Dip into Summer

There’s a definite change of diet when the sun comes out: lighter lunches, salads and grilled vegetables all perfect with some dips.  We have a lovely range of mezze, pickles, roasted and stuffed peppers, with Italian grilled aubergine and artichoke hearts making for truly delicious additions to a salad or … Read More

Charcuterie & Cheese Boards

We now have some beautiful hand-carved wooden charcuterie and cheese boards crafted by Adam Lafosse who also made the fabulous wooden bowls.  These are so decorative, and perfect for plating up cheese or charcuterie, and again, each piece has been carefully chosen from wood sourced from the Stansted Estate, with … Read More

Delicious Deli Delights

We are improving our deli counter, as we are joined by our new deli chef, Vicky, who will be building on our home-cooked range of pies, quiche, sausage rolls and other goodies.  We have a new deli fridge and have some fabulous new products as well as bringing back some … Read More

Hampshire Salami

We are very excited to be stocking the award-winning Hampshire Salami that has just arrived in the deli counter – we are trying out their Nduja and classic Hampshire Farmhouse salami to begin with, but they have a great variety available.  The farmhouse salami is packed with flavour, with a … Read More

Pannage Pork Pre-Orders

We are already taking pre-orders for pannage pork this year – with the acorn-fed New Forest Pigs being extremely popular. This is what pork would have tasted like hundreds of years ago, with the pigs allowed to wander freely throughout the New Forest hoovering up acorns, bracken and anything else … Read More

Award-Winning Sausages

It’s National Sausage Week along with Bonfire Night – so why not celebrate with some award-winning Sausages, handmade by Gavin using local rare-breed pork? We entered 3 different sausages into the Great Hampshire Sausage and Pie Competition and two of them won Silver Awards – a fantastic result for first … Read More