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Seasonal produce guide for professional kitchens

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Autumn is in full swing with an abundance of squashes, root vegetables and wild mushrooms. English apples and pears are at their peak. Game season is underway. Italian radicchios start arriving.

Apples & Pears

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

Root Vegetables

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

Brassicas

  • Brussel sprouts
  • Cavolo Nero
  • Kales
  • Savoy cabbage
  • Spring greens

Squashes

  • Butternut
  • Crown Prince
  • Delica
  • Onion squash
  • Pumpkins

English Apples

  • Braeburn
  • Bramley
  • Cox
  • Gala
  • Russets

French Apples

  • Golden Rose
  • Granny Smith
  • Kissabel
  • Reinette

English Pears

  • Comice
  • Conference
  • Apples & pears (see list above) | LOCAL & EUROPE
  • Figs | TURKEY
  • Grapes (Muscat, Italia) | EUROPE
  • Kaki fruit / Persimmon | EUROPE
  • Pomegranates | EUROPE
  • Quince | EUROPE

Beetroots | LOCAL & EUROPE

  • Candy
  • Crapaudine
  • Golden
  • Red

Carrots | LOCAL & EUROPE

  • Bunched
  • Chantenay
  • Multi-coloured

Radish | LOCAL & EUROPE

  • Blue Heart
  • Breakfast
  • Red Heart
  • Watermelon

Speciality

  • Celeriac
  • Jerusalem artichokes
  • Parsnips
  • Salsify

Radicchios | ITALY

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

Endives

  • Escarole
  • Frisée

Other

  • Watercress | LOCAL
  • Ceps | EUROPE
  • Chanterelle (grey and yellow leg)
  • Girolle
  • Pied de Mouton
  • Trompette | EUROPE
  • Chestnuts
  • Cobnuts
  • Medlars
  • Rosehips
  • Sloes
  • Wild mushrooms
  • Artichokes | EUROPE
  • Chestnuts | EUROPE
  • Cobnuts | LOCAL
  • Prickly pears | EUROPE
  • Squashes | LOCAL & EUROPE
  • Wet walnuts | LOCAL
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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.