Find a great Producer in your region

From cheesemakers to goat farmers and pie producers to chocolatiers, these are the people at the coalface of local, artisan food and drink production. On the map above and listed below are all the food and drink producers we recommend so far, and many are running exclusive GFC member offers…

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    Stewarts of Trent Bridge

    With over 30 years’ experience of selecting, blending and roasting coffees, this Nottingham hidden gem should be known to every home barista…

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    Swithland Spring Water

    After rainfall hits the ground, it takes up to 50 years to reach the well that Swithland Spring Water taps, all the time being filtered…

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    Tagg Lane Dairy

    Tagg Lane Dairy in the Peak District near Bakewell produces exceptional raw milk and ice cream from their herd of Jersey cattle…

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    Thaymar Ice Cream

    Superb real dairy ice cream made on the family farm near Retford, Notts, available to eat in the tearoom or buy from the farm shop…

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    The Biltong Farm

    A shop dedicated to South African fare in the middle of Grantham is a surprising find but what a little treasure trove it is…

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    The Bytham Kitchen

    Chef Andy Heaps lovingly creates pickles, chutneys and relishes from his kitchen in Bourne and offers jars that are bursting with flavour…

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    The Little Bakery of Happiness

    The Little Bakery of Happiness is a multi-award-winning craft bakery-patisserie in the heart of Northamptonshire…

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    The Quirky Cook

    Derbyshire-based artisan producer Kay Hawkins – aka The Quirky Cook – makes sublime black garlic relishes. Winner of Ambient Product of the Year in the Great Taste Awards 2018…

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    Tilbrook Grange Farm

    A Red Tractor-approved Cambridgeshire producer of high quality Red Ruby Devon beef. This farm has been in the same family since 1947…

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    Tori & Ben’s Farm Butchery

    Exceptional meat from prize-winning animals raised on a small scale by a passionate farming couple. Offering deliveries and Isolated collections…

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    Two Birds Spirits

    One of the original artisan distillers, producing carefully crafted gins and vodkas and offering gin masterclasses at their Market Harborough HQ…

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    Two Chimps Coffee

    This Oakham-based coffee roastery specialises in unusual and delicious coffee subscriptions that are tailored to your taste…

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    Vine Farm Dairy

    Vine Farm Dairy produces free-range milk and sells it through a vending machine in the village of Great Dalby, Leicestershire. We regularly refill our bottles here and the milk is utterly delicious…

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    Vivia Crump’s Chutney

    Small-batch chutneys made in Rutland, packed with inspiring flavours and textures – perfect partners to a whole host of dishes…

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    Warner’s Gin

    A craft gin distillery located on a farm, which makes a delicious, unique-tasting spirit using local spring water and ten different botanicals…

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    Well Roasted Coffee

    Well Roasted Coffee in Market Harborough is the result of painstaking research and a giant passion for the finest coffee…

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    Whissendine Windmill

    Built in 1809, miller Nigel Moon bought Whissendine Windmill in 1995 – he is welcoming and enthusiastic to visitors…

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    White Peak Distillery

    White Peak Distillery is a craft distillery in the heart of Derbyshire producing small batches of handcrafted whisky…