WIN a Gluten Free Bread Mix, Nuts & Tasty Seeds Goodie Bag or How to Grow a Flower Garden Workshop in our Christmas competition

Make sure you take part in our spectacular 12 Days of Christmas competition as we have some fantastic prizes on offer, 37 in all.
Over the next few days we'll be telling you about the prizes you could win and today we feature the sixth three…

Bake Your Own Gluten Free Bread Mix from Harnell Cottage Bakes

Owner, Jenny was diagnosed as gluten intolerant herself over 10 years ago and has made it her quest to offer a tasty gluten free alternative, not a second best. This would make a perfect treat for yourself or a great fun gift to get kids baking.
A lovely soft sandwich loaf. All the instructions for making the bread are in the packet, but all you have to add is eggs, milk oil, vinegar and butter. Alternatively substitute the butter and milk for non-dairy alternatives.

Find out more about Harnell Cottage Bakes on their website here

A Goodie Bag of Nuts & Tasty Seeds from Filbert's Fine Foods

Mr Filbert's handmade snacks contain all completely natural ingredients and taste fantastic. Try their nuts and seeds as a nibble with drinks or scatter into salads.
You could win a cotton shopper bag filled with three kinds of nuts; Peruvian Pink Peppercorn Cashews & Peanuts, Mexican Sweet Chilli Mixed Nuts and Italian Herb Peanuts & Hazelnuts.
Two bags of their new Tasty Seeds: Herb Roasted and Honey & Coconut.
And last but not least a 500ml bottle of Rapeseed Oil with which to make the best roast spuds at Christmas!

Find out more about Filbert's Fine Foods on their website here

How to Grow a Flower Garden Workshop from Roots Shoots Leaves

Roots Shoots & Leaves offers a range gardening courses, rural skills and craft courses in south Hampshire.All courses are run from their very own home and garden.
Learn how to grow a flower garden and even if you are not a beginner, you can gain a lot as herbs and foliage are incorporated from the wider garden. Creating a flower garden to grow and pick your own flower display is THE way to have flowers nearly all year round. You'll also be shown you which edible flowers you can grow for your cooking. 
How to prepare your plot and how to grow in pots too, from choosing what to grow and planting seeds, to on-going maintenance and when to harvest. Tips on keeping flowers longer and how to use other elements from the garden to make beautiful bouquets and wreaths throughout the year.

Find out more about this Roots Shoots & Leaves workshop on their website here

There are many more prizes in our 12 Days of Christmas competition so why not head over to The Artisan Food Trail website and
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Look out for further posts where we focus on the prizes you could win and remember the competition closes at midnight on 12th December 2014.

WIN Venison Charcuterie, a Hedgerow Basket Making Workshop or Ancient Greek Vinaigre in our Christmas competition

Make sure you take part in our spectacular 12 Days of Christmas competition as we have some fantastic prizes on offer, 37 in all.
Over the next few days we'll be telling you about the prizes you could win and today we feature the fifth three…

Charcuterie Gift Bag from 

Great Glen Charcuterie

Jan Jacob and Anja Baak produce some exceptional cured and smoked venison products which make great hors d'oeuvres/anti pasti and can also be used in cooking to add something special to the dishes you prepare.
You could win lovely a jute bag filled with wild venison charcuterie from Scotland; Venison Bresaola, Venison Chorizo and Venison Chilli Chorizo. To complete the gift, a wooden serving platter with deer leather handle is included – something to impress your guests throughout the festive celebrations – plus there are some recipe cards for kitchen inspiration.

Find out more about Great Glen Charcuterie on their website here

Hedgerow Basket Making Workshop from 

Roots Shoots & Leaves

Roots Shoots & Leaves offers a range gardening courses, rural skills and craft courses in south Hampshire.
All courses are run from their very own home and garden.
This colourful hedgerow willow basket workshop uses all that the garden offers in the extensive Roots Shoots and Leaves garden. Led by basket maker and willow artist Judith Needham, this will be an exciting day of foraging and making.
In this fun class you will make a round-bottomed basket with a flat base using the stake and strand technique using willow. This might be a shallow fruit basket or a waste paper basket or a small shopping basket with a handle.

Find out more about this Roots Shoots & Leaves workshop on their website here

Ancient Greek Vinaigre from 

Alan Coxon

As part of his historic food range chef, Alan Coxon has created this vinegar which is inspired by the cuisine of ancient Greece. Made with using the finest wine and a combination of herbs and honey, it is light and fruity and can be used in a variety of dishes.

Find out more about Alan Coxon on his website here and his products here

There are many more prizes in our 12 Days of Christmas competition so why not head over to The Artisan Food Trail website and
This competition has now closed



Look out for further posts where we focus on the prizes you could win and remember the competition closes at midnight on 12th December 2014.

WIN a Herb Garden Workshop, Chocolate Powders or Food Safety eLearning Course in our Christmas competition

Make sure you take part in our spectacular 12 Days of Christmas competition as we have some fantastic prizes on offer, 37 in all.
Over the next few days we'll be telling you about the prizes you could win and today we feature the fourth three…

Designing a Herb Garden for Health, Beauty & Cooking Workshop from Roots Shoots Leaves

Roots Shoots & Leaves offers a range gardening courses, rural skills and craft courses in south Hampshire.


All courses are run from their very own home and garden.
A day that will test your five senses: from tasting, to identifying, eating, smelling and handling a great variety of herbs, showing you how to design, plan, sow and plant your own herb garden.
Whether you are interested in herbs for your kitchen or for your health or beauty, their will be recipes to demonstrate how easy it is to make herbal teas and beauty potions with your own herbs. Their will be easy to make recipes for everyday cooking.

Find out more about this Roots Shoots & Leaves workshop on their website here

West African, Ecuador and White Couverture Chocolate Powders from Mortimer Chocolate Company

Husband and wife team, Adrian and Felicity Smith set up the Mortimer Chocolate Company in 2006.
Using Adrian’s expertise as a Mars-trained cocoa taster, they produce fantastic tasting chocolate powders.
All chocolate powders are free from gluten, dairy, soya, nuts and palm oil and are suitable for a variety of uses including making into a hot drink, baking and confectionery.

Find out more about Mortimer Chocolate Company on their website here

Win 1 of 8 Licences for CIEH eLearning Level 1 or 2 Food Safety from The Red Cat Partnership

The Red Cat Partnership are made up of a team of people that are are highly skilled and experienced Food (& health and safety) consultants – that are all from an Environmental Health background.
They are offering these eLearning courses to eight lucky entrants and the courses can be undertaken anywhere and are designed for anyone working in a business where food is prepared, cooked or handled to introduce them to food safety.

Find out more about The Red Cat Partnership on their website here

There are many more prizes in our 12 Days of Christmas competition so why not head over to The Artisan Food Trail website and
This competition has now closed

Look out for further posts where we focus on the prizes you could win and remember the competition closes at midnight on 12th December 2014.

WIN a Gluten Free Brownie Mix, Coffee Hamper or Chilli Growing Workshop in our Christmas competition

Make sure you take part in our spectacular 12 Days of Christmas competition as we have some fantastic prizes on offer, 37 in all.
Over the next few days we'll be telling you about the prizes you could win and today we feature the second three…

Bake Your Own Gluten Free Chocolate Brownie Mix from Harnell Cottage Bakes

Owner, Jenny was diagnosed as gluten intolerant herself over 10 years ago and has made it her quest to offer a tasty gluten free alternative, not a second best. This would make a perfect treat for yourself or a great fun gift to get kids baking.
The mix includes all the dry ingredients you need to make some tasty brownies. Just add eggs and butter (or dairy-free alternative). The chocolate supplied is both gluten and dairy free.

Find out more about Harnell Cottage Bakes on their website here

Coffee Christmas Hamper from The House of Coffee

The House of Coffee is a speciality coffee roaster and blender importing a wide selection of raw coffee beans from the finest grower-partners in over 20 sub-tropical countries, across four continents, to deliver freshly ground and whole bean coffee direct from their house to yours.
You could win this delightfully indulgent and unique gift for coffee lovers with three original coffee blends (medium, medium-strong and strong) in stylish packaging, hand-made chocolate, coffee syrups, sugar sticks and waffle biscuits. This Christmas Hamper would make an ideal present.

Find out more about The House of Coffee on their website here

How to Grow Chillies Workshop from Roots Shoots Leaves

Roots Shoots & Leaves offers a range gardening courses, rural skills and craft courses in south Hampshire.
All courses are run from their very own home and garden.
This is a fiery taste workshop! Learn how to grow and cook and eat chillies from around the world. You will be taught how to sow your chilli seeds and how to look after your plants as they grow. Learn which varieties to choose for a variety of uses in the kitchen from hot to sweet. You will also cook some recipes with chillies.
This is a hands-on day!

Find out more about this Roots Shoots & Leaves workshop on their website here

There are many more prizes in our 12 Days of Christmas competition so why not head over to The Artisan Food Trail website and
This competition has now closed

Look out for further posts where we focus on the prizes you could win and remember the competition closes at midnight on 12th December 2014.

WIN a Turkey, Lino Cutting Workshop or Christmas Fudge in our Christmas competition

Make sure you take part in our spectacular 12 Days of Christmas competition as we have some fantastic prizes on offer, 37 in all.
Over the next few days we'll be telling you about the prizes you could win and today we start with the first three…

Free Range Norfolk Bronze Turkey from Morton's Traditional Taste

Weighing in at 6.5kg this turkey could be the star of your Christmas table.
Morton's produce award winning poultry on their farm in Norfolk and each and every bird is free to roam and lives a natural and happy life. The turkeys grow slowly ensuring they taste great making them the perfect choice for the festive celebrations.

Find out more about Morton's on their website here

Lino Cutting & Drypoint Workshop from 

Roots Shoots & Leaves

Roots Shoots & Leaves offers a range gardening courses, rural skills and craft courses in south Hampshire. All courses are run from their very own home and garden.
This course will include a full day of printmaking techniques to enjoy. Try out a range of different print techniques from linocuts to drypoint etchings. On the day you will be able to produce a series of mini prints using the above techniques.

Find out more about this Roots Shoots & Leaves workshop on their website here

Christmas Gourmet Miniature Fudge Treats from Fudge Kitchen

This would make a lovely gift or you could just keep them to yourself!
Fudge Kitchen hand make all their fudge in small batches making these little treats quite special, ideal for brightening up the dinner table or popped inside your homemade crackers.
Each gourmet butter fudge treat is colourfully twist wrapped and each box contains six each of two Christmas flavours – Mince Pie and Continental Gingerbread.

Find out more about Fudge Kitchen on their website here

There are many more prizes in our 12 Days of Christmas competition so why not head over to The Artisan Food Trail website and
This competition has now closed

Look out for further posts where we focus on the prizes you could win and remember the competition closes at midnight on 12th December 2014.

Competition! – Win a place on a 'Grow Your Own Fruit & Veg for Autumn & Winter' Workshop with Roots Shoots & Leaves

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We're very pleased to offer you the chance to win a place on a Grow Your Own Fruit & Veg for Autumn & Winter workshop with Artisan Food Trail member Roots Shoots & Leaves.

The workshop will be held on Saturday 27th September 2014 at the RSL HQ
in Hampshire.

The workshop looks at the sowing, planting and maintenance of fruit and vegetables for Autumn and Winter. This is a practical hands-on course, so you'll be getting your hands dirty learning the skills and techniques that will help you in your own garden over this time of year.

So if you want to learn more about growing your own fruit and vegetables why not enter the competition. There's just a simple question to answer and we'll draw a luck winner from the correct entries.

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Competition! – Win a place on a Gourmet Herbs Workshop with Roots Shoots & Leaves

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We're very pleased to offer you the chance to win a place on a Gourmet Herbs workshop with Artisan Food Trail member Roots Shoots & Leaves.

The workshop will be held on Saturday 13th September 2014 at the RSL HQ
in Hampshire
You will be shown how to choose the right herbs for your garden and how herbs can enhance your cooking as well some as more unusual concoctions. Make herb vinegars, butters and oils.

So if you want to learn more about herbs why not enter the competition. There's just a simple question to answer and we'll draw a luck winner from the correct entries.

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Win a place on a Fruit & Vegetable Summer Workshop

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There's nothing more satisfying than growing your own fruit and vegetables. Whether you have some allotment space, a plot in the garden or just a few tubs, you can grow great things to eat. You really can't beat something picked from from the plant or dug from the ground for freshness and above all, flavour.

So if you're looking for something inspiring and educational and would like to learn how to sow, plant and grow your very own fruit and vegetable garden, we are pleased to offer this opportunity to win a place on Roots Shoots & Leaves' Fruit & Vegetable Summer Workshop.

In this summer course (Saturday 26th April 2014) from RSL, learn how to keep your edible food growing. Looking at summer month crops and what to sow in the next few months to give you a continuous crop of edibles.

RSL will look at seed sowing and how successional sowing ensures you do not suffer from large gluts of any one vegetable but can plan for continuous cropping.

Also covered are weeds and pests and how to control them organically. RSL also share with you old family recipes of herbal teas and concoctions to make for your garden that will feed your plants, deter pests and increase the bio-diversity of your garden.

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Win a full day on a fruit & vegetable workshop

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There's nothing more satisfying than growing your own fruit and vegetables. Whether you have some allotment space, a plot in the garden or just a few tubs, you can grow great things to eat. You really can't beat something picked from from the plant or dug from the ground for freshness and above all, flavour.

So if you're looking for something inspiring and educational and would like to learn how to sow, plant and grow your very own fruit and vegetable garden, we are pleased to offer this opportunity to win a place on Roots Shoots & Leaves' Fruit & Vegetable Spring Workshop.

In this Spring course, to be on Saturday 8th February 2014, RSL start afresh with what can be grown during Spring – they demonstrate sowing and planting for this year but also what to plant for next year too.

The workshop looks at preparing the soil and what to plant, such as: aubergines, artichokes, broad beans, broccoli, carrots, cabbages, cucumbers, garlic, kale, lettuces, onions, parsnips, peppers, radishes, tomatoes, spinach and much much more!

The workshop takes place in Hampshire and a home-grown lunch and homemade cakes are included as well as a starter pack of seeds to take home.

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Special Offer: Save 15% off courses in 2014 with Roots Shoots & Leaves

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We're pleased to offer an exclusive 15% discount on courses in 2014 with AFT member Roots Shoots & Leaves.

Based in Hampshire, Roots Shoots & Leaves offers a range of grow your own vegetables and gardening courses, rural skills and craft courses.

Whether you are a beginner or a more experienced gardener, their courses are perfect for all. All gardening courses, workshops and events are run in their purpose-built premises, demonstration kitchen garden and orchard in the beautiful Hampshire countryside.

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Here are just a few of the courses available to choose from:

• Grow Your Own Fruits and Vegetables
• Living Willow Structures
• Wildlife Gardening and Wildflower Meadow Making
• Beekeeping for Beginners
• Easy Peasy Pot Growing for Fruit and Veg
• Build Your Own Bread Oven
• Soft Fruit for All
• Build Your Own Smoker
• Keeping Chickens
• Gourmet Herbs for Gourmet Food
• Jams, Preserves, Oils, Vinegars, Butters and Much More with the Garden Harvest

This offer is valid until 29th December 2013 and includes all courses in 2014 except for Chilli Fiesta and workshop in August 2014.

To receive your 15% discount use the code AFTxmas when booking on the Roots Shoots & Leaves website here.