Supplier Profile - Chapel Down, Tenterden, Kent

Alex, our Group Head Chef and Bruce our Procurement Manager have been off on their travels again.  This time to meet a number of suppliers in Kent.  

First stop in the Garden of England was the Chapel Down vineyard and winery at Tenterden.  
The south of England shares almost identical geology and soils to the Champagne region, with a chalk seam typified by the North and South Downs of Kent and Sussex and excellent well drained soils in Essex and The Weald. 

Chapel Down is rapidly establishing itself as a world class premium wine brand and is gaining national and international recognition.

The white, red and sparkling English Chapel Down wines can be enjoyed in the café at Dulwich Picture Gallery - the perfect choice in England's oldest purpose built art gallery!

Creative Partner Profiles - Wells Farm Fine Foods

Wells Farm Fine Foods, a progressive wholesale butchers, based on the Marquess of Abergavenny's Estate, was established in 1978. They pride themselves on providing the highest quality of fresh local produce and over the years have built up long standing relationships with their farmers, all of which not only give ‘Provenance’, but also ensure a reduced carbon footprint with no more than 50 miles from farm to plate. Livestock is reared in a traditional way from dedicated farms on the Kent and Sussex Weald where the farms principles are based on happy animals fed from their own estates - and if the animals are happy then we are happy too!