Having started out making her own chilli sauce for family meals, Pollyanna Hutchinson has built an acclaimed business. A combination of distinctive branding and delicious flavours has seen West Chiltington-based business Pollyanna’s Kitchen scoop several prestigious...
Tom and Chesca Scanlon founded their own cider business, Nuthurst Orchard, after finding an ideal plot while on a tandem bicycle ride. Since then, they’ve been perfecting the art of combining the distinctive tastes of English and French apples. Tom explains how it all...
The Pure Oyster Company was no doubt a fitting name for the business when it was founded by Janet Tabor with her sons Joe and Harold in 1907. More than a century later, the business remains in family hands, now fronted by brothers Nick and Tom Tabor. But while oysters...
The Horsham District’s fine reputation for wine has been enhanced by the launch of ‘Boco’ by House Coren. Located in The Haven, near Slinfold, House Coren has achieved a first among Sussex vineyards by creating a sparkling wine using the Charmat method. Charmat is a...
Monte Forte opened at 18 East Street in Horsham on 31 July. The business is run by brothers Paolo and Luca Malavasi, who started out selling street food from a converted horsebox just four years ago. AAH met them while tucking into a delicious Capricciosa pizza… When...
The White Lion in Thakeham, an e idyllic 16th century coaching inn, has long been at the heart of village life. However, it had been closed for 18 months before the arrival of Ashley Chapman and Julia Sullivan. They hope a combination of good food and a homely...
After earning a reputation as one of the UK’s leading winemakers, Dermot Sugrue founded his own company. Working alongside wife Ana, the winemaker launched Sugrue South Downs, and it wasn’t long before the Washington-based couple were receiving acclaim for their...
The Artisan Bakehouse presents guests with the opportunity to make beautiful home-made bread in a traditional wood-fired oven. Husband and wife Les and Louise Nicholson host a variety of workshops at their charming home in rural Ashurst, where guests bake anything...
Brolly Brewing was founded in 2017 by husband and wife, Brook and Holly Saunders. The brewery was based on a farm in Wisborough Green, where they organised the annual Brollyfest music and beer festival, and established a fanbase for its unfiltered craft beers. As...
Chalk Restaurant opened at the heart of the Wiston Estate in 2023. Under head chef Tom Kemble, the restaurant serves dishes that celebrate the heritage and purpose of the land, which has been owned and managed by the Goring family for 280 years. AAH met Richard and...
John and Georgina Bowell launched Goldstone Rum, in 2022. Based at Henfield Industrial Estate, the couple have created a range of spirits using a unique combination of sugars. Yet while the notes may invoke the spirit of the Caribbean, Goldstone is very much a product...
Firebird Brewing Company in Rudgwick celebrated its 10th anniversary in September. Its craft beers have become an increasingly familiar sight at pubs and bars in the Horsham District and beyond, thanks to contemporary branding and a burgeoning reputation for exciting...
Julio Castro is not a man who acts on a whim. He is studious to the point of obsession and has proven so in various culinary fields. Food has been his passion for the best part of 20 years. Brazilian-born Julio had catering jobs in Switzerland and Portugal before...
While many pubs may claim to be unique, The Hen & Chicken in Southwater’s assertion has more substance than most. It serves classic English dishes alongside authentic Indian cuisine, and bears all the hallmarks of a traditional inn while also embracing a younger...
MooCoco in Mill Lane, Storrington has won many awards for its artisan chocolates since opening five years ago. AAH visited the shop and met chocolatier Kim Robinson as she prepared for the busy Easter weekend… WORLD ADVENTURES Long before becoming a chocolatier, Kim...
The Horsham Butchery opened in the Bishopric in September, with the speciality butchers supplying local, free-range and pasture-fed meat. AAH met co-owners Gary Core and Alex Emmett to find out more… When did you begin your journey as butchers? Alex: We met about 16...
“I woke up one morning with a craving for bagels.” One day in March 2020, Tino Da Silva fancied a bagel for breakfast. He set off on a hunt to find a freshly-baked bread roll with a hole in the middle, but couldn’t find what he was looking for. So, Tino decided to...
Even if you have never been to The Fountain in Ashurst, you may have heard about two of its famous patrons. One was actor and director Laurence Olivier, who lived a short walk away with his wife, the late Dame Joan Plowright. Baron Olivier had a favourite spot in the...
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