| |
        |
 |
On the 4th May the largest exhibition of Italian food in the world starts. We will be attending the 5 day fair, looking out for interesting speciality foods amongst the thousands of products on view and seeing existing suppliers from all over Italy. It's hard work but always very interesting to see and taste such a vaste range under one roof. Any interesting finds will be assessed and mulled over by everyone in the office and may eventually find their way way onto future price lists! Update: 10-Apr-2006
|
 | Cheeses from Giovanni Fiori. |
As the weather warms up so sales of cheese rise. It's not quite summer yet but already we are seeing cheese sales creeping up after the post Christmas lull.
Guidetti Fine Foods work with the renowned Giovanni Fiori, one of Italy's best known affineurs, to supply cheeses from the length and breadth of Italy. Giovanni is also well respected for his great selection of cheeses from Piemonte, which is right on his doorstep, many from high pastures and made in increasingly small quantities.
Each week we receive dozens of different cheeses from his cave on the shores of Lake Maggiore so please call us on 020 7635 9800 if you would like to discuss the range and receive more information.
The Domori chocolate range is a great addition to the traditional chocolate eggs and bunnies that most good food retailers stock at Easter.
Guidetti Fine Foods stock over 20 different types of Domori origin chocolate, which is world renowned as one of the highest quality products of its kind available in the market today. The Chateau range is from their own plantation, so it is truly a bean to bar product.
If you would like to discuss this range in detail or would like samples please contact us.
FIA014 Colomba Classica 100g. Easter falls in April this year so no need to panic just yet. As always we are doing the Colomba cake traditionally eaten at that time of the year in Italy.
This year we are doing things slightly differently - we are asking for pre-orders from customers. This is to ensure that we can get the stock in from Italy with plenty of time to get it to you. We will be contacting you by email later this month with details of the products available and lead times.
MAT011 Mattei Hat Box
with cantucci and frollini.A big thank you to all our customers for your continued support throughout 2005.
By all accounts trading was slow in October but when Christmas sales did get going it was a great success. Shelves that had been stacked high with seasonal stock suddenly emptied, a trading pattern that seems to be a recurring theme these past few years.
We had some great feedback about the new products like the Albertengo panettone range and the Mattei Hatbox full of frollini and cantucci (photo, right). They will no doubt be making an appearance again on our list.
Everyone at Guidetti would like to wish you an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas and we look forward to speaking with you in the New Year.
We will be closing for the Christmas and New Year period from Saturday 24th December 2005 - Monday 2nd January 2006 inclusive.
On Tuesday 3rd January 2006 we will be back in the office, so please leave your orders by phone, fax or email for delivery early in the New Year.
Cheese Orders: Our cheese supplier is closed for a stock take until the 7th January 2006 so we will be taking orders for cheese the week commencing 12th January. All orders must be in by Wednesday of that week to ensure delivery on the following Monday.
Please try and order in good time, as we don't want you to be disappointed!
If you still need stock just before Christmas, please note the following deadlines and times:
Deliveries in London: will take place on the morning of Friday 23rd December, before 12.00 noon.
Deliveries outside London: your order must be placed by 11.00am on Wednesday 21st December, delivery will be on the Thursday 22nd December.
Please feel free to contact us to discuss your Christmas requirements. Many of you who do hampers and gift boxes are already scheduled for deliveries but we are equally happy to hear from retailers who need to get organised for the busiest time of the year and are just thinking about products now.
Give us a call on 020 7635 9800 and we'll answer all your questions.
We receive regular order from all our Italian suppliers through the build up to Christmas and do not require advance orders, so contact us to receive a Christmas list. However please be aware that deliveries are made on a first come first served basis.
Let us know what you need and when and we will make sure you won't be disappointed.
Thank you to all our existing and hopefully future customers who visited our stand over the course of the three day Speciality and Fine Food Fair 2005. We really enjoyed the show, as did Giovanni, our Italian cheese affineur, whose cheese you no doubt had a chance to try.
We will be getting in touch with everyone who left their details at the stand but if for some reason you couldn't make it we would be happy to discuss the range or make an appointment for you to visit our showroom, where we can take you through the products in detail.
Christmas price lists were available on the stand for visitors but again, if for any reason you have mislaid your copy don't hesitate to get in touch. We can send you another by email or by post.
Give us a call on 020 7635 9800 if there's anything you want to know.
Our stand this year is number 1339 and we are pleased to announce that Giovanni Fiori, our Italian cheese affineur, will be coming over from Arona to take part with us. Alongside cheeses to try we will of course be exhibiting our whole product range and look forward to seeing you there.
If you would like complimentary tickets please contact us as soon as possible.
We have added several new cheeses to our list, for instance the very underrated but delicious Grana Padano Trentino DOP. Not any old grana from the supermarket, this is made by producers high in the Val di Non area of mountainous Trentino. Unpasteurised, it is made using the winter milk and the same production methods used by parmesan makers.
Grana Padano Trentino has a slightly lighter flavour than parmesan but still with plenty of body and we think it's wonderful as a table cheese. For more information on this or any cheeses contact us on 020 7635 9800 and we'll tell you all about them.
We can now offer mixed cases of 12 oils to customers, giving you an opportunity to take a bigger range without extending your premises! Space is at a premium for many of our retail deli customers so contact us if you would like advice on best sellers or seasonal offers.
New oils on the recently released price list include Armanu Extra Virgin Olive oil from Sardinia and Caposella from Puglia, two wonderful estate oils from very different regions. See Products for more details.
NUR020 1kg Colomba
by Sorelle Nurzia.
ROS007 750g Colomba
by Tre Rossi.Easter is early this year - 27th March - so we have ordered our Colomba for delivery in the next couple of weeks. As the run up to Easter is a lot shorter than it was for Christmas please contact us for details of the Colomba or check the Easter category in our Products section for images.
A traditional easter cake, Colomba, which means 'dove' in English, is like a panettone but made with candied orange peel and no raisins. Sorelle Nurzia are providing our boxed 1kg offering (NUR020) and Tre Rossi the lovely hand wrapped 750g in pearly paper with various pastel coloured ribbons (ROS007).
As purveyors of 12 different types of Italian extra virgin we were interested to read that the USA Food and Drug Administration has authorised the following wording on bottles of extra virgin oil bottles: 'Eat two spoons (23 grammes) of olive oil per day' since this 'may reduce the risk of coronary damage' by replacing the saturated fats customarily consumed.
This is old news for the healthy folk of the Mediterranean, who have been using olive oil for centuries. But it's still interesting that the USA has taken the lead in actively promoting EVOO as a food that has a health benefit. Of course the benefit is only there if the oil is produced from good quality olives, harvested by hand so they go to the frantoio in the best condition and then cold pressed.
All the Extra Virgin Olive Oils we sell are of excellent quality - ideal products for a healthy, modern lifestyle.
High quality Pesto
by Franco Boeri.
Taggiasca Extra
Virgin Olive Oil
by Franco Boeri.We've added a new extra virgin oil to our range. Made made by Franco Boeri, it's available from February 2005.
We met up with Franco at Slow Food in Turin in October 2004 after hunting him down for his excellent pesto (which will also be available shortly). The taggiasca oil comes in a classic bottle with stopper.
Franco's pesto is made from locally grown basil and - of course - his own oil. Roi products may be new to our list but Franco is a well respected and well known oil maker, based near San Remo in the Valle Argentina.
We will be closing for the Christmas and New Year period from 25th December 2004 - 4th January 2005 inclusive.
On Wednesday 5th January 2005 we will be back in the office, so leave your orders by phone, fax or email for delivery early in the New Year.
Please try and order in good time, as we don't want you to be disappointed!
If you still need stock just before Christmas, please note the following deadlines and times:
Deliveries in London: will take place on the morning of 24th December, before 11.30am.
Deliveries outside London via Initial City Link, our box carrier: your order must be placed by 11.30am on Wednesday 22nd December, delivery will be on the 23rd December by 5.30pm.
Deliveries outside London, by pallet: your order must also be placed by 11.30am on Wednesday 22nd December, to ensure delivery by 5.30pm on the 23rd December.
Three varieties of
Fiasconaro panettone.It has been a busy year so far here at Guidetti and now the pressure is on to make this Christmas as successful as last year for all our customers.
Once again we have products from Sorelle Nurzia, Loisin and Tre Rossi in the panettone range, with the new addition of Fiasconaro, a small family owned bakery in Sicily that makes outstanding products in innovative flavours. Fiasconaro don't just make them for us but for Dolce and Gabbana (with their own designer packaging of course!), Ferrari and His Holiness, Pope John Paul II !
The secret of Fiasconaro panettone is raisins soaked in Marsala and Zibbibio wine until they are plump and juicy, and allowing the cake dough to rise slowly over 3 days.
The bienniale Salone del Gusto in Torino, Italy was a great show. Thousands of people flocked to the city for the 5 day food fest - including us - to taste food from all over Italy and indeed the world.
Whilst the Yak Milk cheese from Tibet wasn't really up our street the array of Italian cheeses was phenomenal, including our very own supplier Luigi Guffanti. Several products caught our eye and we will be doing some tastings of our own back here in London to see about taking things further with these suppliers who are really delivering produce of the highest quality to consumers.
The thing we most enjoyed tasting was the Lardo - pressed pork fat cured with herbs - which has a wonderful melting texture and is very aromatic. If you would like to purchase any Lardo just call us and we will get some in from one of our suppliers.
Highlights of Turin (which even without the Salone is a wonderful city for food) included the local hot chocolate drink called 'biccherin' (a mixture of cocoa powder, espresso coffee and cream) which is perfect for the winter mornings, and the Giandujotti chocolates for which Torino is famous.
Our new Price List
is packed with information
about our products.Our new Price List is out! The front inside cover shows you the new products, which include some wonderful tuna from the Iasa family in Salento. We have been looking for some jarred tuna worth selling for a year now and this is it. The quality is superb and from tuna stocks that are sustainable. The types available in the range are Yellow Fin, White Tuna and the rich Ventresca or belly tuna from the Yellow Fin.
By popular demand we are now stocking Wild boar ragu and Chianina beef ragu. These are two excellent ragus made in Tuscany, the home of both these meats. Try them with the Sapori Di Casa egg pasta or Rustichella Garganelli all'uovo. Christmas is fast approaching so all our festive offerings are listed too.
If you are in the food business and you would like a copy of our Price List, please call Irene Guidetti on 020 7635 9800.
All but the northernmost regions of Italy have now completed their olive harvests. Two of the main producing regions, Tuscany and Umbria, have had their worst harvests for years. A cold spell in April prevented flowering for some, whereas the unusually long and hot summer from May to October ensured that even producers not affected in April saw production fall by a third or so. On the bright side, the heat prevented olive fly infestation and so the quality of the 2003 harvest is high.
Liguria, Abruzzo, Sabina, Puglia and Calabria were largely unaffected whereas Sicily's hot summer affected some in the South but not the main producing area of Trapani.
Because of poor harvests in some regions, prices will increase across the board as Tuscan and Umbrian suppliers (the main exporters) bid-up prices of olives and oil from other regions - and even other countries - to meet demand for their product. Obtaining a guarantee of provenance for consumers has never been more important or difficult. DOP, Single Estate and small Frantoio oils are looking increasingly attractive, albeit at a price.
Generally, affected producers have increased prices by up to 15%. We have been obliged to similarly increase prices, but by a lesser amount since the Euro/Sterling exchange rate should allow us to absorb some of the increase.
We will be closing for the Christmas and New Year period from 25th December 2003 - 4th January 2004 inclusive.
On Monday 5th January 2004 we will be back in the office, so leave your orders by phone, fax or email for delivery that first week of the New Year.
For customers who still need stock just before Christmas, please note the following deadlines and times:
Deliveries in London: will take place on the morning of 24th December, before 11.30am.
Deliveries outside London via Initial City Link, our box carrier: your order must be placed by 11.30am on Monday 22nd December, delivery will be on the 23rd December by 5.30pm.
Deliveries outside London, by pallet: your order must also be placed by 11.30am on Monday 22nd December, to ensure delivery by 5.30pm on the 23rd December.
You've kept us so busy here at Guidetti in the run up to Christmas that we've not had time to send you a Christmas card! We would like to thank you for your continued support and we look forward to working with you again in 2004.
Get ready for our new Price List. We're putting the finishing touches to it right now and we'll be sending it out to everybody during March.
As always, we're adding a significant number of exciting new products, complementing our well established ranges of quality Italian foods.
If you're not a customer at present, but you think our products might suit your requirements, why not give Irene Guidetti a call on 020 7635 9800? She'll be delighted to answer any questions you may have and introduce you to our products and services.
This Easter we're introducing Colomba Cakes, an exciting new product we think you'll like. It's similar to Panettone but contains only candied orange and lemon peel. The cake is made in the shape of a dove or 'columba' in Italian, a traditional religious symbol.
We'll be mailing out information leaflets to all our customers shortly. Any questions, just call Irene Guidetti on 020 7635 9800.
Please take note of the following dates to ensure you can get those last minute deliveries you need for the weekend before Christmas:
- Pallet deliveries (2 day service) - last date for collection from us - 18th December
- Next day parcel service - last day collection from us is 20th Dec, for delivery 23rd Dec
Our closing dates and hours of business over Christmas and New Year are as follows:
- Tue 24th December - 8am to 3pm
- Wed 25th December - CLOSED
- Thu 26th December - CLOSED
- Fri 27th December - CLOSED
- Mon 30th December - 8am to 5pm
- Tue 31st December - 8am to 3pm
- Wed 1st January - CLOSED
We will soon be receiving our last deliveries of Christmas products from our Italian suppliers, so don't leave ordering too late as we operate on a 'first come first served' basis!
All the products in our range are selling fast so if you haven't ordered yet (perhaps because you can't find your Christmas product list, or you need some help on what to take) don't hesitate to call Irene for more information or advice. Call now on 020 7635 9800.
Christmas Pasta
shapes.Our new Christmas Products List for 2002 is now online. You'll find it in our Products section.
Most items are fully illustrated so you can clearly see what you are ordering. Please try and place your order as soon as possible. The Christmas countdown is now well under way!
Once again we'll be exhibiting at the prestigious Speciality and Fine Food Fairs, held on consecutive weekends in Leeds and London during September.
The Speciality and Fine Food Fairs are essential events for top end restaurants, retailers, caterers and wholesalers to sample and compare thousands of speciality foods from around the world.
The Northern Speciality and Fine Food Fair takes place at the Leeds Armouries in Leeds city centre on 1-2 September 2002. A week later the London Speciality and Fine Food Fair opens at the National Hall, Olympia from 8-10 September 2002.
In both cities we'll be exhibiting our extensive product range as well as our Christmas 2002 selection. At the London show visitors will be able to sample a freshly made espresso from our new Tosteria Del Corso coffee range.
We look forward to seeing you in Leeds (Stand 20 ) and London (Stand 942). You'll find full details of the exhibitions at www.finefoodworld.co.uk, the website of the Guild of Fine Food Retailers.
After nearly a month in our new warehouse we've settled in well. We're thrilled with our new facilities, and everyone who has visited us has been very complimentary too.
If you haven't updated your Address Book yet you'll find full details on our Contact page.
Once again, we are proud to announce that we have won four awards in the Guild of Fine Food retailers 'Great Taste Awards' for 2002.
This year, over 2,550 entries from around the world were assembled at the Westminster Kingsway Catering College in London. The four days of judging involved over 150 experts, all drawn from food production, retailing, buying and the specialist media. Everything was blind tasted.
As a member of the Guild we entered a variety of products for tasting and the results were as follows:
Silver Award for:
- Pandoro Sorelle Nurzia
Bronze Awards for:
- Panettone Mandorlato
- Pate di Olive Nere (Black olive pate)
- Disisa Sicilian Rosemary oil
It is good to see the Pandoro Sorelle Nurzia and Panettone Mandorlato winning awards two years in a row. Consistently high quality is what all our Italian suppliers work hard to achieve.
Our other two award winning products are new entrants to the competition and this takes our total number of awards over two years to 11 in total.
Last night we completed the move into our new warehouse and offices at Astbury Business Park in SE15. As you can imagine, it was a mammoth task, but everything went smoothly.
We don't expect any problems, but if there are any glitches during the first few days of August, please be patient. We'll soon have things sorted out and back to normal.
Thanks to our ever-expanding client list we've been planning to upgrade our warehouse and office facilities for some time. After ten years based near Borough Market we were starting to outgrow our premises. Now, with our move to Astbury Business Park completed, we'll be able to operate even more efficiently than before.
By starting with a 'blank sheet' at the new premises, we've been able to reorganise our entire warehouse operation to make it as efficient as possible.
We're very happy with our new home, and we hope you'll be happy too as the benefits of the new premises translate into even better service than before!
From Friday 2 August 2002 our new address details are as follows:
Unit C, Astbury Business Park, Astbury Road, London SE15 2NW
Tel: 020 7635 9800 Fax: 020 7635 9819
Our email address remains the same, of course - info@guidetti.co.uk
The new warehouse offers
improved access and efficient
use of space.Some of you may know already that we're moving to a new warehouse and office. Preparations started this week at the new warehouse, although as you can see from the pictures we're at the early stages.
After 10 years in Borough we're naturally sad to be leaving behind all the people and places we have got to know over the years. The new premises offer us much better access and a more efficient use of space, which will improve how we work on a day to day basis. We aren't abandoning Borough completely though - we'll continue to have our stall once a month at the now well established speciality food market.
We'll put the details of the new address and phone number on this site when we've moved the last pallet and box. Even if you call the old telephone number you'll automatically be told the new one, so getting in touch won't be a problem.
At the beginning of May the beautiful city of Parma in northern Italy was host to the 11th International CIBUS Food Exhibition. Once every two years 1,200 producers from all over Italy take part and we always visit.
During the 5 day event we walked the length and breadth of 7 enormous halls - a total, we were told, of 24km of aisles full of food! It was hard work but, as always, interesting to see new products from existing and new suppliers - so watch this space!
Watch your post! If you're on our mailing list you'll receive our new Spring/Summer 2002 Price List through your letterbox any day now.
Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about the new Price List. If you're in the food business but you're not on our mailing list already, why not give Irene Guidetti a call on 020 7378 7054 and find out how we can help you?
We're continually refining our product ranges and adding new products. You'll find full fully illustrated details of all our products in our Products section.
Fresh Coffee New, for our Spring/Summer 2002 Price List, we now sell Tosteria del Corso's superb range of ground and whole bean coffee products.
Italy is a nation of coffee enthusiasts - there are over 1,200 small, independent coffee roasters and blenders throughout Italy. Tosteria del Corso, based in Ferrara, are well known for the high quality of the beans they select and the long roasting time they employ - 20 minutes instead of the 2 minutes in commercial coffee production, which gives their coffee that something extra. If you want a real Italian coffee we strongly recommend that you try the Tosteria del Corso range!
The range consists of ground coffee for retailers and whole beans for customers who grind their own. You'll find full details, including pictures, in our Products section.
Gramigna The ever popular Rustichella D'Abruzzo pasta range now includes 3 new varieties to choose from - Orecchiette Tricolore, Gramigna and Orzo Pasta.
The consistently high quality, value for money price and attractive packaging of the Rustichella D'Abruzzo products ensure they are best sellers, year after year, for many of our retail customers.
Visit our Products section and browse through our extensive range of Pasta and other products.
We really appreciate your feedback about our products. Suggestions, improvements, tips, criticisms - please let us know what you think. Not only does it help us improve our service to you, but if we pass on the gist of your comments to the Italian producers they may be able to improve their products as a result.
Please call us, email us, fax or write to us. Visit our Contact page for our contact details, or to send an online message direct from our web site.
Sicily We've just got back from the Mediagri 2002 exhibition in Palermo, the capital city. It's a great opportunity to taste well known and new products from a wide variety of local producers.
Ricotta Cheese is always in abundance at the exhibition - but it's not like the stuff we know in the plastic supermarket tubs! It's a fresh, milky, soft cheese, often used to make desserts like the famous 'Cassata Siciliana' and 'Cannoli'. These use a sweetened version of the cheese combined with candied fruit and pistachio - two more Sicilian specialities - to make really delicious desserts.
We like to keep up to date with developments in the Italian food industry, so we make regular trips to Italy and Sicily to check out new products.
Whilst in Sicily we visited Signora Maria Paola di Lorenzo, an oil maker in the province of Monreale, about an hour's drive outside Palermo.
The 'tenuta' Disisa, which gives its name to the oil, derives from the Arabic word 'aziz', which means 'spendid'. That's a word that can be applied to the estate and the oil it produces.
Disisa Extra Virgin Sicilian Olive Oil is a wonderful emerald colour with the sweet 'dolce' flavour typical of oils from this island. But, with an aroma of red tomatoes it just has that something extra to make it a truly excellent oil.
You can now order Disisa Extra Virgin Oil from Guidetti Fine Foods. It will be available from the end of March 2002. Just call Irene Guidetti on 020 7378 7054 for pricing and additional details.
Salame Finocchiona Christmas Day lunch in Modena, where the Guidetti family is from, is quite unlike the typical turkey lunch in the UK. Here are some ideas if you want to do something different. You'll find all the delicious ingredients in our online catalogue:
Start with a plate of mixed salumi and antipasti - thinly sliced Felinetto, Finocchiona and San Daniele, served with Artichokes and Cracked olives.
Porcini
mushroom
and cream
sauceTagliatelle All'Uovo with a Porcini mushroom and cream sauce. If you don't make your own egg pasta then the Sapori Tagliatelle are the next best thing. Sprinkle with a generous helping of freshly grated organic Parmesan cheese and some ground black pepper.
Mostarda di Voghera After the 'primo piatto' of pasta comes the main course, Bollito Misto, which consists of topside of beef, a chicken and Veal tongue or cheek slowly cooked together in a broth. Slice the boiled meats and served with condiments like Salsa Verde or Mostarda di Voghera, Balsamic Onions and mashed potatoes and spinach.
Panettone Sorelle Nurzia Christmas meals are only complete with final sweet course - this one is delicious! Panettone Babbo Natale, or 'Panettone Father Christmas'. Get a slice of Panettone Sorelle Nurzia or Panettone Mandorlato, soak it in some expresso coffee, add a generous blob of whipped cream and a dash of brandy!
Buon Natale!
Panettone Mandorlato Christmas is coming... and we're already receiving lots of orders. We had a great response to our Christmas selection at the Speciality shows and our warehouse is filled with the delicious smell of freshly baked Panettone Mandorlato (photo, right) from our baker Tre Rossi. More panettone and pandoro are on the way from Sorelle Nurzia in L'Aquila and panforte and ricciarelli from Betti and Sinatti in Siena.
These producers get very busy in September and October so letting us know your initial orders is very important. Delays telling us might mean delays getting the goods to you. All the products are stock items but things sell out! So, don't wait so long that your customers go elsewhere. Place your order and let us know when you want delivery - we will hold it in our warehouse until you need it. Any queries, contact us asap!
Thank you to everyone who visited our stand at the Royal Armouries in Leeds and Olympia in London. If you asked for information you will be receiving it in the next few days in the form of our new Autumn/Winter 2001 Price List and Christmas list as well. We are here to answer your questions so feel free to email or phone to discuss products you are interested in.
Our Christmas 2001 Selection of products is now online. Take a look as you browse through our Products section.
We are proud to announce that we have won a number of medals in the Guild of Fine Food retailers 'Great Taste Awards' for 2001. As a member of the Guild we entered a variety of products for tasting by a panel of expert judges and the results were as follows:
Gold Awards for:
- Panettone Mandorlato Tre Rossi
- Mostarda di Voghera (mixed mustard fruits)
- Sereni Balsamic Vinegar 8 year old
Silver Awards for:
- Pandoro Sorelle Nurzia
- Panforte Fiorito Betti e Sinatti
- Taralli Savoury Biscuits with Fennel Seeds
Bronze Award for:
- Rustico di Sicilia Extra Virgin oil
Two of the products, Panettone Mandorlato and the Sereni Balsamic Vinegar will be available from September for the first time as new additions to the range. It is exciting to know that they have won awards before we have sold any to our customers! All the other winning items are available now.
In September we will be attending The Speciality and Fine Food Fair 2001, run by the Guild of Fine Food Retailers and IFE Speciality. The event takes place at the National Hall, Olympia in London between the 9th to 11th September and at the Armouries in Leeds between the 2nd and 3rd September.
You can see and taste our award-winning products at both exhibitions, and we look forward to meeting you there. Please email us if you require free tickets to either show.
Some of Guidetti's products
at the Saturday Borough
Market.After an absence of several months we'll be back at the Saturday Borough Market. If you love good food then you'll love this market! We'll be there on Saturday 7th July, Saturday 28th July and Saturday 25th August, from 9am to 4pm. Make a note in your diary and pay us a visit. Look out for the Guidetti sign - we look forward to seeing you there.
Borough Market has gone from strength to strength over the last year. Each Saturday sees it packed with food enthusiasts and equally enthusiasic vendors of a wonderful array of food. Many stalls (including our own) encourage you to taste samples of their products. There's always a great atmosphere and you're unlikely to go home empty handed.
Borough Market is on the corner of Borough High Street and Southwark Street, close to the London Bridge Tube and Rail stations.
In 2 or 3 weeks the 2001 crop of Italian red chillis will be available. These fantastic hot chillis are grown in Puglia and dried in the searing heat. Not for the faint hearted, they add a wonderful kick to a myriad of recipes, like the classic 'Arrabbiata' sauce, or if you feel brave add extra chilli for an 'Arrabbiatissimo' sauce!
Pancake day is here again (Shrove Tuesday) and although they are not very Italian, here at Guidetti we love them, especially with a liberal sprinkling of sugar and lemon juice! We make our pancakes with Ferron Rice Flour, made from rice from the fields south of Verona. It makes a lovely light (and gluten free) pancake. Try this delicious batter recipe by Gabrielle Ferron.
We are constantly looking at new products to offer you in the coming months. Products that we found at the Slow Food exhibition at Turin in October are finally being tasted after the hectic few months that were Christmas.
This was our first but by no means last visit to Slow Food at Turin in October 2000. The quality and variety was fantastic, bursting at the seams with rarely seen things like 'L'aspargo violetto di Albenga' which is a purple asparagus and is as delicious as it looks. Other mouthwatering foods included mountain Lardo with a rosemary and salt crust - wonderful sliced thinly on warm crostini - and mountain honeys like Rhododendron.
Rhododendron Honey is back in stock after an absence of 3 years. Why? This honey comes from the beautiful plant of the same name and for the last few years the climate in the Piemonte hills has not been warm enough during July to tempt the honey bees up the hills to 2,000 ft, which is where the Rhododendron flourish. As a result there was no honey. Last year, thankfully, that was not the case so it is back on our product list.
Christmas is not far away now, especially if you are a retailer. Here at Guidetti Fine Foods we have already placed the first round of Christmas orders with our Italian suppliers. Last year many people were disappointed because they did not order early enough, so don't get caught out, make sure you have your supply of Panettone and Ricciarelli biscuits in time.
Contact us now to find out the deadlines and if you are not familiar with our Christmas selection, go to the Christmas 2000 section in Products.
Next month at the Borough Market will be a 3 day extravaganza to mark the beginning of the apple harvest. Alongside the regular stallholders who make the market a food paradise every week, there will be apples in abundance, a wide variety of apple products, growers and even trees. Theatre and music - for children and adults alike - from the Lion's part Theatre Company will also feature over the weekend.
Come and visit us and the rest of the market on the following days: Friday 20th October 12noon - 6pm, Saturday 21st October 9am - 4pm and Sunday 22nd October 9am - 2pm.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 We are members of the Guild of Fine Food |
|
| Home | News | About Us | Products | Clients | Newsletter | Contact |
|
| Guidetti Fine Foods, Unit C, Astbury Business Park, Astbury Road, London, SE15 2NW, United Kingdom Tel: 020 7635 9800 Fax: 020 7635 9819 Email: info@guidetti.co.uk © Copyright 2007, Guidetti Fine Foods Ltd |
Easter is just around the corner, so make sure you take a look at our Colomba range and place your order as soon as possible.
Guidetti will once again be participating at the London Speciality and Fine Food Fair 2007, held at London Olympia from 2-4 September 2007. We're downstairs this year, on Stand 648.
This year we are once again participating in the Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2006 at London Olympia, 3rd -5th September. This exhibition is the most important and unique of its kind in London, a must visit event for anyone thinking of opening a delicatessen or food retail business. We will of course be previewing our Christmas 2006 range, as well as all the other Italian best selling products we stock.
