting of cereals, seeds, dried fruits, honey and cold pressed rapeseed oil all combined together to give a great healthy product and using local ingredients and supporting other local businesses.

Moorhouse Farm, Stannington, Northumberland NE20 0RG
t: +44 (0)1670 789016
e: ian@ivypigs.fsnet.co.uk
w: www.northumbria-larder.co.uk
Produce: Moorhouse Farm sells a wide range of fresh pork and lamb products, all from its own stock and all prepared in its own butchery. Its speciality sausage, dry-cured bacon and gammons are especially popular. Freezer packs of pork and lamb are also available.

Mr BBQ, 37 Glebe Mews, Bedlington, Northumberland NE22 6LJ
Contact: Linda and Brian Bradley
t: +44 (0)845 226 9363
e: linda@mr-bbq.co.uk
w: www.mr-bbq.co.uk
Produce: Beef Jerky, smoked cooked meats, pates, barbecue sauce and ranch–style beans.

North Country Lass, 11b Oakway Court, Meadowfield, County Durham DH7 8XD
t: +44 (0)191 378 0838; f: +44 (0)191 378 9761
e: ian@northcountrylass.co.uk
w: www.northcountrylass.co.uk
Produce: Speciality pies, including Northumberland game pie (venison, partridge and turkey), Kielder Forest game pie (venison and partridge), Border Reivers pie (wild boar, gammon and pheasant) and Northumberland Pheasant pie with tarragon. and cakes.

Northumberland Cheese Company, Make Me Rich Farm, Blagdon, Northumberland, NE13 6BZ
t: +44 (0)1670 789798
e: mark@northumberland-cheese.co.uk
w: www.northumberland-cheese.co.uk
Produce: Northumberland Cheese made to traditional methods using vegetarian rennet.

Northumbria Fudgery, 2 Hallimond Road, Escomb, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, DL14 7SS
t: +44 (0)1388 664003
e: hallimond@escomb.fslife.co.uk
w: www.northumbria-larder.co.uk
Produce: Quality fudge, 42 flavours including vanilla, chocolate, maple and walnut, rum and raisin.

Northumbria Muffins, Howick Villa, Lynemouth Road, Ellington, Northumberland NE61 5HN
t: 01670 860562
Produce: A recently-established business producing luxury muffin-based products for sale at weekly and farmers markets.

Northumbrian Quality Meats, Monkridge Hill Farm, West Woodburn, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 2TU
t: +44 (0)1434 270184; f: +44 (0)1434 270320
e: enqs@northumbrian-organic-meat.co.uk
w: www.northumbrian-organic-meat.co.uk
Produce: At Northumbrian Quality Meats our objective is to provide you the customer with the very best organic beef and lamb that is available, at an affordable price and to do this with the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental responsibility that we possibly can. Northumbrian Quality Meats Limited was established in 1998 to promote and retail high quality organic meat from Northumberland. By producing high quality traditional meats with full traceability to soil association organic standards we hope to address all consumer concerns.

Oleifera Rapeseed Oil, Coldstream Mains, Coldstream, Berwickshire, TD12 4ES
t: 01890 885 010
e: sales@borderfields.co.uk
w: www.borderfields.co.uk/oleifera/index.php
Produce: Oleifera, rapeseed oil, is the first product made by Borderfields, a group of Northumbrian and Scottish farmers, bringing high quality products direct from the farm to the consumer. There are twelve farmers in the group, farming land from Alnwick in Northumberland to Coldstream in Berwickshire, a total distance of 35 miles. The press house is situated near Belford in Northumberland. Rapeseed oil is now recognised as one of the healthiest culinary oils available.

Pride of Northumbria, 8 Argyle Terrace, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland NE64 6PR
t: +44 (0)1670 818246
e: enquiry@prideofnorthumbria.com
w: www.prideofnorthumbria.com
Produce: The finest luxury hampers featuring the best available food, drink and gifts, aiming to provide a taste of Northumbria, reflecting the tradition and heritage long associated with the North East of England.

Proof of the Pudding, Heckley High House, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2LQ
t: +44 (0)1665 602505; f: +44 (0)1665 606945
e: enquiry@theproofofthepudding.co.uk
w: www.theproofofthepudding.co.uk
Produce: Sticky toffee, ginger and chocolate puddings and dessert sauces.

Pumphreys Coffee, Bridge Street, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear NE21 4JH
t: 0191 4144510
f: 0191 4990526
e: sales@pumphreys-coffee.co.uk
w: www.pumphreys-coffee.co.uk
Produce: Pumphreys of Newcastle are experienced suppliers of beverages and coffee machines. They sell more than 60 varieties of teas and coffees from around the world.

Ringtons Limited, Algernon Road, Byker, Newcastle NE6 2YN
t: 0800 052 2440 (to order)
w: www.ringtonscentenary.co.uk
Produce: High quality teas, combining the quality of the traditional growing areas with our own special packaging process, which delivers unrivalled taste and freshness

L Robson & Sons Ltd, Craster, Northumberland NE66 3TR
t: +44 (0)1665 576223; f: +44 (0)1665 576044
e: enquiry@kipper.co.uk
w: www.kipper.co.uk
Produce: Robson's is a fourth generation family business specialising in the traditional method of oak smoking kippers and salmon. Situated in Craster, a small fishing village on the Northumberland coast near Alnwick, the company still cures the fish in the original smokehouses which are over 130 years old. Craster kippers have earned a reputation as one of the finest in Britain. Also on sale: Fresh fish, shellfish, lobsters, crabs.

Rugley Meat, Rugley Farm, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 2JE
t: +44 (0)1665 602528
e: alan@rugley.co.uk
Produce: Farm-produced beef and lamb.

Sloe Crafts, Lorbottle West Steads, Lorbottle, Thropton, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65 7JT
t: +44 (0)1665 574672
e: info@sloecrafts.com
w: www.sloecrafts.com
Produce: From sloe gin to fruit vodka, candles and gift baskets. Sloe gin is Sloe Crafts’ signature product and has been made for generations by the Farr family using sloes gathered from local hedgerows.

The Taste Globe, PO Box 139, East Boldon NE36 0WU
t/f: +44 (0)191 5365602; m: 0772 550 2648
e: information@thetasteglobe.com
w: www.thetasteglobe.com
Produce: Organic olive oil, organic pasta and organic wine all from the Puglia region of Italy.

Tritlington Fresh Produce, Tritlington Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 3ED
t: +44 (0)1670 790223/786160
f: +44 (0)1670 790520
e: j.craigs.ltd@farming.co.uk
w: Northumbria Larder
Produce: Raspberries, strawberries, winter vegetables, potatoes, swede, cabbage, asparagus, leeks, carrots and courgettes.

Wheelbirks, Wheelbirks Farm, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7HY
t/f: +44 (0)1661 842613
e: enquiries@wheelbirks.co.uk
w: www.wheelbirks.co.uk
Produce: Hugh and Tom are putting the Richardson family dairy farming expertise to good use by developing the new Wheelbirks Northumbrian Dairy Ice Cream range. Made using only the rich and creamy milk of Jersey cows, the new ice creams have a smooth distinctive taste.

Wildon Grange, Romaldkirk, Barnard Castle, Co Durham DL12 9EW
t: +44 (0)1833 650587
e: enquiries@wildongrange.co.uk
w: www.wildongrange.co.uk
Produce: Delicious homemade salad dressings and hand-made chopping and cheese boards.

Wynbeech Homemade Products, Church Road, Wylam, Northumberland NE41 8AU
t: +44 (0)1661 852593
e: wynbeech@btinternet.com
w: www.wynbeech.co.uk
Produce: No preservatives, additives, artificial flavourings, emulsifiers or artificial colours are used in the Wynbeech jams, chutneys, marmalades and mustards. All products begin with the best fruit and berries. Everything from beginning to end is done by hand and made in small batches using a high percentage of fruits.

Yellow Fields, Selby House Farm, Stanton, Northumberland NE65 8PR
t: +44 (0)1670 772235
m: 07773 446065
e: rapeseed@btinternet.com
w: www.rapeseedoil.co.uk
Produce: Cold-pressed rapeseed oil.

OTHER EXHIBITORS (Market Place and
Northumberland Hall)

Bubble Foundation, Gill Johnston, Fundraising Manager, Ward 23, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 6BE
t: +44 (0)191 256 3460
m: 07798 532290
f: +44 (0)191 256 3459
w: www.bubblefoundation.org.uk
Chosen chairty of the Alnwick Food Festival 2007. Based at Newcastle General Hospital, the charity is working to save the lives of children born without an immune system.

Co-op brings its Fair Trade trailer to town and sponsors celebrity chef Mark Earnden with his EXPO Chef demonstration of how to make healthy eating fun for children. One show not to be missed!

Friends of the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London N1 7JQ
t: +44 (0)20 7490 1555
Environmental campaigners who are launching a new local food campaign.

NHS, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust
The Trust runs three general hospitals and seven community hospitals, serving the population of North Tyneside and Northumberland. Visit the Trust's website, which aims to help patients, visitors and carers find information about the hospitals and care services. The Trust is keen to promote healthy eating and its Five-A-Day initiative. Check out the NHS stall in the Northumberland Hall for demonstrations and tastings of smoothies.

Northumberland Young Farmers, Kirkley Hall, Ponteland, Northumberland NE20 0AQ
t: +44 (0)1661 872562
f: +44 (0)1661 860047
e: countyoffice@northumberlandyfc.fsnet.co.uk
w: www.northumberlandyfc.co.uk

Northumbria University Press, Trading Services, Northumbria University, Trinity Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
t: +44 (0)191 204 8821
f : +44 (0)191 227 3387
e: er.books@northumbria.ac.uk

alnwick food festival 2006 exhibitor - northumbria university press

Product: Stotty n Spice Cake: The Story of North East Cooking - Stotty ‘n’ Spice brings together recipes, dialect, social history and technology to give us an intriguing insight into how North East kitchen skills, tools and diet options have developed. Northumbria University Press, established in 2003, is Northumbria University's publishing house.

Anyone interested in having a stall at the 2008 food festival should contact malcolm@alnwickfoodfestival.co.uk

For a flavour of previous years' exhibitors at the Alnwick Food Festival, click on the years below:
2006
2005