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New Product : 02 Apr 2012

Capestone Pembrokeshire Poussin

Poussin is a young chicken and it provides exceptionally tender meat on the bone. A small bird, they weigh around 500g each which makes an ideal size for one portion. The breed selected to grow ...

New Product : 23 Mar 2012

Towy Smoked Salmon

Towy Smoked Salmon - caught by the Coracle Fishermen of the River Tywi (Towy) and smoked in the Cnwd kitchen - Our Salmon has an incredible story. Contact us for more information on Towy Smoked Salmon...

Ffres May 2012 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the latest Ffres newsletter.

Apologies for the slightly late appearance of the newsletter - attributable to me doing my stumbling Arkwright (some of you will remember the Ronnie Barker series)impressions at the new shop we opened on 1st May in Nantgaredig - at the site of the very first restaurant I was involved with The Four Seasons.
It's been a frantic few weeks but very rewarding, especially dealing with the enthusiastic local suppliers whose produce makes up a good deal of the offering. Read more...

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Con Passionata Restaurant - Carmarthen

Con Passionata is a variation on the musical term “Con Passione”. - a musical directive to play a particular passage dramatically, with emotion and passion. ‘Con Pa...

18 May 2012

URBAN FORAGING TAKES OFF ON PEMBROKE STREETS

Chris Kellett lives on an urban street in Pembroke. A few years ago, he and his wife moved into the area and with a decent garden at their disposal, they decided ...

14 May 2012

Wrights Independent Food Emporium, describes itself as ‘a food shop and a little bit more’ and is the latest brainchild of passionate food entrepreneur and Ffre...

03 May 2012

Chefs get cooking at garden food festival

TOP Welsh chefs will be on hand at a food festival boasting the best in local culinary delights. On Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13, the West Wales Food Festiv...

02 May 2012

VOTING OPENS FOR WALES’S FIRST ‘PEOPLE’S CHO…

A nationwide competition to find the best places to experience Welsh food and drink has been officially launched today (1st May) as part of the 2012 Wales the True T...

02 May 2012

TOP CHEFS HEAD HOME TO WALES….

Talented, ambitious young Welsh chefs are urged to leave Wales and go to London or Paris to seek fame and fortune. Many do just that and spend years learning their ...

26 Apr 2012

Gorseinon Food Festival - Saturday 28th of Ap…

Don't forget to visit The Gorseinon Food Festival on Saturday 28 April 2012, 10:00am - 5:00pm The festival will have over 100 food and craft stalls including local ...

24 Apr 2012

Special Offer for Ffres Members to advertise …

The Carmarthen Journal are offering Ffres members a discount to advertise in their recently launched new ‘Love Food’ monthly feature. This is an ideal opportunity ...

13 Apr 2012

ENTRIES OPEN FOR WALES FOOD & DRINK OSCARS

The annual search for Wales’s top food and drink producers starts again this week as entries open for the 2012 Wales the True Taste Food & Drink Awards. The Welsh G...

13 Apr 2012

Raise A Glass To The Action Plan For The Wels…

Government support for the Welsh drinks industry has been strengthened by the publication of a plan of action outlining how the Welsh Government will support futur...

03 Apr 2012

The final celebrity chef line-up for one of the highlights of the Pembrokeshire’s culinary calendar has been confirmed. The Pembrokeshire Fish Week celebrity mast...

02 Apr 2012

West Wales Food Festival, at the National Bot…

The West Wales Food Festival are offering Ffres members the opportunity to have a stand at the event at a special discounted rate or for those who would just like to...

02 Apr 2012

Innovative visual cooking app just launched offers tasty recipes at your fingertips!

uChef, a small company based in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, is proud to announce the launch of their first cooking app on a plate. Available for use on iPhone and i...

23 Mar 2012

Tea leaves coffee a has-‘bean’ as cuppas become top eating out treat

After years of coffee chains dominating our towns, afternoon tea is enjoying a revival, says Ffres, the South West Wales food and tourism initiative. Sandwiches, ca...

22 Mar 2012

Last week, the owners and staff at the Castle Hotel in Llandovery were extremely honoured to welcome HRH the Prince of Wales. HRH Prince Charles joined invited gues...

22 Mar 2012

Lisa Fearn, ambassador of Ffres, the food tourism campaign and founder of the Pumpkin Patch Kitchen & Garden School is a very enterprising lady. A former banker, g...

07 Mar 2012

How to combat the growth of food intolerances

More and more people are experiencing intolerances or allergies to food. Figures released by Allergy UK estimate that 45% of the country's population is affected by...

07 Mar 2012

19th March 2012At the Marriott Hotel, Swansea Ffres Food Tourism... an event for hospitality providers... chefs, catering staff, restaurant and cafe owners, produc...

07 Mar 2012

Lisa Fearn, ambassador of Ffres, the food tourism campaign and founder of the Pumpkin Patch Kitchen and Garden School is a very enterprising lady. A former bank...

07 Mar 2012

With the finest meats, artisan cheeses and a plethora of fresh seafood, Pembrokeshire is a gastronomies dream! And what better way to celebrate Welsh cuisine then...

07 Mar 2012

The Best of Welsh Cuisine comes to capital for Wales Week in London

Londoners were able to celebrate St David's Day in style with a series of free foodie events that took place across the capital to celebrate Wales Week in London ...

07 Mar 2012

Welsh food and drink industry calls for new recruits

The Welsh Food and Drink project launched the first ever collaborative careers material focused on the Food and Drink Supply Chain in Wales. The Spotlight on Fo...

07 Mar 2012

Be part of a huge tourism Promotion for The Queen's Jubilee

Attract some of Carmarthenshire's 186,000 residents and three million visitors by taking part in Carmarthenshire's first ever BBQ Week. Running throughout June's ...

07 Mar 2012

Seashore foraging picnics at some of the most stunning beaches in Wales, celebrity chefs demos, and learning to fish - just a few of the events which make Pembrok...

07 Mar 2012

Latest Website Additions

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Benporium – Candy Fleece

Name:- Mike Benn Business:- Benporium – Candy Fleece Website:- www.benporium.co.uk/acatalog/CANDY_FLEECE.html Position within Business:- Owner How many years have you been work...

11 May 2012 - Ffres Faces

The Welsh Charcutier - Diary April 2012 …

All of these diary entries seem to include some setback or other. You need to be upbeat and positive in business, especially when you're a small one-man band. Sadly, work on the ne...

26 Apr 2012 - Ffres Starts

Name:- Emily Davies Business:- Capestone Organic Poultry Ltd Website:- www.capestone.co.uk Position within Business:- Marketing & PR, Marks & Spencer Plan A Sustainability Co-or...

22 Mar 2012 - Ffres Faces

Name :- Guy Morris Business:- uChef Uk (iCustom Ltd) Website:-www.uchef.co.uk Position within Business:- MD How many years have you been working in the business? 3

22 Mar 2012 - Ffres Faces

Capel Brandy Tart

Serves 10 Ingredients: 250g/9oz packet stoned dates 250ml/8fl ozs boiling water 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 100g/4ozs butter at room temperature 175g...

20 Mar 2012 - Winter Recipes

Rich Apple Pie

Ingredients: Filling: 150g/5ozs butter 150g/5ozs sugar 675g/1.5lb dessert apples Top of Pie: 225g/8ozs plain flour 175g/6ozs butter 50g/2ozs caster sugar Method:: ...

20 Mar 2012 - Autumn Recipes

Rock Cakes Suprise

Ingredients: 225g/8ozs self raising flour 100g/4ozs Welsh butter 75g/3ozs caster sugar 1 egg beaten 1 to 2 dessert spoons milk Raspberry jam Met...

20 Mar 2012 - Winter Recipes

Rustic Chicken

This is a very popular recipe at Elm Grove Country House www.elmgrovecountryhouse.co.uk and can be cooked in just one pan - so is very simple. Serves 4: Ingredients: 1 red onion...

20 Mar 2012 - Autumn Recipes

Mixed Berry Crumble A selection of mixed fruit approx 500g Zest of a lemon 3 tbsp sugar 75g butter 75g demerara sugar 170g plain flour 30g flaked almonds Extra dabs of butter Su...

13 Mar 2012 - Spring Recipes

The Welsh Charcutier Series – February 2012

Since my last post I've made an incredible breakthrough - I've sold product! After over twelve months of research, training, testing, development and refining, I'm finally in a pos...

08 Feb 2012 - Ffres Starts

cnwd (Welsh for ‘crop’, pronounced cn’ood, it rhymes with ‘food’) is a brand new small gourmet food business run by Chef Scott Davis and his partner, Kirsty Manning.Based just outs...

01 Feb 2012 - Ffres Starts

Warm rich chocolate ‘black forest’

Ingredients: 3 eggs 75g of caster sugar 45g of plain flour (sifted) 150g unsalted butter 150g dark chocolate pistoles For ganache: 200ml double cream 100ml dark bitter choc...

09 Jan 2012 - Winter Recipes

Welcome to the Ffres Website

Ffres is a web based community designed to showcase the food tourism sector across South West Wales. Ffres is a place where you can come to find about food producers and hospitality providers, establish better links, learn what’s going on in terms of promotions and events, search for seasonal recipe ideas and find out about seasonal local produce in the area. It’s a place to find out about businesses who share the principles of Ffres in bringing you good quality locally sourced produce.

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