The 7th – 13th August marks Afternoon Tea week giving all of us a great excuse to enjoy this great British tradition, a cuppa with friends and some tasty treats. Here at Becketts we serve our popular Afternoon Tea in our Restaurant and it’s also available as an option to takeaway! Should you fancy putting your own Afternoon Tea together at home, to enjoy in the garden, we’ve rounded up some of the best ingredients from our Farm Shop to help. Tier 1 – Sandwiches and Savouries Our freshly baked bread from the bakery counter is an excellent starting point...

Air-conditioned Workspace Did you know that all of our conference rooms have air-conditioning? Many people hire our smaller rooms as an individual workspace rather than a meeting room for multiple delegates. Our smallest room has a small boardroom table set up for 6 and can be hired on an hourly rate. In fact, it’s not just the Conference Centre which has air-conditioning! You’ll find our on-site Farm Shop, Restaurant and Coffee Shop to be beautifully cool as well. Home working, without the kids to distract you With home working still the norm for many people, the school summer holidays may...

Our stock of Becketts Farm honey is back in store, and it flies off the shelves so quickly each year. Produced under two miles away from our store on our farmland in Earlswood, this really is local honey in every sense of the word. Beekeeper, Andrew draws the honey from a small colony of bees just down the road from here. On average a bee travels less than a mile from its hive for food, so the honey is produced from the nectar of local plants and flowers. For many beekeepers, June sees the first honey harvest of the year....

With lots of lovely fruit coming into season now, it’s the perfect time to dig the blender from the back of the cupboard and get experimenting with smoothies. They’re simple to make and really fun to experiment with, along with packing in plenty of health benefits and nutrients. Most nutritionists would agree that eating the whole fruit is better for you overall, but when we are short on time, inspiration and let’s face it – will power to keep up the healthy snacking – a smoothie can be a great solution. What’s more, by including other food groups other than...

With the Queen’s Jubilee just around the corner, we’ve rounded up a one stop shopping list for the Royal Family, for next time they’re in town! Royal Earl Grey Tea Top of the list is Earl Grey Tea. It’s how the Queen starts her day each morning. We’re reaching for the Cartwright & Butler Classic Earl Grey Tea for our royal shopping basket. We have a wonderful selection of teatime treats and fine teas from Cartwright & Butler, who are a quintessentially British family business. Her Royal Highness enjoys her morning cuppa with a dash of milk and some biscuits...

Becketts for BBQ! Us Brits love a BBQ, especially when the sun is shining. If you haven’t done so already, it will soon be time to dust off the barbeque and get it fired up to celebrate BBQ week which is at the end of the month. It’s almost as if we need an excuse to enjoy a BBQ, which we certainly don’t! We are all very familiar with organizing an impromptu get-together, writing a quick shopping list and heading off to the supermarket. We believe when it comes to finding the perfect BBQ ingredients there is only one place...

Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the motherly figures we have in our lives. It is just around the corner on 27th March, so if you’re struggling for ideas then here you’ll find some inspiration for our top gifts here at Becketts Farm. Sweet treats Our Bakery team have been preparing some luxury sweet treats, especially for Mother’s Day. Their delicately iced shortbread are always extremely popular, or maybe Mum prefers delicious cupcakes – fear not, they have covered it all! For an extra special sweet treat, our Bakery team have designed a Mother’s Day graze box with all...

If you’re in our Farm Shop early enough in the morning, you’ll have noticed (and maybe stood and watched) our team of bakers working to knead, mix and bake fresh breads. But did you know, tucked away just around the corner the theatre continues with our amazing team of confectioners? Our confectioners are responsible for making and decorating the sweet treats stocked at our bakery. From cream cakes to cupcakes, traybakes to tarts, they have their work cut out with over 60 different type of treats on their list to make. So much of  what we bake is still by...

Many of us enjoy eating a steak, but we are often unsure how to choose and cook the perfect steak. Our Butchers counter stock a variety of steak cuts, including fillet, ribeye, rump, sirloin and T-bone. Each steak is 28-days matured here on site at our Butchers counter. We have spoken to our expert Butchers, Gavin and Ken, who have given us some top tips, including some delicious serving suggestions. What does it mean for the steak to be 28-days matured? “The maturing process allows the steak to become more tender and enhances the flavour. The meat should be matured...

Feeling the January blues? Keep your spirits up this month with ‘Ginuary’. The month of January is now the time to take part in a variety of different challenges, with some more difficult than others. If you are a gin lover, then there will be no issues taking part in this challenge – Ginuary. Whilst taking part in this challenge, you are encouraged to drink gin and explore new brands and flavours. Ginspiration If you are in need of some inspiration, our Farm Shop will not let you down. We stock a variety of gins, including Two Birds Spirits, 1000...

January can often feel a little dull and uninspiring, so why not ‘jump on the bandwagon’ and take up a January challenge! Having something to focus on and maybe raising a little money for charity along the way might just help give a sense of purpose in this dreary month. We’ve rounded up some nationwide challenges below that you might like to try! RED January Move everyday to beat the winter blues away This is a free event for all fitness abilities, with the idea to move every day during January, to beat the winter blues away. Whether you run,...

Christmas is a time for giving and Becketts have certainly done that this year. Throughout the year we try and support as many local charities, businesses, schools and sports clubs as we possibly can. Here are just some of the great things, we have managed to do in 2021. Gift Vouchers and Luxury Hampers We have donated a combined total of around £3500 worth of gift vouchers and luxury gift hampers to local schools, churches and community events. Token Scheme We have donated almost £4000 through our Becketts Farm Community Fund Scheme. The donations have gone to many local charities...