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Seasonal produce guide for professional kitchens

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All the festive classics available. See the list below for seasonal specialities perfect for Christmas menus.

  • Micro sage
  • Mistletoe & Holly
  • 'Tout Miel' leafy clementines
  • Walnuts (California)
  • Brussel tops, kalettes, Romanesco
  • Chantenay carrots & Piccolo parsnips
  • Figs (Brazil)
  • Quince & pomegranate
  • Chanterelle mushrooms
  • Cranberries

Highlights are crops coming from store, such as apples and pears and root crops. Out in the fields, brassicas are at their best in the cold weather.

Apples & Pears

  • Braeburn apple
  • Comice pear
  • Conference pear
  • Cox apple
  • Russet apple

Root Vegetables

  • Beetroots (golden, candy, red)
  • Carrots
  • Jerusalem artichokes

Brassicas

  • Brussel sprouts & tops
  • Cavolo Nero
  • Kales
  • Kalettes
  • Savoy cabbage
  • Spring greens

Other

  • Rainbow chard

Radicchios

  • Castelfranco
  • Grumolo
  • Pink radicchio
  • Rose
  • Tardivo
  • Trevise

Italian Citrus

  • Bergamot
  • Cedro
  • Kumquats
  • Leafy clementines

Winter Tomatoes

  • Camone
  • Datterini
  • Marinda

Other

  • Catalogna
  • Chestnuts
  • Cime di Rapa
  • Prickly pears
  • Puntarelle
  • Amalfi lemons
  • Bergamot
  • Clementines
  • Cedro
  • Finger limes

Note: We also source a huge range of rare and unusual citrus including varieties such as Kabosu, Kalamansi, Key Lime, Shekuassa, Yuzu. Please ask for our latest availability.

English Apples

  • Braeburn
  • Cox
  • Gala
  • Russets

French Apples

  • Golden Rose
  • Granny Smith
  • Kissabel
  • Reinette
  • And many more...

English Pears

  • Comice
  • Conference

French Pears

  • Conference
  • Gariguette strawberry
  • Mara de Bois
  • Pineberry
  • Strasberry
  • Wild strawberry
  • Apples & pears (see list above) | LOCAL & EUROPE
  • Lovita red-flesh plums | EUROPE
  • Kaki fruit (a.k.a. Persimmon / Sharon Fruit) | EUROPE
  • Pomegranates | EUROPE
  • Prickly pears | EUROPE
  • Quince | EUROPE

Beetroots | LOCAL & EUROPE

  • Candy
  • Crapaudine
  • Golden
  • White

Carrots | LOCAL & EUROPE

  • Bunched
  • Multi-coloured
  • Sand carrots

Radish | LOCAL & EUROPE

  • Blue Heart
  • Breakfast
  • Red Heart
  • Watermelon

Speciality | LOCAL & EUROPE

  • Chervil root
  • Crosnes
  • Oca
  • Parsley root
  • Salsify
  • Cime di Rapa | ITALY
  • Puntarelle | ITALY

Radicchios

  • Castelfranco
  • Grumolo
  • Pink radicchio
  • Rose
  • Tardivo
  • Trevise

Endives

  • Escarole
  • Pissenlit

Other

  • Watercress
  • Ceps
  • Chanterelle (grey and yellow leg)
  • Trompette
  • Crab apples
  • Medlars
  • Mustard greens
  • Scots pine
  • Sloes
  • Chestnuts | EUROPE
  • Cranberries | REST OF WORLD
  • Prickly pears | EUROPE
  • Delica squash | ITALY
  • Tokyo turnip | ITALY
← November January →

This list is designed to assist with forward planning for your menus. Expand each category to find out more. For the latest seasonal updates, contact us directly.

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