Leicester based company 'Kitchenmonkey.co.uk Ltd' has been celebrating, as the whole team were thrilled that they have been awarded the prestigious food label 'produced in the UK National Forest'.

 

Brand Manager, Jacqueline Bailey, CIPD MREC, said "We are all passionate about the dishes we produce here in our kitchens, everyone cares immensely about the quality of dish we make for our customers; and alot of this comes down to sourcing quality ingredients with no compromise. We decided long ago that we were going to support local farmers and producers and use quality ingredients for each of our chef's recipes. To be involved in such a label is a great honour to our team and our suppliers,  it allows all of us to support local jobs and communities. We use farmers who care about the welfare of their animals and who care about the eco side of growing vegetables etc. The quality of these

ingredients reflects 100% in the taste comments we get from our customers".

"Everyone, be them media, customers or chefs find it hard to believe that they are actually tasting a frozen dish, and that's down to our great ingredients and our great team. We all look forward to working with the UK National Forest further in promoting local. All we need now is for local businesses too to support local, by stocking such local products so consumers can buy and promote local too. Which according to the customers I talk to (and myself) in local Delicatessens and Farm Shops is what they want."

 

Real Food for Real People!'

The National Forest is one of the country's boldest environmental projects and won the inaugural Sustainable Development UK award in 2008. It is transforming 200 square miles in the centre of England. Along with this it is further developing a collection of producers and suppliers of farmers etc who work, produce, grow and rear within this area. Together this supports local industries, jobs and communities within this region.