35 out of 50

The 50 Best Food Shops: from traditional village butchers to urban choclatiers, Rhiannon Batten of The Independent offers the experts' guide to where to find the finest meats, freshest fruit and sweetest pastries....

In amongst some very prestigious company you'll find us at Number 35! with such renowned specialist suppliers as Edinburgh's Valvona and Crolla and Gloucestershire's Daylesford Organic.

"this small but lovely company uses carefully sourced materials to produce an award winning range of our picnic favourites..... the range of different varieties of scotch eggs that this family business produces, is staggering!"

As is often the case we get a great thrill of excitement to be in the papers then panic sets in as we look around and think, do we live up to the mark? a few hours later and the shops been spring cleaned (again) a few adjustments to lay out and a pot of paint acquired, off to do a taster evening then back for a rather belated Halloween party for the team at home, so painting will have to wait until tomorrow

We have our fair share of problems to conquer but thank goodness there is such enthusiasm out there makes it all seem worth while.