We’ve picked out a few of our Easter best sellers below, which are sure to provide a weekend full of feasting!

Our smoked salmon pairs perfectly with Deli Tubs Cream Cheese, to give an indulgent breakfast or brunch to kick start the day.  Display alongside one another in the chiller to encourage customers to pick up as a pair.

For a quick and easy light lunch or as part of a larger grazing board, our Curd & Cure Mixed British Meat Selection and Mixed Continental Meat Selection are pre-portioned and ready to serve, presented in attractive retail-ready packaging.  Or for the full Tapas experience, Delicasa Tapas Packs include Meat & Cheese or Olives, Meat & Cheese.

We’ve of course also got an extensive cheese offering, with options to create local, British and continental cheeseboards, as well as plenty of vegan cheeses to choose from too.  Why not put together a selection of cheese which will complement each other on the cheeseboard as part of your display?  We’ve picked out a few of our favourites below, but the combinations are endless with plenty to suit every palate!

British cheese board: Ashmore Farmhouse, Blue Clouds, Winslade, St Giles, Lyburn Garlic Nettle & Ellie’s Chilli.

Vegan cheeseboard: Nero Minded, G.O.A.T. with herbs, Sacre Bleu (pre-order) & Mouldy Goaty (pre-order).

Then for the main event, we’ve got the essentials for creating a Sunday roast that’s extra special!  Kentish Oils’ Rapeseed Oil is fantastic for the crispest roast potatoes, with their Rosemary and Garlic & Herbsblends adding plenty of extra flavour.  And for simple, no hassle gravy, Potts gravies are a must, available in a variety of flavours.

Plus, not forgetting the sweet treats!  The Devon Cream Company’s Clotted Cream is a delicious addition to any dessert, or for something extra special why not give their Strawberry & Prosecco flavour Cream a try?  And for the finishing touch (or just as a sweet snack), Flower & White’s Meringue Bites are available in a choice of Raspberry & Salted Caramel.

And for those not in the mood for cooking, Kent Crisps’ Lamb & Rosemary flavour Crisps are the perfect choice.  Produced using real Romney Lamb, to give a real taste of a traditional Sunday lunch!

All of the products above may be found in our Retail & Deli Brochure, or speak to one of our sales team on 01580 212949 to add on to your next order.

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We would also like to say thank you for your support, suggestions, patience and kindness that you have shown our team who have worked so hard trying to deliver the best customer service possible. We are so grateful to be a part of such a supportive and friendly industry and are constantly looking at improvements we can make to help our customers and ways to introduce you all to new and inspiring ideas and products. 

Despite the challenges that last year brought, our team managed to produce and launch a new brochure in summer 2020. This included many new products that were hugely successful additions to our range. Following this we asked our customers to complete a customer survey to help guide us on what you would like to see next. It was so humbling to hear some of the positive stories for independent retailers in our industry that have come out of such a difficult time.

 Apart from the stories of success, we had many suggestions of new products you would like to see in our range. In the 2021 Retail and Deli Brochure we have paid attention to food trends and listened to what you have asked for and hope you are as excited as we are about the ranges we have chosen. These include many new local products, speciality cheeses, an expanded Deli Tub range, increase in vegan & plant-based products and a few other exciting treats that we just could not help bring in for you! All this alongside our core range of cheese, charcuterie and specialist food & drink.

 Thank you again for supporting us in to 2021, from all the Curd & Cure team.

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1 star: Simply Delicious. A food that delivers fantastic flavour – approximately 25% of entries will achieve this rating each year.
2 stars: Outstanding.  Above & beyond delicious – less than 10%of entries will receive this rating.
3 stars: Exquisite.  Extraordinarily tasty foods – around 2% of products are awarded 3-stars each year.  Don’t leave the shop without buying it!

We were split into tables of 3-4, each with a co-ordinator who would lead & write up our comments along with a couple of fellow judges.  In my afternoon session I was lucky enough to judge alongside Linda Farrand, co-founder of the Guild of Fine Foods & Great Taste Awards and endless in her knowledge when it comes to food & drink.

Each session lasts a couple of hours and we tasted a minimum of 20 products per session, ranging from bacon & sausage rolls to ice cream & honey, drinks and oils as well as what seemed like an endless supply of cakes to name just a few of the hugely varying products!

I was really impressed with how thorough and also how fair the judging process was.  Every product is tasted blind, with the entrant supplying details on what the product is and a brief description.  The products are also mixed, so we were never tasting one product directly against a similar product.  Although for the majority of products it is immediately obvious what they are, we had great fun guessing others and unveiling hot foods from under their foil, before hearing the full description, which at times was quite a surprise!

For everything judged, we would be looking at the appearance & presentation, the smell and of course the taste.  From here judges’ comments are collated and we would make a decision on whether each of us felt the product was 1, 2 or 3 star, or perhaps if there could be some tweaks which would push it up to star level if it was not quite there yet.

Should a product be judged as not achieving a star, it would be re-tasted by another table so as there is no ‘one strike and you are out’ as such.  Those products deemed to be a two or three star product would be tasted by many tables, ensuring that they really are up to the outstanding standard that the Great Taste Awards aim to recognise – I’m hopeful that we may have found & tasted a few 2 & 3 star products during the day and will be waiting eagerly to see the results!

Another element which makes these awards special is the variety of judges that take part on any one day.  To be in a room judging alongside people from all across the food & drink industry, all of whom are clearly extremely passionate about all things food & drink but equally are all excited to learn from one another and discover new food & drink was a real pleasure.  This ranged from food writers, journalists & marketeers, to producers, retailers & wholesalers such as Curd & Cure, as well as the founders themselves and many long-standing judges, with all of us bringing our own thoughts and ideas to add in to the Great Taste mix. A real privilege to have been a part of this year’s awards and I look forward to judging again in coming years.”

The Great Taste Awards are announced in August 2019 with one supreme champion being crowned in September. To find out more about the Great Taste Awards visit www.greattasteawards.co.uk

We’re proud to stock a wide range of star-winning products from producers including:
Olive Branch, Flower & White, Kentish Oils, Kentish Condiments, Kent Crisps, Creative Nature, Global Harvest, La Tua Pasta, Mustchup, The Great British Biscotti Co, Joe’s Tea Co and The Yorkshire Provender

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