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BUTTERVILLA FARM. POLBATHIC. ST GERMANS. TORPOINT. CORNWALL. PL11 3EY 01503 230315 robert@buttervilla.com Fifteen - Cornwall "Chefs Day Out" On 27th September the new intake of trainee chefs from Fifteen Cornwall spent the day at Buttervilla and Keveral farm. They learnt about how we grow our sensational fruit and veg for the restaurant, tried their hand at planting, harvested ingredients then cooked a slap up lunch. In the afternoon two of our associate growers talked about foraging for wild produce and the nutritional value of fruits vegetables and herbs. It made for an informative and tasty day out
Buttervilla's group of growers have been supplying lots of produce to Fifteen this summer, our heritage tomatoes have been a real hit with the chefs and diners, we have also supplied much of the local organically grown produce on offer at the restaurant. Executive chef Neil Haydock has used our produce for demonstrations at local foody events including the Flavour Fest in Plymouth and the Port Eliot Lit Festival Fifteen Chefs visit Buttervilla During the summer we have hosted some of the new intake of chefs from Fifteen, they spent the day here at Buttervilla and Keveral working with us and tasting produce straight from the soil, a great way for them to create a reference for how really fresh fruit and vegetable should taste. In late September we are holding an open day at Buttervilla & Keveral for all the new intake of chefs with presentations and tasting's throughout the day.
From the Cornish Guardian September 5th 2007 Fresh from the farm to table By James Oxley An apprentice chef at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant has become a food producer and is supplying salad and vegetables to the eatery. Anna Greenland, 25, from Trevisker was so impressed by the bright colours and tastes of the salad leaves flowers and tomatoes grown for the restaurant that she developed a yearning to get growing in the garden herself. After teaming up with Buttervilla Farm, near Torpoint, she now combines working at the restaurant with tending a plot of land to meet the kitchen's year-round demand for fresh vegetables. The young chef said: "From the very first time I saw and tasted the Buttervilla ingredients I was totally bowled over at how something as simple as a salad could taste so amazing and really wanted to have a go at growing them myself. Robert Hocking, at Buttervilla offered me the fantastic opportunity to help them supply the restaurant by tending a local plot with a polytunnel, and I jumped at the chance. "I've been growing a range of organic salad vegetables and edible flowers for eight months now and get a real buzz seeing the produce that I've planted, nurtured and harvested on the menu here at Fifteen Cornwall. Plus it's even better hearing first hand that the customers have enjoyed eating it." Fifteen Cornwall apprentice chef Tim Wilson, 18, from Truro was impressed by Anna's salad garden. He said: "It was great to see what Anna's been up to outside the restaurant. Her polytunnel was really hot and provided a welcome escape from the rain. More from the press: She Magazine November 2007: Fifteen Cornwall Apprentices use Buttervilla produce at Labour Party Reception The Guardian Travel section Saturday 8th September: The Sunday Telegraph 12th August: The Independent August 5th 2007: The Times May 07: Cornwall Food Finder - Food Bites Buttervilla Farm B&B Buttervilla Farm About Buttervilla Buttervilla leaves, vegetables and fruits are hand grown in Cornwall using Everything is grown on a small scale and cropped young and tender. Here at Buttervilla Farm we grow a wide range of heritage tomatoes. In 2007 we We have spent hours researching soft fruits to find the ones that give flavor rather than big crops. In Dec 2006 we planted several hundred Polka raspberries canes which should be cropping during this summer. Looking ahead we are trying to source the finest tasting strawberries, a variety known as Gariguette which we cannot find here in England so we have just imported and planted 2000 plants which will be producing delicious berries in 2008.
BUTTERVILLA FARM. POLBATHIC. ST GERMANS. TORPOINT. CORNWALL. PL11 3EY 01503 230315 robert@buttervilla.com
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