insideKENT Magazine Issue 93 - December 2019 | Page 109

M A CK NA DE H O ST BEEF BU T CH E RY
M A ST ERCL A SS
Participants at Macknade’s Beef
Butchery class left informed and
well-fed after a demonstration
and dinner on Thursday 14th
November. Greeted with a beer
from on-site brewers, Boutilliers,
guests were guided through a
range of cuts before getting
hands on with a forequarter of
Macknade’s pasture-fed beef.
SIMPLY ICE CREAM
W I N THI R D A W A R D
OF THE YE AR
Simply Ice Cream have won their third award of
the year in the Great British Food Awards. The
natural ice cream is loving handmade in small batches
in Bonnington, Ashford, using natural and fresh local
ingredients. Available in a variety of flavours including
Stem Ginger and Marmalade for which judges
commented: “Soft and creamy with an awakening
warmth from the ginger and the zingy marmalade.
This luxurious ice cream is an unusual flavour
combination, but an unbeatable one.”
L O S T S HE EP CO F FEE
O W N E R F O U NDER ,
S T U A RT W IL SON
All Macknade beef is sourced
only from PFLA (Pasture Fed
Livestock Association) certified
farms in the South East, meaning
that the animals have been fed
a 100% natural diet of grasses,
wildflowers & herbs through
their entire lives.
The demonstration was followed
by a sit-down meal in the
butchery where ex-Michelin chef
and current Macknade head
butcher, Simon Maynard,
prepared beef bourguignon and
answered questions about the
Macknade butchery ethos.
insideKENT’s Karlene Gannon
said: “The evening was
extremely informative, not only
did I learn about butchery but
also about animal welfare and
how to use the whole animal. It was interesting to find out about forgotten cuts that when prepared
correctly are incredibly tasty.
The event is one of many intimate and exclusive demonstration sessions that will be run at the Faversham
site and are bookable online.
L O ST SH EEP CO F F EE P LANS
T O EXP A ND IN 2020
Kent’s own specialty coffee roaster,
Lost Sheep Coffee, marks record
sales of its new plastic free Nespresso
100% Compostable Coffee capsules
retail arm with a huge 322% increase
in turnover. This is set to increase
further as the capsule range will be
available in selected Morrisons stores
this winter with a nationwide rollout
expected by early 2020.
The micro-roastery and coffee shop
brand launched the new Nespresso
compostable coffee capsules in
February 2019 and completely sold
out within eight weeks of launch.
Says Lost Sheep Coffee owner
founder, Stuart Wilson: “We are
keeping up with the current demand,
but to ensure we meet the future
demand we are rolling out the
national launch in two stages. The
appetite for our plastic free 100%
compostable capsules has been
unprecedented, with customers all
over the country and beyond buying
them. To ensure we can meet the
growing demands we are now
moving to larger premises, this move
will make us the largest speciality
coffee roastery in kent
It is so satisfying for me to know
that thousands of capsules have not
gone into landfill and even if they
did end up in landfill, they will still
break down. It’s great to think that
all of the capsules we’ve ever sold
(if they have been used) would by
now have now completely composted
to nothing.”
The company is now planning to
expand the roastery to new premises
in Whitstable, allowing them to
double their production, increase
storage capabilities and create
multiple new jobs.
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