Previous meet the buyers events

Eat Somerset runs a range of events and services to support local food producers, especially to assist them with getting local produce into local retail outlets. Events for 2008 and 2009 are listed on a separate page. Below is information about successful 'meet the buyers' events organised by Eat Somerset in 2008.

Meet the Buyers for the Public Sector
October 2008

This event was held in the Bristol / Bath area, in early October 2008. It was aimed at any producer in a position to supply public sector caterers including schools, hospitals, care homes, prisons. The event started with speakers from South West Food & Drink; a producer supplying the sector; and a caterer buying local produce. This was followed by the opportunity for buyers to have up to six fifteen-minute discussions with different producers and a networking session over lunch. Attendance at this event was free of charge, and supported by South West Food & Drink.

The following producers attended:

• Bakery products (cakes): Marshfield Bakery
• Bread: Bath Bakery
• Bread: Hobbs House Bakery
• Cheese: Alham Wood (buffalo mozzarella)
• Cheese: Bath Soft Cheese
• Cheese: Tower Farm
• Flour: Sharpham Park
• Ice-cream: Marshfield
• Meat: Brockley Farm Shop
• Meat: New Manor Farm
• Milk and Dairy: Ivy House Farm
• Milk and Dairy: Gundenham Dairies
• Pasta: Bristol Pasta Company
• Cereals: Otter Valley Organics
• Cereals: Pertwood
• Spices: Bart Spices
• Tea / coffee: D J Miles
• Vegetables: Farrington's Farm Shop
• Vegetables: Somerset Organic Link
• Wine: Quoins Organic Vineyard

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Meet the Buyers for Retailers and Caterers
April 2008

A successful 'meet the buyers' event was held in April 2008 for local food buyers from cafés, B&Bs, hotels, farm shops or shops, giving them the chance to meet the local food producers listed below. There was a chance to browse stalls, talk to producers and make individual appointments.

Producer	Produce	Area
Baked Goods
Hobbs House Bakery	Bread, rolls	Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire
The Organic Patisserie /Izzy's West Country Puddings	Chilled & frozen cakes, cheesecake, dairy desserts, crumbles and quiches	Bridgwater, Somerset
Patisserie Express	Handmade sweets, desserts and savoury products	Sidmouth, Devon
Puddings and Pies	Quiches, cakes and sponges	Sherbourne, Dorset
Cereals
Otter Valley Organic Food	Muesli, porridge, cereal bars	Ottery St Mary, Devon
Pertwood Organic Cereals	Organic breakfast cereals	Warminster, Wilts
Sharpham Park	Flours, mueslis, porridges	Walton, Somerset
Confectionery
Radford's Fine Fudge	Fudge	Martock, Somerset
Dairy & Eggs
Bath District Farmers	Cheese, eggs	Bath
Bath Soft Cheese Ltd	Soft, blue and semi-hard cheeses	Kelston, Nr Bath
Brown Cow Organics	Yoghurt	Pilton, Somerset
M O Holbrook	Goats Cheese	Timsbury, Nr Bath
Lovington's	Ice Cream	Castle Cary, Somerset
Naite Farm	Free Range Eggs	Oldbury-on-Severn, South Gloucestershire
Drinks (soft and alcoholic)
Bath Ales	Bottled / packaged beers	Warmley, South Gloucestershire
Cotleigh Brewery	Bottled beers	Wiveliscombe, Somerset
Cotswold Spring Water	Bottled water	Dodington Ash, South Gloucestershire
D J Miles	Tea and coffee	Porlock, Somerset
Glastonbury Spring Water	Bottled water	Glastonbury, Somerset
The Orchard Pig Ltd	Apple juices and cider	Glastonbury, Somerset
Quoins Organic Vineyard	Organic white wines	Bradford-on-Avon
Wickwar Brewery	Bottled / packaged beers	Wickwar, South Gloucestershire
Fish
Mere Fish Farm	Smoked trout	Mere, Wiltshire
Mike's Smokehouse	Smoked salmon & trout (also smoked chicken & duck)	Loddiswell, Devon
Fruit & Vegetables
Better Food Company	Organic fruit and vegetables	Bristol
Somerset Organic Link	Organic fruit and vegetables	Somerton, Somerset
Jams, Preserves and Sauces
Cranfield's Food Ltd	Jams, marmalades, chutneys	Barnstaple, Devon
Robert's Sauces	Dressings, marinades, dips and sauces	East Chinnock, Yeovil, Somerset
Meat
Oakleaze Herd	Rare breed pork	Rudgeway, South Gloucestershire

For further information, contact: Alison Belshaw, Eat Somerset Project Officer, Sustain South Vaults, Green Park Station, Bath, BA1 1JB Tel: 01225 787919 Fax: 01225 750930 alison@sustainweb.org