LoveFood
Love Food, North Pennine Dales - supporting our rural producers and food-related businesses. Your guide to great food and local produce in the North Pennine Dales.
Do you produce vegetarian meals? Do you have a trailer or gazebo you can sell from?
On June 16th 2012, the Olympic Torch will be passing through Durham City and businesses which can provide vegetarian takeaway food at the Olympic Torch Event in Durham City marketplace are being sought.
Interested? Then contact Beryl Anderson on 07730541608 or email Beryl
BRITISH PIE AWARDS
Congratulations to The Moody Bakers, Barnard Castle, who won 2 Silvers at this year's British Pie Awards - one for their Veal and Mushroom Pie made with veal from New Moor farm near Darlington and one for their Wye Valley Chicken Pie. Well done Dave!
GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2012
Entries for the 2012 Great Taste Awards have now closed but for all who have entered - good luck and let us know of your success.
A growing number of our local producers have already won awards - Great Taste seals of approval are great marketing "gifts" for businesses.
Would you like to use more local food in your business or receive help with sourcing a particular type of product?
Have a look at our "Producer" section and/or contact: help with sourcing
Do you love eating fresh local produce? Do you live in the Durham City area and are looking for an easy one-stop-shop means of buying produce grown, reared or produced locally? Then visit www.farmfreshdirect.co.uk - many of the products are sourced from the North Pennine Dales and Stephen and Helen will deliver your order to your door, at your convenience.
Love Food project window stickers are available for local producers and food related businesses in Teesdale, Weardale, the Allen Valleys and Derwentside. Display the sticker and show your support of local products and the value of local food!
To request your window sticker contact Love Food - window sticker
Have you got your Brilliant Breakfasts leaflet? Widely available from businesses and local Tourist Information Centres in our area.
New: Fantastic Farm Fare - a guide to farm shops and farmers' markets in the area and Like to Eat Local? a guide why to buy and what to look for.
Download our leaflets:
Try out recipes from some of the chefs who have done cookery demonstrations for Love Food:
Smoked ham hock salad - James Burton at Hexham FM
Bacon and eggs on toast - James Burton at Hexham FM
Pan fried venison with blackberry sauce - Wendy of Real Food Works
Celeriac Mash - Wendy of Real Food Works
Fruity Flapjack - Wendy of Real Food Works
Rainbow Trout Meuniere - Richard Salkend
Pigeon with spring greens and Ramsom - James Burton
Roe with dandelion, dock pudding and crab apple jelly - James Burton
Mackerel on toast with Ramsoms - Bill Oldfield
Warm salad of Wood Pigeon, black pudding & raspberry vinaigrette - Andrew Rowbotham, The Riverside.
Teesdale Marketing, the South Durham Enterprise Agency & the North Pennines AONB Partnership are the main delivery organisations of the project.
stimulate the local economy
encourage food tourism
make affordable food accessible
raise consumer awareness
Local farmers and producers
Residents and visitors alike
Cafes, pubs, restaurants
Retailers selling local produce
20th May 2012 - foraging at Rotters - booking essential details
31st May 2012 - Meet the Producer - St Thomas' Hall, Stanhope. Register
9th June 2012 - foraging at Harehope Quarry - booking essential details
Our free workshops and Meet the Producer events for local food producers and food-related businesses are organised by project partner, the South Durham Enterprise Agency, and an information pack from the recently held Workshop 1 on packaging, marketing, labelling and bar coding is now available from the Agency. Request an information pack
Our e-newsletter is produced once a month to keep everyone informed about what we are doing and hope to do to promote and support the production, use and appreciation of locally grown or reared food in our area.
The March edition is now being distributed - please let us know if you don't currently receive a copy of our e-newsletter but would like to. Email us
Get listed - click here to fill in the online form. You may use this form to request a listing, to update your information already on the site or to ask to be removed from the site.
If you are a local shop selling local produce, please use the Local Hero form.
Recipes - do you have a recipe of your own which you would like to share? Send it to lovefood@teesdalemarketing.co.uk
Teeny Tiny Films "Karl's Lambing" - see a trailer here
Interested in hiring our equipment for your own event?
Then contact equipment hire
A fantastic mobile kitchen which can be used inside venues, in its own trailer, inside our mobile "classroom" or under a gazebo.
3m long x 2.5m wide - with steps and a canopy along the side of the trailer when opened up.
Our mobile "classroom" or display trailer which can be used as an open or closed classroom/display/cookery demonstration space or as an open stage.
Closed: 7m long x 2.5m wide
Open: 7m long x 6m wide
A Love Food visit will be required prior to confirmation of loan/hire to assess site access and ground suitability (level, firm ground necessary).
www.durhamlocalfood.org.uk - Supporting local food across County Durham
Durham Local Food Network is a community of people who are enthusuastic about supporting local food in County Durham. We share information and news about local food projects and events, manage a growing database of local food businesses and we swap ideas, opportunities and requests to increase local food activities in the area. Join us!
