The Aga Shop celebrates its passion for fresh local ingredients with their local food producers

The Haslemere Food Festival was the perfect platform to celebrate our Aga Local Life campaign during the month of September. The Aga Shop was at the centre of many festival attractions, and over a 2 week period held numerous events which advocated the best in local and British foods.

The festival action started at the Aga shop, with the first week being dedicated to the festival's Supreme Sausage Competition. Our local major attended our grand opening, where Aga demonstrator Deborah Miller cooked up numberous treats for our huge number of attendees. The week saw a number of sausage tastings taking place in-store, where customers were encouraged to sample and vote for their favourite one. The eventual winners were awarded their prize and title at a fantastic ceremony on the 13th of September. The occassion saw our local celebrity chef, Paul Starly, cooking up a variety of dishes using ingredients from Farm Fresh Express and produce from our various competition entries. Winner of the traditional sausage category was Thwaites Butchers and speciality category went to Kaighan and Daughter.

We held a number of exciting, innovative cookery days at the shop throughout the festival. Some of the favourites included our Apple open day(the fruit was transformed into a number of tasty dishes); a book signing and local ingredients demo with Sarah Whittaker and our 'Thank fish it's Friday' class featuring produce from The Good Fish Shop. Another highlight to the week was a fantastic talk on wine and cider by local maker, James Lane, of Gospel Green. Samples of his locally made organic wines and champagne cider proved to be a massive hit.

The festival, once again, proved to be a calendar highlight. Why not visit our Haslemere Shop webpage to view our festival photos, and see what other great events we have coming up. Hopefully we will see you at one soon!

Our Partner Producers

Thwaites Butchers, Beacon Hill, Surrey, traditional and speciality sausages, 01428 604800 (no web)

Petworth Butchers, Petworth, West Sussex, local butchers, makers of traditional and speciality sausages from local meat, 01798 345148

Kaighan and Daughter Butchers, Grayshott, Surrey, traditional and speciality sausages, 01428 604606, www.grayshott.com

Bells Butchers, Haslemere, Surrey, traditional and speciality sausages, 01428 643205 (no web)

Roundhurst Farm, Haslemere, Surrey, organic beef, lamb and pork, 01428 642535, www.roundhurstfarm.co.uk  Inn on the Hill, Haslemere, Surrey, restaurant using local produce, 01428 642006, www.tmsteaks.co.uk

Farm Fresh Express, Haslemere, Surrey, local veg box scheme delivered to your door, organic and local produce, 0845 6124040, www.farmfreshexpress.co.uk 

Gospel Green Cider, Haslemere/Fernhurst, Surrey, cider, red/white/rose and sparkling wine from their own grapes and apples, 01428 654120
   
The Good Fish Shop, Haslemere, Surrey, line-caught fresh fish from south coast trawlers, 01428 661555, www.thegoodfishshop.com

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