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
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
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