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If you're having a party in Bristol and are looking for a hog roasting catering company for your reception then you have a marvellous choice of catering firms but have you stopped to think about places that these catering firms get their food. All around bristol there is the most amazing agricultural land from the fruit farms in Hereford and Worcester to the plains of Somerset. The variety of produce that comes from these counties is enormous especially around in the summer and so there's really no need for a catering company to be buying their produce from suppliers that source from further than eighty miles away.
Every time you open the paper or turn on the television there seems to be more discussion about buying from close by to reduce food miles and in Bristol there's absolutely no excuse for a hog roast catering company to shop anywhere other than its back yard. If you were to have beef roasted on a spit then maybe you should look to either the farms at Barrow Gurney or slightly further a field in Hereford. There's wonderful beef to be had from Reservoir Farm just south of Bristol or perhaps Severn Vale for organic beef from a breed called Aberdeen Xs. If your BBQ is in October then there are plenty of speciality fungae to be had from the woods around Bristol- your local hog roast caterer should know foragers who would guard their locations fiercely; fungae make a great accomniment to hog roast. Nothing beats locally sourced, seasonal produce when feeding a large group of friends and family- a word of advice ... keep it simple, fresh and simple Any time that you need to employ the services of a catering company, in Bristol or not always ask where their suppliers are and if they use intensive farming methods. If the caterer in question can answer immediately then you can be sure that they have a close relationship with a small to medium sized farmer or supplier and then you can then ask more in depth questions about what ingredients will be in season on the day of your event.
Don't allow a catering company to bamboozle you with fancy ideas for your hog roastl because sometimes the best things are simply hidden in plain sight- like just on your doorstep in the farmlands around Bristol. Chefs know where their food comes from, they know good suppliers and if they're from Bristol they should at least have met the farmers whose produce they buy. If you buy your food from local farmers markets then you can expect and demand that your hog roasting catering company does the same!
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