FeastFresh

It’s been a fab fortnight with some really inspirational meetings, incredible things are happening in Leeds and I feel very honoured to be a part of it. Way back in 2000 many parts of our rural economy were devastated by the Foot and Mouth disaster, in the years that followed good things happened to rejuvinate and [...]

Making a late night snack I started thinking … there was my humble cheese and ham toastie, 2 slices of bread, some ham, mustard & cheese, thrown together and cooked in the ‘George’ … it was a toastie, pure and simple. If, however, this fast food delicacy had been purchased away from home, I wonder [...]

I think I need to explain a little about what this ‘thing’ actually is …. OK, it started out as a blog, I spent weeks messing with wordpress and the themes to arrive at a layout that I was happy with, I added links to some great people and wrote a few posts, problem is I’m [...]

This post was prompted by a most interesting meeting I attended today. Hull City Council are reviewing their procurement policy, a most difficult task given the myriad of red tape enforced by European contact law, the public sector food procurement initiative, recent efficiencies directives….. Interest in supplying the Public Sector is undoubtedly enhanced in recent [...]

As usual I’ve left it too long between posts, endangering the site, missing the point and feeling thoroughly cross with myself….. Prompted to update at the thought of spending two days at THE top food event in the North, handing out business cards, pointing people here to find what … out of date updates, that’s [...]

My ‘line’ on Twitter is passionate about fresh produce, whilst my business concentrates on fruit and vegetables, I am equally interested in anything that is grown, sourced, prepared and served with passion. A friend called me yesterday to tell me about this fantastic business she had encountered at the Great Yorkshire Show. Alex Barlow is [...]

Please take this in the manner it is intended, from ‘your customer’ to you, it’s not a gripe, or a whinge, simply facts observed when dining out. Recently we seem to have been dining out more ‘en famille’, and quite a family it is, from teens and early 20′s, girls with assorted boyfriends,  to a [...]

I could write a flowery post about how I’m a highly ethical supplier of fruit and veg to the school kitchens of a local authority, that is true, it has its moments, many of them, but the REAL story is the journey and I hope by baring my soul I will encourage anyone on the [...]

Oh dear, despite the Government’s current push on Healthly Living, a report published today shows that we are lazier than ever. Nuffield Health, a not for profit organisation, carried out research with 2,000 adults and some of the results were truely shocking:   More than half of dog owners did not walk their dogs, one [...]