Westfield Shopping Centre

In place of the defunct Vintage Festival, Little Jack Horner's will be selling sausage rolls outside West London's Westfield Shopping Centre next week, Thursday-Sunday 10am-6pm. Right by Shepherds Bush Tube Station. Pop by and say hello!

I will also have a stall at Parliament Hill Farmers market on the Saturday, and Parsons Green on the Sunday - check the LFM website for location details:

http://www.lfm.org.uk/markets-home/

Vintage Festival Cancelled!

It's true - it has. Quoting lack of sales as the main reason for its demise, yet also including 'weather' as another, which is baffling as it's two weeks away....

So if there is an event near you that needs a sausage rolls stall over the weekend of the 14th/15th July, please get in touch!

Here's the article that can explain more:

http://efestivals.com/news/12/120629g.shtml

Leaving the Farmers Markets for the summer

With all of this Music and Food Festival activity being booked up over the summer months, I thought I should let everyone know with some advance notice that Little Jack Horner's will not be frequenting any farmers markets for the last 3 weekends of July and the whole of August.

The markets are quiet over this time of year anyway, everyones on holiday or away for the weekend, the Olympics will turn London into a gridlocked lunatic asylum... so time to escape to the country!

At least, this is how I hope the weather will be.

So to be concrete about the dates: The last markets of the summer will be on the 7th/8th July, and we'll be returning on the 1st/2nd of September.

Pylewell Park Food and Drink Festival

More Summer action - this time at a Food and Drink Festival at Pylewell Park in Hampshire. Again situated at a beautiful old country house, this food festival attracted 11000 people last year and promises to be even more popular this year! It runs over the weekend of 21st/22nd July and Little Jack Horners will be there selling the sausage rolls...

http://www.newforestfoodfairs.co.uk/

Folk East Festival

Fancy a bit of World/Accoustic/Folk Music? Well if you are keen to get back to your roots in Suffolk over the August Bank Holiday, there's a festival called 'Folk East' happening in the grounds of a beautiful old pile called Somerleyton Hall. Little Jack Horner's will be there selling sausage rolls...

www.folkeast.co.uk

Vintage Festival and Wilderness Festival

Okay, it's official - Little Jack Horner's will be selling hot sausage rolls at the Wilderness Festival and also the Vintage Festival this year. Maybe it might be a clincher or... well... maybe not, but they both look like excellent festivals to me anyway, so have a look and consider coming along.


http://www.vintagefestival.co.uk

www.wildernessfestival.com

'Pasty Tax' petition!

Hello, I know it's a bit of a bore but can I ask you to sign a petition against the 20% VAT Tax on hot pastry goods that has been proposed by George Osbourne? It's a actually quite a serious matter when you take in how many people it'll effect (Conservatives - party of small business? hmm...). If you're unaware of the details here's a short news article by the BBC which concisely explains all the issues that i'd like to rant about:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17851992

and here's a link to the petition. Cheers.

https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/32044

New Sausage Roll Recipes!

Here are some sausage rolls! New recipes in fact, and they'll be available to try as of tomorrow at the Farmers Markets. On the left we have a Chicken and Mushroom, in the middle is an -ahem- gluten free Pork and Sage, and the normal Pork and Sage on the right.... More recipes to follow over the coming weeks, so pop on down and try one!

Gluten Free Pies and Sausage Rolls!

Hello all -

Gluten-free pies and Sausage Rolls are being trialled this weekend at the Farmers Markets - pop down and tell me what you think!

Little Jack Horner's Squirrel Pie hits Pakistan and China!

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C01%5C16%5Cstory_16-1-2012_pg9_2

http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/692754/Victorian-squirrel-pie-revive.aspx

Radio interview with United Christian Broadcasters!

I will be discussing squirrel pies on the UCB Digital Radio Station (United Christian Broadcasters!) News & Current Affairs Show with Paul Hammond at 9.25am on Wednesday 25h January. So keep an ear out!!!!

http://ucb.co.uk/

Squirrel pie features in the Daily Mail!

Newsflash!

Little Jack Horner's features in the Daily Mail! Once again, the squirrel pie takes centre stage...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086571/Anyone-grey-squirrel-pie-Victorian-delicacy-enjoys-revival-bid-save-red-cousins-extinction.html?ito=feeds-

Squirrel pie hits Timeout London!

So Timeout magazine are now interested in squirrel pies!

http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2012/01/10/go-nuts-for-these-squirrel-pies/

Sausage Roll Photo's

So the Sausage Rolls are proving a big success amongst customers... being jumbo-sized and perfect for a mid-morning snack! As they have such a blossoming fanbase I thought it would only be proper to add a few photo's of their production....

Pre-baking:

...and ready for market! -

Many thanks to the people of Parsons Green!

Many thanks to the people of Parsons Green who voted for Little Jack Horner's at the London Farmer's Markets 'Favourite Stall' awards 2011, where we won! Pies are clearly kicking off down there!

2012 Market Dates!

Hello!

Hope all the Christmas mayhem is coming to a close for all of you, and you're beginning to settle into the familiar ritual of hazy overeating and cold winter walks. A note for your diaries - my market dates are going to be far simpler as of the New Year. With the emphasis on regularity and tin returns, I think it is important that I do less markets more regularly. So as of the beginning of January there will be a stall at the following markets:

Parliament Hill - Every Saturday
Pimlico - 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month
Balham - 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday of the month
Parsons Green - Every Sunday
Marylebone - Every Sunday

See you in the New Year!

James

Christmas Orders and Home Delivery

Hello,


Due to the way the weekends fall this December, my last week of pie production will be next week. As much as I love pie-making, a couple of welcome weeks off! So if anyone needs pies for the Christmas period, then please place an order before Thursday 15th December to ensure I can cater for what you need. I will be also carrying many frozen pies over the Christmas period for anyone confronting a 'pie crisis'. 


All sizes are available, Family pies feed 5/6, Doubles feed 2/3, Singles feed 1/2.


Home Delivery is available for the whole of the London area - minimum order £20.

The recipes are: 

Chicken, Bacon, Split Pea, Carrot and Leek 

Squirrel, Red Wine Pearl Barley and Prune
Pheasant, Butternut Squash, Sage and Walnut
Crown Prince Squash, Bookhams Cheese (like Parmesan), Nutmeg and Garlic - perfect for lone vegetarian guests...
Venison, Roasted Shallot, Mushroom and Juniper.

All contact details are on the website: www.ljhorners.com

Many Thanks

James

Christmas Eve Markets cancelled

Hello -

Due to unforeseen circumstances I will not be able to attend the Farmers Markets at Balham and Pimlico on December 24th - but Home Delivery will be available so please make the most of this service! All contact details are on the website - www.ljhorners.com

James

December Market Dates

Here are the market dates for December! 


Sat Dec 3rd: Balham and Parliament Hill
Sun Dec 4th: Parsons Green and Marylebone
Sat Dec 10th: Balham and Pimlico
Sun Dec 11th: Parsons Green and Queens Park
Sat Dec 17th: Balham and Parliament Hill
Sun Dec 18th: Parsons Green and Marylebone



For more location details visit the LFM website at: http://www.lfm.org.uk/

November Market Dates

Pie Season is truly here! Here are the market dates for November:

Sat Nov 5th: Balham and Parliament Hill
Sun Nov 6th: Parsons Green and Marylebone
Sat Nov 12th: Balham and Pimlico
Sun Nov 13th: Parsons Green and Queens Park
Sat Nov 19th: Balham and Parliament Hill
Sun Nov 20th: Parsons Green and Marylebone
Sat Nov 26th: Balham and Pimlico
Sun Nov 27th: Parsons Green and Queens Park

For more location details visit the LFM website at: http://www.lfm.org.uk/

James