ARTISAN FOOD MARKET
The stall holders below have indicated their attendance at this year’s Wells Food Festival.
The list will be updated as we send out the invitations to attend.
Click on their logos to see their details.
Alright it’s Cake
Alright it’s Cake at Daniels café in Wells create delicious home baked cake, cookies and a range of treats perfect for any occasion.
As Raw As
Organic dairy free raw chocolate made only with delicious and nutritious natural ingredients. Handmade in Somerset.
Bath Culture House
Bath Culture House is a small artisan fermented food company based in Ubley, nestled in the Mendips. We are a small team of passionate fermentation nerds who produce vegan and GF food and drink. Artisan vegan chease, kimchis, sauerkrauts and kombucha. Handmade with love.
Bath Harvest Rapeseed Oil
Bath Harvest rapeseed oil is grown, pressed and bottled on our family farm in Wilmington, Bath. Our award winning original and infused oil is smooth and nutty, perfect for cooking.
Bath Soft Cheese
We take a traditional approach both to how we raise and graze our small herd of 160 mainly Holstein Friesian cows and to our artisan, handmade, hands-on cheesemaking. We are entirely organic and are registered with Organic Farmers and Growers. Around 60% of our milk is turned into cheese in our state-of-the-art cheese facility, while the rest goes to another cheesemaker who uses it to make organic cheddar or to another producer who makes our delicious ice-cream.
Billies & Tong
Biltong is a variety of dried, cured meat that originated in Southern Africa. Various types of meat are used to produce it, ranging from beef and game meats to fillets of ostrich from commercial farms. Meat is cut into thin strips and air-dried in a biltong box/maker. Using spices and herbs it makes the perfect snack.
Bioaqua Farm
We are Bioaqua farm, home to the leading experts pioneering innovation in aquaponics, with the longest thriving commercial aquaponic farm in the UK and the largest aquaponic trout farm in Europe.
Easy Bean
We make delicious and wholesome food-to-go, hand prepared in small batches, using 100% natural ingredients. We are a small, innovative company determined to give beans the culinary status they deserve. We believe in creating food that’s as delicious as it is healthy; and that eating a balanced diet of wholesome all natural food makes perfect sense.
Ebb Tides
We think seaweeds are pretty amazing. Eaten by coastal people since ancient times and part of the daily diet in Asia for centuries – for good reason. Seaweeds are wholesome, delicious and a great alternative to salt. We harvest mainly during the summer months when the tides allow, but we’ll also harvest year-round, depending on demand and on the species. It’s got to be in season, and just like other vegetables, it has a point in the year where taste and goodness is at its best.
Exmoor Fudge Kitchen
Hand crafted artisan fudge, using natural ingredients with no artificial colourings or preservatives. I use a lot of ingredients which are from Exmoor. The cream is sourced locally.
Feltham’s Farm
Feltham’s Farm is an organic, multi-award winning cheesemaker by Templecombe in Somerset. Our first cheese Renegade Monk has won many awards and in July 2020 beat 300 cheeses to be named Best British Cheese at the #VirtualCheeseAwards. It is an organic Somerset version of a French Epoisse.
Funky Cool Bananas
We are a hand rolled ice cream company. We use a liquid ice cream base and have a variety of fresh fruit and toppings which we add, whether it be chopping in a fresh strawberry or a mint cream chocolate. Our ice cream is then ‘cooked’ on the two large ice pans, then spread out and rolled into neat rolls, then finished with your chosen toppings. We offer a vegan/dairy free ice cream.
Fussels
Fussels are a multi award-winning producer of farm fresh extra virgin rapeseed oil in Somerset. Our oil is the heart of all our fantastic flavoured oils, dressings, mayonnaises and vinaigrettes. Half the saturated fat of other oils, 10 x the essential fatty acid Omega 3 and cooks to a higher temperature, making it a more versatile oil for cooking, baking, stir frying, making dressings and drizzling.
Gilbert & Swayne
Gilbert & Swayne was created by Jane Swayne in 2013 and is based in a converted barn, overlooking Glastonbury Tor, in the village of Baltonsborough, Somerset. Our chocolates are made with fresh cream, fresh herbs, spices and both Fairtrade and single origin, organic chocolate. There’s also a vegan collection made with organic coconut oil.
Glastonbury Cheese
Purveyors of the Glastonbury range of artisan cheeses from the land where cheddar began.
Gould’s Cheddar
For over 50 years the Gould family have made award winning traditional farmhouse cheddar cheese and butter on their family farm using milk from their own cows.
Grown Up Marshmallows
Grown Up Marshmallows are gluten, dairy, egg, GMO, palm oil and fat free. Full of fresh organic fruit that we grow ourselves on Exmoor National Park and drizzled with 70% Fair Trade chocolate, our luxury, premier flavoured marshmallows are handmade in small batches with 100% natural ingredients.
Harth Truffles
Hand-crafted delicious artisan vegan chocolates with ethical and sustainable ingredients.
Hejgro
Bringing you foraged preserves made with local natural ingredients from Somerset woods and meadows. Minimally processed and no refined sugar. All our food is vegan and gluten free. We are a small family run business based in Frome, Somerset.
Homewood Cheeses
Based in Ubley in the beautiful Chew Valley, just south of Bristol, we make our cheeses by hand with ewes milk from two Somerset flocks. Our range of cheeses include our Fresh Ewes Cheese (curd), Halloumi, Ricotta, Pickled Ewes Cheese (feta-style) and a family of washed curd cheeses including Old Demdike.
Kimbers’ Farm Shop
Here at Kimbers’ Farm Shop we sell the very best meat and local produce, ensuring our customers get the highest quality possible. Our family have been farming the same land for over 300 years and run a mixed stock farm, with welfare being our top priority.
Lievito Bakery
The Lievito bakers work through the night in our artisan bakery based in a small village in Somerset. Our mission from day one has been to produce breads and pastries that we would be proud to have at our table. We hand shape and slow prove our sourdoughs for a minimum of 18 hours to give that open crumb and distant flavour of a true sourdough.
Little Hollows Pasta
We’ve spent the last three years perfecting our recipes and carefully sourcing our ingredients. From bronze-die extruded shapes such as linguine, fusilli and macaroni, to our speciality handmade filled pastas. We source local organic eggs and locally milled ‘00’ flour to make our ravioli and tagliatelle dough, and use a knowledgeable, independent, family run importer for all of our Italian ingredients, such as our durum wheat semolina and parmesan.
Mendip Moments
Mendip Moments award winning, luxurious ice cream is handmade on the family dairy farm in Somerset using milk and cream from our pedigree herd of Holstein cows. We also have a range of refreshing, dairy free sorbets, bursting with fruit and made with the water from our own Mendip Spring. We use only natural ingredients and no artificial flavours, colours or preservatives.
Moist
High grade artisan hummus hand made in small batches with big flavours, quality ingredients and inventive recipes. All hummus is vegan, gluten free and free from artificial flavours and preservatives.
Nutts Scotch Eggs
We produce a range of Scotch eggs in different flavours using free range eggs and locally produced ingredients. Our range includes the finest Cumberland sausage and creations using smoked salmon, cream cheese and dill.
Omaggi
Fresh artisan cannoli. True to Sicilian ideology we are keen to support local producers and businesses wherever possible, obsessed with finding the best quality ingredients for our products.
Pinnacle Icing
Here at Pinnacle Icing I specialise in decorated biscuits, all royal iced by hand and home-made. The biscuits come in four flavours – vanilla, chocolate, lemon and ginger. They are all produced from scratch, using free range, fair trade and British ingredients wherever possible.
Pistachio Provenance
Award winning pistachios sourced directly from a co-operative of artisan farmers who nurture and harvest the pistachios in their sun filled orchards in Greece. Hand-picked, lightly dry toasted with a touch of sea salt and hint of citrus. We offer a fabulous snacking moment for your very own pistachio occasion.
Plum Duff & Stuff
We make and sell Christmas puddings to suit most dietary needs – traditional, gluten free, vegan, vegan gluten free and kits suitable for diabetics – they are all vegetarian and dairy free. We also produce traditional Seville orange marmalade, fruit cheeses, jams, jellies, chutneys, honey and beeswax.
Quantock Steamers
We produce steamed sponge puddings and meat suet puddings. All puddings are made individually with love using the finest quality local ingredients.
Reckless Desserts
Reckless Desserts is a young business launched a year ago by French pastry chef Azzedine Zarzi. Located in the heart of Somerset, our ambition is to offer our customers the most indulgent desserts. Using the highest quality ingredients, our chef has created a range of beautiful desserts which showcase carefully chosen flavours, textures, and taste experiences. We work closely with our rigorously selected suppliers who share the same passion for the best quality ingredients. Furthermore, we support local producers thus guaranteeing the finest ingredients with the smallest carbon footprint.
Saints Preserve Us
Saints Preserve Us is a local artisan company producing and selling delicious jams and chutneys from fruit that grows in my garden.
Somerset Cheese Company
Using high quality milk that is sourced directly from the farm, and as local as possible, Somerset Cheese Company specialises in adapting traditional style recipes to produce characterful, naturally rinded cheeses from sheep, goat, buffalo and cows milk.
Somerset Deli
We champion local producers here in Somerset and the UK, whilst also celebrating fine cheese from France, Spain, Italy and beyond. Our aim at the Somerset Deli is to offer an amazing choice of the finest quality cheeses with superb customer service.
Somerton Beekeepers
Honey from Somerset bees.
Somerton Beekeepers is one of the largest divisions of the Somerset Beekeepers’ Association, with members from all over the county.
Steffan Welsh Cakes
Traditional Welsh cakes.
Sweet Foragers
Sweet Foragers produce sweet and savoury preserves, sauces and accompaniments using the freshest ingredients grown at home, foraged or locally sourced. I am always creating new innovative flavour combinations. I am a small business and batches are produced in small quantities in my home kitchen. This ensures consistently high quality and results in every batch maintaining its unique flavour.
The Chillees
We are The Chillees, husband and wife team Nick & Francine Lee, producing our own spicy chilli sauces and preserves made from our own chillies, grown here in Somerset. Having grown and enjoyed chillies for many years, Francine started introducing them into the jams and chutneys she made, not only for ourselves but as gifts for friends, family and neighbours, as well as making for local charities. After many compliments on our flavours, we were asked if we were planning to sell them. Well, there are only so many times you can say no.
The Culmstock Chilli Co
At the Culmstock Chilli Co our passion is growing chilli plants designed for your windowsill, ranging from the beautiful Apache to the ever popular Scotch Bonnet. Our stunning range of chilli plants are chosen for taste, flavour and beauty and will all fit perfectly on your kitchen windowsill.
The Edible Garden Nursery
Chris would like to welcome you to The Edible Garden Nursery where we grow an extensive range of peat free herbs and edible plants. Home grown and produced with zero chemicals either organic or inorganic including slug bait. We actively encourage wildlife.
The Fudge Cottage
The Fudge Cottage is a small business owned by husband and wife team, Nick & Lorraine Moss. They have both spent many years in the confectionery industry. They sell an extensive range of the finest handmade fudge and nougat as well as other confectionery, at some of the UK’s most prestigious public events.
The Smoke Folk
The Smoke Folk is an award-winning smoked food business based in Frome, Somerset. We employ traditional and contemporary cold-smoking techniques, and use responsibly sourced ingredients and smoke-woods, to make delicious and intriguing flavour combinations.
The Somerset Smokehouse
Matt and Annabelle live on a beautiful farm near Glastonbury creating multi award winning scotch eggs and pies using their finest pork and free range eggs.
The Thoroughly Wild Meat Company
At The Thoroughly Wild Meat Company, we take a traditional approach to the butcher’s art, but offer a very modern online service and efficient delivery. Here you can buy astoundingly good salt marsh lamb and mutton, arguably the finest dry-aged red ruby beef you will ever taste, phenomenal free range pork including Mangalitsa, remarkable sausages, bacon, ham and black puddings, carefully selected geese and turkeys for Christmas and much more besides.
Times Past Cheese Dairy
Times Past Cheese Dairy is one of the only remaining cheese dairies in the Cheddar Valley who are still selling rinded, traditional Cheddar Cheese made in the time honoured way, all the year round. Our range includes mature Cheddar Cheeses, creamy Draycott Blue and a range of unique blended cheeses with 20 varieties including Cider Apple, Garlic, Smoky Bacon and Mexican.
Timmy’s Chillies
Hi folks, I’m Tim. I make award winning fresh fruit marmalades and jellies with chilli on the finish. A range of fruit flavours and heat strengths to suit every palette. Hand crafted in small batches in Somerset. Vegan friendly, gluten free. Fruity and delicious, with chilli on the finish.
Treats With A Twist
Our team at Treats has been in the confectionery industry for over 20 years and trading as Treats with a Twist for over 5 years. Every sweet is beautifully made and beautifully wrapped and nothing leaves our workshop unless it is absolutely perfect.
White Lake Cheese
White Lake Cheese Ltd. opened its doors in 2004. Since then, we have quickly established ourselves as a leading brand in the artisan cheese industry. Every cheese we create at White Lake is the result of a non-stop whirlwind of experimentation and innovation. We love trying new things, new methods and new recipes and are constantly seeking ways to evolve our family of cheeses. With thanks to our talented team of cheesemakers, we have been able to transform whacky ideas into a truly delicious range of cheeses.
Wild Flour Cake Company
Founded in 2015, the Wild Flour Cake Company has risen from Jessica’s kitchen table to a custom-made bakery on a rural farm just outside of Bath. Specialising in cakes which taste as good as they look. Gluten free and vegan options.
Wookey Farm
Wookey Farm is a small family-run dairy goat farm. All our goats milk is sold as cheese, bottled milk, yoghurt and cream. We also sell goat meat, lamb and pork from our outdoor reared animals.
XocolaT
Hand made luxury Belgian chocolate.
