Essington Farm Blog

We have lots of exciting things planned for this year already. Make sure you put these dates in your diary and keep an eye on our website for more details coming soon!

January

Thursday 26^{th  –} Burns Night Supper in Black-country style*

February

Monday 13^th -Saturday 18^th- Valentine’s Breakfast Special*

Tuesday 14^th -Valentine’s Dinner*

Saturday 11^th -Sunday 19^th- Valentine’s Afternoon Tea*

Thursday 23^rd February-  Folk on the Farm Evening*

Monday 27^th -Tuesday 28^th -Pancake Day Menu, come and try some pancakes in our restaurant!

March

Monday 6^th – Sunday 12^th- British Pie Week (in the farm shop)

Thursday 9^{th –}  Pie and Mash Evening*

Sunday 26^th- Mother’s day, book now for breakfast and our famous carvery!*

April

Sunday 16^th – Easter Sunday

Friday 14^th, Saturday 15^th and Monday 17^th – Easter Egg Event at

Essington Farm*

*bookings only

What do Rosedene Farms, Boswell Farms, Redmere Farms, Willow Farms, Nightingale Farms and Woodside Farms have in common?

Despite evoking an image of rural authenticity none of these farms actually exist. They are fake. They are ”farm” brands invented by supermarkets presumably to make food sound more appealing. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU)  has written to National Trading Standards to complain about this misleading practice.

Co-incidentally, a recent report from NatCen Social Research found that consumers have low levels of trust in supermarkets and imported foods. The horse meat scandal was cited as a reason for this lack of confidence in the food chain.

Clearly there has never been a better reason to buy food from your local farm shop. You know where it has come from! See our horse meat video on our website, it will make you smile!

We had a full house for our festival of pork evening. We are not sure when our next event will be as it depends on progress with the building works. Look out for news next month!

Meanwhile the answers to the quiz are as follows:

1. Suffolk is a breed of sheep. The others are all pigs.
2. This little piggie went to market.
3. A pig’s gestation period.
4. Captain Pugwash had a ship called The Black Pig.

Lots of you got 3 out of 4 but only one table got them all right, the Chatham/Brookes party who win a meal for two at the next event!

Work on our exciting, new project is now well underway and foundations and earthmoving are proceeding. It will soon begin to look more like a construction as above-ground work commences. Meanwhile we are beginning our recruitment for staff at all levels in all departments. If you would like to join our team in the butchery, deli, catering or shop departments please send your cv to recruitment@essingtonfarm.co.uk

Forthcoming events

We are holding our ever-popular pie night on Thursday 3rd of March from 6.30. Come and sample our range of homemade pies and a selection of homemade puddings: Great value at £12.95 for 2 courses.

Don’t get caught out my Mothers’ Day this year as it is very early on the 6th of March. Book your Sunday lunch now as we are always full by the day itself. Alternatively, why not treat Mum to a special breakfast on Saturday 5th March from 9-11am. Enjoy a full Essington or smoked salmon and scrambled egg with tea, coffee, croissant, toast and buck’s fizz for only £12.50!

Well done all of you! We had a lot of all-correct quizes for our pudding night. The answers were as follows:

1. Yorkshire Pudding
2. Eve’s Pudding
3. Queen’s Pudding
4. Manchester Tart

The winner is Sue Gobsill who wins a meal for two at the Pie |Night on the 3rd of March. Well done Sue!

Another great evening for our Black Country Burns last night!

The answers to the quiz are as follows:

1. Tam O’ Shanter
2. My Love is like a Red, Red Rose
3. Wee sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie
4. Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind

Two tables tied for first place so a draw took place and the winner was Dorothy Alsopp who wins a meal for two.

Now for an update on the extension and refurbishment.

You will have noticed that work has already started on this exciting project. There will be a short, temporary closure of the tearoom while we do the internal work but we are not sure yet when this will be. As soon as we have firm dates we will let everyone know. Meanwhile we will continue as normal. Look out for information on the blog, facebook, twitter and our enewsletters.

Happy 2016 to everybody!

We are starting the year with the commencement of our long-awaited extension and refurbishment.
Builders are getting prepared for this exciting project which is scheduled to take about 6-7 months to complete.

We will remain open for trade as much as possible and will do our best to minimize disruption.

So, yes, we will be able to offer our traditional, unique…

Black Country Burns Night

on Thursday 21 January.

Enjoy a fabulous meal and the Address to the Haggis in Black Country dialect: an experience not to be missed!
This is one of our most popular events so book now!

Don’t forget, we will be recruiting staff for the extended shop and tearoom in all departments and at all levels of responsibility. If you are interested in joining us for this exciting new project let us know now!

Support local small businesses and support your community!

Small Business Saturday is a national event showcasing the contribution that small businesses make to the economy.

When you choose to shop locally, buying direct from the producer, not only are you getting a great product but you are helping to support all the jobs involved in that business. Money spent with small, local, independent traders does not end up with multi-national companies or in pension funds but circulates locally, generating jobs for local people. These people in turn spend their money on local services keeping others in jobs. By spending your money at small, local retailers you are helping the whole community!

Support local business this Saturday and every day!