What’s New In Food This Month

Brindisa BYO Boxes

Brindisa has launched a ‘build-your-own-box’ service via its online store – offering everything from elevated snacks to BBQ-ready delicacies for the ultimate al fresco get-together. Designed for easy entertaining, the two BYO boxes allow customers to pick and choose what to add to their box from specially drawn-up lists. The Picnic Tote comes with everything needed for a delicious picnic, from Brindisa’s award-winning gazpacho to a range of cheeses, charcuterie, olives and Torres crisps. The BBQ Box provides a selection of meat and veggie options – all seasoned, packed and ready to be placed straight onto the grill – including steamed octopus, chorizo and padron peppers.

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Folc 2022 Vintage

After launching in 2020, Folc impressed wine critics and won numerous awards in the UK and internationally. Now, the top English wine brand has launched its 2022 vintage. It’s a blend of nine grape varieties – pinot meunier, pinot noir, pinot noir précoce, bacchus, chardonnay, pinot gris, and small amounts of ortega, rondo and reichensteiner – all sourced from family run vineyards in Kent, Sussex and Suffolk. The grapes then travel to Canterbury to be turned into wine – and the result is a wine that’s just right for summer sipping in the garden.

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Gail’s Crisps

Gail’s Bakery has a new summer menu featuring a refreshed range of sandwiches and salads – and most excitingly, its first ever selection of crisps in partnership with Two Farmers, which makes hand-cooked crisps in Herefordshire. Three flavours are available: Wild Mushroom & Garlic, Cheese & Onion, and Salted, which are lightly seasoned with Droitwich salt. The rest of the menu uses seasonal ingredients supplied by local producers – think juicy tomatoes by Natoora and Eaten Alive ferments in the spelt, cauliflower and ferments salad; and a mortadella and ricotta sandwich with parmesan butter, ricotta, pistachio and olive pesto, hot pickled peppers and rocket.

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amie Sparkling + Magnums

London wine studio amie has launched its organic rosé as a magnum, and amie sparkling wine. Both are available to try and buy at its studio in Belgravia or order online. The former is a magnum of the team’s much-loved organic, pale, dry rosé produced in the Languedoc region of southern France. Made from a blend of organic grenache and ginsault, the wine is light and crisp with citrus and peach characteristics – and pairs well with salads and grilled dishes. The sparkling wine is a delicate, fresh and balanced crémant from Limoux in the south of France. It’s delicate on the nose with a blend of white flowers, fresh fruit and a hint of honey.

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Birley Bakery Ice-Creams

On Chelsea Green, Birley Bakery has fast become a go-to bakery in London for those in the know. Inspired by France’s traditional boulangerie-patisseries, it serves a range of breads, pastries, cakes, chocolates and spreads, as well as takeaway coffees. Now it’s introduced ice-cream to the mix. The selection of homemade ice-creams and sorbets are available in the same subtle flavours found in owner Robin Birley’s clubs (5 Hertford Street, Oswald’s) – think chocolate and coconut; and rose – alongside a delicious vegan sorbet.

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BZZD Energy

BZZD Energy is the world’s first ‘energy tonic water’. While many leading energy drinks use synthetic caffeine, BZZD Energy uses caffeine extracted from 100% natural plant sources to create the ultimate all-natural, uplifting buzz. The drink is also infused with pure blossom honey and plant-based stevia to create a delicate flavour with no sugary aftertaste – each can contains just 18 calories. Ideal for those times you need an afternoon lift, BZZD Energy can be poured into a glass of ice to be enjoyed as it comes, or as a mixer for spirits and low/no-alcohol alternatives to create a highball.

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Dishpatch X HH&Co

Angela Hartnett and Luke Holder’s restaurant at Lime Wood, HH&Co, is continuing its ten-year anniversary celebrations by partnering with meal delivery company Dishpatch to offer customers the opportunity to try HH&Co at home. The limited-edition boxes will be available nationwide throughout June and include some of the restaurant’s firm customer favourites: homemade focaccia and mushroom arancini; mozzarella and tomato salad with anchovy vinaigrette; slow-roast pork belly with fennel and brown shrimp salad; jersey royals with mint and black pepper butter; followed by stewed New Forest strawberries with sweet ricotta.

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Bombay Sapphire Citrus Collins

Following last year’s launch of Bombay Citron Pressé, Bombay Sapphire has introduced a ready-to-drink canned cocktail, the Bombay Pressé Citrus Collins. Inspired by the iconic Tom Collins cocktail, this light 250ml serve has a 100% natural, refreshing and vibrant citrus flavour, featuring a blend of Mediterranean lemons and the brand’s signature London dry gin mixed with premium soda water.

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Gymkhana Fine Foods

Whether you’re partial to a butter masala or a rogan josh, you can now buy Michelin-starred Gymkhana’s famous cooking sauces, marinades and chutneys from its online shop. Gymkhana Fine Food has launched with eight products. Each of these Indian pantry staples – which includes moreish peanut and sesame chutney, butter masala, goan curry, rogan josh and vindaloo – is beautifully packaged and created in small batches, using all natural ingredients, with no artificial colours or added preservatives. All will allow fans to recreate Gymkhana’s legendary dishes at home in a few simple steps – without compromising on flavour.

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Kerb Presents… The Table

Kerb Presents: The Table is a unique communal space where food and theatre meet. The installation of a 70-metre-long table seating 200 people will bring Londoners, visitors and theatregoers together to eat good food at the National Theatre every Wednesday to Sunday until 23rd September. The menu has options from eight of Kerb’s independent traders, including Santa Bifana, which serves up pork belly and chicken thigh Portuguese sandwiches and tapas-style sharing plates; fluffy Korean bao buns and Chinese rice bowls from Eat Lah; authentic Venezuelan cachapas and empanadas from Papelon; and hot and cold Japanese ramen and dumplings from Send Noods. For pudding, visitors can order from Big Kid Ice Cream, which has a rotating menu of ice-creams including honey butter toast, chocolate orange negroni and olive oil baklava – the perfect treat to cool down on warm days.

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Dash Lime

Dash Water – the well-loved brand that makes infused sparkling water using wonky fruit – has a new flavour. Dash Lime contains just three ingredients: fresh spring water, bubbles and wonky limes – and never any sugar, sweeteners or calories. Ideal for an afternoon drink, we also think this latest flavour would work excellently as a mixer.

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Mirabeau X The Social Kitchen

Award-winning rosé and gin brand Maison Mirabeau has partnered with The Social Kitchen to create a Summer Dining Rosé Edit. The two brands have curated a luxury tablescape rental edit designed to transport consumers to the French Riviera while at home. It is designed for four guests (£30 per person) but can be extended for up to 16 guests with plenty of add-ons including Mirabeau Pure rosé, flowers, vases and candles. If you’re hosting a special event, there’s also a bespoke service where The Social Kitchen team will help set up the tablescape for you.

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Recipes To Reconnect by Anna Boglione

Petersham Nurseries’ Anna Boglione, founder of The Gut, has published her first book, Recipes to Reconnect – a collection of conversations and recipes from leading chefs, writers and inspiring thinkers such as Skye Gyngell, Satish Kumar, Jeremy Lee, Avinash Shashidhara and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Throughout the book, Anna emphasises the importance of coming together around the table to eat and socialise. Recipes include Petersham’s cacio e pepe bottoni and Jeremy Lee’s wild rabbit, cider and thyme stew with wild garlic polenta.

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Something & Nothing Saké & Yuzu Spritz

British drinks brand Something & Nothing has a new spritz. The Junmai Saké & Yuzu matches a hit of citrus to a dry and savoury sake, making a perfectly balanced highball. Junmai Saké is brewed in Japan by one of the country’s oldest producers, using only rice, water, yeast and koji, which delivers a smooth, full-bodied taste. The range is also available in Hibiscus & Rose, Cucumber, and Yuzu flavour. Each one marries high-quality French wines or Japanese sake with natural, premium sodas for a refreshing, elevated and low-alcohol ready-to-drink option.

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Starbucks X Nespresso Pods

Nespresso has collaborated with Starbucks Reserve to launch a limited-edition Remix Blend. The capsules have been created using two distinct coffee origins, Starbucks Reserve’s Aged Sumatra and Nespresso’s Ethiopian Mokaboji. This combination is notable as the Mokaboji is one of Nespresso’s top blends that goes through a lengthy ageing process, while the Aged Sumatra is a favourite of Starbucks founder Howard Schultz. The Nespresso X Starbucks Reserve Remix Blend has been created for use in a Vertuo machine, with a sleeve of ten capsules priced at £9.

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