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Our Story

We are passionate about bringing a modern twist to handmade Chutneys, Relishes and Preserves.

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We make them in the traditional manner in large preserving pans, using the finest quality of ingredients.

Locally sourced from our home in Co. Louth, "The Boyne Valley", where possible.

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Our customers often describe our products as "memories in a jar", bringing them back to the kitchens' of their childhoods.

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Coming from a farming background, and now living in County Louth, brings an understanding of the seasonality of Irish produce and how to use it to its full potential.

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My Mum always baked and made her own jams and chutneys – everything from Blackberry and Crab-apple Jelly in the autumn, to Elderflower cordial in the early summer. I learnt so much from her.
Probably wish now I had even listened more carefully but I think we all say that about things as we get older! 
As she would always say;
"Its very simple, if you put the good stuff in - you get the good stuff out! "

 

For Pat it was summers spent on his Uncles farm down in Baltinglass, which instilled in him an appreciation for country living and homemade seasonal delights.

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When I left school my friends encouraged me to take up a career in catering, but like a lot of people of my age, a steady job in the bank was offered, and it was only thirty years later that I got the opportunity to do what I really love.

For Pat the retail world beckoned and he had a varied career in administration and retail, he loved selling to customers and being front of house and that hasnt changed.

 

Having left the corporate world, we are now rediscovering our passions for using fresh seasonal ingredients to make wholesome and delicious tea-time favourites with a truly modern twist and selling them directly to our customers at our various farmers markets.

 

Please contact us with any ideas you have that we could include in our range. We would love
you to let us know any ways you’ve found to use the chutneys that we can also share.

 

Thank you for visiting and we hope you enjoy our Chutneys, Relishes and Preserves.

 

Love from our Nest in Collon, Co Louth, “The Boyne Valley”,

 

                                                                           Olive and Pat

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