Cotswold Taste host showcase event at Queen’s Hotel in Cheltenham

In May, Cotswold Taste held its first face-to-face networking event for two years, hosted by the Queen’s Hotel in Cheltenham. This also included a producers’ showcase event which proved very successful.

Founded in 2016, Cotswold Taste encourages and supports food and drink produced in the local area.

They are a member-owned co-operative and their main aim is to get consumers and business owners alike to, “Think local, buy local, shop local!”

Their goal is to connect artisan food and drink producers with the consumer and promote the benefits of buying locally, all of which are embedded into their members’ promise. 

Cotswold Taste works with the entire food chain from farmers through to producers through to retail and hospitality outlets. They also encourage membership from allied service providers.

In May, Cotswold Taste held its first face-to-face networking event for two years, hosted by the Queen’s Hotel in Cheltenham. This also included a producers’ showcase event which proved very successful. 

Suppliers who showcased their products during the evening included:

• Gloucester Brewery with their Fox Kiln gins.
• Beard & Sabre with their ciders from Bristol.
• The Billowing Loaf with their breads from Stonehouse.
• Fussels Fine Foods with their rapeseed oils and other products from Frome.
• Cotswold Meat & Game with their cheese and game products.
• The Incredible Brewing Company showcasing their beers, based near Bristol.

Guest speaker for the evening was Tim Fussell of Fussels Fine Foods, a specialist producer of locally-grown cold-pressed rape seed products. Tim spoke about the challenges of the pandemic and how the company has achieved further success through diversification. Additionally, Shaun Bowles, general manager at the Queens, shared his vision for working more closely with local suppliers over the coming months.

Through the rest of 2022, The Cotswold Taste team is planning further member events in several other major hotels in the area as well as working on a number of consumer-facing initiatives.

For further information and to join the Cotswold Taste community click here www.cotswoldtaste.co.uk

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