BEST OF BRITISH Organic Delicatessen

Business as usual here in amongst the snow - the only difference being an increased demand for our hearty homemade soups, hot-chocolate and delicious cakes to chase away the winter blues!!

Luckily as we live locally, it would have to be blizzard conditions to stop us opening!!

Quite often we get asked by people coming into our shop, where is a good place to stay, a good place for a pint and a good place for an evening meal?

So here are our current recommendations:

Best place for a pint in Bath at the moment for us is split between three pubs, all on the same side of town as us

The Star Inn for its unique and cosy atmosphere,


The Bell on Walcot for its fantastic range of Beers

and St James' Wine Vaults for being an all round good local pub and seving Doombar....

Best Place to eat in Bath right now (apart from us at lunchtime) we recommend The King William Pub, corner of London Road & Thomas St. We went there with friends recently and had the most fantastic food, served in a great atmosphere and at a decent price - Lamb & Kidney pudding...Shin of Beef.......mmmmmmmmm


Quite a difficult one is recommendations for somewhere to stay as being Bathonians we don't stay in hotels here ourselves. However one place shines out, friends have stayed there and we have recommended many to stay at "Eagle House" at Bathford. Those that stay there come back saying that it is fantastic and quite reasonable too.


Lastly on the subject of recommendations for Organic Christmas Hampers, delivered both locally and nationally, Best Of British Deli of course!!

Theres few things in life as good as a homemade cake - thats why we make our cakes ourselves, here at the shop (well, more specifically Laura makes the cakes). They are just so delicious that they deserve closer inspection, so here we have Lemon Polenta, Chocolate Brownies and Cherry Bakewell up-close and personal.......



Now if that doesnt make your mouth water, there is something wrong with you!!

Unusual news title but here it is....

We are delighted to be stocking a new selection of teas from Hampstead Tea of London. Currently we have English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Green Tea & Lemon Ginger with more from their range to follow....



Also new in this week is a great summer refresher from our friends at Orchard Pig - Apple Juice with Elderflower, this to compliment their existing range of excellent apple juices, pear juices and ciders....

With the passing of the asparagus season, a new quiche has appeared in the form of the delicious Bath Blue & Broccoli quiche! Chunks of the ever so creamy Organic Bath Blue (from Bath Soft Cheese) and still slightly crunchy broccoli tips in our ususal perfectly crispy pastry make this one not to miss!

And as if that wasn't enough news to digest in one go we also have new in fantastic Pickled Onions in Somerset Cider from local producers Rose Farm, whose jams and chutneys we have been stocking for a short while.

We are back open tomorrow 2nd July after our short summer holiday. Business as usual, in terms of the shop, our deliveries of lunches and sandwiches around Bath and also our Hamper delivery service too!

We hope our break hasn't inconvenienced anyone too much - after all, absence makes the heart grow fonder!

We will be closed from Monday 22nd June until the 2nd July for a short break!
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. See you on our return!!

This last fortnight has seen a marked increase in sales of our organic hampers, to the point that we are currently out of stock of the smallest size - so until wednesday 27th may, when we take delivery of more hamper basketware, you'll either have to be a little more generous or just patient!!

Its a good season right now with plenty of good locally grown veg about. Asparagus still going strong, Broad Beans & Spinach aplenty.
So look out for some nice homemade goodies involving what is best at the moment....coming out of our kitchen today will be Broad Bean, Pea & Bacon soup - yum!!

It must also be the season for office lunch deliveries as we have beed delivering our sandwich lunches all over Bath in record numbers this month!!

We're always on the look out for new recipes and ideas to use in the shop but there are some things that we just dont want to change - when there is something that is "just right", well you wouldn't want to change it. Bread pudding is a good case in point - made with Hobbs House Organic white bread, raisins, Seville orange marmalade and well, the rest is a secret...

After three weeks out of action, we are pleased to say that our delivery scooter is back in action! This means that our range for delivering our fantastic business lunches across Bath is increased again, as is the speed of our delivery!

The last three weeks have however greatly increased my fitness levels as the sandwich delivery bicycle nobly stepped up to the cause!!

We'd like to say a big thankyou to our Business Lunch clients - the last few weeks we have been really busy with our lunchtime office deliveries around Bath.

The feedback that we have been recieving in recent weeks has also been very encouraging. Our clients reflect the diverse and energetic nature of a lot of businesses in Bath and whilst we would love to name them here together with their recommendations, better to remain discreet!

We are glad to provide a service that you truly appreciate - there are few things as satisfying as feeding people well!

We are currently making some changes to the shop........

Whilst we have operated for the last 26 months using and selling 100% organic produce, we will soon be using some non-organic ingredients in the food we produce and sell.

We will still be using the best quality ingredients, and all of the meat we use will still be Free-Range. We will be clearly indicating what is Organic and what is not, just so there is no confusion....

The reasons for these changes - well, it will give us greater flexibility to make the food we want to make and enable us to keep costs reasonable. It will also allow us to focus more strongly on sourcing local produce which in our opinion is perhaps of greater importance than being Organic.

We will also continue to use organic ingredients that we love such as Cheese from Bath Soft Cheese Company & Godminster, bread from Hobbs House and Barrington Park Organic Eggs.....

We hope that you, our customers will understand these changes and continue in your support!

It might not seem that there is much to look forward to at the moment - cold weather, dark evenings etc. However, Easter is just around the corner and that means just one thing....
mmmmmmmmmm!
......Laura's Homemade Simnel Cake!! Available soon in the shop to buy by the slice (or apostle) or if you are having a family gathering, why not have a whole cake made to order. Orders being taken now for whole cakes for the easter week, book early to avoid disappointment!

Dorothy House Hospice Care is our nominated charity. They do fantastic work - if you are not familiar with Dorothy House, you should be, have a look at their website www.dorothyhouse.co.uk

Laura is running in the Bath Half Marathon this March and in doing so is raising funds for Dorothy House. You can sponsor Laura online at www.justgiving.com/laurastapleton or in person at our shop!

The services that Dorothy House provide require a lot of funding to maintain - so any donation, however small will be a big help

We are big fans of Godminster Organic Cheddar here - primarily because in our opinion its the best Vintage Cheddar there is. Secondly, located in Bruton they are just some 20 odd miles from here.

We sell this fantastic cheddar in two sizes of truckle, 400g & 1kg, smartly wrapped in its blood-red wax.

We also use Godminster in our delicious quiches, there's nothing like it for adding that depth of flavour and creaminess - for the full on hit of cheddar try our "Vintage Cheddar & Red Onion Quiche" or find it more subtly in our "Spinach & Feta Quiche".

Lastly we find that Godminster Cheddar makes the most glorious of sandwiches, especially when put together with Pollen Organics Red Onion Marmalade - sweet, tangy, creamy, cheddar heaven mmmmmmmm - that might explain why it is our most popular sandwich!

A lot of customers have been asking us lately how the "credit crunch" has been affecting business. Well, quite well as it happens - as a lot of businesses are either feeling the pinch or at least being more modest with their spending habits, our business lunch delivery service seems to be getting busier & busier.

If you have clients to entertain over the lunch period and are finding the cost of lunching at a restaurant too much, fear not as we have the perfect solution. In this current financial climate, clients will also appreciate your savvy as at the end of the day, it is their bills that pay for the corporate lunch.

Now that you have decided to "do lunch" at the office, there are obviously a multitude of caterers that could provide you with the food - but realistically there is only one sensible option, thats us!! City center, orders over £25 are still delivered free and either on foot, by bicycle or by scooter.