Monkton Elm supports British Food Fortnight
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Foodies from Somerset are this month being invited to a garden centre in the county to help support British Food Fortnight.
Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre is celebrating British Food Fortnight from September 19 until October 4 with free tastings from its suppliers.
Denis Guillemin, Restaurant Operations Manager in the garden centre’s new restaurant at the award-winning, independent, family-run garden centre at Monkton Heathfield near Taunton, said: “It is incredibly important to support food and drinks suppliers in Britain and we are always championing our suppliers from the local area.
“As part of the celebrations we will have lots of our suppliers visiting us to offer free samples to our customers.”
The suppliers and tasting sessions include:
· Saturday, September 19 – British pies prepared in the Elm Tree Restaurant and Taunton-based Sheppy’s Cider tastings
· Sunday, September 20 – British cakes and desserts hand made by the Elm Tree Restaurant
· Monday, September 21 – Pyne’s of Somerset barbecue
· Tuesday, September 22 – Fruit juices from Lovely Drinks
· Wednesday, September 23 – Bread and pastries from Ready Bready Dough
· Thursday, September 24 – Guess the fruit and vegetable quiz with unusual fruit and vegetables supplied by Clarke’s fruit and vegetable wholesalers in Taunton.
· Friday, September 25 – Sheppy’s Cider tastings
· Sunday, September 27 – British pies, cakes and desserts made by the Elm Tree Restaurant
· Monday, September 28 – Guess the fruit and vegetable quiz with produce supplied by A David produce in Bristol
· Tuesday, September 29 – Pyne’s of Somerset barbecue
· Wednesday, September 30 – Hawkridge cheese tastings
· Thursday, October 1 – Orchard Pig Cider tastings
· Friday, October 2 – Cheddar Gorge Co will have samples of its cheese to try
· Saturday, October 3 – The Elm Tree Restaurant British pies, cakes and desserts and Sheppy’s Cider tastings.
As well as offering free tastings, the restaurant will also be displaying flags on its British made products and dishes.
British Food Fortnight takes place from September 19 until October 4. It is the biggest annual, national celebration of British food and drink.
It was established in the wake of the Foot and Mouth crisis, in response to the fact that, though there are numerous food initiatives, projects and events taking place across Britain, there was no overall flagship event to bring them to the public’s attention.
All supplier tastings will take place in the Elm Tree Restaurant during normal garden centre opening hours.
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