Cooking nourishing, delicious meals should be a fulfilling adventure, not a daily chore! Somerset Foodie is here to help you create your dream larder and to inspire you to cook amazing dishes at home. We carefully source the finest foodie ingredients from all over the world and write easy-to-follow recipes to show you how to cook with them. Whether you need inspiration for quick and simple mid-week meals that you can throw together at the end of the day or want to experiment with new flavours and ingredients to create a celebration feast for family and friends – we are here to help.

Who are we?

Hello! We are Ben and Alice – the folks behind Somerset Foodie. We live in the West Country, Ben has over 20 years in the food industry working as a chef, developing street food recipes and sourcing authentic ingredients from far flung places. Alice takes care of the marketing side of things, chief in charge of testing Ben’s recipes and very, very fast at washing up!

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Explore Ben’s inspiring, easy-to-follow recipes, they are based around the ingredients we sell. Some recipes are super quick, others are more of a weekend project, but they all taste amazing. The most memorable meals are usually cooked with love, and shared around a kitchen table with good friends and family.

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Explore our ingredients...

Create your dream foodie larder with our great quality, authentic ingredients. We source from makers and producers from all over the World. From South East Asia to Mexico, from Spain to Italy, Japan to China and India and of course right here in the UK...

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Cookery workshops

We also offer small-group cooking workshops from our own family kitchen in Norton St Philip, Somerset. Our workshops are relaxed, fun, informative and super popular. If you don't see a date which works for you, get in touch and book a bespoke evening for friends and family...

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Cooking events

We regularly host regular large scale cooking demonstrations and tasting events here at our Foodie Warehouse and shop in Rode, Somerset. We often invite fellow foodie chefs and independent makers to lend a hand. They are great fun!

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Our Green Goals

We make all our local deliveries using our 100% electric van. We pack all your Mail Order parcels in compostable materials and we use paper instead of plastic whenever we possibly can. We have a ZERO food waste policy too, absolutely none of our ingredients will ever go in the bin!

Latest Recipes

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Ham & Bread Sauce Croquettes

Ham & Bread Sauce Croquettes

Whilst dreaming up foodie inspiration for 'Christmas left-overs' Ping Coombes and I came up with this nifty tip for turning left over bread sauce into...
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Cantabrian Anchovies with Red Peppers, Garlic and Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Cantabrian Anchovies with Red Peppers, Garlic and Extra Virgin Olive Oil

This is a super easy and great sharing, tapas style starter that pairs umami rich Cantabrian anchovies...
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Ping's Manchego Cheese Fritters with Serrano Ham and Sambal

Ping's Manchego Cheese Fritters with Serrano Ham and Sambal

MasterChef Champion Ping Coombes created this recipe as part of our Christmas Entertaining demonstration...
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