Local Shopping List - Summer 2023
There are so many fantastically entrepreneurial people in Ealing. Here are just some who have turned their foodie fantasies into realities.
A lovingly handcrafted, super-premium, gold award winning gin distilled in the heart of Ealing by the Duncan family who have lived here for five generations. It celebrates everything they love about Ealing - the great cultural heritage, diversity, joie de vivre and strong community spirit (20% of profits are pledged to good causes addressing loneliness and social isolation).
The recipe combines 12 of the finest botanicals (Juniper, coriander, cardamom, angelica, clove, pink perrecorn, orange zest, cassia bark, rosemary, garden mint, scented rose and chamomile flowers) the final four are inspired by the beautiful parks and gardens of Ealing.
Available at Navarro, Pulp, Reineta, TST & Vindinista Wine Shop & online at www.ealingdistillery.co.uk
RRP: £44.50
Pearly Queen Honey is a collective of urban beekeepers whose ambition is to keep and protect bees and help educate the public about these wonderful creatures.
Our range of delivous urban honey from all over London demonstrates the range of flavours that can come from our wonderful city. you can help do your bit for bees and help support our community of local urban bee keepers.
To buy Pearly Queen Honey from bees in Ealing, visit www.pearlyqueenhoney.com and contact them directly. Price is £8.50/jar or £23/3 jars.
Perivale Brewery is a modern microbrewery based on Horsenden Farm in Ealing, a short walk from Perivale underground station in West London. They value flavour over fads, and make use of everything on their doorstep; homegrown hops, foraged fruits and herbs, even the honey that inspired their original signature beer, Veripale.
Available online at www.perivale.beer and at the Horsenden Farm shop from £3/ bottle
Sourdough bread is made of just four ingredients: flour, water, salt and time. For this reason, Flavia from Semola, a micro bakery based in Ealing, only chooses the best quality ingredients that are both organic and local.
Wildfarmed flour is made from a diverse variety of wheat grown alongside a variety of plants, grasses, and legumes. This method of growing provides a nutty, depth of flavour full of nutrition, not available from a single strain, while constantly improving the soil in which they are grown.
Available online at www.semolabakery.com from £4.50 (focaccia slice)
The Ealing Relish Company was developed during the first lockdown, when the catering business run by the company's founder dried up. Looking for something to do, he started cooking, starting with marmalade and quickly moving onto chutneys and relishes.
Since then the company has evolved and has won prizes (including a gold star at The Guild of Great Taste Awards" and their Smoky Tomato Relish is used as an a accompaniment to a burger within a well known local chain.
Available at Harrison, Reineta, Element Coffee Shop and Bondi Juice (Acton) and online at www.theealingrelishcompany.co.uk RRP: £5.95