Easter

easter eggs

Welcome to Focus On... Easter


We have Easter covered, from the FoodLovers Easter Lunch Hamper for your Easter Sunday Lunch to suggestions for alternatives, the best chocolate makers for the all-important Easter eggs, meats, cheeses, events, places to visit and much more...

 

Chococo

 

 

 

British Chocolates

 
 

chocolate truffles

Chocolate is a must at Easter - make sure yours is artisan-produced from our FoodLovers Approved chocolate makers

Pure Flavour   Mortimer Chocolate Co   Chococo  

Auberge du Chocolat   Cocomaya  

Visit Online Chocolate for more artisan chocolates to buy online

 

FoodLovers English Beauties Cheese Selection

 
 

Neals Yard Dairy

 

 
 

The Cheese Hamlet

 

 

 

Kitchen Garden Foods

 

 

 

neals yard

Your Easter meal wouldn't be complete without a Cheese course - make sure yours is of the highest quality by buying from our FoodLovers Approved cheesemongers

 The Cheese Society   Cheeseworks   Neal's Yard Dairy  

...and don't forget the preserves and chutneys to go with it...

Kitchen Garden Foods

 

Clerkes Geese

 

You might prefer a really good free-range chicken or turkey for the Easter lunch - we've picked our favourite FoodLovers Approved poultry producers.

Copas Turkeys   KellyBronze Turkeys   F Conisbee & Sons   

 

Blackface

 

 
 

black face sheep

Easter is the start of the new-season lamb, but you should also try over-wintered hogget for a deeper flavour. Here are some of our top FoodLovers Approved lamb producers and butchers.

Blackface Meat Co    C Lidgate    Well Hung Meat

Gower Salt Marsh Lamb Ltd    A & C Meats

 

Cariad Cakes

 

If you have a sweet tooth, why not try our FoodLovers Approved Cakes

Cariad Cakes     The Original Hat Box Cake Company

 

Or if you'd rather get creative in the kitchen, why not make your own Easter-inspired treats...? Try out this fun recipe for Easter Egg biscuits from our Book of the Month - Popina Book of Baking by Isidora Popovic...

 

Easter eggs

Easter is an egg-stra special time for all things Egg - make sure you get out and about with our selection of Egg-related events around the country...

8-10 April 2011                    Easter Chocolate Festival, Southbank, London
21st April 2011                     Farncome Estate Easter Egg Hunt, Broadway
25th April 2011                     Easter Egg Rolling, Lancashire

For more on Eggs, including what kind and where to buy and recipes, visit Our Little Green Book on Crackingly Good Eggs supported by Freedom Food

 

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Valentines Day  14 February St David's Day 1 March

Damson Day   17 April     Easter  22-25 April

Mother's Day   3 April  British Asparagus Spring Festival 23 April-21 June

Father's Day   20 June    American Independence Day 4 July

Bastille Day  14 July     Michaelmas 29 September

Apple Day 10 October  Halloween 31 October  Bonfire Night 5 November

Diwali Festival 26 October