Speciality Food September 2025

@specialityfood sourdough pizzas, and steaks. Cow & Cacao is a particularly exciting part of the package. The cafe makes its own gelato, and has its own chocolatier, crafting bean-to-bar decadences. As farmers, provenance, sustainability and quality feed into every part of the food hall, stocking their own grown and homemade products, then reaching into Devon and the South-West’s larder before heading further afield. The offering includes their honey chocolate, honey from their own hives, homegrown and locally grown fruit and vegetables, and their own slowly reared Ruby Red cattle, grazed on nearby wetlands – an ingredient the butchers treat with the upmost care and pride. In the deli counter, find cheeses from artisan who share Darts Farm’s slow food ethos. Makers who use value terroir and traditional practices. These sit with real charcuterie (some made locally using the farm’s beef), salads, pastries and pies – the wherewithal for a fabulous picnic. If that wasn’t enough to have you sprinting to the car for a road trip, Darts Farmhas its own single-estate vineyard, producing award-winning sparkling wines, made using the Champagne method, and has partnered with the founder of Sandford Orchards to form a cidery. The first collaboration – Katja Rose – is a sparkler, made by crushing Katy dessert apples with hand- picked Rondo grapes from the farm’s vineyard. EATALY, LONDON If you love Italian food you simply HAVE to go here. There’s a restaurant for every occasion (date nights to casual lunches), and a cafe with lots of grab and go options at the ground floor entrance – perfect if you’re looking for something quick to eat on the fly travelling in or out of Liverpool Street Station (just next door). Or linger a bit longer. The cafe will lead you through a confectionery tunnel (yes, you read that right) lined from end to end with shiny wrapped Italian candies, gianduja and bon bons to pick andmix, as well as chocolate spreads, chocolate bars andmore. At the other side is the bakery, where olive oil-slathered focaccia nestle next to country style loaves, and where you can pick up pizza by the slice, fresh pasta, salads and savouries to-go, or to enjoy in the casual eatery over a glass of wine or spritz. Upstairs, the experience continues. With fresh produce (think super ripe tomatoes perfect for saucing andmozzarella made before your very eyes), a deli counter exploding with speciality Italian cheeses and meats, a butchery stocking ethically and sustainably sourcedmeat, fish, wines and spirits, and an incredible range of sauces, stocks, pasta, risotto rice, risotto mixes, biscuits, grissini, balsamic vinegar and oils. The food hall stocks an enormous range of panettone at Christmas too. SELFRIDGES FOOD HALL LONDON A go-to for foodies in the capital, who visit for the restaurants and cafes (whatever your heart desires, fromChampagne and oysters or bubble tea and cereal flavoured soft serve ice cream), to build hampers of distinction with the food concierge team, or, of course, to browse the food hall’s offering – which is vast. The teamgo far and wide to ensure every visit brings something new and exciting, with innovative products jostling position amongst long-held customer favourites. This is the place to head if you want to fill your basket with the latest gut-friendly sodas and protein waters, finest Pierre Marcolini chocolates, tins of Borilla olive oil crisps ... even personalised cakes, cookies, Champagne and spirits! Awalk of the floor will inspire at every turn. There’s bread and pastries. Fresh herbs to pot up at home. Ameat counter stocking fabulous grass-fed beef. Fresh fish. Counters of prepared meals, curedmeats, olives and the very best British and European cheeses. Gifts are a speciality. FLOURISH FOODHALL GLENARVON FARM (ALSO FARLEIGH ROAD) One of the UK’s only B Corp retailers, heavily invested in doing good – by its staff (who love working there), customers and nature. At every stage of the buying process, the team look for products that have people and the environment at heart. Both food halls are expansive in their offering, ensuring theymeet customers’ day- to-day needs (milk, fresh local bread, fruit and vegetables, cheeses (curated by Neal’s Yard Dairy), eggs) while introducing them to excellent local producers. Don’t leave without grass-fed beef from the butchery, a huge Scotch egg from the deli counter (renowned for its savouries), one of the various cakes and bakes from the patisserie (Pipp & Co supply doughnuts on Fridays), a bite from the bagel bar, or without sampling something from the restaurant. It’s open for breakfast, lunch and brunch, and the offering is far beyond what youmight find in the average cafe – spanning everything from shakshuka, to Flourish’s own burger and homemade flatbreads with myriad toppings. BOWLAND FOOD HALL CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE This food hall is Lancashire through