FOODS AND CRAFTS

ALL ABOUT FOOD IN WALES

Meet the producers, watch it grow.
Learn to cook from surrounding fields.
Eat lobster from the harbour a hundred metres away.
Taste pure rain washed, grass fattened, slow grown black beef.
Wash it down with a slug of Cariad wine.

It's made with love. http://www.visitwales.co.uk/about-wales-guide-to-wales-culture-people-and-language/food/

ART AND CULTURE IN WALES

Want something Welsh?

We'll tell you where to go! http://www.walesindex.co.uk/pages/275.html

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Whether arty or crafty there are lots of both in South Wales. Starting with Swansea, just 20 minutes drive away there is the Ceri Richard Gallery. Based in http://www.welshholidaycottages.com/art/art-wales.htm

BLAENAFON CHEESE COMPANY

We are a specialist cheddar cheese company based in the World Heritage site of Blaenafon, South Wales. At present we produce eight very distinctive cheddars and four varieties of http://www.chunkofcheese.co.uk/

BRYNDERI HONEY FARM

We are a family-run honey farm in Carmarthenshire in South West Wales.

We produce our own Welsh honey and specialize in making honey ice cream. http://www.brynderihoneyfarm.com/

CARMARTHEN HAM

The recipe of Carmarthen Ham has been handed down from generation to generation. The family legend being that when the Romans came to Britain and settled in Carmarthen, they stole the recipe and returned to Italy and called it Parma Ham! http://www.carmarthenham.co.uk/

CARMARTHEN MARKET

Discover a treasure trove of traditional and contemporary trades. http://www.carmarthenmarket.co.uk/

FISH IN PEMBROKESHIRE

Fish Outlets in South West Wales http://www.pembrokeshirefishweek.co.uk/content.asp?nav=103,123,177&parent_directory_id=646&id=7868

GOWER SALT MARSH LAMB

Our families have been farming the marsh by Weobley Castle for nearly half a century. Whereas before, the lambs were sold and lost on the http://www.gowersaltmarshlamb.co.uk/

LLANELLI MARKET

There’s a real buzz about Llanelli market. It’s bursting with character and is full of those lovely sounds and smells associated with traditional market halls of a golden age. http://www.visit.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/culture/llanelli-market.html

LOCAL FOOD ADVISOR

In early 2008 localfoodadvisor.com, a small Reading based company, was set up by Allan and Maggie Ure to help consumers and businesses search for award winning food producers locally, regionally or nationally. During the course of 2008, a database was built of the UK's top food producers http://www.localfoodadvisor.com/Producers/SearchResults.aspx?fdPageReset=true

NEWQUAY HONEY FARM

Gerald & Mariana Cooper established their hives at New Quay, West Wales in 1985, and soon discovered that their hobby was producing the best honey they had ever tasted.

New Quay Honey Farm was started to bring this marvellous honey to a wider public and to share with visitors the extraordinary story of the life of the honeybee. http://www.thehoneyfarm.co.uk/index.php

ORGANIC FOOD IN WALES

Your first stop for information on organic food and farming in Wales: http://www.organic.aber.ac.uk/index.shtml

PARSONS PICKLES

Welcome to Parsons Pickles. We are a company which prides itself on a reputation for service and quality. http://www.parsonspickles.co.uk/

PEMBROKESHIRE DIRECT FOOD

Direct Produce for South Wales http://www.pembrokeshireproducedirect.org.uk/index.asp

PENCLAWDD SEA FOOD

Cockles have been harvested in Penclawdd since Roman Times. The Burry estuary, which lies between the Gower Peninsula and the County of Camarthenshire has become a well known area for good quality cockles http://www.selwynsseafoods.co.uk/localhistory.htm

SWANSEA FISH

"From Shore to Your Door" is our next day delivery service. We carefully select our freshest fish for our home http://www.swanseafish.co.uk/home.htm

SWANSEA MARKET

The Swansea Market as it stands today opened in 1961, some 20 years after its predecessor in the same location was destroyed by the three night blitz. It now ranks as a jewel in the city's crown, and rightly so, as it's the largest indoor coveredmarket in Wales. http://www.food-passion.co.uk/fine-food-purveyors/swansea-market.html

TRUE TASTE OF WALES

Welsh food has a long-established reputation for distinctiveness and quality, making it popular with consumers across the world http://www.walesthetruetaste.co.uk/en/Home

WALES CRAFT COUNCIL

Through this website Wales Craft Council hopes to impart information about the craft sector across Wales, to keep both potential retailers of Welsh made products informed about the members of WCC: what is available and where. We also wish to keep the general public informed about where they can buy goods from our http://www.walescraftcouncil.co.uk/

WELSH CHEESES

How good are Welsh cheeses? They’re so good they were once used as part of divorce settlements. Under the laws of Welsh ruler Hywel Da cheeses that were washed in brine went to the wife, and cheeses that were hung up went to the husband http://www.ilovecheese.co.uk/WelshCheeses.html

WELSH FISH / SEA FOOD

Various fish outlets http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/welsh_fish.php

WELSH FOOD PRODUCTS

Various Welsh Food Products http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/food___drink.php