Screen Bites 2014

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Welcome to the Screen Bites party–Our tenth anniversary!

Screen Bites is ten years old in 2014 – quite a milestone for an event that began as a one-off week of food and film evenings back in 2005. And quite an achievement for a small group of volunteers who live across Dorset and into Somerset and whose day jobs include social work, journalism and farming.Fanny and Gay with Robert and Tina Golden and Phill, Christina and Tony from Moviola founded the festival to provide affordable and enjoyable evening events in Dorset Food Week ... but after the first year, we realised that we had a unique formula that people really liked.We remain the UK’s only festival celebrating local food and food-themed feature films, and that goes on the road around Dorset and the adjoining counties for a month in the autumn. Over the ten years, we have shown dozens of films in halls from Breamore in the New Forest to Wootton Fitzpaine on the Dorset-Devon border, and we have enjoyed food from around the world on screen and from a farm, factory or kitchen near you. Throughout the decade we have enjoyed the support and friendship of Giles Henschel of Olives Et Al. That first year we asked him if he would sponsor one of our eight events – and we were thrilled when he said he would sponsor the whole week. Before long Giles committed Olives Et Al to be our principal sponsor ...In this programme you can read about our exciting and glamorous gala opening night at St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles, with a fabulous

reception of food by Lisa Osman at All Hallows and sparkling wine from Langham Estate, and the 11 food and drink producers who have been with us from the start.Find out about the films we are showing, which three halls have taken part every year and some exciting new food businesses.We also have a fabulous line-up of Festival Feasts – a chance each evening to win lunch or dinner for two at one of the area’s finest dining pubs and restaurants.We look forward to meeting old and new friends, sharing a drink with you and enjoying some great films and delicious food!

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Alan, Caroline, Debbie, Fanny, Gay, Janet, Joanna, Joy, Louise and Valerie (and Dave and Clive, the projection team)

For full list of dates, venues and films, and for location map, fold out the back cover.

The Gala .................................................... 3–7The Films ................................................ 8–29AONB .......................................................... 30New this year ............................................... 31Food Producers .................................... 32–52Festival Feasts .................... 31, 44/45, 53–57Anniversaries ............................................... 58What happens at SB ................................... 59Ten Years – some facts and figures ....60–61Thanks .......................................................... 63Map Key ....................................................... 64

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Is it really 10 years? The face that looks back at me from the mirror gets a little saggier with every passing year and I can’t quite believe that it is 10 years since Fanny and Gay first told me about the idea of Screen Bites. What? I said. Take food based films around village halls across Dorset to promote local food and involve producers at each screening? In October? What a barmy but brilliant idea and I fell upon it with eager hands and I’m delighted to say that Olives Et Al has been the main sponsor ever since. This is Screen Bites 10th fantastic year and, delightfully, it coincides precisely with our 21st birthday. Olives Et Al was born on the 28th October 1993 so the 21st anniversary of us sealing our first ever jar of olives (Sunshine – £9.40) will fall upon the Screen Bites screening in North Cadbury at which I’m sure a drop or two may well get drunk. We really are very pleased to be so heavily involved in what has become a real Dorset institution – much admired and well regarded far beyond the county border. It’s such a great chance for communities across villages and towns to get together and enjoy superb international film and local food in a thoroughly convivial atmosphere and it ties in perfectly with the mantra we at Olives Et Al live by: Live More and Eat Very Happily. Consider this an open invitation to come and find us either in Poundbury or in Sturminster Newton or our new place over in Cheddar for a spot of our own brand of olivey hospitality. Come and have a chat – the kettle’s always on… Have a great evening and hope to eat with you very soon.


A message from our sponsor

Giles HenschelOlives Et Al – Main Sponsors of Screen Bites

OLIVES ET AL and SCREEN BITES since the beginning… SCREEN BITES FOOD FILM FESTIVAL★ ★

at St Giles House, Thursday 2nd October

This year Screen Bites, the food film festival that started as an add-on to Dorset Food Week, celebrates its tenth anniversary of bringing food-themed films and the best of local food producers to towns and villages across Dorset and into Somerset and surrounding counties.

Lisa Osman of Provisio Hospitality, one of our loyal supporters since 2008, has recently moved to Wimborne St Giles to establish her new All Hallows School for Cooks and Makers located on the Shaftesbury Estate. We were thrilled when Lord Shaftesbury, through Lisa, invited Screen Bites to hold a Gala Evening in the magnificent setting of St Giles House.We are also delighted that Provisio, generously supported by many of the festival’s loyal food producers, is sponsoring a delicious canapé menu which will be accompanied by award-winning sparkling wine from the Langham Estate near Dorchester.Then it’s into the central Stone Hall where 11 of our original dozen food producers from 2005

will be on hand, with a few newer producers, in the now-traditional Screen Bites pre-film market. Local musicians will be playing from the gallery before the audience is invited into the library where the film will be shown.We couldn’t have a more appropriate film than Vatel, an audience favourite and also shown in our first year. Set in France in the same period as St Giles House was built, it’s a story of love, aristocratic wealth and power ... and food.Audiences are invited to dress in 17th century period, for a party or casually. Period wigs to the back of the library!Ten special prizes will be available – one for each year of Screen Bites.Read more ...

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St Giles House Lisa Osman and All Hallows Cookery School for Cooks and Makers“We are very excited to be hosting the opening of

the 10th anniversary celebration for Screen Bites at St.Giles House. We are keen to use the house for fresh and innovative ideas and this festival is exactly that. To link the period of the house with film and costumes of the same era and combine it with local food and wine will be completely unique and a night not to be missed.” Lord Shaftesbury

The cornerstone of the Renaissance-style St Giles House, home to the Earls of Shaftesbury, was laid by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury on 19th March 1650. His ancestors had owned the estate since the Norman Conquest, and the family link continues with the 12th Earl, Nicholas, who now lives at the house with his family.

Lord Shafesbury and St Giles House with a detail from the ceiling in the drawing room showing fashionable food of the time – pomegrantes, pineapple, corn, artichokes and grapes.

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Professional cook Lisa Osman, founder of Provisio Hospitality and a popular participant at Screen Bites since 2008, has recently launched All Hallows School for Cooks and Makers at Wimborne St Giles, located on the Shaftesbury Estate. By happy coincidence, Lord Shaftesbury has recently re-opened St Giles House for events – and this is why we are able to hold the Screen Bites gala evening in a magnificent setting with exquisite food kindly sponsored by Provisio Hospitality.

Now Lisa’s home, the beautiful All Hallows farmhouse and its adjoining Rose Cottage are abuzz with activity – cooking, cheese- making, food photography, willow weaving and much more.

Lisa and her hand-picked team of experts welcome groups and individuals for half and full day sessions and residential courses aimed at anyone who wants to increase their food skills and knowledge in a non-competitive setting.

Lisa says: “For many years I have been involved in training alongside my hospitality business Provisio, which is now well established in Dorset. I have longed for my own cookery school to offer food education at all levels, from recognised qualifications to sociable baking classes. I searched for a perfect spot to establish a different kind of venture. All Hallows is a magical place and I fell in love with it the day I first visited, many years ago.

“Our new location offers a unique home to celebrate all food and crafts produced locally and an opportunity to inspire and educate within an historic residential farmhouse.”

Lisa and her team are working with local producers to provide the delicious and beautiful food for the gala reception.

For more information, contact Lisa at All Hallows on 01725 551185 or 07837214400 or email [email protected]

In the grounds is a statue, Anteros, whose arrow points north east. It mirrors the famous statue of (Ant)Eros in Piccadilly Circus, properly called the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, erected in the 1890s to commemorate the life of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, a famous Victorian politician and philanthropist. The arrowhead of THAT Anteros points towards the country seat of the Ashley-Coopers, St Giles House.

Screen Bites is delighted to be holding its anniversary celebrations in such a beautiful and fitting venue, open for the first time to the public for the event.

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The Timetable

6.30–7pm St Giles Estate gates open, parking7pm Doors open7–7.55pm Reception with canapes and sparkling wine Stone Hall – Screen Bites producers market. Music from the gallery Ten for Ten tickets available.8pm Take your seats in The Library – those in period wigs are invited to sit further back! Short introduction by Giles Henschel of Olives Et Al and Screen Bites’ chairman Fanny Charles.8.15pm Screening of Vatel begins10pm Ten for Ten draw10.15pm Sweet Treats from: Choccoco, The Baking Bird, Honeybuns and Thomas J Fudge. Carriages

Ten for Ten prizes, drawn at 10pm

1 All Hallows Voucher2 Dorset Larder Hamper 3 Gold Hill Organic Farm hamper4 Hall and Woodhouse Rifle Box5 Honeybuns Goody Bag6 Mere Fish Farm, one whole or two half days fishing on the lake or MFF voucher7 Olives Et Al hamper8 Salisbury Playhouse family pantomime ticket 9 STIFF Tea10 Summer Lodge afternoon tea

Food producers Providing ingredients for the reception

All Hallows and Olives Et AlBlackacre Farm EggsCapreolusChalke Valley CheeseDorset Blue VinnyDorset Game LarderGoldhill Organic Farm ShopHall and WoodhouseHome Farm ShopLong Crichel BakeryMere Fish FarmThe Watercress CompanyWoodlands DairyWoolsery Cheese

In the Stone HallOlives Et AlChococoThomas J FudgeGold Hill Organic FarmHall and WoodhouseHome Farm Shop Tarrant GunvilleHoneybunsDorset Blue VinnyDenhayPurbeck Ice CreamWashingpool Farm Shop

Chalk Valley CheeseChococoMere Fish FarmNether Cerne Herbs

Details correct at time of going to press. Timing approximate from 7pm to 10pm

One of Screen Bites’ most popular films, this is Vatel’s seventh outing, and chosen as the ideal film for our tenth anniversary gala at St Giles House, the first stones of which were laid in 1650. Vatel is set in 1671 in Chantilly, where a penniless prince wants to impress King Louis XIV with three days of feasting and festivities, so he will be commissioned to lead an army against Holland and his fortunes will be restored. His steward, Vatel (Gerard Depardieu) is charged with organising the event, but he and Anne de Montausier, (Uma Thurman) fall in love – just as the king chooses her as his newest bedfellow. The starry cast includes the scheming Tim Roth, Timothy Spall, Richard Griffiths and Julian Glover. It’s sumptuous, exciting, full of food and based on a true story.

Vatel· 2000· Cert PG-13· Director Roland Joffe· Screenplay Tom Stoppard· 103 mins· English

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JadooSponsored by Denhay

Shown in 2013 to a packed and delighted SB audience, this film is based on the early life of writer and director Gupta. He lived above The Chat House in Leicester’s Little India, and his mother and aunts still run the family restaurant. Jadoo is the story of two brothers who quarrel over the ownership of their late mother’s famous recipe book, eventually tearing it in half and setting up competing restaurants. Paranoia escalates over the years, but now the daughter of one chef is about to marry, and she wants her father AND her uncle cooking at her wedding. She thinks an English bridegroom will cause problems in the traditional Indian family, but that’s not an issue ... it’s just the idea of working in the same kitchen. Jadoo is a charming, funny and very human story, and even includes the obligatory chef contest.

Showing at Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall, DT6 6NEon Friday 3rd October

Jadoo 2013 Cert 12Director Amit Gupta2013, 84 minutes, English

Win a meal for two at one of our Festival Feasts, see pages 53–57

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Tastings tonight from: Felicity’s Farm Shop, Washingpool Farm Shop, Amid Giants and Idols Coffee, Capreolus, Denhay, Downhouse Farm, Eggardon Rare Breeds, Fivepenny Farm, Leakers, Teatonics, Wobbly Cottage, Woolsery Cheese, Wyld Meadow FarmOlives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream


Tastings tonight from: Ajar Of, Dorset Charcuterie, Dorset Chocolates, Moreton Tea Rooms, Olives Et Al, Oxfords Bakery, The Warercress CompanyHoneybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

Under the Tuscan SunSponsored by Dorset AONB

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Last HolidaySponsored by Easy Bean

One of Screen Bites’ most popular films, Last Holiday sends audiences out with a glow in their hearts. Based on a story by JB Priestley, it’s the ultimate “bucket list” story. The magnificent Queen Latifah plays Georgia Byrd, working in the kitchen department of a store in New Orleans when she gets medical results that tell her she has only a few weeks to live. So she cashes in her pensions and savings and heads for Europe to meet her hero, the famous chef Didier (Gerard Depardieu), so she can die happy eating his sumptuous culinary creations. Georgia is an alien addition to the usual clientele of the grand hotel, and is soon a favourite with the staff. Without divulging the ending, this is a food-packed film, full of hilarious set pieces and marvellous food.

Chalk and Cheese short films – see page 31.

Under the Tuscan Sun does just what it says on the label. It’s the story of San Francisco writer Frances Mayes, who goes to Italy on a friend’s ticket when she discovers her husband is unfaithful and the friend, Pattie, discovers she’s pregnant. After spotting an advertisement for a dilapidated house, the coach stops for a herd of sheep outside the very property, and Frances sees it as an omen. Before long she has bought the house and moved in a team of Polish workers to help with the essential renovations. Patti turns up, also abandoned, and both women bask in the warm sun, delicious food and romantic promise of an Italian summer.

Giles Henschel talks about 21 years of Olives Et Al.

Showing at Powerstock Hut, DT6 3TB on Thursday 9th October

Showing at Briantspuddle Village Hall, DT2 7HTon Saturday 4th October

Talk by Giles Henschel

Last Holiday 2006, Cert 12Director Wayne Wong112 minutes, English

Under the Tuscan Sun 2003, Cert PG-13Director Audrey Wells113 minutes, English

Tastings tonight from: The Kingcombe Centre, Ajar Of, Capreolus, Denhay, Dorset Pie Company, Downhouse Farm, Easy Bean, Liberty Fields, Oxfords Bakery, Primrose’s Kitchen, Wobbly Cottage Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

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Just DessertsSponsored by Dorset Blue Vinny


Made for television, this film is ALL about food. The hunky Marco Poloni is constantly badgered to marry by his mother, but his passion is for cooking and for maintaining the family traditions in the Italian bakery in the Bronx. He and uncle Fab are taken for lunch by a would-be buyer, but Marco tastes the desserts and realises something is wrong, so he goes to advise the chef, Grace Carpenter, on the remedy. She is furious at his effrontery. When he invites her to join him to compete for The Golden Whisk, she reluctantly agrees, on the understanding that their relationship is Just Desserts. Yes, it might be corny and it might be predictable, but there are some lovely moments in this charming film that, as far as we know, gets its first UK showing at Screen Bites.

Clare Bartlett of Red Barn talks about raw milk.

Tastings tonight from: Red Barn Farm Shop, Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Bakery Cafe Sherborne, Chocolate Arthouse, Dike and Son, Dorset Blue Vinny, Easy Bean, Gold Hill Organics, Melbury Vale Vineyard, Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream


Showing at Stourton Caundle Village Hall, DT10 2JNon Friday 10th October

Talk by Clare Bartlett

Just Desserts 2004, Cert 15Director Kevin Connor90 minutes, English

When Do We Eat?Sponsored by Coker Rope and Sail Trust

The Stuckmans are a classic dysfunctional family, but they have a compulsion to get together for the annual Seder Passover meal, no matter what. This quirky film incorporates magic realism in the form of biblical patriarchs in the sky, as well as sons and daughters from hell, and the director makes a memorable appearance. Described in the blurb as “sex, drugs and matzo-ball soup” it’s a hilarious look at the dynamics of a family, the older members of which want tradition, tradition, tradition, and the younger ones have decided on ploughing their own modern furrows. Shown for the first time in the UK by Screen Bites in 2012, it is set in Los Angeles and the cast includes Lesley Ann Warren and Michael Lerner.

Andy Fussell talks about the rapeseed harvest.

Tastings tonight from: Goose Slade Farmshop, Ajar Of, Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Chirpy Cottage, Easy Bean, Fussells, Mere Fish Farm, Oxfords Bakery, Ross’s Cider, Saunders Butchers, Wobbly Cottage, Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

Showing at West Coker Village Hall, BA22 9AL on Saturday 11th October

When Do We Eat? 2005, Cert USA-R Director Salvador Litvak86 minutes, English and Hebrew

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The Lunch BoxScreen Bites and the Purbeck Film Festival

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Set in Mumbai, this charming film follows the story of two lonely people and how they are brought together by a mistake by the famously efficient Dabbawalla lunch delivery service. Ifa realises that her marriage has lost its sparkle, and she embarks on a plan to cook delicious food for her husband. But before long it’s clear that he isn’t getting the lunch box she makes him. The man who IS benefitting from the culinary delights is Saajan Fernandes, a grumpy widower about to retire from his 35-year job as a claims assessor for the Indian government. Soon, notes are included in the lunch boxes, and a relationship flowers. Will it have a happy conclusion? As Orson Welles famously said, it depends on where you end the story.

A Good Year


Doors open at 7pm E

Tastings tonight from: The Salt Pig, Pashma’s Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Chococo, Purbeck Ice Cream

Tastings tonight from: Ajar Of, The Baking Bird, Christine’s Puddings, The Dining Room, Dorset Pie Company, Rolly’s Cakes Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream.

Showing at Rex Cinema Wareham, BH20 4JXon Sunday 12th October

The Lunch Box 2013, Cert PGDirector Ritesh Batra104 minutes, Hindi and English

Showing at Chickerell Willowbed Hall, DT3 4AJon Thursday 16th October

A Good Year 2006, Cert PG-13Director Ridley Scott118 minutes English with occasional French

This is the Russell Crowe film for those still to be converted to his charms. He sends himself up hilariously as Max, the thrusting businessman whose life is turned upside down when he inherits a vineyard in France from his beloved uncle (Albert Finney). Shown partly in flashback to his childhood (when he’s played by the excellent Freddy Highmore) the film moves from Max’s eccentric upbringing to his current struggles, with a mystery relative from America and a beautiful waitress from a local restaurant (Marion Cottilard). The question is how much of the fledgling person Max was as a delightful and interesting child remains in the man with a reputation for ruthless selfishness? It’s funny, warm and surprising, and it’s set in the countryside of Provence.


Narrated by Susan Sarandon, this documentary tells the compelling and intimate stories of anarchist chocolate-maker, Mott Green, founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company Co-operative and independent cocoa farmer, Nelice Stewart. This tree-to-bar factory co-operative, claimed to be the smallest in the world, turns out luscious creations that are organic and ethical.

Claire Burnet of Choccoco talks about her friend Mott Green and his Grenadan co-operative, which supplies her Dorset business.

Showing at Durweston Village Hall, DT11 0QAon Friday 17th October

Nothing Like Chocolate 2013, documentary Director Kum-Kum Bhavnani63 minutes, English

Talk by Claire Burnet

Romantics Anonymous 2010, Cert 12-A Director Jean-Pierre Ameris80 minutes, French (subtitled)


This delightful confection is about what happens when two cripplingly shy people meet. Brilliant chocolatier Angelique is persuaded to apply for a job at a chocolate factory, thinking she will be able to use her skills.

Owner Jean-Rene is just as shy, and offers her the job, not explaining that it as a salesperson on whose performance the ailing company depends. She’s hopeless at selling, but realises there is something she CAN do to save the firm. Benoit Poelvoorde and Isabelle Carre give terrific performances as the reluctant colleagues and lovers, and Sound of Music whimsy means you don’t have to know French to understand what is happening.

Goldhill Organic Farm, Ansty Herd, Chococo, Christine’s Puddings, Comins Tea House, Dorset Larder, From Dorset with Love, Hotch Potch Eggs, Melbury Vale Vineyard, Mere Fish Farm, Miss Marshmellow, Teatonics Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream.

Nothing Like ChocolateA double bill sponsored by Dorset AONB

Romantics AnonymousDoors open at 7pm E


Letters to JulietLove’s Kitchen Sponsored by Dorset AONB


Savaged by the critics and created on a tiny budget, this is a film we want YOU to judge. Writer and director Hacking roped in Gordon Ramsay for a cameo role and cast Dougray Scott and his real-life wife Claire Forlani in the main roles. Brilliant chef Rob’s spirit was broken when his wife was killed just as they were about to start their own restaurant, leaving him with a child. There’s a chance to sort out his life, taking over a decrepit country pub and cooking his best food again, but not only does he have to convince his loyal kitchen staff, but a bright young writer who has dissed his London kitchen and a famously bibulous TV food presenter (Simon Callow, having fun). It may not be the greatest script, but it’s a story we in the rural south west know too well.

Mark Woodhouse talks about his family business in the 21st century.

Showing at Buckland Newton Village Hall, DT2 7DPon Saturday 18th October

Talk by Mark Woodhouse

Love’s Kitchen, 2011, Cert PG-13Director James Hacking93 minutes, English

Tastings tonight from: Gold Hill Organic Farm, Ajar Of, Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Dorset Pie Company, Hotch Potch Eggs, Oxfords Bakery, Primrose’s Kitchen, Nether Cerne HerbsOlives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

Showing at Herrison Hall, Charlton Down DT2 9UAon Sunday 19th October

Letters to Juliet 2010, Cert PGDirector Gary Winick105 minutes, English

New York chef Victor (Gael Garcia Bernal) and his fiancee Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) set off for Tuscany on a pre-wedding holiday. She thinks Italy equals romance but he’s a foodie workaholic, anxious not to miss a single secret of Italian cuisine. Stuck in Verona and bored by more food production, Sophie spots sobbing women pushing notes between the stones under Juliet’s famous balcony and the notes being collected by a group of volunteers who reply to each one. And fate leads Sophie to a letter missed in the stones for 50 years! It’s just the beginning of a romantic quest leading to Clair (Vanessa Redgrave), a widow still dreaming of the man she once loved. The story unfolds against beautiful architecture and scenery ... and both women finally find the men of their dreams.

Tastings tonight from: Eggardon Farm Shop, Ajar Of, Ansty Herd, Baking Bird, Dorset Pie Company, Engine Room, Lorna Low Palestinian stall, Nether Cerne HerbsOlives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream



West is WestSponsored by Thomas J Fudge

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Tastings tonight from: Kimbers and Red Barn Farm Shops, Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Bakery Cafe Sherborne, Chocolate Arthouse, Easy Bean, EDeli, Thomas J Fudge, Keen’s Cheddar, Lavender Blue, Mere Fish Farm.Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

This is the sequel to East is East, which was released ten years earlier. Several members of the original cast teamed up again to continue the story of the Asian-English family from Salford in 1976. Young Sajid is now a stroppy teenager and George Khan decides to take him back to Pakistan to find out about discipline and heritage. George’s own self-knowledge is as flawed as it was in the first film, and his English wife Ella (another terrific performance by Linda Bassett) has to cope with his bullying and double standards. When he’s gone for much longer than expected, she takes her friend Annie (Lesley Nicol – Mrs Patmore from Downton Abbey) and heads east. It’s a right-of-passage not just for the young, and it’s filled with colour and love.

Sue Fudge introduces the beautifully packaged sweet biscuits.

Showing at North CadburyVillage Hall, BA22 7DWon Thursday 23rd October

West is West2010, Cert PG-13Director Andy De Emmony103 minutes, English

Talk by Sue Fudge


Today’s SpecialEnglish VinglishSponsored by Vines Close Farm Shop


Win a meal for two at one of our Festival Feasts, see pages 53–57 Win a meal for two at one of our Festival Feasts, see pages 53–57

Tastings tonight from: Vines Close Farm Shop, Ajar Of, Chocolate Arthouse, Christine’s Puddings, Comins Tea House, Miss Marshmellow, Melbury Vale Vineyard, Pashma’s, Oxfords Bakery, Red Fort Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

Tastings tonight from: Clavell’s Farm Shop, Ajar Of, Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Gold Hill Organic Farm, Oxfords Bakery, Pashma’s, Lorna Low Palestinian Stall, Rolly’s Cakes, The Watercress CompanyOlives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

Set in India and mainly in New York, this delightful film stars Sridevi as Shashi Godbole, a devoted wife and mother who has allowed herself to be undermined by her husband (who conducts his business in English) and their spoiled children and is defined only by her ability to make laddoos. Then her sister in America announces her daughter is getting married and wants auntie Shashi to help with the preparations, propelling the shy woman into a world of strangers speaking a language she can neither understand nor speak. Something must be done, and before her husband and children arrive from India. The film also stars Adil Hussain, Cory Hibbs and the handsome Mehdi Nebbou.

Samir (Aasif Mandvi) has been working in a flashy New York restaurant as a sous-chef for long enough, and when he is leapfrogged in the promotion stakes again, he storms out, angrily announcing that he will go to Paris for better culinary experience. But it’s not to be. As Samir arrives at his parents’ home to tell them of his plans, his father, deep in debt and lacking customers at his run-down Indian restaurant, has a heart attack.Samir grudgingly agrees to run the Tandoori Palace for a few weeks, and discovers revolting conditions in the kitchen and appalling staff morale. Then he remembers a taxi driver who said he is also a brilliant chef, and invites him to help. Everything changes, including mother Madhur Jaffrey’s quest to find him a bride. The language is strong at times.

Showing at Sturminster Marshall Village Hall, BH21 4BQ on Friday 24th October

Showing at Winfrith Newburgh Village Hall, DT2 8LRon Saturday 25th October

English Vinglish, 2012, Cert 15Director Gauri Shindi134 minutes, Hindi/English/French (sub-titled)

Today’s Special 2010, Cert USA-RDirector David Kaplan99 minutes, English

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2:Revenge of the Leftovers Sponsored by Blackacre Farm Eggs

Grow Your OwnSponsored by Orchard Park Garden Centre and Lagan Farm Shop

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Friar Tuck loved his grub. The winner of this afternoon’s draw can take the family to see him at Poole Lighthouse in the Christmas pantomime Robin Hood.Win a meal for two at one of our Festival Feasts, see pages 53–57

Tea this afternoon from: Ajar Of, All Hallows, Blackacre Farm Eggs, Candyshack Mill, Miss Marshmellow, Oxfords BakeryOlives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream. And lashings of Ginger Beer from Palmers ...

The second film in the Cloudy series finds Flint Lockwood about to work for his hero, Chester V, CEO of The Live Corp Company. But all is not as it seems, and before long Flint discovers that Chester’s quest to find the infamous machine that filled the world with menacing animal hybrids is for his own evil ends rather than the good of the world. Aided by the faithful Sam Parks, his father and Manny, Flint must race against time. Look out for hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons!

Grow Your Own is a seasonal celebration of community and the human spirit. Set entirely on the allotments at Liverpool’s Blacktree Road, it’s a modern story with timeless themes. The regulars are suspicious and resentful when the council gives a refugee family a choice plot of land to cultivate, in the hopes it will ease the trauma of leaving their country. Then more foreigners arrive in this traditional enclave. A trendy executive wants to buy up some of the land for a mobile phone mast. And people come together to nurture crops, swap advice, make friends, heal their psychological wounds and discover love. Several familiar television faces can be found among the vegetables, and comic Omid Djalili makes a memorable contribution to this delightful film.

Showing at Litton Cheney Village Hall, DT2 9AUon Thursday 30th October

Grow Your Own2007, Cert PG-13Director Richard Laxton101 minutes, English

A Halloween matinee special!

Showing at Tarrant Keyneston Village Hall, DT11 9JEon Friday 31st October

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: Revenge of the Leftovers2013, Cert PGDirectors Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn95 minutes, English

BOBOF FOR FlintTickets only £5 but for

children aged 3 to 12 – Buy one bring one free!

Doors open at 7pm E

Tastings tonight from: Downhouse Farm, Fivepenny Farm, Tamarisk Farm, Ajar Of, Baking Bird, Denhay, Dorset Pie Company, Jessica’s Farmhouse Cakes, Leakers, Rolly’s Cakes, Sea Spring Seeds, Woolsery CheeseOlives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream


Dinner for OneA double bill sponsored by The Dorset Game Larder

Step Up to the Plate Entre les Bras

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May Warden and Freddie Frinton play the upper-class Miss Sophie and her manservant James. She wants to celebrate her 90th birthday with her usual birthday guests, but they have all predeceased her. So James takes each place at table, impersonating the guests in turn. And with every course, an appropriate drink is served. Before long, the alcohol is exerting its influence. This funny little film has gained a cult following in Germany, where it is shown every year to increasingly enraptured audiences.

Showing at Tarrant Keyneston Village Hall, DT11 9JEon Friday 31st October

Dinner for One, 1963, Cert PGDirectors Franco Marazzi11 minutes, English

Step Up to the Plate 2012, DocumentaryDirector Paul Lacoste86 minutes, French (subtitles)


Tastings tonight from: Home Farm Shop, Gold Hill Organic Farm, Dorset Larder, From Dorset With Love, All Hallows, Christine’s Puddings, Comins Tea House, Miss Marshmallow, Melbury Vale Vineyard, Oxfords BakeryOlives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

Filmed in Laguiole, Aveyron and Midi-Pyrénées, this is the story of Michelin starred chef Michel Bras and his decision to hand his restaurant over to his son Sebastien, who has worked a 15 year apprenticeship for his father. It follows the seasons in the region from where the produce is sourced. Watch as extraordinary dishes are prepared and the family emphasis subtly shifts.

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Showing at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton DT10 1QUon Saturday 1st November

Chef 2014, Cert 15Director Jon Favreau114 minutes, English

Jon Favreau, writer, director and star of this new film, plays Carl Casper, a divorced and brilliant chef whose LA employer won’t countenance a change in the tired menu. Bad reviews send Casper into a conniption fit, taken out on critic Ramsey Mitchell (Oliver Platt), a viral YouTube clip, and the sack. So he and his ex wife (Sofia Vergara from Modern Family) and their son, the wonderful Emjay Anthony (last seen at Screen Bites in It’s Complicated) head for Miami, where her first husband (a marvellous cameo by Robert Downey Jnr) gives him a food truck. Before long Carl is cooking the best street food in the USA, using the best ingredients from everywhere he goes, and Twitter proves its worth in attracting lines of customers. It’s delightful, funny, whimsical and yes, it has a happy ending.

Food producers tonight include:Ajar Of, All Hallows and Provisio, Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Ansty Herd, Chocolate Arthouse, Christine’s Puddings, Dikes, Dorset Chocolates and Pashmas, EDeli, Dorset Pie Company, From Dorset with Love, Goldhill Organic Farm Shop, Hotch Potch Eggs, Lagan Farm Shop, Lavender Blue, Melbury Vale Vineyard, Mere Fish Farm, Nether Cerne Herbs, Oxfords Bakery, Teatonics, The Watercress Company, Olives Et Al, Honeybuns, Thomas J Fudge, Hall & Woodhouse, Dorset Cereals, Woodlands Dairy, Chococo, Clipper Tea, Purbeck Ice Cream

Sponsored by The Guild of Fine Food

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Organic veg box Gold Hill Organic Farm in Child Okeford (where we had our first night of Screen Bites back in 2005) now runs an organic box scheme, and for our anniversary year will be providing four boxes to be won by our audience, one at the gala and one at each of the three halls where Screen Bites has put on an event every year – Stourton Caundle, Tarrant Keyneston and Winfrith Newburgh.

Feast with an overnight stayThe lucky winner of a Festival Feast at Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kingcombe Centre near Toller Porcorum will also win a night in the centre’s Shepherd’s Hut, described on Trip Adviser as “the best place to stay in Dorset.”The Festival Feast will be one of 21 to be offered during this anniversary season.The centre, which is free for day visits and hosts a wide range of residential courses, is located on the Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve in Toller Pororum. Chef Pete Thomson takes inspiration and ingredients from around the nature reserve to create the cafe’s meals, home grown preserves and hand made cakes.

Chalk and Cheese short filmsWhen Screen Bites started, the festival was grateful for a Chalk and Cheese LEADER+ grant to run educational projects with Dorset primary schools. This year we are delighted to be able to show some of the recent short films made by Chalk and Cheese, showing some of the other projects they have funded. They include Liberty Orchards, a regular participant in the Screen Bites markets.

Dorset AONB Specially for 2014DORSET FOOD WEEKDorset Food Week is back! Dorset Food & Drink is reviving the event as a nine-day festival from 25th October to 2nd November to celebrate the great tastes of Dorset. The week starts with Wimborne Food & Drink Festival on Saturday 25th October, leading the way to many more great events and activities with the cream of Dorset’s food producers, retailers, farms and restaurants showcasing the range of mouth-watering products that are produced in the county. Dorset Food Week will celebrate the diversity of the county’s delicious products with a wide range of offers and events including kitchen tours, farm walks, demonstrations, tastings and family friendly activities. Events during the week include:

• Screen Bites Food Film Festival showings at Winfrith (25th October), Litton Cheney (30th), Tarrant Keynston (31st), and 1st November at Sturminster Newton.

• Olives Et Al sharing their olivey expertise via workshops and kitchen sessions

• Purbeck Ice Cream telling the story of the ice cream they make at their farm on the hillside overlooking Corfe Castle

Pumpkin carving at Washingpool Farm (Bridport)

Cider making and tastings at Mill House Cider (Owermoigne)

More events and activities are being planned and announced – for details please visit the Dorset Food & Drink website www.dorsetfoodanddrink.org

Details will also be available via Dorset Food & Drink’s Facebook page (dorsetfoodanddrink) and Twitter feed (@DorsetFoodDrink)

DORSET FOOD & DRINKDorset Food & Drink is a not-for-profit organisation established by the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership to celebrate, promote and support Dorset’s fantastic local food and drink culture. The organisation has just celebrated its first birthday and has had a successful first year that included taking a taste of Dorset to the Houses of Parliament, getting in front of more than 42,000 people at the year’s fairs and festivals, and building an online presence with more than 40,000 website hits and a substantial Twitter following. It has also grown from a standing start to a business membership of nearly 100 with an incredible range of producers from cider to seasoning, cheese to chocolate, meat to muesli, coffee to cakes plus restaurants, hotels, cafes and delis. The creation of Dorset Food & Drink was supported by some of Dorset’s biggest and best-known food and drink businesses as founder members – Dorset Cereals, The Eastbury Hotel, Purbeck Ice Cream, Blackmore Vale Dairy, Hive Beach Café, Ford Farm Cheddar, Moore’s Biscuits, Hall & Woodhouse Brewery and Olives Et Al. They all are proud to support the businesses large and small that together make up our vibrant food and drink sector.

Pictured is Robert Imlach at Liberty Orchards.


Food ProducersDetails of food producers were correct when we went to press. They may change on the night. Please check the website for the latest information.

ALWESTON JAM AND CHUTNEY EMPIRE

www.alwestonjamandchutney.co.ukSusan Young has put the tiny village of Alweston on the world map – her empire building saw her win the prestigious title of World Jampion in 2013 for her Passionfruit and Raspberry preserve, which also won two gold stars in the 2013 Great Taste Awards. She was the UK Jampion in the first year of the awards, 2011. Susan started her empire with a “large preserving pan in a little kitchen” and has developed a delicious range of unusual preserves, chutneys and fruit curds, including High Dumpsie Dearie and Golden Cap Chutney.

AMID GIANTS AND IDOLS 59 Silver Street, Lyme Regis, DT7 3HR 07928 790254

www.amidgiantsandidols.co.ukAmid Giants & Idols is a micro-roaster and coffee house where they passionately craft only speciality grade coffees to bring out their unique characteristics. Coffee is a seasonal product and these guys carefully taste and select coffees according to growing seasons across the world’s ‘coffee belt’ Each one is hand-crafted in Otto, their vintage Viennese roaster, before being either packed for retail or lovingly brewed for your delectation in the coffee house. Enjoy a coffee at 59 Silver Street – and try them when they take part in Screen Bites for the first time this year.

AJAR OF www.ajar-of.co.ukTracey Collins is passionate about preserve-making – jams, chutneys, marmalades, sauces and mustards.

She believes that local produce, using locally sourced ingredients, tastes better and is more sustainable. She works in small batches, without preservatives or artificial colourings. She sources her ingredients from farms, farm shops, pick your owns or foraged from the hedgerows. Her aim is “to bring the best of local produce to you in a jar or bottle.” Her spicy Naga Sauce has won a star in the 2014 Great Taste Awards.

ALL HALLOWSAll Hallows School for Cooks and Makers, All Hallows School and office,

01725 551185 : [email protected] Chef Lisa Osman, of Provisio Hospitality, has recently moved to Wimborne St Giles to establish her new All Hallows School for Cooks and Makers. All Hallows offers a unique setting to celebrate all food and crafts produced locally and an opportunity to inspire and educate within a historic residential farmhouse. All Hallows and adjoining Rose Cottage, with many stories to tell, are situated in a series of gardens producing fruit, edible flowers and herbs, all waiting to be discovered. They are surrounded by a thriving farming, forestry, shooting and fishing community, offering a warm welcome and a big heart.

ANSTY HERD of Oxford Sandy & Blacks, Broad Close, Ansty, Dorchester

01258 880143 : [email protected] David and Jenny Norman are two of the breeders who have helped to save one of the country’s finest traditional pig breeds. Once known as the Plum Pudding Pig, the Oxford Sandy and Black was close to extinction in the mid 1990s and is famous for its flavour and quality. It is an appealing and attractive pig and the Normans often take some of their animals – particularly piglets – to food festivals and country fairs. Products developed by the Normans from their Ansty Herd include Screen Bites’ favourite, the delicious marmalade sausage.

The Bakery Cafeat Sherborne

THE BAKERY CAFé AT SHERBORNE The Green,

Sherborne, DT9 3HY : 01935 813264Whether it is bread or brioche, traditional cakes and biscuits or gluten free baking, Barry Smith has something for all tastes at the Bakery Cafe. In the upstairs cafe, locals and visitors can enjoy imaginative and original soups, salads and sandwiches, while the ground floor shop at the top of Cheap Street has a steady stream of customers for Barry’s artisan breads and sourdoughs, patisserie, brownies and cakes – try the chocolate and orange gluten free cake for a real treat even if you don’t suffer from gluten intolerance!

THE BAKING BIRD 01305 816378 www.homemadebylb.co.uk If you have a special birthday to celebrate, the Baking Bird

will use the best local seasonal produce to bake you something that tastes as delicious as it looks – that’s why Screen Bites asked Lizzie and Bekki to make our 10th anniversary cake, which you can see on the cover of the 2014 programme. There is something for all tastes in Lizzie Crow’s ever-changing range of classic and specialist breads, cakes, pastries and other delicious sweet and savoury grub. The Baking Birds won 2014 Great Taste Award stars for their Breakfast Pie and the Orange, Walnut and Grand Marnier Mince Pies.

BLACKACRE FARM EGGSNorth Cheriton near Wincanton www.blackacrefarmeggs.comFounded in the early 80s by Tim and Judy Wood, Blackacre Farm is now run by their son Dan and his wife Briony. They pour time, care and love into their hens and their beloved “Waddling Ducks”, to produce what they believe to be the best free-range eggs in the business. This year they have won two 2014 Great Taste Awards stars for the duck eggs and one GTA star for the hens eggs. The Woods work with Michelin starred chef Russell Brown of Sienna to create delicious seasonal recipes for their eggs.Thanks to Dan and Briony for sponsoring our Hallowe’en film afternoon at Tarrant Keyneston.


THE CANDY SHACK MILLTwitter @somersetchef or @candyshackmillChef Jean Paul de Ronne has

“the only 4D candy floss making, time travelling, interactive steampunk Victorian handcart in the world” and he is bringing his Candy Shack Mill back to our children’s Hallowe’en matinee at Tarrant Keyneston again this year. Flavour triggers memories, says JP. “The best thing about spun sugar takes us back to warm summers, fun fairs, seaside trips, donkey rides, carnivals and fetes.” The flavours include the aroma and warmth of Cindered Toffee, and the zesty hint of Lemony Bubble Gum with added “Coal Dust” – look out for spooky flavours at the children’s Hallowe’en tea party.

CAPREOLUS FINE FOODS Rampisham www.capreolusfinefoods.co.ukDavid and Karen Richards won a top three stars in the 2014 Great

Taste Awards for their outstanding Lardo, and two stars for their Smoked Mutton. At their artisan smokehouse in Rampisham, they produce cured, smoked and air dried meats and other charcuterie, sourcing locally wherever possible. The meat is cured before smoking over woods such as alder, applewood and oak. The Capreolus range also includes cold-smoked wild venison, smoked duck, chicken, partridge and pheasant, pancetta, confit of duck and pork, black pudding, boudin blanc, chorizo and wild boar and pistachio terrine.

CHALKE VALLEY CHEESE 01725 551181

[email protected] www.chalkevalleycheese.co.ukCheesemaker Alison French and businesswoman Sue James founded Chalke Valley Cheese in the winter of 2011. Working in an old calf shed on the Cranborne Estate, they produce handmade artisan cheeses using the unpasteurised milk of a single, local herd of Holstein-Friesian cows, in the heart of rural Dorset. Their range includes two soft ‘Camembert’-style cheeses (Cranborne and Dorset White), a semi-soft with a natural rind (Tilly Whim), traditional cheddar (Old Harry) and an Aged Caerphilly.

CHIRPY COTTAGE 07762 735071 [email protected] www.chirpycottage.co.ukDebbie Collins specialises

in “free from” foods – gluten free, dairy free, meat free, and vegetarian and vegan products, including pies and cakes. Debbie says: “All our products are hand-made in our Somerset kitchen. We prepare our products using only the finest ingredients and organic wherever possible. We also strive to use only local ingredients in order to reduce the airmiles used in bringing our products to you.” Try Chirpy Cottage products at local markets and food festivals, and at Screen Bites again this year.

CHOCOCO, Cocoa Central, Commercial Road,

Swanage, BH19 1DF : 01929 421777 Open Monday to Saturday 10 to 5 (& Sundays in summer holidays) www.chococo.co.uk A lifelong passion for chocolate led Claire Burnet and her husband Andy to establish Chococo in 2002, and now it is one of the country’s leading chocolatiers. This year they have won Great Taste Awards two stars for Saigon Spiced Chocolate and one each for Nutty Nutmeg, Kumquat Twist and Dark Chocolate Minty Sticks. Claire and Andy work with fine origin chocolate from South America and the Caribbean and use Dorset produce, including fresh cream, wherever possible. As well as the chocolate shops and cafe, they run workshops and children’s parties. We are delighted that Claire will join Screen Bites at our Chocolate evening at Durweston this year.

CHOCOLATE ARTHOUSE, Alweston

email [email protected] www.chocolatearthouse.co.ukFormer chef John Tyldesley is an artist in chocolate – he literally paints them. John founded the Chocolate Arthouse with three principles: chocolate must taste fantastic and use the finest quality ingredients; chocolate should be as visually beautiful as it is delicious; chocolate should be fun. He succeeds! His influences include the Modernist movement in art and high fashion. He uses the finest chocolate, fresh fruit and aromatic plants. There are no artificial preservatives. Meet John and his masterpieces at Screen Bites for the first time this year – you can also find him at local markets and festivals or visit his website.

CHRISTINE’S PUDDINGS Bramleys, Bath Road,

Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EB : 01258 472010 [email protected] www.christinespuddings.co.ukChristine Willis started with luxury Christmas Puddings – which has won a 2014 Great Taste Award star – and the range has grown to include Hot Toddy Cake, biscuits and sweet and savoury tarts, and the delicious Sticky Toffee Pudding and Frangipane Tart, both of which won stars in the 2013 Great Taste Awards. Christine makes delicious puddings and tarts in her Pudding Room and you can try some of her products at Screen Bites or meet her at local food fairs, markets and festivals.

CLAVELLS FARM SHOP, Kimmeridge 01929 480701

daily 9am to 5.30pm, closed Monday in winter.The Hole family have a farm shop and cafe close to famous Kimmeridge Bay, with its reefs and fossils. The cafe won the 2013 Taste of Dorset Best Cafe and Tearoom Award, a tribute to Gillian Hole and her team who source meat from the family farm, and preserves and produce from local suppliers including Dragon’s Bakery at Corfe Castle, Fields Farm honey from Swanage, vegetables, smoked salmon and gravlax from Church Knowle, Purbeck Ice Cream, Lyme Bay wines and liquors and local cider and apple juice.

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CLIPPER TEAS Beaminster Business Park, Broadwindsor

Road, Beaminster DT8 3PR : 01308 863344 [email protected] www.clipper-teas.com Founded in 1984, Clipper, one of the UK’s leading organic and Fairtrade tea and coffee companies, has supported Screen Bites from the start. The quality of their products is recognised by many awards, including the annual Great Taste Awards. The range includes everyday teas with and without caffeine, green and speciality teas, fruit and herbal infusions, enveloped and loose leaf teas, coffees and chocolates. Clipper is one of the food businesses that have taken part in every Screen Bites festival since 2005.

COMINS TEA HOUSE, The Quarterjack, Bridge St, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1BZ : 01258 475389 [email protected]

www.cominsteahouse.co.uk Tea experts Rob and Michelle Comins have turned their passion for tea into Comins Tea House, which opened in Sturminster Newton this year. You can enjoy loose leaf tea, from a choice of 17 teas, served in stylish contemporary tea ware which they designed themselves. Their menu for coffee, light lunches and afternoon tea is made using local ingredients from suppliers including the Uncommon Pig and Oxfords Bakery. They were a big hit at Screen Bites last year and you will have another chance to try Comins tea at this year’s festival.

DENHAY FARMS, Broadoak, Bridport, DT6 5NP : 01308 458963 www.denhay.co.uk There were five Great Taste

Awards for Denhay this year, following last year’s successes including the top Outstanding Contribution to Food in Dorset at the 2013 Taste of Dorset Awards, for George and Amanda Streatfeild. The long-established West Dorset business won Great Taste stars for Denhay smoked back bacon, Denhay Wiltshire cure unsmoked back bacon, Denhay smoked streaky bacon, Spoiltpig smoked streaky bacon and Denhay unsmoked streaky bacon.

Thanks to Denhay for sponsoring our Wootton Fitzpaine evening.

DIKE & SON SUPERSTORE Ring Street, Stalbridge, DT10 2NB

01963 362204 : [email protected] www.dikes-direct.co.ukA multi-award-winning independent supermarket, Dike & Son is committed to sourcing as many good quality local products as possible – fresh vegetables, meat, seafood, bakery goods, cheese and more. Family-owned since 1851, the business continues to develop under managing director Andy Dike, including a catering service and pioneering plans for an online shopping and delivery service. Screen Bites is delighted to welcome Dikes back to Stourton Caundle.

THE DINING ROOM, 67 St Mary Rd, Weymouth DT4 8PP : 01305 783008

www.thediningroomweymouth.co.ukThe Dining Room offers a contemporary menu. Head chef and proprietor Taher Jibet specialises in authentic Modern European cooking with a strong Mediterranean influence. Taher was classically trained in French cuisine at the prestigious Les Roches school. He gained a wealth of experience working in restaurants across Spain and the UK, including time at the Michelin starred Mirabelle in Mayfair, under the tutelage of Marco Pierre White. Taher uses local produce wherever possible and also offers cookery classes to all abilities. He is a member of the Chefs Forum. Meet Taher at Chickerell, where the film has a distinctive French flavour!

DORSET BLUE VINNY AND

THE DORSET BLUE SOUP COMPANY, Woodbridge Farm, Stock Gaylard, Sturminster Newton DT10 2BD : 01963 23133 [email protected] www.dorsetblue.com Farm sales when the sign is displayed.Another of the producers who have been with Screen Bites from the start, Dorset Blue Vinny cheese was the stuff of legend, said to be available only if you knew the right Purbeck pub, and the right time on the right day. Mike Davies brought it back from the edge of extinction in 1984, reviving the art of making this famous cheese. His daughter Emily began making soup with what was left over. You can find the seasonal soups at independent food shops around the south west, and Waitrose.

Thanks to Emily for supporting our Stourton Caundle event.

DORSET CEREALS www.dorsetcereals.co.ukIt’s all about breakfast at Dorset Cereals, the Poundbury-based maker of muesli, granola, porridge and cereals in individual pots. They are constantly introducing new cereals and new flavours – and there is inspiration for the home cook in their first book, appropriately called The Breakfast Book. Dorset Cereals’ chef Cheryl Bouchier has created a mouth-watering range of dishes, from breakfast bars to fry-ups, smoothies to smoked mackerel kedgeree, to help you to get the day off to a good start.

THE DORSET CHARCUTERIE CO

Bere Farm, Wareham Road, Lytchett Matravers, BH16 6ER : 01202 625 688 www.dorsetcharcuterie.co.ukWhether it is expertly butchered meat, fun-filled hen parties, foraging expeditions ... or fine charcuterie from The Salt Pig at Wareham – Dorset Charcuterie Co products are in demand! Young butchers Lee Moreton and Ben Sugden founded the business in 2009, with support from the Prince’s Trust. Products include Pancetta, Bresaola, Coppa, air-dried hams, green and smoked bacon, hot and cold-smoked fish, handmade pates and terrines, gammon ham and Dorset Saucisson.

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DORSET CHOCOLATE COMPANY Poole

www.dorsetchocolate.comJoss Lally set up the Dorset Chocolate Company, with the slogan “dedicated to delicious.” The company makes a range of chocolate bars, including milk, dark, buttery crunch and dark with mint – as well as fudge, hand-stirred with an enormous wooden spoon, with clotted cream from Craig’s Dairy.

DORSET GAME LARDER Crab Farm, Shapwick, nr Wimborne DT11 9JL 01258 857206 : [email protected]. www.thedorsetgamelarder.co.ukChris Tory and his brother Martyn set up the Dorset Game Larder in 2007 and a few years later Chris opened The Dorset Larder in Blandford. Chris and Martyn have run a shoot on their family farm since the early 1990s, Chris launched the game larder to offer a wide range of oven-ready game to encourage more people to enjoy wonderful, healthy venison, partridge, pheasant, duck and other game, in season. All types of wild game are available from Dorset Larder at 11 Market Place, Blandford, DT11 7AF and local farm shops,pubs and restaurantsThanks to Chris and The Dorset Larder for sponsoring Screen Bites at Tarrant Keyneston.

DORSET PIE COMPANY Frampton 01300 320655

www.thedorsetpie.co.ukNew to Screen Bites in 2014 but already popular with farmers market and food festival visitors, Dorset Pie Company founders Jason and Gemma make delicious pies, using the finest local ingredients. Based in Frampton, the company aims to provide anyone who appreciates a good pie (and to convert those who don’t) with the finest quality handmade pies. They use the best producers and suppliers from across Dorset to make their pies which include traditional favourites such as Chicken and Tarragon, Steak and Ale, and Chicken Ham and Leek, vegetarian choices Homity, and Spicy Bean Cheese and Sweet Potato.

DOWNHOUSE FARM Higher Eype, Bridport, DT6 6AH : 01308 421232 www.downhousefarm.org

Nikki and Dean Exton and their family run the organic Down House Farm, with a Garden Cafe and holiday lets, on the National Trust’s beautiful Golden Cap estate on Dorset’s Jurassic coast. They farm in a wildlife friendly way, and encourage visitors to enjoy the enormous range of wild flowers, grasses, butterflies, birds and bees which are encouraged by their sympathetic planting. They produce organic meat from their Aberdeen Angus cattle, Large White cross Duroc pigs and Badger-faced Welsh Mountain Sheep. Everything in the Garden Cafe is made to order, using their own organic meats, herbs and vegetables, and the finest local produce.

EASY BEAN www.easybean.co.uk Viva la bean! Easy Bean, founded by Christina Baskerville,

makes tasty, healthy food that champions the bean; from Fairtrade one-pot meals to gluten-free chickpea crispbread. The Mung and Chive Crispbread was awarded a star in this year’s Great Taste Awards. The crispbreads are handmade with nutty-tasting chickpea flour and buttermilk from the farm down the road, topped with toasted seeds for extra crunch. They are crisp, crumbly and irresistibly moreish. The beanie range of six one-pot meals offers a culinary trek around the world - lunch on the go or supper in a mo! Thanks to Easy Bean for sponsoring Screen Bites at Powerstock this year.

EDELI 0845 0035483

[email protected] : www.edelishop.co.ukNick Hayward’s delicious paella, cooked in the hall kitchen and served in generous portions to the audience, has been a hit with Screen Bites audiences in the last few years. Nick and Tracy have now moved from North Dorset to an old manor house near Taunton, where they will be able to host weddings, as well as continue their business importing Spanish olive oils, vinegars, saffron and pimenton, as well as many other Mediterranean foods. We are delighted that they are joining Screen Bites again this year.

EGGARDON RARE BREEDS, Hill Barn Farm, Kingston Russell. DT2 9ED01308 482491

www.eggardon.co.uk : [email protected] Sherman specialises in rare breed pigs and sheep at her family farm on the Dorset hills west of Dorchester. The 18 different sheep breeds include two of the rarest – North Ronaldsay and Teeswater, as well as Portlands, Dorset Horn and Dorset Down. Pigs include Berkshire, Oxford Sandy and Black, Large Black and the very rare British Lop (not a rabbit). The animals are raised outside, fed a natural diet and allowed to roam free on the Dorset chalk hills. They are matured slowly and naturally, to ensure flavour, succulence and quality. Angela sells at farmers markets including Weymouth and Poole.

THE ENGINE ROOM, Poundbury Gardens, Peverell Avenue, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3RT : 01305 257251

email [email protected] www.thegardeneronline.co.uk : Opening times: Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, Sunday, 10am to 4.30pm.New to Screen Bites this year, The Engine Room Restaurant is based in the original engine shed of Poundbury Farm. The cafe is famed for its wonderful cakes and excellent coffee, as well as the inspiring lunch menu using fresh local produce. It is part of the Gardens Group’s Poundbury Gardens in the old Poundbury farm buildings in the centre of the expanding “new” village. It is a traditional garden centre where you can find expert advice as well as a wide range of plants, seeds, garden tools, equipment and accessories.


Felicity’s Farm Shop

FELICITY’S FARM SHOP Morcombelake, DT6 6DJ 01297 480930

[email protected] www.felicitysfarmshop.co.ukFelicity’s Farm Shop and country store on the A35 Dorset coast road is really a family affair, run by Felicity Perkin and her sister Penny Leins, who is in charge of the cafe, with Felicity’s son Tom, who produces Bellair Haye rare breed pork at a family farm in Whitchurch Canonicorum, and Tom’s brothers, when their studies permit. As well as Tom’s excellent pork, they stock a vast array of local products, from Mighty Hop beers to Wyld Meadow lamb, Bunny’s Love preserves and Capreolus charcuterie, plus flowers and plants, gifts, and everything for locals and visitors.

FIVEPENNY FARMFIVEPENNY FARM Spence Lane,

Wootton Fitzpaine : 01297 560755 [email protected] A favourite with Screen Bites audiences., the Fivepenny team bring their produce and delicious hot food. Jyoti and Dai, Kerry and Oli started their organic smallholding on the hills above Wootton Fitzpaine in 2004, growing heritage and traditional local varieties of fruit and vegetables, making preserves and selling free-range eggs. Next came fruit juice and cheese. Their self-built traditional cruck-frame thatched barn provides a meat cutting room, juicing room, processing kitchen and small dairy for the local food producers’ co-operative. They run a stall at Bridport’s Saturday Market. Jyoti and her family are dedicated to promoting the rights and products of small-holders and artisan producers.

FROM DORSET WITH LOVE

www.fromdorsetwithlove.co.uk www.dorsetshiresauce.comFrom Dorset With Love’s Dorsetshire Sauce, launched last year, hit the headlines in August when it was awarded the prestigious three stars in the 2014 Great Taste Awards. Karl and Chrissy Regler started From Dorset With Love back in 2010 at their home in Blandford Forum. In 2013, due to the demand for their artisan jams and chutneys, they moved production to a professional kitchen. Dorsetshire Sauce is a unique blend of herbs, spices and vinegars. Splash it on cheese on toast, glug it into your cottage pie or add a dash to liven up your tomato juice (or Bloody Mary!)

FUSSELS FINE FOODS, BA11 6PW : 01373 831286 www.fusselsfinefoods.co.ukAndy Fussel is “a passionate, hands-on farmer who believes

in the value of good food.” The proof of the pudding is the quality of his products. His family has farmed at Rode for generations, and a few years ago he diversified by growing rape and creating Fussels Fine Foods company – everything about his rapeseed oil, from sowing to cold pressing and bottling, happens on the farm. Andy’s “real English alternative to olive oil” can be used in mayonnaises and dressings, and has health benefits. The Fussel’s range includes Chilli Oil, Peppered Watercress Dressing and Quince and Cider Vinegar Dressing.

GOLD HILL ORGANIC

FARM, Child Okeford, Dorset DT11 8HB 01258 861916 : [email protected] www.goldhillorganicfarm.com Another of Screen Bites’ “founder producers,” Gold Hill Organic Farm will bring their organic vegetables to several events this year, including the gala and the three halls which have taken part in every festival. Sara and Andrew Cross, who celebrated their 25th anniversary on the farm last year, grow a wide range of salads and vegetables in the shadow of Hambledon Hill. The farm shop sells their produce, other Fairtrade and fresh organic food, bread, meat, cheese, yoghurts, ice creams, etc. Their cafe offers delicious soups, salads, pastries and cakes. For details of the veg box scheme visit their website or pick up a flyer at Screen Bites.

GOOSE SLADE FARM, East Coker, Somerset BA22 9QJ 01935 863735www.thegoosefarm.co.uk

Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm.The Dunning family opened their farm shop at East Coker in 2003 and have built up a reputation not only for their geese but for the lamb, beef and free range eggs. The Goose Slade Geese website includes information about the wide range of other products, many locally produced, that are stocked in the shop. The smoked goose breast is a firm favourite with some Screen Bites committee members. The goose flock provides goslings in the spring and oven-ready geese and goose products available from Michaelmas (29th September) until Christmas.

HALL & WOODHOUSE The Brewery, Blandford St Mary, DT11 9LS

01258 452141 : www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk One of Britain’s leading and oldest established independent breweries, Hall & Woodhouse was founded in 1777 at Ansty on Bulbarrow. It is still family-owned, and still producing a range of traditional Badger beers, but is also at the forefront of modern development with the state of the art brewery opened in 2012. H & W has supported Screen Bites from the start, and we are delighted to offer our audiences a chance to sample the range of regular and seasonal beers brewed in Dorset, and to hear about the history and craft of brewing from chairman Mark Woodhouse, who will be speaking this year at Buckland Newton.

HOME FARM TRADITIONAL FOODS Tarrant Gunville, DT11 8JW

01258 830083 : [email protected] www.homefarmshop.co.uk Tues-Sun 9-5.30, Sun 10-4. Marlene Belbin has taken part in every Screen Bites since 2005. She and her family have run Home Farm for generations, and Marlene’s success at farmers market led to the creation of the farmshop. The butchery is now done by the nearby Langton Butchery. Cakes, savouries and pies are made on the premises. Locally-grown fruit, vegetables, and a wide selection of other local foods are available. Campers and riders can enjoy the best of local food at the campsite on the farm. Abigail’s Kitchen serves breakfast, light lunches and cream teas. Marlene’s local Christmas hampers are a popular seasonal addition to her range.

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HONEYBUNS Naish Farm, Stony Lane, Holwell, Sherborne, DT9 5LJ

01963 23597 : www.honeybuns.co.uk Honeybuns were one of the original sponsors for Screen Bites in 2005 and have supported the festival every year. Emma Goss-Custard started delivering her home-made cakes from her bike in Oxford during the late 1990s. She and husband Matt now run a successful artisan bakery specialising in gluten-free cakes, snacks and savouries. Honeybuns gluten-free cake mix was awarded a star in the 2014 Great Taste Awards. Emma’s second cookbook, with savoury recipes, is due out next year. We commissioned a painted plate of our projectionist Dave’s favourite Amondis when he and Emma got married in the summer – and Honeybuns sent a big box of Amondis as well!

HOTCH POTCH EGGS 01258 820300

[email protected] www.hotchpotcheggs.co.ukWell-known Sturminster Newton actor and local architect Alan Mash started making gluten-free savoury scotch eggs when his coeliac daughter complained of never being able to eat anything at parties. Since November 2011 he has sold many thousands of eggs with amazing flavours including Black Pudding and Pear, Apricot with Ginger and Spring Onion, Cranberry with Cinnamon and Spring Onion and many more. You can now buy Hotch Potch Eggs at some of London’s top stores and at Olives Et Al, as well as many local delis and farm shops.

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JAMES’S CHEESE The Byre, Gold Hill Organic Farm,

Child Okeford, DT11 8HD : 07703 277894 [email protected] www.jamesscheese.co.ukJames McCall has been passionate about cheese since his teenage Saturday job with James Aldridge, a noted cheesemonger and affineur in Beckenham. He worked with Aldridge for many years, and says “he taught me everything I know.” After a stint at Daylesford, where he developed several new cheeses, he worked for Cranborne Chase Cheese, and now produces his own cheeses, including the award-winning and utterly delicious Francis hand-made washed-rind cheese.

JESSICA’S FARMHOUSE CAKES

Unit 1, Hounsell Building, North Mills Trading Estate, Bridport, DT6 3BE : 01308 422644www.jessicasfarmhousecakes.co.ukJessica’s Farmhouse Cakes made its debut at Screen Bites in 2012 – the beautifully decorated Christmas cakes were a particular hit! This is a family run company based in Bridport, specialising in producing wholesale and retail traditional, handmade cakes and biscuits including Dorset Apple Cake and Chocolate Biscuit Slices. They supply many cafes, tearooms and shops within a 100 mile radius of Bridport. and you can now buy Jessica’s cakes online.

KEENS CHEDDAR, Moorhayes Farm, Wincanton, BA9 8JR 01963 32285 www.keenscheddar.co.ukOne of the triumvirate of great traditional farmhouse

cheddar cheeses, produced in the magic triangle of South Somerset, Keen’s Cheddar has won countless regional and national awards, and can be bought on the cheese counters of the world’s top delis and find food emporiums – and at Wincanton Country Market on a Friday morning. The Keen family has been making traditional farmhouse cheddar at the farm since 1899. Keen’s Cheddar is a Slow Food Presidio product and one of the world’s finest cheeses.

KIMBERS FARM SHOP Linley Farm, Charlton Musgrove BA9 8HD : 01963 33177

www.kimbersfarmshop.co.ukKimbers award-winning farm shop is moving in late September 2014. There will be a grand opening on Sunday 5th October from 10am to 4pm at the new shop at Linley Farm, on B3081 Wincanton to Bruton road, along from Wincanton Racecourse and Otter Nurseries. The Kimber family has been farming in Charlton Musgrove for 300 years. They are famous for their home bred and reared traditional breed meats, free range, grass fed, slaughtered locally, hung for flavour, and professionally butchered. They stock Aberdeen Angus Beef, Gloucester Old Spot cross pigs, Welfare Friendly Rose Veal, slowly grown free range chicken, ducks, turkeys and geese as well as dairy produce, vegetables and fresh fish – and their lovely natural unpasteurized milk.

KINGCOMBE CENTRE, Lower Kingcombe, Dorchester, DT2 0EQ : 01300 320684 www.kingcombe.org

The Kingcombe Centre is on Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve in Toller Pororum – 480 acres of unimproved landscape including Lady’s Mead, one of 60 Coronation Meadows. The centre is free to visit and offers residential or day courses with a café serving a variety of home grown preserves and hand made cakes. Chef Pete Thomson takes inspiration and ingredients from the nature reserve to create delicious food. The café is open from 10am – 4pm on weekends and all week during Dorset school holidays. We are delighted to welcome Kingcombe to Screen Bites at Powerstock and look forward to working with them next year.

LA FOSSE AT CRANBORNE London House, The Square, Cranborne BH21 5PR 01725 517604 [email protected]

Local ingredients are a passion for Mark Hartstone, the chef-proprietor of La Fosse in Cranborne. He is a forager, an advocate of sustainably caught seafood, makes imaginative use of game and wild food in season, and is a cheese expert. Food on his menus often travels yards not miles! Mark is a popular demonstrator at food festivals, where his skills range from DIY smoked pigeon breast on a basic four-ring hob to creating the perfect cheeseboard. He also gives cookery lessons in your own home. Thanks to Mark for working with Lisa Osman on the food for our 10th anniversary gala!.

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LAGAN FARM SHOP at Orchard Park Garden Centre, Shaftesbury Road, Gillingham, SP8 5JG

01747 835544 : www.orchardpark.bizThe rare breed meat is reared just a few yards away at Park Farm where Ron and Sheila Clark farm in a completely sustainable manner, caring for the quality of their product and the environment. The Clarks supply beef from their Red Poll, British White and Irish Moiled cattle and lamb from their flock of Wiltshire Horn sheep. Protected Geographic Indication (PGI) status was recently awarded in recognition of the excellence of the meat. There is a wide range of top quality West Country produce in the farm shop in Orchard Park garden centre, celebrating 10 years in 2014.Thanks to Ron and Sheila for sponsoring Screen Bites at Litton Cheney.

LANGHAM ESTATE, Dorchester DT2 7NG 01258 839095 [email protected]

www.langhamwine.co.ukIn 2009 Langham Wine Estate planted 38,000 vines on 30 acres near Dorchester on land carefully selected for its south facing slope. The vineyard is planted with the traditional Champagne varieties, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. To ensure quality remains consistently high, the single estate grown and made sparkling wines are made using only the very best grapes each season. The 2010 Classic Cuvee was judged best sparkling wine at the 2014 Judgement of Parsons Green, and the 2010 Reserve Blanc de Noirs was ranked 8th. We are delighted to be serving Langham’s sparkling wine for the reception at the gala at St Giles House.

LAVENDER BLUE BAKERY

42 Brickfields Business Park, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4PX : 01747 821333Samantha Ross has won a star in the 2014 Great Taste Awards for her Passionfruit and Lime Meringue Roulade. Customers are welcome to call at Sam’s Lavender Blue unit at 41/42 Brickfields Business Park in Gillingham and can buy her delicious cakes, biscuits and savouries at festivals and food fairs and independent food shops and farm shops throughout the region.

LEAKERS BAKERY 29 East Street, Bridport,

DT6 3JJ : 01308 423296 www.leakersbakery.co.uk Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm, Saturday 6am to 3pm.This year marks the centenary for this family-run artisan bakery, serving delicious bread and cakes to customers since 1914. Caroline Parkins has won many awards for her baking and preserve-making. Leakers uses the finest ingredients, many of them sourced locally. The awards and the continuing success of Leakers reflect the quality of the suppliers and the ingredients available in Dorset.

LIBERTY FIELDS 01935 892430 www.libertyfields.co.ukApple Balsamic Vinegar and Apple Aperitif makers Liberty

Fields planted 1,600 apple trees, including heritage cider and rare local varieties, on 12 acres of land outside Halstock, and converted derelict farm buildings to produce the range of Liberty Fields products, including the Balsamic Vinegar, which is proving a popular ingredient with local chefs. Find out more about Liberty Fields at Powerstock in a new short Chalk & Cheese film about the project.

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LONG CRICHEL ORGANIC BAKERY

Long Crichel, nr Wimborne, BH21 5JU 01258 830852 : [email protected] www.longcrichelbakery.co.uk Master baker Jamie Campbell and his team bake their award-winning breads in a wood-fired brick oven at Long Crichel, using local ingredients wherever possible. The range includes traditional English, sourdough, continental favourites and spelt and kamut loaves.

MELBURY VALE VINEYARD Foots Hill, Cann, Shaftesbury, SP7 0BW : 07752 865232 [email protected] and sister Glynn and Clare bought 28 acres of derelict farmland south of Shaftesbury just over ten

years ago. Now transformed into Melbury Vale Vineyard, it produces four wines named Grace, Decadence, Virtue and Elegance. The business is now run by Glynn and his partner Sarah and Clare and her husband Joseph and they have diversified with a cider orchard, a collaboration with Fonthill Wines, and woodlands, livery, Christmas trees and holiday lets. We are delighted to welcome them back to Screen Bites for a second year.

MERE FISH FARM Ivymead, Mere, BA12 6EN01747 860461 [email protected] www.merefishfarm.co.uk

Chris and Janet Wood have been supporting Screen Bites for many years and delighting audiences with their delicious trout and smoked trout products. A greater awareness of the importance of supporting local food producers has kept them busy in the smokery, at farmers’ markets, and with wholesale deliveries and local retail deliveries. October isn’t too early to be thinking about Christmas so pick up a leaflet at Screen Bites and consider sending delicious smoked trout as a Christmas present. The fishing lake will be in full swing with the cooler weather in October so maybe a day’s fly fishing wouldn’t come amiss either – www.woodstocktrout.co.uk

THE PIG – on the beach’s greenhouse restaurant offers guests the finest sea views in the UK looking out to Old

Harry Rocks with its bobbing boats. What isn’t grown in THE PIG’s kitchen garden is sourced within a 25-mile radius. Head kitchen gardener Jo Macina has been busy nurturing her veg and herb garden producing fennel, courgettes, pea shoots, garden beans and tomatoes.

The fruit cages are planted with blueberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and more. Appetisers include local delights such as Dorset Whelks & Wild Garlic Butter and Purbeck Eggs with Verbena Mayo. The food is true to the micro seasons, influenced by the forest and coast, emphasising fresh, clean flavours. The Pig on the Beach, Manor House, Manor Road, Studland, Dorset BH19 3AU : 01929 450288 : www.thepighotel.com/on-the-beach

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MISS MARSHMELLOW Wimborne : 07793 055873 [email protected] www.missmarshmellow.co.ukIt took Gavin Cornish almost a year to develop the recipes

for the gourmet marshmallows and now he’s happy with their taste and texture – and customers love them! “We call our delicious confectionary Marshmellows, because they are more mellow than an ordinary marshmallow,” he says. Made with natural flavours, using the very best ingredients, like fresh fruit in season, ground coffee, Belgian chocolate and Madagascan vanilla, they are a treat on their own and also fantastic with coffee or hot chocolate drinks, or even toasted on the BBQ. Look out for a special Marshmellow delight at our children’s Hallowe’en event at Tarrant Keyneston.

MORETON TEA ROOMS, Moreton DT2 8RH 01929 463647

[email protected] www.moretontearooms.co.ukGordon and Kate Sutherland’s Moreton Tearooms is based in the picturesque old Moreton School House close to the River Frome, and St Lawrence’s Church where Lawrence of Arabia was buried – the bier on which TE Lawrence’s body was carried makes an unusual cake stand. From Potted Portland Crab to home-baked cakes, Gordon cooks with a simple and rustic style celebrating freshness and quality. In the summer the little bakery bakes and sells up to 150 scones a day. Local produce is foremost in their ethos and the menu lists the suppliers, most of whom are very local to Moreton.

NETHER CERNE HERBS Nether Cerne Farm, Godmanstone, Dorchester, DT2 7AJ

01300 341750 : [email protected] Nether Cerne Herbs is run by medical herbalist Eleanor Gallia, a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (MNIMH). The herbal clinic and dispensary are in the old kitchen of the 17th century family farmhouse. Teas, tinctures, honey products and herbal creams are made from herbs grown in the gardens, gathered wild from the hills and riverbanks of Nether Cerne or sourced through sustainable suppliers. Sustainable wild harvesting and traditional healing practices are an important part of Eleanor’s work. She leads herb walks and courses, teaching about the medicinal properties of plants and the importance of living in harmony with our environment.

OLIVES ET AL, www.olivesetal.co.uk North Dorset Business Park, Sturminster

Newton, DT10 2GA : 01258 474300 The Potting Shed, Poundbury Gardens, DT1 2RT : 01305 216788 : www.olivesetal.co.uk For 21 years, Olives Et Al, Screen Bites’ principal sponsor from the very start, has taken flavours from around the world and made them into products that consistently win awards – including a 2014 Great Taste star for their Christmas Tree Honey. Delis, farm shops, food stores and food halls choose Olives Et Al for authentic flavours, ethical sourcing and impeccable quality. The company plays an active part in supporting a vibrant local food culture within the county. This year is Olives Et Al’s 21st anniversary and Screen Bites 10th – let’s celebrate!

OXFORDS BAKERY

www.oxfordsbakery.co.ukA traditional family bakery, and one of the oldest bakeries in the region, Oxfords are still in the same buildings where Frank Oxford started the business at Alweston, near Sherborne, in 1911. You can visit the bakery shop at Alweston and there are shops in Blandford, Cheap Street, and Haven Road, Canford Cliffs. There are no additives or preservatives in Oxfords bread and all products are made in the traditional manner, on the day of purchase. As well as traditional and innovative breads, a favourite, made to a recipe passed down through the generations of Oxfords, is the Dorset Lardy cake. Steve also offers bakery courses at the old bakery.

PALMERS BREWERY, West Bay Road, Bridport DT6 4JA : 01308 422396

www.palmersbrewery.comEstablished in 1794, Palmers is one of Britain’s oldest family brewers. The company produces five award-winning real ales throughout the year alongside three seasonal brews, the popular Original Ginger Beer and Lemonade and the historic Golden Cap Scotch Whisky. Today Palmers own 55 characterful pubs and inns across Dorset, Devon and Somerset. Visitors are welcome at the brewery from Easter until the end of October – book through Palmers Wine Store, www.palmerswinestore or phone 01308 427500. We are delighted to welcome Palmers to Screen Bites for the first time – we will be serving “lashings of ginger beer” at the children’s Hallowe’en matinee at Tarrant Keyneston.

PASHMASwww.pashmas.co.ukJoss Lally of Pashma’s makes delicious Indian sweets and confectionery at Upton near Poole and has also developed

his business with a range of chocolates. Pashma’s sweets also include fudge, Lime Meringue Bishtii, Sesame and Cinnamon Bishtii and Mango Bishtii. Look out for Pashma’s at local food fairs and festivals and sample them at several Screen Bites evenings.

PALESTINIAN STALLLorna Low takes her selection of Palestinian goods to local fetes and fairs, on a completely

non-commercial basis. She sells Palestinian olive oil, za’atar, almonds and couscous, and also soap, olive wood carvings, ceramics and embroideries from Bethlehem. Jyoti Fernandes from Fivepenny Farm delighted the SB team with a cucumber and za’atar spice mix dish at Bridport Food Festival’s Screen Bites event in 2013.. For more information, telephone her on 01305 263430 or email [email protected]

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PRIMROSE’S KITCHEN www.primroseskitchen.comPrimrose Matheson is renowned for her delicious

and unusual 100 per cent natural raw vegetable cereals, Carrot Apple and Cinnamon Muesli, and Beetroot and Ginger Muesli, which have won a number of awards. Primrose used her knowledge of naturopathy and complementary health to develop breakfast foods that are balanced and wholesome. Breakfast is her favourite meal, but by using ingredients more often associated with lunch or dinner – such as carrots and beetroot - she has created versatile food that can be eaten as a healthy snack at any time of day. Her mueslis are available in delis, and at food festivals, fairs and markets around Dorset.

PURBECK ICE CREAM Lower Scoles Farm, Kingston, Wareham

BH20 5LG : 01929 480090 [email protected] www.purbeckicecream.co.uk We welcomed Purbeck Ice Cream to our first festival, 10 years ago, and we are delighted to be working with them still in our 10th anniversary year! After the excitement of their 25th anniversary last year, Hazel and Peter Hartle have continued to develop new and exciting flavours including a mouthwatering Salted Caramel, which has won a 2014 Great Taste star, and the surprising and delicious Chocolate Sorbet. The savoury flavours of Watercress and Dorset Blue Vinny proved a hit with Screen Bites last year – proving how adventurous and discerning our audiences are!

QUIET CORNER APPLE JUICE

QUIET CORNER FARM, Henstridge 01963 363045

Screen Bites audiences look forward to seeing Patricia Thompson and her friends and helpers at our events around the area, as the little trolleys piled with her home-pressed apple juices are unloaded ready to taste and buy. Patricia produces the juice from the orchard at her farm where she also breeds miniature Shetland ponies. The orchard includes several heritage varieties, among them the very rare Warrior.

RED BARN FARM SHOP Hinton Farm, nr Mudford BA22 8BA 01935 850994 Thursday to Saturday

www.redbarnfarmshop.moonfruit.com Thursday to Saturday 9.30am to 6pm; Wednesday and Sunday 9.30am to 1pm..One of the most picturesque farm shops in the region, housed in an ancient brick barn, Clare and Kathryn Bartlett’s Red Barn is synonymous with asparagus and potatoes. Kathryn specialises in heritage varieties of potatoes, many dating back beyond the middle of the last century. “Our customers say they taste just like potatoes used to,” she says. She now grows more than 30 varieties. You can also buy fresh eggs, Guernsey milk, local fruit and vegetables, meat from Kimbers farm shop and much more at Red Barn. Clare Bartlett will be talking about Raw Milk to the Screen Bites audience at Stourton Caundle this year.

ROLLY’S CAKES, Weymouth : 07540 726549 www.rollysbrownies.co.ukNew to Screen Bites this

year, Rolly’s Brownies are already popular with local chocolate lovers. Founded in 2009 by Helen Rollinson, Rolly’s Cake Company supplies delicious homemade cakes made with local ingredients to local people. Helen makes the most delicious brownies, which she sells from her on-line shop and at local markets and food festivals. Her brownies are the perfect gift for the chocoholic in your life, baked fresh to order using locally sourced ingredients where possible, including free-range eggs. There are a number of different flavours and all are available gluten-free.

ROSS’S CIDER, West CokerRoss Aitken and his cider-loving friends

make traditional cider from apples from the orchards in their beautiful hamstone village. Ross is also a local historian and leading member of the Coker Rope and Sail Trust – try the cider and learn about the fascinating history of West Coker when Screen Bites returns to the village this year.

THE SALT PIG, 6 North Street, Wareham, BH20 4AF : 01929 550673 email [email protected]

www.thesaltpig.co.uk James Warren’s award-winning business is a Wareham institution – deli, restaurant, take-away, farm shop, fishmonger and charcuterie! It is open every day, from 8.30am to 7pm and Thursday to Saturday until 10pm. It has been described as a “hymn to local fresh food.” Meet James and sample some Salt Pig delights at the Rex for our joint event with Purbeck Film Festival.

S SAUNDERS BUTCHERS15 High Street, West Coker, BA22 9AP 01935 862257

open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8am–5pm, Wednesday 8–1, Saturday 7.30–noon.Stuart Saunders is a proper traditional butcher – he is always happy to prepare the cut that his customer wants and he knows where his meat comes from. Stuart has been the West Coker butcher for 29 years. He makes all his own pies, burgers, sausages and faggots. “We do things the old way,” he says. He supplies the busy pubs and restaurants in this hamstone village on the A30 from the shop at the crossroads in the middle of West Coker.

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SEA SPRING SEEDS : 01308 897766 : www.seaspringseeds.co.ukSea Spring Seeds at West

Bexington is a “vegetable seed company run by gardeners for gardeners.” Michael and Joy Michaud run Sea Spring Seeds at their nursery overlooking the sea. They are chilli specialists – including their famous Dorset Naga Chilli. They also run Sea Spring Plants (selling chilli plug plants) and Peppers by Post (growing and selling fresh chillies through the post), write about vegetables and give talks and demonstrations. The growing passion for chillis means that they are besieged by enthusiasts at chilli and other food festivals – talk to them in a slightly less frenetic setting at Screen Bites’ Litton Cheney evening.

STRAWBERRY FIELDS 01202 979767

[email protected] www.strawberryfieldsfoods.co.ukLauren Jarrad and Kirstie Thomson of Strawberry Fields Food were a big hit with Screen Bites audiences and the committee last year. Their jams and marmalades are all handmade in small batches using fruits sourced from across Dorset and the New Forest. From small beginnings, their products are now available across the region in farm shops, delis, cafes and restaurants. The flavours and high fruit content showcase the best of British fruit; proper jams, made the proper way. Screen Bites’ favourite is the delicate and delicious Lemon Tea Marmalade.

TAMARISK FARM,

West Bexington, Dorchester DT2 9DF 01308 897781 : www.tamariskfarm.co.ukAs a mixed organic farm with a nature reserve at its heart, Tamarisk works to produce excellent food and to develop the conservation value of the land they care for. The shop sells only what they grow organically:– vegetables, fruit, stone-ground flour, meat: well hung mutton, native breed lamb and beef, including sausages and burgers without additives. There is also a range of organic knitting yarns spun from the wool of their sheep in a palette of undyed natural fleece colours. We are delighted to welcome Tamarisk Farm to Screen Bites for the first time this year.

TEATONICS : [email protected] www.teatonics.co.uk

also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @teatonicsTeatonics was founded by Rosie Marteau and Charles Grummitt, who met at Cambridge. They combine their love of the Spanish-speaking world and experimental mixing as botanical tea blenders, inspired by drinking yerba mate on their travels through Latin America. They founded Teatonics iin 2013, when they settled back in their native Dorset. Their debut pair of premium blends are Mind-Awakening Yerba Mate to uplift and invigorate, and Laid-Back Botanicals to relax and soothe. Their products are sourced and blended ethically and organically in the West Country, and are available at a growing number of independent stockists across the area.

THOMAS J FUDGE’S Dorset Village Bakery,

Unit 2 Pinesway Business Park, Stalbridge, DT10 2RN : [email protected] www.thomasjfudges.co.ukThere was a new name and a splendiferous new look for Fudge’s savoury biscuits last year – and now the sweet biscuits look similarly elegant and delightful. The good news for Screen Biters is that there are some new flavours, as well as the favourites, such as the cheese wafers, the even cheesier cheese straws and the ever-popular Florentines. Fudges were among the original 12 producers and we are delighted they will be joining us at the anniversary gala at St Giles House.Thanks to Thomas J Fudge’s for sponsoring our North Cadbury event this year.

VINE’S CLOSE FARM SHOP, Dorchester Road.

Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, BH21 3RW 01258 857278 : open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm. Vine’s Close Farm Shop farm shop and country store is a family run business which has been going for more than 50 years. Amy, the third generation, sells fresh fruit and vegetables, in season if possible, and ideally local or home-grown. In addition to the selection of good quality British produce, the shop stocks many Dorset and regional producers, including The Dorset Larder, Fudges, From Dorset With Love and Olives Et Al. Vines Close also offers a wide range of equine, poultry and dog feed and supplies. Thanks to Vines Close Farm Shop for sponsoring Screen Bites at Sturminster Marshall this year.

WASHINGPOOL FARM SHOP North Allington, Bridport DT6 5HP : 01308 459549 www.washingpool.co.uk

Mon-Sat 8.30 to 5.30, Sun 10 to 4pm.Washingpool is one of Screen Bites’ “founder producers” and we are thrilled that they are joining us at the gala. Since the 1970s the Holland-Eveleigh family have farmed at North Allington where the free draining soil is perfect for growing vegetables, salads and soft fruit. They have North Devon beef cattle, Middle White cross pigs, Polled Dorset cross sheep and some hens, which all play an important part in enriching the land. Products from more than 50 producers are sourced within a 50-mile radius and there is a busy cafe serving food made on the premises.

THE WATERCRESS COMPANY Waddock Cross,

DT2 8QY www.thewatercresscompany.co.ukAfter his successful Screen Bites debut in 2012, James Harper was back last year with his new Wasabi as well as the delicious watercress from the Frome valley. James is the fourth generation of specialist growers of baby leaf salad and watercress, and is committed to traditional standards of quality and value and the importance of farming in harmony with the environment.

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THE WOBBLY COTTAGE 1 Chartknolle Cottages, Stoke Abbott DT8 3JN

01308 861620 Rich&[email protected] www.thewobblycottage.co.ukRich and Danielle Wright of The Wobbly Cottage believe that homemade is best, and that there is nothing more delicious than local food in season at the height of its juicy tastiness and un-mucked about with. Year round standards include Wobbly Cottage bread, cakes, dressings, oils and preserves, plus monthly seasonal treats of tip top veg, fruit and foraged things. “You will never see us using strawberries in December or asparagus in August,” says Dan. They also make casseroles, salads, terrines, puddings and cordials and can even cater for your dinner party.

WOODLANDS DAIRY Sunrise Park, Blandford Forum, DT11 8ST 0845 4679894

www.woodlandsdairy.co.ukWhen Screen Bites was offered the new Dorset Cereals granolas for tastings at this year’s festival, we needed an excellent yoghurt and were delighted when Woodlands Dairy agreed to supply their delicious sheeps milk yoghurt. Owned by Crispin Tweddell, the dairy, which won a prestigious three stars in the 2013 Great Taste Awards for the organic sheeps milk yoghurt, also produces fruit flavour yoghurts, goats milk yoghurts and sheeps milk powder. We are delighted to welcome Woodlands Dairy back in our 10th anniversary year.

WOOLSERY CHEESE The Old Dairy, Up Sydling, Dorchester, DT2 9PQ 01300 341991 www.woolserycheese.co.uk

For 12 years Annette Lee has been creating delicious – and consistently award-winning – cheeses in the peaceful Sydling valley. She regularly introduces new cheeses, most recently Nanette, a soft mould ripened cheese which was judged Best Goats Cheese in the 2013 British Cheese Awards. Other favourites include Woolsery Oak Smoked – winner of a gold medal in the British Cheese Awards, Greek-style Fiesta cheeses, soft goat cheeses and semi-hard cheeses. All Annette’s cheeses are suitable for vegetarians, gluten free and naturally handmade in the dairy at Up Sydling.

WYLD MEADOW FARM, 01297 678318 [email protected]

Clive Sage’s family has farmed sheep on the Dorset/Devon borders using traditional methods for generations. Animal welfare is of the utmost importance and the sheep are reared naturally, grazing on prime Dorset meadowland and a chemical free diet. Most are Poll Dorsets which can breed at any time, so that fresh lamb is available throughout the year. Wyld Meadow Farm produces high quality, full flavoured and extremely tender lamb. It is hung to enhance its quality and flavour. Try Wyld Meadow lamb and beef – including their delicious burgers – at many Dorset farmers markets and selected Dorset and regional food festivals.

The Acorn, 28 Fore Street, Evershot DT2 0JW : 01935 83228 : www.acorn-inn.co.uk Whether you are on a Thomas Hardy pilgrimage, enjoying a walk through the spectacular West Dorset countryside or just enjoying a day out, The Acorn is the ideal place to stop for lunch or dinner and a peaceful night’s sleep. The 16th century former coaching inn was the Sow & Acorn in Tess of the D’Urbervilles – 21st century guests are guaranteed a much warmer welcome than poor Tess from general managers Alex and Jack Mackenzie. You

can enjoy delicious food and real ales and the chefs source as much of their food as possible from West Dorset’s outstanding food producers.

The Anchor at Shapwick, chef Rich Magrath, 01258 857269, www.anchorshapwick.co.uk, near Wimborne, DT11 9LB.

The Anchor is renowned for its stylish contemporary food with a rural feel, drawing on the riches of fine ingredients in the area. Just yards from the Stour valley path, this red brick pub is owned by the community and draws walkers, visitors and food lovers from a wide area. Well-behaved dogs are welcome outside. The food, prepared under the supervision of head chef Richard Magrath, includes snacks, light lunches and beautifully presented three course dinners. Vegetarians have plenty to choose from and there are real ales and guest beers in the bar.

The Castleman, Chettle, Blandford, DT11 8DB 01258 830096 : www.castlemanhotel.co.ukRegularly featured in the Good Food Guide, The Castleman at Chettle is a traditional country restaurant in the best sense – offering very good food at

sensible prices. Chef Richard Morris prepares tasty dishes with timeless appeal, specialising in game, local fish, regional cheeses and delicious puddings. There is a famous wine list and dinner is served every evening, plus lunch on Sunday.

The Dining Room, 67 St Mary Street, Weymouth, DT4 8PP 01305 783008 : www.thediningroomweymouth.co.ukThe Dining Room restaurant offers a contemporary menu. Head chef and proprietor Taher Jibet specialises in authentic Modern European cooking with a

strong Mediterranean influence. Taher was classically trained in French cuisine at the prestigious Les Roches catering school. He worked in restaurants across Spain and the UK, including time at the Michelin starred Mirabelle in Mayfair, under the tutelage of Marco Pierre White. Taher uses local produce wherever possible and also offers cookery classes to all abilities. He is a member of the Chefs Forum.

Festival Feasts Win a meal for two every night!


Highcliff Grill at Bournemouth Marriott Hotel, St Michael’s Road BH25DU 01202 557702 : www.BournemouthHighcliffMarriott.co.ukThe Highcliff Grill, the 2013 Taste of Dorset Best Restaurant, serves outstanding locally sourced fish, meat, shellfish and fine wines in a stunning location on Bournemouth’s West Cliff. Executive chef Matthew Budden says their food philosophy is simple: “The

sourcing and use of local products is paramount and is at the forefront of our ethos for supporting local communities and producers. We write our menus depending on what is available from the local markets. Local fish is caught daily from the day-boats leaving from local ports and is delivered to us fresh, local butchers provide us with stunning local meats and game with a few unexpected surprises.”

The Hive Beach Cafe, Burton Bradstock, DT6 4RF 01308 897070 : www.hivebeachcafe.co.ukConsistently named as one of the best beach cafes and seafood restaurants in the country, The Hive and its baby brother, The Watch House Cafe at West Bay, serve the

freshest local seafood. The chefs prepare seasonal fish and shellfish in a stylish contemporary way, while the Hive Beach setting ensures a laid-back vibe where everyone feels welcome. The Hive has won many regional awards, and the chefs have shared some of their secrets in The Hive Beach Cafe Cookbook and last year’s Hive Beach Cafe Family Cookbook.

Howards House Hotel, Teffont Evias, Salisbury SP3 5RJ : 01722 716392 : www.howardshousehotel.co.ukConsistently rated Britain’s most romantic hotel, Howards

House is renowned for the quality of food served at lunch and dinner in the restaurant, and for the peace and beauty of the picturesque villages of Teffont Magna and Teffont Evias. Head chef at the independently owned and run country hotel is Nick Wentworth, a rarity among modern English cooks who prefers the kitchen to the television studio and sourcing genuine local ingredients to celebrity book signing. Nick’s passion is presenting food that is filled with its own flavour, working closely with local suppliers to source the finest and freshest ingredients. His skill is not to add flavour but to release the true taste the food.

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The Montague Inn, Shepton Montague, BA9 9JW 01749 813213 : www.themontagueinn.co.ukTruly a “pub at the hub”. The Montague Inn - The Monty to regulars

- is a pub where you can enjoy a drink and a gossip, or a splendid meal in the restaurant or on the terrace, overlooking the beautiful South Somerset landscape. Sean and Suzy O’Callaghan specialise in fine food, sourced locally as far as possible, alongside affordable pub favourites, with Head Chef Mike Jones adding just a little quirkiness. The Monty also caters for large or intimate parties both at the Pub with two separate function rooms or at your home.

The Eastbury, Long Street, Sherborne DT9 3BY 01935 813131 : www.theeastburyhotel.co.ukThe talented new head chef at the award-winning Eastbury Hotel is Matt Street, who after six years, who has plenty to celebrate in his first year with a prestigious Taste of the West Gold Award for the food served in the beautiful conservatory restaurant. Matt, who is 29, describes his approach to cooking as “simplifying refinement ... it’s all about giving people what they want, without fuss or over-complication.” The Eastbury has for many years been

committed to sourcing the finest local and seasonal ingredients and last year became one of the first Dorset businesses to join, as a founder member, the new Dorset Food & Drink group.

La Fosse at Cranborne, London House, 8-9 The Square, Cranborne BH21 5PR : 01725 517604 : www.la-fosse.comMark Hartstone is a chef who is passionate about the quality of food produced in Dorset, Hampshire and the New Forest. His menu includes details of the yards ‚”not food miles!” travelled by many of the ingredients. The website for the restaurant with rooms which he runs with his wife Emmanuelle includes maps and details of local

producers. Mark is particularly renowned for his cheese knowledge – he has twice won the Dorset’s Best Cheeseboard competition at the Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival. Mark is in demand as a demonstrator, as a chef and a cheese expert.

The Grosvenor Arms, High St, Shaftesbury, SP7 8JA 01747 850580 : www.thegrosvenorarms.co.ukThe Grosvenor Arms is the heart of the famous hilltop market town of Shaftesbury. The beautifully refurbished former coaching inn is traditional

yet stylish, relaxed yet “buzzy”, and open all day. The atmosphere is welcoming, whether you are meeting friends for a drink in the bar or a light bite at lunchtime in the restaurant. Brilliant young head chef Neil Duffett, who has come from the Lime Wood Hotel in the New Forest, is a former Alex Aitken protegee and is passionate about sourcing the best local ingredients, particularly sustainable seafood. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner, and the cobbled courtyard is always available for an alfresco lunch or drink.

Hall & Woodhouse Ltd, The Brewery, Blandford St. Mary, DT11 9LS www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk. Voucher for H&W hotels, inns and pubsDorset’s long established family brewery has pubs of all shapes and sizes, from centuries old inns to contemporary eateries. Winners of the Hall & Woodhouse Festival Feast can choose where they take their meal. You could try the new Hall & Woodhouse at the marina at Portishead, built from shipping containers with a

stunning glass atrium. Or maybe enjoy a pre-theatre meal in the Hall & Woodhouse Bath, where a three-storey former auction house offers everything from coffee and cakes, to fine dining on the rooftop terrace with views of the city. Or you could choose from one of dozens of village pubs ... the choice is yours!


The Ship Inn, West Stour, SP8 5RP 01747 838640 : www.shipinn-dorset.comYou are sure of a warm welcome, well-kept beer

and excellent food when you visit The Ship Inn at West Stour. Travellers have been stopping at The Ship Inn for centuries. Formerly a coaching inn, the mid-18th century pub on the A30 is an ideal stopover on the busy road to the west country, and a favourite lunch or evening destination for locals who want the combination of a proper village pub with real ales and good food. Owner Gavin Griggs and his team, headed by chef Bruce Cox, pride themselves on using local and seasonal ingredients.

Sienna, 36 High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UP 01305 250022 : www.siennarestaurant.co.uk Chef proprietor Russell Brown and his wife Elena celebrated their

tenth anniversary in 2013 at Sienna, Dorset’s only Michelin starred restaurant. Russell was head chef at the Yalbury Cottage Hotel near Dorchester, where he was awarded two AA rosettes. He then worked for Peter Gorton at the Horn of Plenty in Devon before opening Sienna with Elena in April 2003. His philosophy revolves around using good seasonal produce, most of it from the south west, making everything possible in-house, and running an interesting and diverse wine list as well as providing friendly service in a relaxed and stylish environment.

South Street Kitchen, South Street, Gillingham, SP8 4AP : 01747 824648 [email protected] : www.southstreetkitchen.co.uk

North Dorset’s newest restaurant is South Street Kitchen, an exciting urban restaurant in the former North Dorset Rugby Club building off Wyke Square, specialising in cooking with coal, wood and smoke. The food is all made from

scratch, from the bread made daily in the wood-fired oven to the delicious ice cream. With the feast of fine food produced in Dorset, chef Mark Chambers can find most of his ingredients within a few miles. South Street Kitchen has a secluded and shady garden where summer diners will be able to enjoy their burgers, steaks, pizzas, seafood or salads.

White Post Inn, Rimpton Hill, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8AR 01935 851525 : www.thewhitepost.com

Award-winning chef Brett Sutton has been a Screen Bites favourite for years. This year he and his wife Kelly have taken over The White Post at Rimpton near Sherborne, and in their first six months have been awarded a coveted Taste of the West gold award in the 2014 Dining Pubs category. They have refurbished The

White Post, which literally sits on the Dorset-Somerset border, as a gastro pub with rooms. Brett has a unique, recognisable style of contemporary cooking, grounded in the west country and finding balance in impressive flavour combinations. They are excited to be featured in a new BBC television series called Taste Of Britain hosted by Janet Street-Porter and Brian Turner and due on our screens this autumn.

Moreton Tea Rooms, The Old School, Moreton, DT2 8RH : 01929 463647 [email protected] : www.moretontearooms.co.ukWinner three years running of the Taste of Dorset Best Cafe or Tea-room award, Moreton Tearooms is in the old School House in the village of Moreton, close to the River Frome, and the St Lawrence’s Church where Lawrence of Arabia was buried. The bier on which TE Lawrence’s body was carried makes an unusual cake stand in

the picturesque tearooms run by Gordon and Kate Sutherland. Gordon and Kate pride themselves on creating their entire menu on site - from Potted Portland Crab to home-baked cakes. Gordon cooks with a simple and rustic style where the freshness and quality of the ingredients is key. In the summer months, it is not uncommon for the little bakery to bake and sell 150 scones in a day. Local produce is foremost in their ethos and the menu lists the suppliers, most of whom are very local to Moreton.

Pythouse Kitchen Garden, West Hatch, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6PA 01747 780444 : www.pythousekitchengarden.co.ukWiltshire’s answer to Richmond’s famous Petersham Nurseries, Pythouse Kitchen Garden is a restaurant shop in the former potting shed of a Victorian walled garden. New chefs Aurelien Piallat and Marry Manners

come from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Nopi in London and serve food that is as beautiful as it is delicious, much of it sourced from the garden. Enjoy coffee in the sunshine after picking your own herbs or a winter lunch by the fireside. Pythouse is also open for dinner on Friday and Saturday.

Red Fort, 9 Church Street, Wimborne, BH21 1JH 01202 848445 : www.redfortrestaurant.co.ukMohit Kochar offers an authentic Indian dining experience at his family’s Red Fort restaurant in Wimborne. The spice mixes are freshly prepared and ground for each individual dish, using Indian stone grinders. Dishes range from street

food favourites to those found in Indian homes or maharajas’ palaces. Mohit has restored the ambience of the old Bombay Cafes at the Red Ford and campaigns against the use of artificial food colourings. He is active in the local community and has introduced the Indian festival of Diwali to the Wimborne calendar – this year it will be on 2nd November. Why not go along?

The Riverside, West Bay, DT6 4EZ 01308 422011 : www.thefishrestaurant-westbay.co.ukBroadchurch may have brought thousands of fans of David Tennant and Olivia Colman to West Bay, but for lovers of the best seafood, prepared

with love and skill, visitors have been coming to The Riverside for 50 years. Over their more than five decades at West Bay, Arthur and Jan Watson have accumulated a host of accolades, including consistent ratings in the Good Food Guide, and Best Restaurant awards in the Taste of the West and Taste of Dorset Awards. Head chef at the Riverside is Tony Shaw, who succeeded Ben Streak.

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Anniversaries

Over its ten years, Screen Bites has built up a loyal audience following of people who sometimes travel many miles to see a film and meet the food producers – and they are used to the quirky way we work.For newcomers, here’s a quick guide.At all our events except the Tarrant Keyneston matinee, the doors open at 7pm. The timing allows the food producers to set up their stalls, the projectionists to put up the screen and the speakers, and the committee to make sure the hall is ready. All of those people have day jobs, so we are not ready for an audience any earlier.When you arrive in the hall there will be a mini-producers market waiting. The stallholders will be happy to talk to you about the food they make, and to offer tastings. You can also buy food and order things for the holiday season.We can’t tell you in advance what food, or how much food, each will bring. Some provide hot tastings, and some have small nibbles. We always advise our audience to eat at lunchtime before a Screen Bites event, and perhaps have a light snack before you leave home if you are a hungry person.There may be a bar, run by the village hall committee. Screen Bites DOES NOT run bars.There is usually EITHER be a talk or a short film and then a pause for ice cream and to allow the producers who are leaving to pack up.The main advertised film will be shown – we don’t specify the time it will start as that depends on all sorts of unpredictable factors. Most films finish around 10pm.The winner of the night’s Festival Feasts draw will be announced.

What happens at a Screen Bites evening...

You will go off into the night after what has (hopefully) been a great evening.According to our surveys, more than 90 per cent of our audience thinks the food is as important as the film, and that’s just the way we want it to be. If all you want is to see a film, may we respectfully suggest that you go to the cinema – but we would really prefer if you came to enjoy the unique Screen Bites food AND film experience!

Baking Bird(s) newsThe Screen Bites committee was delighted when the Baking Birds, Lizzie Crow and Bekki Bemrose, agreed to make the anniversary cake that features on our posters and this programme. They have been Screen Bites regulars since they started baking together in 2009. The news is that from now on it’s The Baking Bird, Lizzie Crow, as Bekki has decided to move on. You’ll see Lizzie at the 2014 festival and all good wishes to Bekki for the future.

Olives Et Al – 21st anniversary Giles and Annie Henschel took off on motorbikes around the Mediterranean and came back inspired by the olives, olive oil and spices they discovered. Their passion became a business – and, 21 years on, Olives Et Al is a Dorset institution, with its headquarters and shop in Sturminster Newton and shops in Poundbury and Cheddar. OEA has been the principal sponsor of Screen Bites throughout its 10 years.

Leakers Bakery – centenaryOne of the West Country’s best known bakeries, it is run by Caroline, Jemima and Paul since 2002. There had been a bakery in East Street, Bridport, for many years when Master Baker and Gold Medal winner GS Leaker bought the business in 1914. The current owners have continued the time honoured methods used throughout the centuries.

Orchard Park Garden Centre – 10th anniversaryOrchard Park Garden Centre was created by rare breed farmers Ron and Sheila Clarke of Park Farm, Gillingham, and horticulturalist Richard Cumming of Milton Garden Plants, Milton on Stour. The garden centre opened ten years ago and with Lagan Farm Shop stocks everything for the green-fingered cook and the keen gardener.

Wincanton Film Society – 10th anniversaryWincanton Film Society was set up to put on an annual season of good quality domestic and international films. Over the decade, the society has shown ten films each year at in the PEC at King Arthur’s School – and projectionists Dave Smith and Clive Shears also help to bring Screen Bites films to the screen.

Giles and Annie Henschel and some of their olivey things. British White cattle at Lagan Farm. Leakers now and then. Projectionist Dave tries on a panto wig at Winfrith.


Ten Years of Screen Bites some facts, figures and memories

• By the end of this festival we will have shown 95 films, of which 26 have been subtitled

• We have watched another 48 and have decided against showing them. We’ve had two real disasters and there are other films which, for various reasons, we have decided not to show again.

• We have put on 149 Screen Bites events at 52 village halls and other venues

• Our most popular film is Last Holiday, showing for the eighth time this year. Close behind are Vatel and Babette’s Feast, each shown six times. You won’t be seeing Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe again, though.

• Not all films can be as good as Babette, recognised as the greatest food film of all time. We know that the films we show vary – but we like our audiences to decide for themselves. Our criterion is that the film should have some important food or drink element. Sometimes we have stretched the choice for particular reasons, for example showing Morris: A Life With Bells On, filmed locally and starring Dame Harriet Walter, a supporter of the festival and always popular, talking about her roles.

• Screen Bites has shown the UK premieres of several films, some of which never made it across the Atlantic. The production company for one US film went into liquidation before its release, after a few DVDs had been pressed. Thanks to the staff at Dimple at Sacramento for keeping such an astonishing stock of remaindered and used DVDs and pointing us towards foodie ones! Our audience enjoyed it and you can see it again this year.

• Over the ten years we have introduced 193 food producers, including 32 farm shops, to our audiences.

• We still hang the beautiful silk banners commissioned from the pupils of the Philip Green Memorial School near Cranborne.

• Screen Bites has also been represented at both the Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows, with Dorset Cereals gardens based on our Edible Playground project.

• Members of the committee and two of our regular food producers took part in Ready Steady Cook. We’ve been on BBC Radio Four’s The Food Programme and Screen Bites has been featured in various national newspapers and magazines, as well as being grateful for continuing support from the local media.✹10

Some food producers and village halls have made the entire ten-year journey with the Screen Bites team. They are marked with stars in this programme.

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Purbeck Film Festival 2014

This year, the 18th annual Purbeck Film Festival runs from Friday 10th to Saturday 25th October. The main focus is films from Italy – including Vittorio De Sica’s The Garden of Finzi-Continis, Fellini’s 8 and Bertolucci’s The Conformist among 17 Italian films. Otherwise it’s the usual mix, which hopefully includes something for everyone, shown in a variety of venues across the Purbecks. Programmes are available in libraries, tourist information centres and shops. Telephone 07443 468850 or email [email protected] for more details, or visit the website, www.purbeckfilm.com, for full details of the programme.

And an extra big thankyou to ...Giles Henschel of Olives Et Al for ten years

of sponsorshipLisa Osman of Provisio and All Hallows for her

generous sponsorship of the Gala at St Giles House, and Langham Estate for the sparkling wine to be served.

Moine, Simon and David at Blackmore Ltd.Dave and Clive from Wincanton Film Society,

celebrating its own tenth anniversary, and their helpers Emma and Vicky

Linda and Karin from HSBC WincantonJoanne Myram at Positive PRJulie Sharman at Purbeck Film FestivalAll the sponsors of our individual events.

All the village hall teams.Ian and Kerry at ArtsreachTom and Katharine from Dorset AONBSharon, Graham and the team at The ExchangeThe Sunday Tea and Indiscriminate Face-Filling SocietyStuart FosterThe Baking Birds for our anniversary cakeOur nightly food providers – Chococo, Clipper Tea,

Dorset Cereals, Thomas J Fudge’s, Hall & Wood-house, Honeybuns, Olives Et Al, Purbeck Ice Cream and Woodlands Dairy.

And specially the eleven food producers who have made the whole ten year journey with the Screen Bites Team.

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SUMMER LODGE Country House Hotel, Restaurant and Spa, 9 Fore St, Evershot DT2 0JR : 01935 482000 www.summerlodgehotel.co.ukThe epitome of country charm, combining delicious food created by executive head chef Steven Pitman, served in beautiful surroundings, comfort and elegance, Summer Lodge is one of the West Country’s finest hotels. It is part of the Red Carnation group and a member of the Relais et Chateaux organisation. Screen Bites is delighted to offer guests at our 10th anniversary gala the chance to win a luxurious Summer Lodge cream tea as part of the Ten For Ten draw. Another lucky winner will eat with the Sunday Tea and Indiscrimanate Face-Filling Society. See page 6

Ten for Ten teas

1 Ajar Of 2 All Hallows and Provisio 3 Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire 4 Amid Giants and Idols 5 Ansty Herd 6 The Bakery Cafe at Sherborne 7 The Baking Bird 8 Blackacre Farm Eggs 9 The Candy Shack Mill 10 Capreolus Fine Foods 11 Chalke Valley Cheese 12 Chirpy Cottage 13 Chococo 14 The Chocolate Arthouse15 Christine’s Puddings 16 Clavell’s Farm Shop 17 Clipper Teas 18 Comins Tea House 19 Denhay Farms20 Dike & Son Superstore21 The Dining Room22 Dorset Blue Vinny and Dorset Blue Soup Company23 Dorset Cereals 24 The Dorset Charcuterie Company 25 Dorset Chocolate Company 26 Dorset Game Larder 27 Dorset Pie Company 28 Downhouse Farm 29 Easy Bean30 EDeli31 Eggardon Rare Breeds32 The Engine Room33 Felicity’s Farm Shop 34 Fivepenny Farm35 From Dorset With Love 36 Fussells Fine Foods37 Gold Hill Organic Farm38 Goose Slade Farm39 Hall & Woodhouse40 Home Farm T Gunville

41 Honeybuns 42 Hotch Potch Eggs43 James’s Cheese44 Jessica’s Farmhouse Cakes45 Keen’s Cheddar46 Kimber’s Farm Shop47 The Kingcombe Centre 48 La Fosse 49 Lagan Farm Shop 50 Langham Estate 51 Lavender Blue Bakery 52 Leakers Bakery 53 Liberty Fields 54 Long Crichel Organic Bakery55 Melbury Vale Vineyard 56 Mere Fish Farm57 Miss Marshmellow 58 Moreton Tea Rooms 59 Nether Cerne Herbs60 Olives Et Al (see logo)61 Oxfords Bakery 62 Palmer’s Brewery 63 Pashma’s 64 Palestinian stall 65 Primrose’s Kitchen66 Purbeck Ice Cream 67 Quiet Corner Farm 68 Red Barn Farm Shop 69 Rolly’s Cakes 70 Ross’s Cider 71 The Salt Pig72 S Saunders, Butchers 73 Sea Spring Seeds 74 Strawberry Fields 75 Tamarisk Farm 76 Teatonics 77 Thomas J Fudge’s 78 Vine’s Close Farm Shop 79 Washingpool Farm Shop 80 The Watercress Company 81 The Wobbly Cottage 82 Woodlands Dairy 83 Woolsery Cheese84 Wyld Meadow Farm

The Venues (in chronolgical order)1 Wimborne St Giles 2 Wootton FitzpaineVH3 Briantspuddle VH4 Powerstock VH5 Stourton Caundle VH 6 West Coker VH7 Wareham, Rex Cinema 8 Chickerell VH 9 Durweston VH10 Buckland NewtonVH11 Charlton Down Hall 12 North Cadbury VH13 Sturminster Marshall VH 14 Winfrith Newburgh VH15 Litton Cheney VH16 Tarrant Keyneston Hall17 Sturminster Newton

Festival Feasts

1 The Acorn Inn Evershot 2 The Anchor at Shapwick 3 The Castleman, Chettle 4 Dining Room, Weymouth 5 The Eastbury, Sherborne6 La Fosse, Cranborne 7 The Grosvenor Arms8 Hall and Woodhouse 9 Highcliff Grill B’mouth10 Hive, Burton Bradstock 11 Howards House, Teffont 12 The Kingcombe Centre 13 The Montague Inn14 Moreton Tea Rooms15 Pythouse Kitchen Garden 16 Red Fort 17 The Riverside, West Bay 18 The Ship West Stour19 Sienna, Dorchester 20 South Street Kitchen21 Summer Lodge 22 White Post Inn

Farm Shops and Food producers

Screen Bites Festival 2014 Booking Information


Films are shown at Village Halls (VH) unless marked otherwise.Doors open at 7pm for tastings and markets. The main film

follows talks or short films and ice creams.

For matinee times at Tarrant Keyneston, see page 25.Tickets are £8 at all venues except the St Giles House Gala and Tarrant Keyneston matinee. There are no concessions.Tickets for the gala on 2nd October, priced at 20 guineas,

must be purchased in advance.

The Lunch Box, on Sunday 12th October, is shown at the Rex Cinema in Wareham in conjunction with Purbeck Film Festival.

Tickets are ONLY available on 07443 468850 or via www.purbeckfilm.com, or at the Rex. They are NOT available via Screen Bites.

For all Screen Bites films (not including The Lunch Box) please telephone 01963 32525

or email [email protected] Please book in advance to be sure our producers have

enough food for you to taste and buy.

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