Archive for the ‘Food News’ Category

Christmas is fast approaching and you may be starting to think about what to munch on during the festive period. Visit our Christmas shop if you need some inspiration. From the best quality meat to buttery artisan panettone and much more, there’s something to suit every taste. Just make sure you book your delivery in time…

London (areas served by Natoora vans. Click for details)

Good news! We deliver to large parts of London, Twickenham and some Kingston postcodes with our own vans. See below for more details on when we are delivering in these areas and your last dates for ordering…

Christmas

Last Order Date: Thursday 22nd December by 11PM
Last Deliveries: Friday 23rd December until 10PM and Saturday 24th December until 1PM

New Year

Last Order Date:  Thursday 29th December by 11PM
Delivery Dates: Wednesday 28th December to Saturday 31st December
Last Deliveries: Saturday 31st December until 1PM

Deliveries in the New Year from 3rd January 2011 onwards.

Outside London (areas served by TNT. Click for details)

Christmas*

Last Order Date: Wednesday 21st December by 11PM
Last Delivery Date: Friday 23rd December between by 6PM

*Delivery surcharges may apply to certain slots during Christmas week

New Year

Last Order Date: Wednesday 28th December by 11PM
Delivery Dates: Thursday 29th December and Friday 30th December
Last Deliveries: Friday 30th December between 8AM-12PM

Deliveries in the New Year from 4th January 2011 onwards.

Please note: All slots and delivery days are subject to availability and weather permitting. As we use couriers we do not take orders for delivery on Christmas or New Year’s Eve outside London in order to avoid disappointment due to missed deliveries.

We’re now at the Dock Kitchen Market every Sunday! Each week we will select the best of our fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables and lovingly transport them to Ladbroke Grove.

The Dock Kitchen will open up their terrace from 10am-3pm every Sunday and you can explore stalls from their best suppliers. It’s a wonderful chance to get your hands on the ingredients Stevie and the team use to create their delicious dishes.

You’ll find Natoora’s best seasonal fresh offerings, plus natural wines and delicious spices mixes from their other suppliers.

So come along, meet the team and don’t forget to pick up some lunch at the Dock Kitchen while you’re there!

Every Sunday 10am-3pm

344 Ladbroke Grove,
Entrance on the bridge

Visit www.dockkitchen.co.uk for more details.

Fresh nuts are not something you usually find in the supermarkets. They have a very short season but well worth getting your hands on if you can!

At the moment, we are enjoying creamy fresh hazelnuts and almonds from France, Kentish cobnuts and Italian wet walnuts. The flavour is an incredible version of their dried counterparts – creamy, milky and delicate. They are described as ‘wet’ for their softer texture and consistency.

Try the more refined flavour of fresh nuts with game meats like grouse, or to compliment sweet cakes and ice creams.

You’ll struggle to find these at any other online store. Try them today!
Fresh Nuts, from £1.75/250g

I was lucky enough to take part in our first sponsored class at L’atelier des Chefs this week. It was wonderful to see our produce being put to expert use by the chef and everyone went away with some very good tips (and very happy stomachs). Below you can see our Panzanella salad made with our Italian peppers, buffalo mozzarella, wild rocket and San Marzano tomatoes. Then there was the sumptuous lemon posset made of course with real Amalfi lemons and some superb English jubilee strawberries. Unfortunately we were so excited at our main course of pan-fried sea bream with provencale vegetables that we ate it before we could take a picture!

Our next sponsored class takes place on the 12th July and due to popular demand it has already sold out! If you haven’t been lucky enough to get booked onto this class, there are still spaces on the 26th July when we’ll be making a beautiful verrine of tiger prawns, lamb with pepperonata, and some wonderful poached nectarines.

Book now to avoid disappointment!

Join us tomorrow at the new Dock Kitchen Market and try some of our wonderful fresh food! The Dock Kitchen will open up their terrace from 11am-5pm and you can explore stalls from their best suppliers. It’s a wonderful chance to get your hands on the ingredients Stevie and the team use to create their delicious dishes.

You’ll find Natoora’s best seasonal fresh offerings, plus natural wines and delicious spices mixes from their other suppliers.

So come along, meet the team and don’t forget to pick up some lunch at the Dock Kitchen while you’re there!

The Dock Kitchen Market
Friday 24th June
11am-5pm
342-4 Ladbroke Grove
Get directions here

This Bastille Day (14th July 2011), The French Institute is hosting a Charity Ball under the high patronage of HE Mr Bernard Emié French Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

With a touch of French style,  in the beautiful Kensington Palace Gardens, the ball will raise funds for the Fédération des Association Françaises en Grande-Bretagne (FAFGB). It is being arranged by France In London, with beautiful fresh produce from Natoora.

Kensington Palace Gardens will be transformed into the glamorous world of the 1920s. Vintage cars, flapper girls, swinging music and, of course, champagne: the evening will encapsulate all the glitz and the glamour of the roaring twenties.

With the Marquees decked out to the theme of “Black and White silent movies”, champagne pyramids courtesy of Mumm, delicious food from Nomad, Androuet, and themed cocktails by Pernod Absynth, Absolut Vodka… this will be Bastille Day like you’ve never celebrated it before.

The meal will be a visual and sensory delight with the combined creative flair of Nomad and the freshest of ingredients provided by Natoora.

Read more and get your tickets here!

Natoora has teamed up with L’atelier des Chefs to sponsor a series of 90 minute cookery classes. For just £27 you will get to cook with the freshest Natoora produce under the expert eyes of L’atelier’s professional chefs. The first class takes place on Tuesday 28th June, and using our seasonal ingredients you will learn how to make:

-Lemon posset with strawberry cream and candied peel

-Panzanella salad with buffalo mozzarella

-Crisp fillet of bream with provencal vegetables

Once the cooking is over, you can relax and enjoy your meal with your fellow classmates. They’ll even email you the recipes after the class so you can recreate all these fabulous dishes at home – a sure fire way to impress your friends and family!

For more information and to book, click here

The lovely people at Gourmet Britain have awarded Natoora “Best Mail/Internet Order Supplier 2011″. Gourmet Britain is an amazing resource for all things food, from the best restaurants, independent shops and much more. They selected Natoora out of their 920 listed mail order and internet suppliers:

“Quality is the name of the game – and as well as retail customers, they now supply some of the countries best restaurants. British food is well to the fore – and provence given. www.natoora.co.uk. A browse through their web site is must.”

See all the winners here

This Friday we are teaming up with France in London for a night of French fun and fancy. Come along for some great quality food and a showing of this classic film.