Cool Christmas Fresh Food Gift

Manufacturer and Tasting Notes

• Henshelwoods

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  Although Henshelwoods was only started in January 2006, the family draws on many years practical experience. Lynn Henshelwood owned and ran her award winning Delicatessen in the heart of York and received critical acclaim with many products and recipes of her own design.

  Lynn’s expertise in creating mouth-watering tastes and exciting new products has ensured Henshelwoods continue to cause a sensation in fine food retailing.

  With a need to fulfil customer demand for exciting, tasty goods, Henshelwoods regularly visit suppliers to ensure only the best ingredients are used.

• Quenby Hall Stilton

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  The Origin of Stilton

  Cheese was made at Quenby Hall as far back as Saxon times. In the 17th Century a pressed blue cheese, the precursor of the cheese we now know as Stilton, was made at the hall which had been newly rebuilt in the fashionable Jacobean style. In the mid 18th century Shuckburgh Ashby, the owner of Quenby, went into partnership with Cooper Thornhill and made a soft blue cheese, this was sold at the inn in the village of Stilton on the Great North Road. This cheese became known by the public as Stilton.

  Freddie de Lisle, the current owner of Quenby, has re-started the production of ‘The King of English Cheeses’ at the birthplace of true Stilton. Quenby Stilton is handmade in the traditional manner using milk from local Leicestershire village herds which is then matured for twelve weeks.

• Rannoch Smokery

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  Rannoch Smokery is a dedicated meat and game smoker passionate about quality and producing the best smoked meats from the hills surrounding Kinloch Rannoch in Scotland. Idyllically situated at the heart of the Scottish Highlands in the shadow of the mystical Schiehallion Mountain (the fairy mountain of the Caledonians), Rannoch Smokery offers a true flavour of romantic Scotland.

   

  Many of Rannoch Smokery’s products are sourced locally including the red deer from the surrounding hills for their flagship Smoked Vension as well as lamb and beef from Aberdeenshire and Scottish smoked salmon to ensure the highest quality and taste.