NEW! We have a new member to our team, David is our development chef, he has a vast experience working in Michelin Star restaurants and talks, walks and breaths food. His attention to detail and understanding of real food is enabling us to develop an exciting range of vegetarian ready meals, which are truly delicious. The first new product we have developed is Sussex Charmer Macaroni, using our pasta, Sussex Charmer Cheese and South Downs Butter.
Delia Smith has recommended our 'Not Just a Pasta Cheese' as a Vegetarian alternative for Parmesan. We used to call it Vegetarian Parmesan but have had to change its name due to European Laws. We are also very proud to announce that our Ravioli and Butter have been awarded Gold Awards at the Great Taste Awards 2009, making it five years in a row in which our products have been awarded this Gold standard.
Bookhams are a Sussex based, family run company. At Bookhams, we pride ourselves on sourcing as many ingredients as possible locally and according to season. Selling direct to the public at Farmers' Markets has enabled us to gain a real feel for what people want and allowed us to tap into a rich and diverse pool of primary producers, many of whom have worked alongside us to create an authentic but adventurous product range, aimed at time-poor consumers looking for "convenience foods with a clear conscience." We aim to provide local primary producers, ' a Route to Market.'
At Bookhams, we are best known for our award winning Twineham Grange Cheese, nicknamed Farmers' Hand after Brussels denied us the right to call it English Vegetarian Parmesan. Our South Downs Butter is traditionally churned using quality cream which is aged for three days, it is then pasteurised, churned, washed three times with ice cold water and hand packed into 200g rolls. We also make a new cheese called Sussex Charmer, this is a joint venture between ourselves, at Bookhams, and dairy farmers R.Harrison & Sons from Rudgwick. This cheese is a cross between a Cheddar and Parmesan and has been awarded 'Best New Dairy Product 2008' at the Nantwich International Cheese Awards.
In addition to the cheese and butter, we make a range of traditionally rolled, fresh & dried pasta products, including fresh ravioli, long and short pasta and gnocchi. We also produce several award-winning pasta sauces. Currently, we are developing a range of flavoured butters, flavoured gnocchi and lasagna