I Say! Spiffingly Festive Crabbies Mulled Ginger Wine | New from South Lincs Foodservice

As part of South Lincs Foodservice’s foray into offering a complete wine cellar service, we are also offering the spiffingly gorgeous Crabbies Mulled Ginger Wine, as part of our Christmas and Winter season. We tried this bottled and pre-mulled ginger wine back in July at a Christmas food convention and were suitably impressed with the flavour. It is full of spices, with a leaning towards ginger, cinnamon and clove and tastes very much home-made; but perfectly balanced. Warmed with a slice of orange, ( studded with cloves perhaps?) and a cinnamon stick garnish, this mulled wine will sure to be a big hit; with minimal fuss.

A blend of the finest quality British Ruby and Crabbie’s Ginger Wine, coupled with natural ginger, spices and citrus fruits result in a truly warming drink. Today , we steep our Green Ginger Wine for up to 8 long weeks – just like John Crabbie used to do back in 1801. So combining our traditional Green Ginger Wine with the other ingredients makes Crabbie’s Mulled Ginger Wine extra special.

It can also be enjoyed the ‘Crabbie’s way’ by pouring it over a mince pie creating a unique dessert option for winter evenings. Spiffing!

Available from South Lincs Foodservice in the following formats:6 x 70cl | £28.20 | WINEMUL

South Lincs Foodservice Wine Cellar : Coming very soon!

South Lincs Foodservice is proud to introduce our first collection of wines;  a selection of classic red, white, rosé and sparkling styles from the proven wine making regions of France, Italy Spain, South America, Australia and South Africa.

Chosen specifically with the restaurant, food-oriented pub or caterer in mind, we have  consulted with wine experts to produce a simple, but beautifully flexible wine list to suit a range of establishments and budgets. With both Old and New World styles available, we hope this new offering will be as exciting for you as it is for us. We will also be stocking Crabbies Mulled Ginger Wine for the Christmas and Winter season, and if you haven’t tried it yet, warmed with a stick on cinnamon and a orange garnish, it’s heaven and all Christmases past…in a glass. Gorgeous.

You will be receiving our new wine brochure bundled with your regular November-December Special Offers leaflet, which is due in postboxes from 1-3 of November. Your Telesales and Areas Sales manager will have more information from Thursday onwards about the exact details and pricing for our selection. Also, please keep an eye out for further emails announcing more details about the selection.

We’re ready to raise a glass!

We have Coffee + Cake

| South Lincs Supports The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning |

Here at South Lincs, there are few things we like more than coffee and cake. At the same time, there is nothing we dislike more than cancer. With many members of our staff having been affected directly or indirectly by this disease, Macmillian Cancer Support’s annual “The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” is something everyone here can get behind.

Festivities started on Thursday, with members of our team bringing in cakes, breads, quiches, cream, jams and of course coffee to share and help raise funds. We have a few talented professionals and very ambitious amateur chefs and pastry chefs on staff, so the standard was set very high. ( editor’s note: the bloggess’ talents start and end with brewing fresh coffee…no hidden baking talents here ) Here are some examples from the day:

Just a small selection of the goodies on offer

A British classic

Sticky and utterly indulgent Millionarie

Ingenious cake-in-cone with icing and a 99

Some of us really got into the mood…!

Guess the Bean and Who’s Baby Photo

Grapefruit cakes

We also asked customers on both Thursday and Friday to donate just 20p with their orders to go towards our fundraiser, to which many responded positively. In fact many donated significantly higher than that token amount, and to that we say “Thank you”! We raised a total of £354.60 from our customer’s generosity alone.

Our “Guess the Beans” competition was won by Area Sales Manager, Calvin with a prize of £10.00 which he promptly stuffed back into the donations box ( what a star!)

Julie ( in the green wig ) raised £50.00 on the day doing a sponsored “no swearing day”.  Her customers thought it was bliss!

Through feeding our faces on wonderful homemade cakes, a “Guess Who’s Baby Photo” quiz, our accounts member, Phil being charged 20p per cup of coffee drank on Thursday (Ironic, as he was the brainwave to staff being charged for hot drinks in the first place) and peoples generosity a further total of £163.08 from the staff was raised.

 The grand total collected for the two days was:  £582.68

Just to give you an idea of what that sort of money can buy:

• £70 could help run a large Macmillan information and support centre for one hour
• £50 could pay for a Macmillan Grant that buys someone with cancer a microwave,making it easier for them to prepare their food.

A genuine “Thank you” to all our customers who helped support our efforts. 

The Lincolnshire Food Festival

The Lincolnshire Food Festival will be held on the 21st and 22nd September at Meridian Park with over 60 traders, a number of celebrity chefs including Levi Roots and cookery demonstrations through-out both days.

“Lincolnshire is leading the way in living off the land, keeping old traditions and recipes well and truly alive and relevant in the modern society.   The county boasts a plethora of quality food producers skilled in seasonal, sustainable and organic agriculture.

Lincolnshire food finds its way on to many menus across the country and also onto the dinner tables of many homes. Lincolnshire plum bread, marbled Lincoln Red Beef, Lincolnshire Sausages and Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese are to name just a few.

The Lincolnshire Food Festival 2013 will bring an eclectic mix of mouth-watering treats s to suit every taste. It is our aim to ensure that the festival offers the freshest and highest quality produce. It is going to be a fantastic artisan food event as well as an arena that will showcase locally produced arts and crafts.

Hand-picked award winning local producers will come together to bring a selection of the finest award-winning, awe-inspiring foods and quality produce.  The festival will not only showcase what the county of Lincolnshire has to offer – but bring together great examples of food from around the country and across the globe.

The theme for this years festival is ‘Around the World and Home Again’, featuring the freshest and highest quality food producers and traders both local and from across the country – and offering some of the tastiest foods for you to try.

The festival will show people of all ages that cooking good, healthy food need not be difficult, nor expensive, and that there are alternatives to processed food or supermarket ready meals.”

Full schedule of events and list of exhibitors can be found here. Entry appears to be from about £5.50 + fees.

The celebrity Chefs on hand for the weekend are: Nigel Brown, Levi Roots ( from Dragon’s Den fame ) Franck Pontais, Steve Legg, Serge and Duncan and Steven Bennett. Chefs will be giving demonstrations throughout the weekend, check the schedule for exact dates and times.

 

Fall into Winter – released today

South Lincs Foodservice’s new Autumn and Winter Product Guide “Fall into Winter”

Officially released and being posted to all listed customers today. Delivery scheduled to be on your doorstep early next week.

Packed full of all of our standard products, the guide also includes profiles and editorial about some of our newest and most inspiring products. From luscious new dessert options from Sweet Street ( dead on-trend with their salted caramel cheesecakes and carrot cakes….), genuine Chinese cooking sauces from Kee Kum Lee and their front-of-house catering concept “Hot Wok Kitchen” to new Mexican and East Asian starters and appetisers. Particularly highlighted are our extended line of savoury puddings from Quality Cuisine and the trend of duck breast for winter menus. Also included are profiles on Cafe Direct, Birchalls Tea, Corker’s Crisps and Quality Cuisine’s new Longini savoury pastry concept.

It’s been a gorgeous summer, but it’s time to turn our attention and devotion to autumnal menus and the not-too-distant Christmas season. ( even if the air con is on in the office at the minute! ) We hope you enjoy the new Product Guide and find some of the content between it’s covers inspiring.

BIRCHALL CELEBRATES SUCCESS AT 2013 GREAT TASTE AWARDS

We are proud to stock a selection of Birchall Tea and congratulate them on their success in gaining additional Good Taste Awards!

-editor, SLF News and Blog

London, 8 August 2013: Birchall Tea has won three prestigious accolades at this year’s Great Taste Awards, the ‘Oscars’ for the speciality and fine food & drink industry, organised by the Guild of Fine Food. Following previous honours in 2011 and 2012, Birchall‘s signature Great Rift blend once again earned a coveted Gold Star award – this time in the Blended tea bags category. Also, in a new first for the British tea company, Birchall achieved success in both the Fruit Infusion and Herbal Infusion categories, winning two Gold Star awards with its caffeine free Red Berry & Flower infusion and pure Peppermint tea. The famous black and gold Great Taste symbol will now appear on these products, as featured on other teas in Birchall’s extensive range, including its well-known Pfunda and Pfunda Earl Grey single estate teas. The Great Taste Awards is now in its 20th year and is the world’s largest and most rigorous food awards scheme. This year’s completely independent judging process involved a panel of over 400 judges and food experts, which spent thousands of hours of blind tasting to select winners from numerous categories. Daniel Graham, Birchall’s Managing Director, said “We are delighted with this year‘s Great Taste results and that our dedication to quality has received further recognition. Whilst it’s pleasing that our newly launched Peppermint and Red Berry & Flower infusions have both been awarded, it is especially pleasing that our Great Rift blend has been awarded for the third straight year.” Birchall will showcase its complete collection of black teas, green teas and fruit & herbal infusions at London Olympia during the Speciality & Fine Food Fair next month.

Wok this Way…

Devoted to promoting Chinese culinary culture and supporting the catering industry, Lee Kum Kee is a food business with over 120 years of expertise.

Introducing our latest addition, Lee Kum Kee to the South Lincs Foodservice product listing.

Over 100 varieties of Chinese and Asian-inspired sauces now grace the company’s portfolio, inspiring food professionals across the World to create dishes that are constantly pushing and fusing taste boundaries in Chinese and other international food cultures.

Chinese food professionals describe Lee Kum Kee as a symbol of quality and trust. We invite you to discover and sample more about us, providing not simply sauce ingredients, but a source of Asian taste inspiration that will stimulate your creativity and the search for something special by your own customers.

Hot Wok Kitchen is available through South Lincs Foodservice as a ready-branded concept for catering in schools, festivals or to use their authentic sauces in your own kitchen.

Now available on Special Offer in the July – August Special Offers brochure.

Fairtrade Ethically Sourced Coffee that doesn’t cost the Earth…and it tastes great!

                                           Delicious Drinks, Made the Small Way

As part of our ongoing review of the South Lincs Foodservice portfolio of products, we have now introduced Cafédirect to our product list. They were the first Fairtrade coffee company trading in the UK and is the only tea and coffee brand to have received ethical accreditation from the Ethical Company Organisation, achieving No 1 ranking and top marks in all categories across Fairtrade, human, animal welfare and environmental criteria.

What’s more; the coffee is fabulous; ranging from a standard Medium Roast, to single origin beans from Machu Picchu to Organic, 100% arabica espresso beans. Available in Wholebean, Ground Sachets and Freeze-dried Instant coffees.

Ask your Area Sales manager or Telesales Representative for a current price listing for these premium coffees for your establishment.

Crackin’ Crisps

Corkers is the newest and most sustainable crisp brand on the market. They are 100% British, contain no artificial or MSG products and the flavours are made using only natural British produce.

Over the years, many British icons have come and gone but the classic British spud remains a firm favourite – but only the finest potatoes are used to make Corkers Crisps. Launched in 2011 by friends, Ross Taylor and Rod Garnham, Corkers Crisps are made from premium potatoes grown on the Taylor family farm in the rich peaty soil of the Cambridgeshire countryside. The secret to Corkers’ unique great taste is the attention to detail Ross and Rod have put into perfecting it. The premium quality Naturalo potato tastes great but isn’t a familiar sight on our supermarket shelves because it’s just not pretty enough! However, its flavour is exceptional and once sliced and fried it outshines other potatoes.

Corker’s Crisps are now available on Special Offer in the July – August Special Offers

iPad Mini Giveaway Winners Announced!

 

 

*drumroll please*…and the two lucky owners of a new iPad Mini are…..

Jayne West | The Cottage Restaurant at Croft, Skegness

Ian Duckworth | The Maple Leaf, Spalding

 

Congratulations to our two winners! We were really impressed and pleased with the turnout and response to our latest Trade Show and Exhibition. We had a lot of really good feedback from yourselves and the manufacturers who had an excellent day and are already expressing their interest in having a stand next year.

Most of all thank you to all of our customers who came out to see us, despite the bad weather. We hope you enjoyed yourselves and secured some excellent deals too. We will see you all next year, with details to be announced for an exact date and time in the near future.