Welsh Food & Drink Blog
We have to secure a strong future for agriculture so we can celebrate another 100 years of farming at RWS – Lesley Griffiths We have to secure a strong future for agriculture and support farmers so we can celebrate another 100 years of farming at the Royal Welsh Show – that’s the message from Minister […]
Welsh Gluten Free Bakery Products When Joyce Harvey-Dunton was diagnosed as Coeliac, with total wheat intolerance, she found her choice of bakery products to be limited. As a result, she and her husband Andrew decided to set-up a bakery – Welsh Gluten Free Bakery Products (WGF) – with Joyce, a trained chef providing the hands-on […]
Cowbridge Farmers’ Market I am afraid with holidays, other commitments and hospital appointments we are quite a small market this week. However, we still have lots of amazing produce for you, We have a new producer this week, delighted to be welcoming Lee from Dogs Window Brewery with his locally produced bottled craft beer. Elwyn […]
With a theme of marketing, the winner of this year’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s Dr Emrys Evans Award is Mr Scott Davies, Hilltop Honey Limited, from Newtown, Powys. This year there were nine candidates for the award, kindly sponsored by Mrs Mair Evans, all of whom were assessed on their proficiency in marketing, wholesaling or […]
Clwstwr Bwyd Môr Cymru / Wales Seafood Cluster I have huge admiration for fishermen, as I do for farmers, as they are the people who are out in all weathers, consistently battling the elements. In some ways I think it might well be worse for fishermen as often in the winter months their boats are […]
Monty’s Brewery, based in Montgomery, Powys is delighted to announce they have been shortlisted as Finalist’s in the Best Rural Tourism Business category of the Rural Business Awards 2019/20 for the Wales & NI region, held in partnership with Amazon. Monty’s will now battle it out with other rural businesses from across Wales and Northern Ireland […]
With The Little Cheesemonger, it is that delicious aroma and smell that attracts you to the cheese shop before you see it, this is a sign you must go in and explore! The Little Cheesemonger is a cheese shop set in the historic castle village of Rhuddlan in North Wales. Just use a spoon to […]
Blas Restaurant is located at Wales’ first contemporary art hotel, Twr y Felin, in St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Offering a menu influenced by the season and locality, with dishes designed to reflect Wales and its produce; Blas, which means “taste” in Welsh, uses ingredients sourced from predominately Pembrokeshire and Welsh suppliers, whenever possible. From fresh seafood […]
Mad about mackerel? Love your lobster? If you adore tucking into fresh fish and shellfish, then make a date in your diary for Pembrokeshire Fish Week! Set on the western coast of Wales, the festival from 22nd – 30th June is packed to the gills with cookery demos, beach activity days, fishing lessons, foraging, seafood specials, guided […]
Welsh Food Blog…well what is it?
According to Wikipedia “Food blogging represents a complex interweaving of “foodie” or gourmet interest in cooking with those of blog writing and photography. The majority of blogs use pictures taken by the author himself/herself and some of them focus specifically on food photography.”
We must though immediately say that when we say food blog we actually mean food and drink blog. Food on its own is wonderful but is always better with a drink alongside be it. Just a glass of water from say Tynant, a glass of Welsh Wine from White Castle Vineyard, a beer from Purple Moose or a cider from Gwynt A Draig.
We cannot but agree with the definition of food blogging but this is a blog that concentrates very much on Welsh Food and Drink. Sorry no pictures of “my lunch today” or even this is what I was served in this café or restaurant.
Where this food blog coincides with most other food bloggers is we are all about local food – regional food and of course drink as well whether that be soft drinks or alcoholic.
The food blog posts that you will see here are meant to be informative telling you of Welsh food and drink related businesses, their most recent innovations or new products or even an award that has been won.
To read a food blog you are going to be interested in food and therefore, more than likely local food or at least artisan food. So this is the place to be for the most delicious Welsh food and of course Welsh drinks. Be it a wide range of ready to eat products both sweet and savoury then a great example is Blas ar Fwyd who sells to both trade and retail. Be it a garden centre or a multiple trade out let that wants “own label” confectionary then Gwynedd Confectioners in the wholesale sector of this site is the place to be.
The real strength of this Welsh Food and Drink website is the listing of those small lesser known artisan businesses that are all so very different. Be they producers such as Little Grandma’s Kitchen and their jams Fingers and Forks for their Welsh based and Welsh source catering for your holiday home, your family wedding or corporate event, or The Little Cheesemonger specialising in retailing cheeses from around the world but many Welsh cheeses and the same for wines.
We want you to enjoy discovering the very best of Welsh food and drink across this site helped by this food blog.
The site is a collaboration of Welsh Country www.welshcountry.co.uk and the Welsh Government Food and Drink division.