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🫒 A taste of Greece, rooted in tradition.

We’re excited to welcome @back2roots.uk to the 2027 Central South Food & Drink Trade EXPO.

Back2roots brings a range of natural and organic Greek products to the UK, including extra virgin olive oil, olives, tapenades, raw honey and herbs. Their signature olive oil is produced in Lakonia, Greece, using carefully selected olives and a strong focus on quality, traceability and sustainable growing practices.

Come and meet Back2roots at the EXPO and discover their range for yourself.

📅 Tuesday 9 February 2027
📍 Hilton Southampton – Utilita Bowl

Exhibitors: https://businesssouth.org/events/central-south-food-drink-trade-expo-exhibitors-2027/

Buyers: https://businesssouth.org/events/central-south-food-drink-expo-buyers-2027/

#CentralSouth #FoodAndDrink #FoodExpo #GreekFood #Hospitality #BusinessSouth

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🥕✨ British Food Fortnight: Carrots, Creativity & a MasterChef

Today Luke Emmess stepped in for Year 4 - and the spotlight was firmly on the carrots the children have grown from seed in our school garden. They quizzed Chef about his job and were curious to understand menu changes.

Luke took their harvest and turned it into carrot three ways: bright, crunchy, silky, surprising - each one designed to tickle their tastebuds and show just how exciting homegrown food can be.

A perfect celebration of British Food Fortnight: local, seasonal, and grown with small hands but big pride!

#britishfoodfortnight #schoolgarden #schooldinners #kidscooking #seasonalfood @jamieoliver @angelacooking @thomasinamiers @schoolfood_project @chefsinschools_uk @schoolfoodmatters @childrensfoodcampaign @food.foundation @__fayecooks @chef_emmess @jamiesministryoffood

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We often overcomplicate food and meals. Sometimes simplicity is best!
Homegrown courgette/marrow fried with organic garlic, Portuguese sea salt and extra virgin olive oil from @back2roots.uk for lunch today.
Absolutely deeeelish!
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#naturalliving #lesstoxocliving #lunch #homegrown #organic

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A little recap of an unforgettable evening…

For the winning bidders at the Yorkshire Children’s Charity fundraising event, I wanted this private dining experience to be about more than just what was on the plate.

Infused oils, brown butter, suya butter, calabash nutmeg, Uda seed, black cardamom and rose petals - it was all about the smell, the flavour and a few surprises in between.

With beautiful products from @back2roots.uk @louisas_honey @sarasaffronofficial

#YummyByDesign #KnittingFlavours #PrivateDining #NigerianFlavours yorkshirefood

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Celebrating 35 years of @hampshire_fare 🎂

Yesterday I exhibited with @happyadjika at @newforestfruit which was the most perfect venue to celebrate and support local Hampshire food and drink producers. Just some of the stands included @b58winery (wines founded by Sandy of New Forest Fruit which we got to taste!) @820spirits @triplefffbrewery @twoandoneoliveoil @rivertestdistillery @back2roots.uk @bon.and.rose @whimsicalforager and many more.

We at Happy Adjika took the opportunity to taste test something NEW we have been working on ourselves and got 10/10 feedback so I am incredibly excited to be bringing you a new range hopefully before Christmas - oh yes, it’s that time for businesses when we all start thinking about getting our festive spirit out of the attic. After a lovely afternoon trading, we all listened to the team at Hampshire Fare talk about their achievements over the last 35 years, and hopes and goals for the next 35 - then a cork was popped from a vintage @extonparkvineyard bottle, and the bottle was enjoyed by the members who have achieved 20+ years with Hampshire Fare.

Towards the end of the evening I took the opportunity to have a tour around New Forest Fruit which was so interesting to learn about their famous strawberries and asparagus, before I had to dash off as the wind was picking up and I got nervous my gazebo would end up in the vineyard 😅

What a wonderful afternoon - it was great to catch up with @callaloocorner @rockinahardplace @threecoursesisters @winchesterhiddengems @summerdownuk @sarahthermomixlarder @goodworth_sparkling @westleafarmshop ❤️

Here’s to another 35 years of championing Hampshire producers and growers 🥂

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🍅 If you have more tomatoes than you know what to do with, try this.

Slow roasted garden tomatoes. Simple food at its absolute best.

There seems to be an abundance of tomatoes in everyone’s gardens at the moment, and this is one of my favourite ways to enjoy them.

My aunt’s glorious homegrown tomatoes, lemon thyme from my garden, a few cloves of garlic, a generous glug of beautiful @back2roots.uk extra virgin olive oil and a good pinch of fleur de sel. Honestly, you don’t need much more ❤️.

Simply slice the tomatoes and arrange them on a lined baking tray. Add the garlic and lemon thyme, drizzle generously with olive oil and sprinkle with fleur de sel.

Slow roast at 130°C/ 110°C fan/ 266°F/ Gas Mark ½ for around 3 hours, until wonderfully soft, sweet and concentrated.

Pile onto toasted bread, finish with another generous drizzle of olive oil and enjoy.

David and I wolfed ours down before remembering to take a photo of the finished dish… which probably tells you everything you need to know 😂!

A huge thank you to Thekla and Nikos at Back2roots for my fabulous organic extra virgin olive oil and fleur de sel 🫒❤️. Their excellent oil is made from Koroneiki and Athinolia olives from Lakonia, Greece, is high in polyphenols and has a beautiful peppery finish.

What is your favourite way to enjoy your homegrown tomatoes 🍅? And if you have a garden overflowing with tomatoes, save this one for later!

#SlowRoastedTomatoes #OliveOil #HomegrownTomatoes #GardenToTable #SimpleFood

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And just like that… my final Great British Food Festival demo of 2026.

This happened the day before I travelled for my mum’s funeral, so I’m only just getting a chance to share a few highlights.

On the menu: Nigerian honey beans, caramelised plantain & cinnamon honey butter toast.

A delicious way to round off my 8 demos with GBFF this year — and what a ride it’s been!

Still plenty more events to come before 2026 is over… 💜

#yummybydesign #knittingflavours #NigerianFood #FoodFestival #ChefDemo

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Explore @hrpfestivals food festival with me. Had the best time on Monday with so much to see.
So good to catch up with @chrisbaber at @louisas_honey then @back2roots.uk and @santeliaoliveoil
Tried the new Aromatic Shrimp Chilli Oil from @67_rangoon_kitchen which is next level delicious.
@gourmettallow were really busy and found some awesome new spice mixes at @silkroadblends juice from ethical @aglassofjoy
Demo from @marcusbeanchef using a strawberry recipe from @gennarocontaldo which looked so good and saw @thepolkadotstrio doing what they do best on stage 🙌🏼
out of 10 it was a 10.5/10 day can’t wait for the next show 🙌🏼
#london #food #show #summer #fypシ

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It was an exciting bank holiday weekend @hrpfestivals Hampton Court Palace ! Much love to our friends for their support of @louisas_honey ! @chrisbaber who kindly showcased our honey during his cooking demo on the @regina_uk_official kitchen! The moment so perfectly captured by @marcusbeanchef as evidence that Chris can cook ! Listen to the banter between Marcus & Chris at the start of this reel 😂 Thank you Marcus for capturing this moment and featuring @louisas_honey in your own cooking demo! Special thanks to @amrittt.x @lilyholden @chrisbaber and the team @hexclad_europe for your incredible support of @louisas_honey 🥰 Heartfelt thanks to @cyrustodi for using @louisas_honey during your demo and passing by our stand to share your delicious bread with us! The @louisas_honey team were fighting over it! The spices on the bread married perfectly with the honey 👌Great to see everyone and friends that came by to say hi @archieb_cooks @misszeebeee @women_in_food_industry @mecca.ibrahim

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Wow, what a blur of a few weeks, but what a success!

It’s mad to think that in 2020 I was cooking crew food pretty much on my own for a gathering of 400 people, and now Medicine is a 10,000-person festival and we’re running nine different food and drink venues across the site.

Alev ran the Medicine Café with Carlotta as head chef, Karma ran our two elixir bars, Meg somehow managed four cacao bars, and Andrea ran our two pizza spots.

We try to source as much of our food as we can locally and organically, working with people like Hodmedod’s, Suma and Essential Trading Co-operative. Loads of the veg this year came from Andrea’s land and The Farmacy’s biodynamic farm, alongside wild ingredients gathered by Gio and his brilliant team of foragers.

I really think the Medicine Café went up another level this year. Carlotta and Thet absolutely smashed it, putting out proper healthy, nourishing food and snacks all weekend, and even managing a full roast dinner using loads of produce from The Farmacy.

A massive thank you to Mahalia for decorating the Medicine Café this year,genuinely the best it has ever looked,and to Millie for all the beautiful flowers that brought the whole place to life.

And a huge thank you to all our managers who kept everything moving: Asher, Ezme, Mark, Thet, Lottie, Steph, Maya, Jamie, Beth, Petay, Ellie and Francis. And of course all the chefs, front of house teams and guardians who worked their arses off throughout the festival. None of it happens without you!

A huge thank you to Bogdan for all his help, guidance and support throughout, and to Jenna and Zak for constantly backing us and trusting us to keep pushing the vision of what food and drink at Medicine can be.

Also a big thank you to Back2Roots Olive Oil, Hobbs House Bakery and The Coconut Collaborative for supporting us with some amazing produce and products.
There are so many people behind the scenes who helped make it happen, and I’m sure I’ll have forgotten someone!
@bogdan_theo @sensual.questing @wild.womb @medicinefestival @moreplantae @zak_avery @the.dancing.dough @rogueriding @back2roots.uk @farmacyuk @hodmedods @hobbshousebakery @wild.womb @karma_ceutical

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