Food & Craft Markets
Mount Stuart hosts a number of Bute Food & Craft Markets throughout the year.
eatBute Event 2012
Dates & Details for our 5th eatBute will be announced shortly
Exhibitors
Food & Drink Stalls:
Mount Stuart Gardens, Isle of Bute
Mount Stuart Kitchen Garden is in the throes of a development programme, which will see an increase in the range and quantity of fruit, vegetable and other food products available from Mount Stuart, throughout the year. There is an abundance of produce on offer throughout the year, from potatoes, courgettes and carrots, to freshly picked berries and free range eggs. A new addition to our gardens are our bee hives, which should soon be producing Bute Honey.
Taste of Bute, Plan Farm, Isle of Bute
Taste of Bute is your opportunity to share in this stunning location where cows and sheep roam extensively on grass meadows and species-rich hills and glens. Fresh beef and lamb is supplied directly from The Plan Farm along with speciality sausages and burgers. The Isle of Bute Smokery is an extension of the concept of delivering delicately delicious food that has been produced on the island. Smoked beef, lamb, veal and cheese are the start of a range of ready-to-eat foods being produced at The Plan Farm and marketed under the Taste of Bute banner by Brian and Janet Hill .
Drumachloy Rose Veal, Isle of Bute
Drumachloy Farm Rosé Veal is reared by Duncan and Fiona Lyon on their dairy farm on the Isle of Bute. Scottish Rose Veal offer a full mail order service across the UK through their on-line shop. By buying direct from the farm you can be assured that all their veal is 100% British and reared on the farm to the highest welfare standards.
Fyne Cakes, Strachur, Cowal
Fyne Cakes is a small family run business situated in Strachur on the shores of Loch Fyne. All their products are traditionally handmade using local free range eggs and the finest ingredients that they can source. They do not add any artificial colour, flavourings or preservatives to any of our products and only use natural extracts when required. Their products are all freshly made to order to ensure that the finest quality is always guaranteed. For further details on all products and home delivery service please contact anne@fynecakes.co.uk
Nethergate Larder, Dunlop, Ayrshire
Nethergate Larder offer a wide variety of fresh, delicious produce including Tamworth Pork and Smoked bacon, Bute-reared veal and rare breed lamb and beef.
Henshelwoods Fine Foods, Isle of Bute
www.henshelwoodsfinefoods.co.uk
Pickles, chutneys, mustards and jams made on the Isle of Bute using natural ingredients; spiced and flavoured to their own unique recipes.
Winston Churchill Venison, Dunoon, Argyll
www.winstonchurchillvenison.com
They are a very small, family run business that takes great pride in all they do. The venison is harvested by their own team of stalkers, from local hills and woodlands in and around the Cowal Peninsular in the county of Argyll. It is all wild and comes from nature feeding on natural grasses, heathers and herbs. All products have 100% traceability and they sell our venison at farmers markets across the country throughout the year as well as by mail order.
McAlister's Milk, Isle of Bute
Local milk producers, McAlisters are suppliers to the Rothesay Joint Campus. Run by Ninian and Rhona McAlister, McAlisters offer home delivery of Milk, Cream and Potatoes. Tel: 01700 50 5173.
Just Seaweed, Isle of Bute
From the Beautiful Isle Of Bute on the west coast of Scotland, Just Seaweed hand cut fresh edible seaweed. On the north west shore of Bute, there are clear, clean, unspoilt waters where they harvest sea kelp, sugar kelp, kombu, wakeme, channel wrack, spiral, dulse, nori, sea lettuce, purple laver, carrageen, Irish moss, lady weed, rock weed, Japanese wire weed and sea string. They also cut Bladder and serrated wrack seaweed which is used for skin care, spa detox and cellulite body wraps. All seaweeds are available fresh cut or sun dried.
Bute Estate Foods, Isle of Bute
Bute Estate Foods Limited offer high quality fresh beef and pork products from animals both native to Britain and fattened on the Island. Delicious Aberdeen Angus steaks, roasts, burgers and sausages are available alongside a variety of cuts of succulent Saddleback pork.
Just Add Chilli, Glasgow
Just Add Chilli always sources the freshest, highest quality ingredients from local Scottish producers. It's unique and exciting flavour comes from the combination of two main ingredients, red chillies and fresh strawberries.
Bute Produce, Isle of Bute
Fresh Garden produce from the beautiful Island of Bute
Ritchies of Rothesay, Isle of Bute
www.ritchiessmokedsalmon.co.uk
The traditional smokehouse has been in operation since 1888. Their secret recipe involves curing and smoking Scottish salmon for 2 days and nights - all done by hand in a traditional way.
Wild Trail, Dorset
Wild Trail is home to the tasty, handmade and award winning popped corn cereal bars
Hog Roast Scotland
Traditional Victorian Hog Roast.
Home Ground Coffee, Argyll
Artisan coffee roaster Alastair Moodie has a lifelong passion for coffee. He roasts and grinds all his coffee to order, handling each roast individually
Love Leaf Tea, Newcastle
The team at Love Leaf Tea have years of experience in the art of tea, from Green Tea to Oolong and Flowering Tea, they will be on hand to help you choose your favourite.
Healthy and Happy Enterprises, Isle of Bute
www.healthynhappyenterprises.co.uk
Jump on the Smoothie Bike and paddle as fast as you can to make your very own delicious fruit smoothie. The harder you peddle the nicer the smoothie!
Waulkmill Cider, Dumfries
www.waulkmill-scottish-cider.co.uk
Using traditional methods Waulkmill produces their own cider and apple juice. Look out for their apple press 'Pip' who will be working the Mount Stuart Orchard Apples to make fresh Juice.
Grumpy Mule, Yorkshire
Grumpy Mule coffees are roasted in batches to suit their individual characteristics
Craft Stalls:
Beautiful Baboon Pottery, Isle of Bute
Handmade stoneware/earthenware pottery from 50p to £50 all made on the Isle of Bute.
Watermill Design, Glendaruel, Argyll
Cushions and soft furnishings, produced by Sandra Webster.
Black Cat Design, Netherlee, Glasgow
Black Cat Design are producers of Scottish soaps, jewellery and handbags.
Standing Stone Crafts, Isle of Bute
Hand crafted knives, antlers and walking sticks, produced on the Isle of Bute. Standing Stone Crafts is run by husband and wife team Gordon and Sandie Stevenson.
Fresh Berry Designs, Isle of Bute
Beautiful hand crafted jewellery, made by Bute based craftswoman, Elizabeth Scott. Special commissions, weddings stationery and greetings cards are also available.
Ray Beverley - Cabinetmaker, Isle of Bute
Beautifully designed cabinets, furniture and mirrors. Special commissions available.
E-mail: bevfamily@fsmail.net
Triskele Designs, Isle of Bute
Beautiful Jewellery by Jessica Herriot
Ewan Findlay, Glasgow
Hand crafted Jewellery and Handbags
Brandish Bute, Isle of Bute
Brandish Bute only sell products made on the beautiful Isle of Bute.
Bute Crafts, Isle of Bute
A variety of craft products from producer Alison Clarke
Mo's Beady Eyes
Handmade Jewellery from Maureen McQuillan
Julia Love Griffiths, Argyll
Local painter Julia works in oil and water colour depicting the ever changing colours of Argyll
Elizabeth McNeish, Isle of Bute
Elizabeth has a selection of Jewellery
Pink Walnut
Beautiful pieces of Jewellery made from recycled glass
Information Stands
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute
Information on House Tours and Events within Mount Stuart.
Kayak Bute, Isle of Bute
Roddy McDowell will have a kayak display and camp site equipment for all the outdoor enthusiasts
Rothesay Joint Campus, Isle of Bute
The local primary will be showing off their Eco skills on their very own stall
Victoria Hotel, Isle of Bute
Family owned Victoria Hotel will be offering special discounts for their restaurant.