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Seasonal produce guide for professional kitchens

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Italian produce is highly recommended at this time of year. The products below will be available throughout Autumn. Citrus fruits are also a highlight in November.

November marks the end of the main UK growing season. Highlights are generally 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

  • Fenland celery
  • 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
  • Prickly pears | ITALY
  • Delica squash | ITALY
  • Tokyo turnip | ITALY
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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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