Chris Davy
Your guide to great food and local produce, Eat Teesdale supports rural producers and artisans. Visit our markets in Barnard Castle and Middleton-in-Teesdale. Buy direct. Come to the Teesdale Food & Craft Festival.
Order now. Gift vouchers also available. Local farmers are delivering lamb and mutton cut and packed ready for the freezer direct to your door and through farmers' markets. You can expect delivery within 3 weeks of placing an order. Lamb is competitively priced from £3.50 per kilo. For more information telephone our orderline 01833 641010 or send an email enquiry
FARMA-accredited markets are held on the first Saturday of every month, from 10am until 3pm in the historic centre of Barnard Castle.
The is a wonderful opportunity to purchase a wide range of fresh, locally produced food . Organic growers are well represented. Taste of North East England Gold Award winner 2006.
Teesdale produces some of the best lamb in the UK. A rack of lamb is mini chops still connected together. Sometimes chefs like to display the meat with a technique known as French trim where the meat is scraped back to leave the ends of the bones clean. You may have seen these joints with little paper chef’s hats on the ends of the bones.
Two 3 rib racks of lamb
Four slices of Parma ham
Two 1cm thick slices of goats' cheese
One tablespoon of rough chopped sun-blushed tomatoes
One tablespoon of pitted black olives
A handful of wild mushrooms – chopped
A few leaves of basil – torn
Four spring onions - roughly chopped
One tablespoon of chopped chives
Olive oil
The Year of Food and Farming promotes healthy living by offering young people direct experience of the countryside, farming and food.
Eat Teesdale is offering 'field to fork' experiences for schools. Check out these educational resources and fun stuff. Please contact us if your school is interested in visiting a working farm in Teesdale to learn about where food comes from.
Farms open for educational visits include: Herdship Farm, Harwood-in-Teesdale DL12 0YB tel 01833 622215 Topics include: farming in environmentally sensitive area, stewardship. Farm walk, holiday cottage. Highside Farm, Middleton-in-Teesdale DL12 0NT 01833 640 135 Topics include sheep farming & wool production, Swaledale sheep, rare breed pigs and rare breed Teeswater sheep. Camping and meals available.
Guided walks through Upper Teesdale farmland led by Farm Conservation Advisor starting from Field Studies Centre, Middleton-in-Teesdale DL12 0QB tel 01833 640509
Food tasting and talks by farm suppliers and the head chef at Cafe Bowes, The Bowes Museum DL12 8NP tel 01833 690606
Prince Charles is fronting the Mutton Renaissance to put mutton back on the menu.
'The idea to create a market for mutton arose from a visit I made to a remarkable Teesdale organisation (UTASS) that provides invaluable support to local farmers'.
HRH The Prince of Wales
Mutton is Teesdale's signature dish. Celebrity chef Brian Turner has devised this mouth-watering recipe which is on the menu at The Bowes Museum.
Discover the rural idyll of Teesdale, offering beautiful countryside, walking, cycling, traditional shopping, fine food, local produce and award-winning attractions. Perfectly positioned in North East England and easily accessible from Cumbria and Yorkshire.
The historic market town of Barnard Castle is dominated by the ruined Norman castle from which it takes its name. Barnard Castle draws discerning shoppers all the year round, to delight in the range of independent shops found in the town and specialist antiques quarter on 'the Bank'.
Eat Teesdale is a partnership project managed by Teesdale Marketing with financial and in-kind support from: County Durham Economic Partnership, Leader Plus, One North East and Teesdale District Council.
