This was a first for LRF last year. We invited some of the key food suppliers to the London restaurant scene to set up a market on the concourses of the capitals' main stations – Paddington, Liverpool St and Waterloo. The neat thing is that all these suppliers came from locations in Britain up the lines each station serves. It was a first for London and LRF’s way of showcasing just how crucial Britain's suppliers are to the London restaurant scene.
The Suppliers' Markets are sponsored by Belazu from The Fresh Olive Company
As a founding father of Britain’s Mediterranean Food Revolution, The Fresh Olive Company supplies the best restaurants with a unique range of premium quality, authentic ingredients. The company was established 20 years ago by George Bennell and Adam Wells. Having trained as a chef at Michelin starred restaurants in London and Paris, George found himself living in Provence surrounded by beautiful ingredients. He became aware that the sad tinned olives available in the UK weren’t a patch on the beautiful market stall olives in Provence. With the help of an old van and school friend Adam, he began transporting buckets of fresh olives from Provence to London. Trendy delis and young chefs soon snapped them up and the product range grew to include many other delicious Mediterranean delicacies. Ten years ago, Adam and George decided that home cooks should have the opportunity to cook with the same quality of ingredients as these chefs, and so Belazu was born. Belazu brings you beautiful Mediterranean ingredients sourced from local artisanal suppliers. www.belazu.com
The Flour Station. A range of award-winning breads and pastries, inspired by traditional techniques and classic flavours. All products are hand-made using authentic baking methods and top-quality, natural ingredients. The dough spends up to 24 hours fermenting and developing before being baked, resulting in bread with improved depth of flavour and a wonderful texture. Flour Station breads are supplied to some of London's finest restaurant.
Elwy Valley Welsh Lamb as supplied to top London Restaurants. Mouth watering lamb from family run hill farms in the heart of North Wales.
Halen Mon Anglesey Sea is enjoyed around the world by chefs, food lovers and even the odd US president. It's a truly unique product, made using craft, care and the best that the natural environment has to offer.
Caws Cenarth Cheese. Farmhouse cheesemakers making traditional Caerphilly cheese as well as new varieties Perl Wen (White Pearl), Perl Las (Blue Pearl) and Golden Cenarth, a washed rind classic that was voted Britain's best cheese in 2010.
Teifi Valley Farmhouse Cheese. Farmhouse makers of traditional, raw milk cheeses including the Award winning Celtic Promise, twice winner of the supreme champion cheese at the British Cheese Festival.
Hafod Farm. Organic Ayrshire milk is used to make this mature farmhouse classic cheddar cheese, growing in notoriety across the capital.
Llaeth Y Llan Village Dairy. Manufacturers of farmhouse yogurt. There toffee yogurt is used by some of London's top chefs as a dessert base.
Swgr a Sbeis. Handmade cake and christmas pudding manufacturers based in the Conwy valley of North Wales.
Liverpool Street, 14 October
