We are thrilled that last week we received news that we had won the Best food mail order supplier 2010 as awarded by the independent website Gourmet Britain. Gourmet Britain is a completely independent website whose inspectors travel the country looking for the best food shops, restaurants and places to stay. Entry to the listings is purely on merit- with no money or freebies passing hands. We are particularly pleased because the mail order category on the website has over 400 entries. So we will be raising a glass or two over the next few days, and I would also like to thank those of you who voted for us.
Archive for April, 2010WINNER- BEST FOOD MAIL ORDER SUPPLIER 2010Monday, April 12th, 2010Sustainable fishing: I’m not a campaigner BUT….Wednesday, April 7th, 2010Nobu, the fashionable and award-winning restaurant chain founded by celebrated Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa, is refusing to remove blue-finned tuna from its menu. Instead, it has decided to pop an asterisk on the menu telling customers that blue fin tuna is an endangered species, and asking them to choose something else. That’s all very well and good but the fact remains that in order to offer it on the menu, they must have it in stock. Can you imagine the uproar if a renowned meat restaurant had white tiger on the menu, advised customers not to buy it, but had a side hanging in the fridge? Anyway, I’m not a campaigner but I just wanted to stress that we will only ever stock fish that are caught in a sustainable way, or smoked fish that are fed on sustainable feed. And I would like to draw your attention to a great documentary film called “The End of the Line” which takes a long look at the fishing industry, its practices, and the ridiculous system of EU quotas. |