The Patchwork Traditional Food Company sponsors Ruthin Art Trail
The Patchwork Traditional Food Company has become a Gold sponsor for the Ruthin Art Trail. The award-winning food production company’s support will enable the attraction to invest in audio tour guides for the visually impaired.
The art trail gives visitors to Ruthin the opportunity to discover the history behind Denbighshire’s county town through a series of spy holes and figures.
Ten spy holes are built into the walls of the town and 22 figures have been hidden among the town’s rooftops. Among the spy holes is one named Notorious Characters, which celebrates notable people of and from Ruthin. Patchwork founder, Margaret Carter, features in one of the spy holes alongside actor Rhys Ifans, whose films credits include Notting Hill and The Amazing Spider-Man.
A family business, Patchwork began with a start-up fund of £9.00 invested from then single mother Margaret's housekeeping funds. In these early days Margaret would prepare pâtés in her home near Llangollen, North Wales and supply them to local pubs and restaurants. Today the company employs 20 people at its purpose built kitchens in Ruthin.
The £250,000 Ruthin Art Trail begins at the Ruthin craft centre at the site of the old rail station, which attracts 90,000 visitors a year. As well as the spy holes and figures, oak benches and newly-planted trees enhance the trail and encourage further exploration. The trail is available all year round.
Announcing the sponsorship, Margaret said: “Being fortunate enough to be based in this beautiful part of Wales, we leapt at the chance to be involved with the Ruthin Art Trail. The trail promotes the great history and architecture of Ruthin and we’re delighted that we can help make the town’s charms accessible to a wider audience.”
Patchwork’s products are stocked by selected independent retailers across the United Kingdom. All products are available online at www.patchwork-pate.co.uk and a range of pâtés are available on www.ocado.com.
The company also has a YouTube channel, offering recipes and tips for enjoying its products to the full.
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The Patchwork Traditional Food Company Backgrounder
The Patchwork Traditional Food Company is an award winning company founded in 1982 by Margaret Carter.
A family business, the company began with a start-up fund of £9, invested from then single mother Margaret's housekeeping funds. In these early days Margaret would prepare pâtés in her home near Llangollen, North Wales and supply them to local pubs and restaurants.
Today the company occupies purpose built kitchens in nearby Ruthin where it employs 20 people.
Margaret's son, Rufus shares the same passion as his mother and now that Rufus is the managing director of the company he ensures that all the products are still made to Margaret's original recipes.
Now The Patchwork Traditional Food Company's range of products extends beyond pâtés and comprises of over seventy different items.
The pâté range itself includes chicken liver, game liver, fish, cheese and vegetarian, including seasonal limited editions. Traditional flavours are skilfully blended with the unexpected to produce unique tastes such as Chicken Liver, Chilli & Lemongrass.
Other Products produced by Patchwork include ranges of Hummus, Chocolate Terrines, Chutneys and Soups.
Under the Patchwork brand there is also a range of Spelt Oat Fingers, Spelt Blinis and a range of Ice Cream for Grownups. The Ice Cream is a range of handmade ice cream made with cream, milk, raw cane sugar and egg yolks. Three of the range has alcohol soaked fruits creating flavour combinations like Apple & Calvados and Tequila & Cranberry. Like all of Patchwork's products the Ice Cream for Grown Ups is made with no additives, stabilisers or preservatives.
On the Patchwork Traditional Food Company's web site there are offers of themed hampers in stylish bags or wooden cases. These include the Christmas at Home Hamper containing the limited edition Festive Duck Pâté and Stilton & Cranberry pâtés as well as Baileys Chocolate Terrine. Selected hampers are provided complete with ramekins and slate platters for presentation. The themed hamper range caters for all tastes and budgets.
All Patchwork's products are free from artificial additives, preservatives or hydrogenated fats and made using only the highest quality ingredients. The company hand makes its products on a scale small enough to ensure their textures and flavours remain faithful to Margaret's original recipes but large enough to cope with the ever increasing demand.
The Patchwork Traditional Food Company has won more than 100 awards in recognition of its products and business ethos.
In 2010 Patchwork's Vanilla Ice Cream with Anglesey Sea Salted Caramel won the Silver Award in the True Taste Awards: this award is presented to the outstanding food and drink from the people of Wales.
Most recently, Patchwork participated in the famous Great Taste Awards. These awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, is the acknowledged benchmark for speciality food and drink, it has also been described as the 'Oscars' of the food world. Two products have joined Patchwork's other award winners this year with a Gold Star Award for Tomato & Roasted Red Pepper Chutney with Unicorn Ale and Apricot & Orange Chutney with Wychcraft Ale.
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