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Sheffield - Carousel Chocolaterie

Posted by Unknown Friday, April 18, 2014 0 comments

Happy Easter!

Apparently every child in the UK receives on average 8.8 Easter eggs. I think most kids would prefer quality rather than quantity. If you've not already got one, Carousel Chocolaterie in Sheffield would be a good place to go:

It's a relatively new business, and is currently ranked on Trip Advisor as the second best place in Sheffield to go shopping (only the giant Meadowhall Shopping centre does better)!

They sell good quality chocolates, mainly from Belgium.

So whether you fancy a dark coffee mousse, a milk egg liqueur with pistachio or a white coconut liqueur truffle, they'll have it here!

For lovers of local food, they also have a hand made in Sheffield range.

We played Russian roulette with our selection

and had a dark chilli and lime truffle in our box!

They've got lots of truffles to choose from:

and these pretty Easter figures:

They also have good quality, sugar-free chocolates.

So I'll stop rabbiting on about how good this shop is:

and just say it's eggcellent!

Carousel Chocolaterie

23 Orchard Square Shopping Centre

Church Street

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S1 2FB

Tel: 0114 276 5444

Web: www.littleshopofchocs.co.uk

Whirlow Hall Farm Trust

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, April 15, 2014 0 comments

It's always impressed me how there's some beautiful countryside right on the edge of the city of Sheffield. Whirlow Hall Farm is just 4 miles from the centre of Sheffield, but it's in another world!

Whirlow Hall Farm is an Educational Trust, which was set up for inner-city children to come and experience the countryside - and have a better understanding of where their food comes from

So you can meet Bracken the pony:

and, if you prefer something smaller, there's Frankie the Shetland pony:

These lambs were enjoying something to eat:

but these very young lambs were having a rest under a heat lamp:

Just above that barn is their farm shop:

The shop sells their own produce, and other carefully selected items, mainly from local producers.

The wall at the back explains they measure food miles in metres:

with fresh eggs from just around the corner, and their own free-range eggs, high-welfare pork, lamb and beef and award winning bacon and sausage.

There's an interesting selection of foods including their own green tomato chutney:

and pickles from Just Preserves, which is just 3 miles away.

They sell organic bread from (the soon to be featured in this blog) Cat Lane Bakery:

Beer lovers are well catered for. There's Punk IPA from BrewDog:

and more local beers come from Kelham Island Brewery (just 5 miles away):

and Farmers' Ales from Bradfield Brewery - a family run brewery based on a working farm in the Peak District.

At weekends there's guided tours of the farm, and the Cruck Barn Café serves their own freshly prepared produce:

All the proceeds are ploughed back into the trust, so you can feel really good about what you're eating here!

Whirlow Hall Farm Trust
Whirlow Lane
Sheffield
Yorkshire
S11 9QF

Tel: 0114 2620986

Web: www.whirlowhallfarm.org

Sheffield - Seven Hills Bakery

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, April 8, 2014 0 comments

Seven Hills Bakery started when Matina Mitchell, Laura Bullock and John Travers met at a bread making course at the School of Artisan Food, and then decided to start a bakery near Hunters Bar in Sheffield. Word has evidently got out about how good this bakery is, so I had to wait for the queue outside to go:

There's an amazing choice of bread, including batons, ciabatta, fougasse, roast potato and rosemary, soda bread, sunflower seed and wheat germ & honey:

Sour doughs include apricot and hazelnut, beetroot, fig & walnut, linseed, and raisin & fennel.

We enjoyed this red onion focaccia:

At the back of the shop there's a small café:

where you can have soup, sandwiches, toast, pizza and Monmouth coffee or leaf tea.

There's traditional cakes, like this Victoria sponge:

and lots of interesting items, like these vanilla bean buns:

which don't look anything special, but tasted really nice. We would especially recommend this orange semolina cake:

which was wonderfully moist and tasty.

If you like brioche, you'll also be well catered for. There's sour cherry and marzipan, or lemon and cardamom brioche buns: