Fine Food Digest Volum 16 Issue 9 | Page 47

The perfect Christmas ‘morning after’ cure! Christmas is all about family. Welcome our 2 newest flavours, Sweet Thai Chilli and Salt & Vinegar. Natural Alternative to Potato Crisps 50% less Carbs than Potato Crisps High In Fibre High in Healthy Good Fats MCT’s All Natural, Gluten Free Ingredients Toasted Never Fried In 1980 a surplus of eggs from the family farm led Marion Darlington to produce batches of her homemade Lemon Curd following her mothers’ recipe. She sold the Lemon Curd with her eggs on a delivery round in nearby towns, paying the local brownies to collect jars for her! Such was demand, a year later, Marion’s husband Tom converted one of the farm buildings into a large kitchen and the range increased to include Marion’s Orange and Lime Curds plus her Sweet Apple Chutney and Orange Marmalade recipes. Marion was able to expand her range to include jams when Mrs Wright, a fruit farmer from Lancashire, enquired to see if Mrs Darlington would buy her surplus fruit. Fast forward to 1987 when Marion’s daughter Sarah joined her in the business, as a temporary stop gap that’s lasted 27 years and counting! With the range expanding to include more of Marion’s chutneys, sauces and marmalades, demand became too high for the converted farm kitchen and in 1997 the big decision was made to relocate to Lancaster Fields, Crewe. Since 2002 it’s been a blur. Sarah’s sister Wendy left her corporate job and together the family team has seen Mrs Darlington’s products make their way into high quality food outlets across the UK, Europe and beyond. Today there are over 80 products in the Darlington range with lots of award winners amongst them. The Darlington family have come a long way but remain a family business, committed to the aim Marion Darlington began with; to craft delicious products with a truly homemade taste. Darlington & Daughters, Lancaster Fields, Crewe CW1 6FF Visiit our website: www.mrsdarlingtons.com You can also find us on Facebook & Twitter. Vol.16 Issue 9 · October 2015 47