Kokova Magazine

With speciality food and drink demand on the increase, we bring you a small selection of independent businesses that are available to try without leaving home. Shop online and expand your selection of home-grown and family produced food from around the UK.

Fancy a Quicke?

Then think cheese! Mary Quicke is the 14th generation of the Quicke family to run Home Farm at Newton St Cyres in Devon and the second generation to create multi-award-winning cheese in the farm's dairy.

Established 40 years ago, by Mary's parents, Quickes Dairy produces outstanding cheese that is renowned all over the world.

Mary's contribution to farming has been recognised with an MBE - and more recently she won a Lifetime Achievement at the Devon Farm Business Awards 2014. Quickes is the largest British naturally matured traditional cheddarmaker, selling to wholesalers, the independent market, and to export (mainly US).

The cheeses consistently win trophies at major cheese competitions in the UK - the latest accolade being Best Cheddar in The British Cheese Awards 2014 announced in May. Shop online at Quickes' Online Shop

Sensible Dave

Since bursting onto the scene in April 2014, luxury food brand Sensible Dave has experienced a phenomenal year. With an initial listing in Harrods Food Hall, Great Taste Awards secured for all of their current product range and winning 'Best Cereal' at the inaugural Great British Food Farm Produce Awards - the past few months have been exciting times.

With 25 years in the making, Sensible Dave started when founder David Rose started serving his homemade granola to guests at his Mr & Mrs Smith listed boutique hotel, The New White Lion.

Feedback was so good that David and his partner, Kath, decided to go into commercial production. Using top-notch British ingredients Sensible Dave brings a quirky sense of fun to breakfast. Buy Sensible Dave's Granolas now at their Online shop.

Hilltop Honey

Hilltop Honey was founded in September 2011 when Scott Davies decided to start keeping bees in his Mum and Dad's back garden, one summer. By September, Scott knew that keeping bees and selling honey was what he wanted to do for a living, so he set about making that dream into a reality.

After knocking on doors and selling to local shops, Scott soon ran out of honey, which led to him partnering with other beekeepers to increase production.

Hilltop focus on producing Raw honey, as this is how honey is at its best. It is coarsely filtered and mildly heated to a few degrees above the ambient temperature of the hive, to provide maximum taste and health benefits. Buy Online now at Hilltop Honey where you can even adopt your own bee!