Irish Black Butter featured on the popular BBC programme; Dragons Den series 17 episode one. Based on an old traditional recipe; Irish Black Butter is made with Euro PGI Status Armagh Bramley Apples, local cider, brandy and spices and is produced locally. On the BBC programme; Dragons Den; the Dragons praised Irish Black Butter saying ‘I actually love it,’ ‘It is beautiful,’ and It’s really lovely.’
Irish Black Butter is also multi award winning. In the Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards 2019; Irish Black Butter was awarded Three Stars and was one of only eight local producers to achieve this prestigious accolade. The Great Taste awards judges were suitably impressed and said; ‘A rich dark and sumptuous spread. Rich and decadent. This is a versatile and incredible product. Wide application for this, ice cream, apple pie with a dollop of cream and this drizzled through, also great as a chicken and pork marinade or glaze. This is fabulous, so intense, fruity, complex and with such a brilliant glossy sticky colour. Lovely, beautifully made. OMG what an amazing product.’ Irish Black Butter can be spread on toast, used for the BBQ or enjoyed with cheese. This innovative company has now launched a unique Irish Black Butter Peanut Spread and a new Irish Black Butter Fudge bar.
Culmore Organically Reared Beef is the raw ingredient in this super South-African inspired meaty snack. Originally designed as a portable preserve for bushmen, it is now made in Northern Ireland by couple Ilse and Alanagh van Staden, a qualified chef, butcher and rugby player from Pretoria. What started in 2012 has become a huge success story even featuring on Tom Kerridge’s Top of the Shop programme for BBC.
Ke Nako means “It’s Time” in Tswana, one of South Africa’s official languages; time for Northern Ireland to have its own dried cured meat products made with 100 per cent organically reared beef from Culmore Farm in Co. Antrim. They are made at Ballylagan Organic Farm in Straid, Co. Antrim.
They include Biltong, Chilli Bites, Droewors- a type of sausage made from ground beef in a lamb casing as well as Stokkies- a highly addictive protein snack. Order from their mobile app.
For more than 80 years, Draynes Farm in Lisburn, County Antrim has been producing and delivering fresh milk and cream of the highest quality. They regard milk as wholesome produce that responds dramatically to the amount of care, rigour and passion put into its making.
The consistent quality and pureness of their milk makes it the first choice for many baristas where achieving a superb froth and texture on coffee is paramount. They operate from the family run farm where they produce, pasteurise, bottle and distribute their milk and cream. Their passion for modern dairy farming makes for top-quality milk, cream and now ice-cream using that gorgeous creamy milk and a variety of flavours.
Thompson’s Tea is a fourth-generation family business, born and blended in Belfast since 1896.
It all started for them at a tea warehouse near Belfast docks, where founder Robert S. Thompson trained in the art of tea tasting and soon became known for his uncompromising devotion to quality.
Today, as the makers of Northern Ireland’s best-selling tea, Punjana, they have been proudly blending and packing their award-winning range in Northern Ireland for over 120 years.
As fourth generation Thompsons, they share a passion for quality and take great pleasure in selecting teas from only the very finest gardens in Assam, Kenya and beyond. It takes a certain amount of courage to choose what is best over what is most profitable, but they simply can’t be persuaded to do it any other way.
These tea leaves are naturally highly prized and command a greater price; there is a great sense of pride to producing a cup of tea that is just that bit better. To this day, each and every blend they produce is first tasted and then approved by a member of the Thompson family.
Their mission has always been to create the perfect everyday cuppa. A tea that has superior taste and flavour, but still affordable. Easier said than done…but give it a try, they think you’ll love it!
This is a multi-award-winning family run bakery, established in 1967. Their knowledge and expertise have been handed down for over 50 years, preserving the rich heritage of Northern Irish baking.
The business has been named Northern Irelands Best Bakery by the BBC and their delicious produce has earned prestigious recognition across Britain, with 48 Great Taste Awards alongside 11 Tiptree World Bread Awards and runner up in the Tiptree World Awards, Wheaten Bread Category.
Their stall at St George’s Market in Belfast attracts large volumes of customers with the fine quality and Northern Irish charm of their baking.
Be honest, doesn’t watching a movie always work better with some popcorn in hand? Golden Popcorn’s is the “reel deel”. (Get it?) It comes in Salty Sea Epic, Sweet Cinnamon, a Sweet Love Story and a Salty Sweet Dynamic Duo flavours.
The packaging is an Art Deco dream and what’s inside is incredibly moreish. More flavour combinations are coming soon. We can’t wait.
You don’t need to go to the flicks to get your fix though. Golden Popcorn is also available in supermarkets.
