News from the Farm - June 2010
Bocaddon Farm Veal named 'Young Food Hero 2010'
We were invited to the Good Housekeeping Food Awards last month, and were shocked and thrilled to win the Young Food Hero 2010 award! Good Housekeeping is the UK's best-selling quality women's magazine, and we are absolutely delighted to feature in their July 2010 edition. Our award was presented by Valentine Warner and Jane Asher at the star-studded ceremony at Forbes House, London. You can see a little video of the award being handed over on our facebook page
Real Food Festival round-up - rant alert!
As always, we had great fun at the Real Food Festival in London last month. We dressed up as the Mad Hatter in our role as guest producer at the Tregothnan/Rare Tea Co.'s tea party. We went on stage with Giorgio Locatelli at the Real Food kitchen as the Italian chef cooked up some of our lovely veal. And best of all, we were invited to RANT at the Rude Health bandstand! Jon's chosen subject was 'why it is cruel NOT to eat veal', and you can hear his rant at the Rude Health website! Just select Jon's rant from the dropdown menu.
It's all about the calves...
Another nice article about us, this time on thecattlesite.com. Because it's a farming website, it goes into more detail than usual about our rearing methods and reasonings. You can read their account of what we do and why we do it here. Plus see more articles and features about Bocaddon Farm Veal on our Reviews page.
The Real Veal tour 2010 starts here The Real Food Festival in London at the start of May might have been our first food event of the year, but it certainly won't be the last! Next month we're heading up to Gloucestershire for the Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival. This takes place in Montpellier Gardens on 18-20 June.
Then later in the summer we return to Plymouth's Flavour Fest (13-15 August), and a fortnight later make our Foodies debut at their inaugural Oxford Foodies event (28-30 August). Don't miss out on these fantastic opportunities to source great local food and drink - and stock up on our Real Veal, of course!
Best in the West - it's official!
We've always known that our Real Veal is something special, but now we can boast that we produce the very best meat in the South West! We were thrilled to be awarded the overall prize for the best uncured meat product at the Taste of the West Awards 2009. The ceremony was held at Heaslebury Mill in Somerset, where we enjoyed a delicious meal of award-winning produce. Our award was presented by Masterchef 2009 Matt Follas and Taste of the West Chief Executive John Sheaves.
This award caps a fabulous year for Bocaddon Farm Veal - we also won a two star gold at the Great Taste Awards and were finalists in the Waitrose and Country Living Made in Britain Food Producer of the Year Award. With more awards than any other UK veal producer, we're confident that our veal really is the best you can get.
Don't forget to Find us on Facebook! We've joined the 21st Century and now have our own page on facebook. Here you'll find news and views from the farm, as well as photos from recent press articles and even a video of our real veal.
Local film students Ross, Schlep and Ausrine have made a short documentary about what we do and why we do it. We're delighted with the result, which is available exclusively on our facebook page. So if you're a facebook user, why not come and check it out here. You can even become a 'fan' of Bocaddon Farm Veal, and help spread the word about our Real Veal.
