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Golden Cenarth
Caws Cenarth
The rind of this semi-soft, buttery cheese
(180g, £6.80) is washed in cider, giving it
a distinctive nutty flavour (minimum
order of £30 for delivery, £5.95).
cawscenarth.co.ukBurt’s Blue
Burt’s cheese, Cheshire
Semi-soft, creamy blue cheese from
a small dairy based near Knutsford,
using single-herd milk from Halton
Farm on the Rode Hall Estate (1.1kg
cheese, £32.50; free delivery).
burtscheese.co.ukOils, chutneys
and vinegarsMr Pitchfork’s Pickles,
Nottinghamshire
Award-winning chutneys made by
a former chef. They’re all made in
small batches using top-quality local
ingredients — try the sweet and spicy
garlic with nigella seeds (280g, £2.85;
delivery £4.95), or the tomato chutney.
mrpitchforkspickles.co.ukVinegar Shed, London
A one-stop shop for delicious small-
batch vinegars made in the company’s
“vinegar salon” in west London. “Perfect
for jazzing up everyday dishes — we love
their habanero vinegar [500ml, £27.50;
delivery £9.50] on a blood orange and
fennel salad,” say the chefs Jemima Jones
and Lucy Carr-Ellison of Wild by Tart.
vinegarshed.comChilli crisp
White Mausu, Ireland
Fiery Japanese/Chinese chilli crisp that
foodies love, especially the salty, umami-
rich black bean chilli crisp. The
minimum order of four jars of peanut
rayu and two black bean rayu (£30.27;
delivery £5) might seem a lot, but it’s so
moreish, it will disappear at high speed.
whitemausu.comCaviar
Exmoor Caviar, Devon
The rich caviar from this farm in
Exmoor National Park is praised for its
unique mineral flavour (10g pot, £22;
delivery £9.95). It is on the menu of many
Michelin-starred restaurants, including
the Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire.
exmoorcaviar.comSmoked salmon
The Scottish Salmon
Company, Lewisand Harris
High-quality fresh Scottish salmon,
hand-cured in Stornoway on the Isle
of Lewis. A pre-sliced side of salmon
(minimum weight 900g) is £30, delivery
Tuesday to Friday only, free.
scottishsalmon.comJaffys, Highlands
The oak-smoked salmon (cured in
a blend of dark rum and demerara sugar)
from this seafood shop on the west
coast of Scotland is well known for
its superior flavour (400g, £22;
delivery £6.50).
jaffys.co.ukSmoked trout
Brown and Forrest
Smokery, Somerset
The richly flavoured trout from this
small, family-run smokery in Langport,
Somerset, is brined then hot-smoked
over an open oak-log fire (a 300g hot-
smoked trout fillet is £11; delivery £5).
It also has high-quality smoked Arctic
char and mackerel, and duck, lamb
and cheese.
brownandforrest.co.ukCheese
Stilton
Cropwell Bishop stilton,Nottinghamshire
Buy award-winning stilton from this
creamery in Cropwell Bishop near
Nottingham, which prides itself on using
traditional methods. You can buy half
a stilton (£58) for a large group — it
serves 24 — or a smaller 450g packet
(£9); delivery £5.79.
cropwellbishopstilton.comCheddar
Quicke’s Home Farm,Devon
The mature clothbound cheddar (200g,
£5.55; delivery £4.95) from this farm near
Exeter is tangy, crumbly and intensely
flavoured. Or try the 24-month matured
vintage cheddar.
quickes.co.ukSt Andrews
Farmhouse, Fife
A creamy, salty cheddar made with the
milk of this farm’s herd of Holstein-
Friesian cows that graze on pastures in
East Neuk on the east coast of Scotland
(200g, £5.50; delivery £6).
standrewscheese.co.ukYa r g
Lynher Dairies,Cornwall
This semi-hard cheese is made from
creamy Cornish milk and wrapped in
nettles for extra flavour. The dairy near
Truro is the only UK producer of yarg
(900g, £18; delivery £5 up to 5kg) and
also makes Cornish kern, a hard cheese
with a buttery flavour.
lynherdairies.co.ukShellfish
Andy Race, Highlands
As well as large, fresh, sweet mussels and
scallops fresh from the sea, this company
based in the Highland port of Mallaig,
run by the fish merchant Andy Race,
sells fresh, top-quality fish, oysters and
home-smoked kippers and salmon.
Mussels £5 per kg. Next-day delivery, £
flat fee unless your order is over £100.
No deliveries on Mondays.
andyrace.co.ukWright Brothers, Devon
The Wright Brothers’ high-quality
shellfish is often seen on the
menus of top restaurants
(including, of course, its
own) — it now sells its
seafood online. Its fresh
scallops (six for £15) are
sourced from Lyme Bay
and Start Bay off the
Devon coast. Minimum
order £35; delivery £10,
Tuesday to Friday.
thewrightbrothers.co.ukFish for Thought,
CornwallSustainably caught lobster (it also sells
other shellfish) from fishermen and
markets on the Cornish coast. Each
lobster (from £36.55) is prepared and
perfectly cooked by experts on the
premises. Free UK delivery on
orders over £35, usual delivery time
is 48 hours.
fishforthought.co.ukPlymouth delivers set boxes of fish
(£50, each box with 18 servings) to
your door, with whatever the fresh
catch is. You can also order Scottish
salmon smoked by the chef Mark Hix.
Delivery is weekly on a Friday, order by
8am Thursday, free delivery nationwide.
soundseafood.co.ukOysters
Richard Haward, Essex
Big and full of flavour, these oysters
from Richard Haward are fished
from the creeks of the Blackwater
Estuary in Mersea Island. They’re
sold in top restaurants, including
Chiltern Firehouse. From 70p
per oyster, delivery (£7.50)
on Wednesday and
Thursday.
richardhawardsoysters.
shopSimply Oysters,
sourced from
across the UK
This website has the UK’s biggest
selection of oysters. Choose from
27 types — including Pacific rock
and Kumamoto — from top oyster
farms across the country from
Cornwall to Kent. They are then
packed live and shipped. From 99p
per oyster (minimum order 12 oysters,
delivery £7.95); order by 10am for
next day delivery (Tuesday to Friday
only) across mainland UK, except for
the Scottish Highlands.
simplyoysters.comWHERE I SHOP
Thomasina
Miers
Farmdrop
It has such an
impressive selection
of foods from some
of the UK’s best
producers, including
some really delicious
cheeses.
farmdrop.comPaul
Ainsworth
Philip Warren Butchers
The meat from this
family-run business is
the best. I love their
grass-fed ribs of beef.
philipwarren
butchers.co.ukand foodies shop online
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