In these last few weeks, we have loved discovering oodles of Dorset’s independent food and drink businesses and when Coastal Forage Pies contacted us, we jumped at the chance of trying their handmade pies. Coastal Forage Pies was founded in July 2019 by Jenny after…

We have spent time finding Dorset’s amazing independent food and drink businesses and making this Directory as an online resource to help people find their local businesses. We have separated the lists a little to make it hopefully easier to find what you are looking…

Current Government restrictions due to Covid19 may mean that these restaurants are temporarily takeaway only or open with restricted seating. Always check with an establishment before travelling.  We wanted to make a Directory of all Dorset’s restaurants and takeaways but there are just so many,…

Many of our amazing food producers handmake their food products from home or from small factories across Dorset. They are made (or grown)  in small batches and often supply many of our cafes, restaurants, farm shops and delis as well as making products for sale…

The beautiful weather we get in this county is perfect for growing vineyards for making delicious (and in many cases Award Winning_ sparkling wine and cider. Dorset also plays host to fabulous breweries, distilleries and coffee roasteries. We have listed below as many drink producers…

These individual food shops give space for locally made, grown, caught and cared for produce to be collated, curated and sold. They make up our local high streets and they care passionately about their stores. We have listed below as many as we can find…

Farm shops are an amazing way to shop local and they work hard to stock a wide range of local products, from local meat, milk, cheese, bread, cake, fruit, vegetables and eggs to locally produced items like jams, chutneys, sauces, coffee and tea. Zero Waste…

During our daily lockdown walk through the village, there was one thing that seemed to be chugging along as normal and that was the installation of a milk vending machine. I thought what a brilliant innovative idea, until I found out later there are a…

I’m always on the look out for a local product that is grown and produced with love and care. I was recently given a bottle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Olivero and it is the perfect example of the type of product and business…

During the Covid19 outbreak, we have tried to help food and drink businesses as much as we can. You can see a list of help available to businesses here… https://dorset.foodiefeed.co.uk/coronavirus-support/ Heather also helped some small micro producers to rebuild their websites to allow them to…