THE LITTLE SCILLY FOOD GUIDE Made up of five inhabited islands, the Isles of Scilly has five completely different island landscapes which shape the way each island produces food As people become aware of how important it is to trace where food comes from, an increasing number of consumers are choosing local food over mass produced imports. 03. THE LITTLE SCILLY FOOD GUIDE ON SCILLY YOU DON’T Scilly is rapidly establishing itself Given the nature and scale of the as a quality provider of local produce farms and businesses listed, not all ONLY KNOW WHERE and the Isles of Scilly Farmers and producers and products are available Growers Initiative, in partnership all of the time. Many are family YOUR FOOD HAS COME with the Islands’ Partnership, has operated and are on a small scale. produced this food directory to Please contact producers ahead of FROM BUT YOU CAN highlight the tirelessly hard work your visit to make sure they are open of the food and catering industry for business. POINT TO THE on the islands. FISHERMEN OR FARMER WHO HAS PROVIDED IT FOR YOU You can keep up to date with what is happening in the food industry on the Isles of Scilly by visiting our twitter site — @scillyfood or our Facebook page — Scilly Food 05. THE LITTLE SCILLY FOOD GUIDE Bant’s Carn 22. Toll’s Island P 23. 29. eli stry Bay Pelistry 21. Mount Todden THE LARGEST AND BUSIEST Porth Loo St Mary’s Por thm of the Isles of Scilly, St Mary’s e Deep Point llo 3. The n Quay 2. Rocky Hill EH has something for everybody Town 20. 4. Beach 28. Porth The Local Produce Market is held at the Town Hall in the 1. Hugh Town 27. Hellick 25. 24. Salakee Spring, Summer and Autumn months where local food The Garrison HT 26. Porthc res Old Town producers come together to show off their wares. sa 16. Isles of Scilly O Airport ld Giant’s Castle T ow n B Peninnis ay Head KEY = Location = Hugh Town = End of Hugh Town Star Castle Bordeaux Juliet’s Garden The Pilchard Pit Scilly Fish Sylina Guesthouse The Fish Box The Wheelhouse Kaffehaus Salbei Tregarthen’s Hotel Bell Rock Hotel Old Town Inn The Pilot’s Gig St Mary’s Hall Hotel Old Town Café Kavorna Café and Bistro Peninnis Farm Carntop Guesthouse Tanglewood Kitchen Company The Handmade Fudge Shop Colossus B&B Plowman’s Food Company The Dairy Café Ales of Scilly Schooners Hotel Mincarlo Guesthouse Carnwethers Badcock’s Homemade Pasties Spero’s 07. THE PILCHARD PIT Situated on St Mary’s quay the Pilchard Pit is a small sandwich and coffee takeaway which tries to use local produce wherever it can. Day trippers can pop in for a Troytown ice cream or a bag of Veronica Farm Fudge before heading home on the Scillonian. STAR The Pilchard Pit, St Mary’s Quay, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0HU CASTLE Tel: 01720 422352 2. Star Castle is a family run hotel on St Mary’s which has its own market gardens both at the hotel and at Carn Friars Farm THE FISH BOX Star Castle grow their The hotel’s latest venture Star Castle, The Garrison, own vegetables, salads is a vineyard on St Mary’s. St Mary’s Isles of Scilly, The Fish Box is a market stall selling fresh fish and soft fruits which 7000 vines have been TR21 0JA and shellfish caught on the Isles of Scilly. From appear on the hotel’s planted, 60% Pinot Noir, the stall on St Mary’s quay or from the Local Produce Tel: 01720 422317 menu and use local 30% Chardonnay and Market you can buy the freshest crab, lobster and island farms for 10% Pinot Gris. Australian E. [email protected] pollock as well as homemade produce such as crab extra supplies. winemaker Willi Opitez www.star-castle.co.uk pate, fish pies, seafood soup and thai fish curry. who has twice won The Manager, Robert Twitter: @starcastlehotel Australian Late Harvest Francis, also runs a Facebook: Star Castle Hotel The Fish Box Winemaker of the year fishing boat — Gallos Tel: 01720 423473 award will be helping out 1. SC 177 — which provides with the winemaking. E. [email protected] lobster and crab for www.scillyfishbox.co.uk the restaurant as well The Vineyard and Winery 3. Facebook: Scilly Fish Box as supplying mainland will be open to visitors establishments. from Easter 2014. 09. TREGARTHEN’S HOTEL KAVORNA CAFÉ AND BISTRO The Table d’hôte menus are changed Menus are flexible at Kavorna as the chef works daily at Tregarthens Hotel and all dishes his dishes around the fish and shellfish that are homemade using only the best have been landed at St Mary’s Harbour. On the produce available. Lobster is available dessert menu Troytown Farm ice cream is listed on request with 24 hours notice to and customers can enjoy Ales of Scilly. Foraged make sure it is as fresh as possible. herbs often make appearances including wild samphire, sea beat and wild mint. Bread and Tregarthen’s Hotel, St Mary’s, cakes are also made on site. Isles of Scilly, TR21 0PP 21 High Street, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0LL Tel: 01720 422540 Tel: 01720 422660 E. [email protected] HT www.tregarthens-hotel.co.uk E. [email protected] Twitter: @tregarthens 4. Facebook: Tregarthens-Hotel TANGLEWOOD KITCHEN COMPANY How about this for a great idea? Restaurant quality meals made with fresh, local ingredients which you can collect or have delivered to your door, tent or yacht? The ready meals are sold Laurie and Hayden took over from Tanglewood’s shop which also sells Troytown ice The Pilot’s Gig restaurant in cream, clotted cream and butter, salad leaves from 2013 and started using island Scillonian Fayre, crab and lobster from Maiden Bower produce straight away. Ice and lobster from Carn Top. All the eggs used are from cream is from Troytown and Paul and Liz Watts’ farm and local ales are on offer local eggs are on the menu. from Ales of Scilly. To wash those down you can drink Ales of Scilly as well! Tanglewood Kitchen Company, The Post Office, Hugh Street, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0PB Pilot’s Gig, The Bank, St Mary’s, Tel: 01720 422454 Isles of Scilly, TR21 0HY E. [email protected] Tel: 01720 422654 www.tanglewoodkitchen.co.uk E. [email protected] HT Twitter: @tanglewoodkitch Facebook: Tanglewood Kitchen HT 11. PLOWMAN’S FOOD COMPANY BADCOCK’S Alex Plowman had previously run a butchers HOMEMADE PASTIES and deli on the mainland before opening Plowman’s Food Company in 2012. Providing Tracy Badcock has lived on Scilly for a friendly and welcoming service to his more than 25 years and makes all her customers Alex offers a variety of local meat, pasties at home in her little kitchen. shellfish and homemade breads and cakes. She sells the meat and vegetarian pasties Plowman’s Food Company, 5 Garrison Lane, from her van on the Atlantic slipway at Hugh Town, St Marys, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0JD 930am most days. but be aware they sell out quickly! E. [email protected] www.plowmansfoodco.com Tel: 01720 423611 HT Mob: 07748965671 Twitter: @plowmansfoodco HT Facebook: Plowmans Food Co SCHOONERS HOTEL BORDEAUX SHOP Keith and Carol Buchanan have been running Maggie Tucker’s homemade jams, Schooners Hotel for more than 8 years. They pickles and chutneys line the shelves pride themselves on having a fresh menu at Bordeaux as well as Mrs Pritchard’s everyday using eggs from Mike Hicks on St marmalade and fudge from The Agnes, dairy products from Troytown Farm, Handmade Fudge Company. Perfect vegetables from Scilly Organics and Ales for finding a local souvenir to take home! of Scilly. Bordeaux Shop, Hugh Town, St Mary’s, Schooners Hotel, Thorofare, Hugh Town, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0LP Isles of Scilly, TR21 0LN Tel: 01720 422040 HT Tel: 01720 422682 E. [email protected] www.schoonershotel.co.uk Twitter: @schoonershotel Facebook: Schooners Hotel, Hugh Town HT 13. THE LITTLE SCILLY FOOD GUIDE SCILLY FISH BELL ROCK HOTEL A trained chef, Eugene Hogan Bell Rock Hotel has been welcoming moved to the islands after marrying guests to Scilly for more than 100 years. a local girl. In 2013 he took over the At breakfast and at dinner locally sourced fish and chip van and wants to sell produce is used where possible including locally landed fish in the future. Scillonian free range eggs from Parting Carn Farm, Scillonian fish and ice cream Tel: 07876 340032 HT from St Agnes. Facebook: Scilly Fish Bell Rock Hotel, Church Street, St Marys, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0JS Tel: 01720 423093 E. [email protected] www.bellrockhotel.co.uk HT THE WHEELHOUSE GUESTHOUSE ST MARY’S HALL HOTEL As well as offering local eggs and homemade marmalade on the breakfast Currently the Spirit Restaurant is the only table, Jen and Dan provide ‘Tea by restaurant on Scilly to be part of the the Sea’ on their beach front terrace. Sustainable Restaurant Association. Guests Homemade scones are topped with and non residents can enjoy eggs laid here Troytown clotted cream and a selection on the islands, shellfish landed from the of St Agnes ice creams are also available. fishing boat the Maiden Bower and freshly The Wheelhouse, Little Porth, St Mary’s, made bread. Isles of Scilly, TR21 0JG St Mary’s Hall Hotel, Church Street, Hugh Town, Tel: 01720 422719 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0JR E.