Local Food Heroes Directory Entries

Hambleton Bakery

Hambleton Bakery, a sister company to Hambleton Hall and Hart's Nottingham, produce bread using traditional methods and local ingredients.

Squisito - Italian Food and Ice cream

Just 3 miles from the County border in the village of Monks Kirby, Sara Chambers makes a full range of stunning Italian cuisine using local produce.

Clarkes of Queniborough

Clarkes of Queniborough, voted The Midlands Best Traditional Business in 2007, sell a range of ready meals and other products made using many locally produced ingredients.

'from the country larder'

Rosemary Jameson runs her 'from the country larder' business from her home in Langham, Rutland where she makes a range of jams, chutneys, pickles and mustards which she sells direct and online. She also sells a range of jam and preserve making equipment from her ebay shop.

Whissendine Windmill

Traditional mill producing flour, including organic, from local wheat.

Further details to follow.

Brambles Desserts

Hazel at Brambles Desserts makes and sells a range of puddings from her home at Barkestone le Vale in the Vale of Belvoir. Puddings can also be supplied by post.

Leicestershire Handmade Cheese

David and Jo Clarke are hand-making the UK's only traditional cloth-bound farmhouse Red Leicester cheese made on a farm actually in Leicestershire. In doing so, they are continuing a tradition of cheesemaking started at Sparkenhoe farm in 1740.

Quenby Hall Stilton and Beef, Hungarton

Quenby Hall produce Stilton and Organic Longhorn Beef.

Innes Cheese

Stella Bennett and her son Joe make unpasteurised goats milk cheese at Highfields Farm Dairy, just across the County Border in Staffordshire.

Welland Valley Oil, Houghton on the Hill

Alan and Peter Robinson (uncle and nephew) at Frisby Grange farm produce Welland Valley Rape Seed Oil. The oil is cold pressed and can be used in salad dressings, cakes, Yorkshire puddings etc.