As you may know, Rick Stein is a top class chef and proponent of traditional ingredients and recipes. He and his team have selected 'food heroes' around Britain who produce specialty and high quality products in the following areas:

Bread, Dairy and eggs, Poultry
Delicatessens and specialist foods shops
Drinks, Fish, Fruit and vegetables, game
Meat (includes the Fowlescombe entry shown below)

The book is easy to use and identifies each 'hero' in their section and on maps

Extracts from the book

Rick Stein's Guide to the Food Heroes of Britain

In this companion volume to the second Food Heroes TV series, Rick Stein has compiled a directory of the best food producers, suppliers and retailers in Great Britain and Ireland. The criteria for entry are based on the quality of the produce, assessed by personal testing and experience. The book sets out to encourage readers to explore the small-scale side of food production.

Fowlescombe Farm

Farm Gate Sales Mail Order

The rare-breed pedigree Manx Loaghtan and Hebridean sheep at Fowlescombe are not slaughtered until they are at least a year old: the meat is lean, with a slightly more gamey flavour than conventional lamb. Pure Aberdeen Angus beef from a pedigree heard is also available. Barbara Barker runs a customer list and can also do mail order by arrangement

A limited number of the books above can be bought from us at the reduced price of £11.99 plus post and packing. We can dispatch one with your order to keep the costs down. Alternatively you can get the book direct from the BBC web outlet (link correct as of October 2003)