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Tasty Tours

Get a real taste of Durham.

The county is home to an array of award-winning local producers, creating delicious delicacies that you can experience on a visit to Durham.

In the North Pennines hill farming is still very much a part of rural life, where you will find hardy Swaledale and Teeswater sheep, sold as Upper Teesdale Lamb. Herds of cattle are found on lower ground, including traditional breed Shorthorn, whose marbling adds great flavour to the meat. 

Teesdale in the Durham Dales has some of the best red grouse shooting in the county amidst the managed heather moorland. Whilst game and venison from the lower Raby Estate can be found in local eateries. 

The River Wear is rated as one of the best fishing waters in England where wild salmon, sea and brown trout can be found.  The stunning reservoirs of Grassholme, Balder, Hury, Selset and Cow Green are well-stocked with rainbow and wild brown trout. 

Farmers markets across the county give you the opportunity to meet local producers, whilst agricultural shows including Wolsingham, England's oldest show, give you a taste of rural life.

Watch the videos for tasty ideas of local produce to try, and browse the map to discover more local producers, where you can try, and where you can buy a mouth watering memento of your visit!

Weardale Cheese Teesdale Cheese Dalton Moor Farm Durham Distillery
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The Canny Candy Gadgies

The Canny Candy Gadgies
The Canny Candy Gadgies is a third generation, family, confectionery business on the heritage coast.

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The Travelling Bee Company

The Travelling Bee Company
The Travelling Bee Company is a family run business that specialises in producing raw, natural and unprocessed honeys in an ethical way.

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JH Farms

JH Farms
J H Farms is a meat box company providing fresh, low carbon, grass fed beef and lamb, reared and fatten on the family farm.

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Calder's Kitchen

Calder's Kitchen
Since 2016 we have been supplying our premium products into independent food shops across the North East and Yorkshire and are currently listed in over 120 shops. We still love to attend food festivals and markets and now have an online shop which has been more popular than ever over the last 12 months! All of our products are Vegan-friendly, low in fat, gluten free and are used by people who follow the Slimming World weight loss plan.

Chillililli and Sillylilli won Great Taste Awards in 2020 and Piccalilli won in 2016.

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McColl's Brewery

McColl's Brewery
Inspired by traditional British and Belgian beers we always endeavour to produce enjoyable, easy going beers. Sometimes we stray from the path and experiment but this helps feed our knowledge and curiosity. The styles, ingredients and methods we use are born from a combination of our urban upbringings, rural family life, our travels and our North-East roots. All the experiences, cultures and flavours have come together to influence our beers. With a love of both the Arts and Sciences and an appreciation of traditional and modern beer styles we aim to give our drinkers beers from across the spectrum.

Rate Beer Winner 2018, Best Brewery & Best New Brewery County Durham

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Screaming Chimp

Screaming Chimp Ltd
Award winning chilli sauces that are Vegan friendly and delicious added into soups, sauces and gravies, or just enjoyed as a pour on or dipping sauce.

Great taste award for mango and papaya and one for The Stinger in 2017

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Weardale Cheese

Weardale Cheese
Sourcing milk from local farms, Weardale Cheese produces a range of hard and soft artisan cheeses selling at farmers markets and locally to shops, pubs, restaurants and delicatessens.

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Teesdale Cheese

Teesdale Cheesemakers
Teesdale cheesemakers are a husband & wife team who make multi-award winning cheeses using milk from the family farm.

Great Taste AwardArtisan Cheese Awards Gold 2017Artisan Cheese Awards Bronze 2017Artisan Cheese Awards Melton Mowbray 2017

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Dalton Moor Farm

Dalton Moor Farm
At Dalton Moor Farm we farm using organic principles as much as possible. All of our fruit and vegetables have been planted, nurtured and harvested by hand. We are Vegan, Gluten-free, unless stated otherwise.

Cold Pressed Apple Juice - Great Taste Award 2018 One Star

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Sonnet 43

S43
We’re passionate about seriously tasty pints and we aim to make ale that you’ll want to drink time after time. Using only the best ingredients with traditional brewing methods, this enables us to produce remarkable, high-quality cask beers, which deliver a real taste experience to be both savoured and enjoyed.

Sonnet SIBA Awards

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Durham Distillery

Durham Distillery
Durham Distillery is a small-batch craft distillery based on the outskirts of historic and beautiful Durham City. Our aim is to create spirits of genuine integrity; produced by hand, using traditional methods, the highest quality ingredients and a true passion for our work.

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Broom House Farm

Broom House Farm
Broom House is an organic livestock farm, specialising in grass fed Aberdeen Angus Beef and Durham lamb & mutton, also producing rare breed Saddleback pork and eggs, please visit our Farm Shop & Café to sample our produce.

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RIP Gin

RIP Gin
The gin revolution is here! Gin has certainly made a comeback and South Causey Inn has its own gin distillery with Our signature “Rip” Gin.

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RIP Gin

Durham Coffee
The first local and independent speciality coffee roasters for County Durham and proud to be offering ethically sourced high quality coffee with a local twist.

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Coghlans

Coghlans
Coghlans Artisan Bakery has been created within the old stable block and coach house at Barningham Park, a classic estate where the bakehouse and kitchen would have been the lifeblood of the estate and family life. Coghlans handmade bread use no preservatives food colours or artificial flavours, just a natural product from yeast flour water and salt.

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