Local, Welsh Produce Suppliers

Organic Welsh Black Fillet - Fferm Tyllwyd, Felingwm Uchaf. www.organicwelshblackbeef.co.uk.  

The farm is situated 2 miles from the hotel and the beef is produced in the most natural way possible, using no chemicals and incorporating a natural balanced system of agriculture. In June 2003 at London's La Chaumiere Restaurant twelve of the city's greatest chefs concluded that Fferm Tyllwyd’s fillet of Organic Welsh Black Beef should win the first prize for standard, appearance, colour, tenderness and flavour. This was in competition with ten other beef breeds from both this country and the continent. They had their second success in October 2003 when they won the bronze prize in the True Taste Wales competition in the 'newcomer' category.

Meat A selection of meats including home cured bacon and pork and leek sausages served at breakfast – Julian Cooper, Llandeilo 

Organic Rare Breed Pedigree Welsh White Pork – Glanrhyd, Gwynfe, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire

Goats Milk Fudge - Ffynnongrech Farm, Talley, Llandeilo, www.kid-me-not.com.uk.  
Kid Me Not goat's milk fudge uses milk from their herd of mainly Anglo Nubian and Toggenburg goats on their farm near Talley, about 8 miles from the hotel. The goats butter comes from Delamere Dairy in Caerphilly. The fudge is ideal for people who are cow's milk intolerant or who are unable to drink cow's milk for other reasons.

Organic Mutton & Hogget – Ystrad Traditional Organics, Brechfa. www.ystradorganics.co.uk.

Juliet Morris specialises in Wensleydale Longhaired Sheep for her mutton and Hill Radnor Sheep for her mutton.  She is determined to do the best by her breeds - ensuring some good, old-fashioned, traditionally raised, individually grown quality. The gentler pace of growth and maturity of the old breeds requires two key commodities - grass and time.

Pickles, Jams, Marmalades, Chutneys - Gareth Richards, Lampeter

Foie Gras - Romy Cuisine, Hay On Wye.  
Made by adding only salt, pepper and white port this was a Gold Award True Taste winner in 2004.

Smoked Salmon - Rhydlewis Trout Farm and Smokery, Llandysul

Carmarthenshire Dry Cured Ham - Albert Rees, Carmarthen. www.carmarthenham.co.uk  
Carmarthen hams are cured in the traditional Welsh farmhouse way under controlled temperature conditions and then air dried to mature. The company was set up in 1962 following a family tradition of bacon curers that had been market traders in West Wales since the late 1800s.

Sea Salt – Halen Mon, Anglesey Sea Salt Co., Brynsiencyn  www.seasalt.co.uk

The salt making process begins with pure charcoal-filtered sea water drawn from Wales’ Menai Straits which passes through two filters: a mussel bed, nature’s finest filter, and a sandbank which ensures no fish or seaweed are unwittingly trapped.

Organic Perl Las and Perl Wen Cheese from Caws Cenarth - Glyneithinog Farm, Boncath, Dyfed. www.cawscenarth.co.uk  
Winner of Gold and Bronze True Taste of Wales awards.  In the heart of West Wales this small family enterprise was established in April 1987 as a response to the E.C milk quotas which had threatened the viability of the family farm.  Perl Las is a truly different blue cheese - when young it has a light taste and a salty flavour but when mature it becomes golden in colour and stronger in taste yet still delicate. It fills the mouth with an array of exciting tastes. It was described by the Organic Food awards judges as 'lovely and unique with a strong lingering flavour' and awarded Best British Blue Export 2005 at the British Cheese Awards. Perl Wen was developed in 2000 and when young displays the characteristics of both a Caerffili and a Brie. The softness of the outside blends with the fresh lemony centre and it can be eaten at almost any age. When ripe, it becomes paler and develops a brown tinge and at this stage it develops a unique flavour with a soft, rich paste.

Boksburg, Llangloffan and Pont Gar Cheeses – The Carmarthenshire Cheese Company,  Llanllwch  www.carmartheshirecheese.co.uk

The milk used to produce the cheeses is sourced from a small number of Farm Assured herds produced on farms local to the factory.

Goats Cheese - Cothi Valley Goats, Cilwr Farm, Talley, Llandeilo. www.cothivalleygoats.co.uk

The 50 acre farm is situated in Talley overlooking the River Cothi and is 8 miles from the hotel.  They keep a herd of 400 milkers, mainly Saanen and Saanen X Nubian, which are kept for their high solids milk, ideal for cheesemaking. The goats are grazed spring, summer and autumn, weather permitting, as goats not being great lovers of the wet!

Free-range Eggs – Ty Crug Farm, Pontnyswen, Brechfa

Fish and shellfish including River Teifi, Coracle-caught Sewin and Salmon and Cardigan Bay Crab, Lobster, Scallops, Mackerel and Sea Bass - The Villa, St. Dogmaels, Cardigan. Len Walters is one of the few people to have a license to coracle fish on the River Teifi. He also has crab and lobster pots in Cardigan Bay and also catches sea bass, skate, mackerel, prawns, etc.

Flour for Bread making - Y Felin, The Mill, St. Dogmaels, Cardigan. www.longferry.co.uk/yfelin.  
Y Felin is one of the last working water mills in Wales producing traditional stone ground flour. The mill is set in picturesque surroundings adjacent to the 12th Century Abbey of St Dogmaels.

Welsh Brew Tea - Mumbles, Swansea. www.welshbrewtea.com

Wine - Celtic Wine Company, Pembroke Dock.  www.celticwines.co.uk

Bottled Water – Llanllyr Water Company, Talsarn, Lampeter.  www.llanllyrwater.com

The water is produced from the same sources that have been providing drinking water for over 800 years.  The farm has been in the same family’s hands since 1720 and the sources are beneath certified organic fields.