Local food

Tesco has reported a sharp 30% sales increase in locally sourced foods in this calendar year to date, with products such as East Anglian rapeseed oil, Cornish Brie, Hampshire watercress and Northumbrian black-faced lamb coming up trumps. (source: Speciality food magazine)
We are delighted to say we carry loads more locally sourced Cornish foods than they do, check out our site.

Cornish Sea Salt

One of the products we sell has been creating a buzz in the food world: The Cornish Sea Salt company launched in 2007 and has gathered many awards, most recently in the annual Observer Food Monthly awards where MD Tony Fraser was named Best Newcomer. Mined off the coast of the Lizard Peninsula in Porthkerris, Cornish Sea Salt is the chosen sea salt of celebrity chefs and cooks all over Cornwall. Try it and see! http://www.food4myholiday.com/acatalog/new_products.html

Which? Holiday Magazine

North Cornwall is one of the top ten places to visit in the UK this year, according to Which? Holiday magazine. Makes sense to us! -great beaches, great landscapes (and great holiday value, with no need to worry about the value of the euro!). The Which? Holiday magazine waxes lyrical, describing the area as 'shrouded in mystery and intrigue...it is truly an emotive landscape that inspires more with every visit.' Can't disagree with any of that - but PLEASE Cornwall's not just about myths and legends - contemporary food, arts, crafts, music ...we've got it all!

Ready Meals

For those of you patiently awaiting for the launch of our Two Chefs meal range we are entering the final 'scale up' and 'recipe tweaking' experiment early next week. Its a really exciting time as we clear another necessary hurdle in the development of the range. Two Chefs, 'take one home tonight'! http://www.two-chefs.co.uk/

Sharks in Cornwall?

Well, dolphins actually ....contrary to press reports, the 'sharks' were definitley dolphins:
Jules Webb says 'The surfer in the photo is my husband , spence and he still has both legs, last time I looked!check out www.falmouthsurfschool.blogspot.com for more information and THE photo.' So all you wannabe surfers out there - fear not, Cornwall's still the place to learn !
In South East Cornwall we can recommend Discovery Surf http://www.discoverysurf.com/ at Whitsand Bay, and www.activecornwall.co.uk for surfing and loads of other adventures throughout Cornwall!

Real Veal

Popped over to Boccadon Farm on Thursday to pick up some supplies from Jon who had just returned from a day at Exeter farmers market. I also met Valerie who came rushing out to show me the yogurt and milk they are producing along side their tremendous (and awarding winning) cheese, a great example of what quality local food is all about. Read: dedication to the cause! www.boccadonfarmveal.com I'm just about to make a little veal stir fry for dinner so must dash......

Did you know?

We are in the middle of a two day course on labelling and food law in preparation for the launch of our chef prepared meals from Two Chefs (me and Iain!) Did you know that 1998 Cornish Clotted Cream was given the EU’s Protected Designation of Origin – PDO, it now stands alongside Parma Ham, Stilton and Parmesan cheese as a food of the world!

food4myholiday - the big move

Nick & Iain have done all the hard work moving food4myholiday to its new and palatial HQ in Liskeard . The phone's working, the email's working , the sun's shining here in Cornwall and everything's good!
The new food4myholiday phone number: 01579 324728

Cornwall wide delivery

Don't forget we now service ALL of Cornwall coast to coast, plan now, relax later, and enjoy your holiday!

Hot cross buns

Just added them to the site, nothing quite like a nice cuppa and a toasted hot cross bun with liberal amounts of Cornish butter. You don't have to wait till Easter, order some now!

Moving on up

Spent yesterday with Iain moving us into our new unit just across the street, its twice the size of our original unit which should do us nicely this season as we've expanded our delivery service to cover all of Cornwall for 2009, stay tuned!

Rent a Chef this season

Interest in our Rent-a-chef service at www.food4myholiday.com is really hotting up for the 2009 season and dates are going fast. If you'd like to reserve a night or two on your holiday when you can totally kick back and let us doing the cooking, serving (and even the washing up!) then e-mail or call us asap!

Expo West

We went over to Wadebridge on Wednesday to Cornwall's largest catering trade show known as Expo West. Had a good look around and bumped into lots of friends and food producers although the absence of smaller producers was noticeably from previous years. Enjoyed a quick lunch at The St. Kew Inn on the way back, just off the the St. Kew highway. Trust me, this pub is bucking the current trend of pubs in free fall, its a classic village pub in the very best sense complete with great food, massive car park and a fab beer garden, get there before the summer crowds!

Wild Garlic

We were running down the nature trail from Seaton to Hessenford this morning when suddenly we were hit with unmistakable pungent aroma that is wild garlic, "you cant stop now" Kelli said, I'll be back later I thought, a steaming hot bowl of baked potato soup with wild garlic pesto came to mind.......