Speciality Food September 2025

specialityfoodmagazine.com 27 suppliers who care about what they’ve grown or made – bringing the very best to the plate for their customers. Fresh vegetables and fruit are given the love and attention they deserve. The deli offers a collection of exceptionally well looked after cured meats, salamis, pates and cheeses. There’s a bakery, a fishmonger on Saturdays, and a certified Pasture For Life butchery, championing grassfed, grazed animals. And the newest addition is the wines and spirits store, where the team love showcasing the wide range of Kentish producers, alongside bottles fromNew and OldWorld makers. If you’re peckish, you simply have to try the a signature Macknade Rarebit in the cafe – layering chunky coveted independent department store) that hasn’t been carefully considered. It’s a place for foodies to utterly lose themselves. In the wine bar, book shop, or the sea of kitchenalia and cooking gadgets. Central to the stylish food hall is its deli counter, where the county’s cheeses (Norfolk Dapple, Binham Blue) are given a good showing alongside curedmeats, salads, olives, picky bits, and ideal picnic fodder from star chef Richard Bainbridge. The deli even has its own dedicated cheese room! Get lost amongst the displays of ambient products, combining the best of Norfolk, Britain and Europe. Colourful pastas. Snacks, crisps and nuts worthy of being decanted into your prettiest bowls. A plethora of chutneys, jams and pickles. A huge array of confectionery and chocoalte for on-the-go nibbling and gifting. Loads of local beers, wines and spirits (including Bullards Gin on refill). And lots of Jarrolds’ own-branded goods, made in partnership with some of the buying team’s favourite producers. MACKNADE FAVERSHAM, KENT Community is everything to the owners of this food hall, whose roots in growing andmarkets mean they truly understand what it is to be a producer, and what really great food looks like. The team go above and beyond to source ingredients and products from sustainable, ethical bread withWookey Hole Cheddar, Smoked Northumberland cheese, cream cheese, leeks and wholegrain mustard, and served with burnt tomato chutney and green salad. In the warmer months from Thursday to Sunday, Macknade’s Food Village opens too, with a plethora of street food vendors offering everything fromkatsu curry to tacos and crepes. DARTS FARM TOPSHAM, EXETER, DEVON An award-winning business – and rightly so. You can easily lose a whole day at Darts Farm– where there’s so muchmore than a food hall to explore. An artisan school, wellness spa, fishing ponds, play area, nature walks ... and numerous eateries, offering everything frombreakfasts and Devon scones, through to knowHarrods has its own label wines and unique blends of whisky? FODDER, GREAT YORKSHIRE FOOD HALL, HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE Found at the home of the Great Yorkshire Show, this food hall (renamed recently) is unique, as it’s run by Yorkshire Agricultural Society, with all profits going to charity, supporting the local farming and countryside communities. If you want to get a real sense of what Yorkshire’s broad food and drink scene has to offer (and it is broad, this is one of the biggest counties in Britain), then this is the place to go. Every fridge, shelf, freezer and counter is a celebration of this corner of the UK, and there’s a tangible sense of pride in this you can almost feel as you walk around. Even the walls are dedicated to Yorkshire makers, boasting artwork of suppliers Fodder has worked with for years. What will you find here? The answer is everything. Brilliant Yorkshire charcuterie. Meat sourced 100% fromYorkshire on the butchery counter. Local cheeses. Homemade pies, salads, soups and sausage rolls. Yorkshire made biscuits, chocolates, honey, beers and spirits. A display of cinnamon whirls and croissants made nearby by Underground Bakery. Yorvale ice cream, made using the farm’s ownmilk from their small herd of Friesian cows. And you can really hammer the Yorkshire foodmessage home by staying for a bite and a cuppa in the cafe. JARROLDS FOOD HALL NORWICH, NORFOLK Outside of London, this could win the award for most beautiful food hall in Britain. There’s not one part of the space (in the basement of the city’s