Our story

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 newflavours and ingredients to create a celebration feast for family and friends – we are here to help.

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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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!

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!

“I am hooked on the romance of great food, and that starts with great, authentic ingredients….from beautiful olive groves in Tuscany to colourful, bustling markets in Oaxaca. The most memorable meals don’t just come from Michelin starred restaurants – they come from the heart and often the humblest of locations, on street corners around the globe. For me, the very best meals are also those we’ve cooked and shared at home with good friends and family.” Ben Tollworthy

If you’re bored of the same old recipes and ingredients – you’ll find all the inspiration you need right here, and an ever-expanding collection of recipes to show you how to cook with some of the ingredients you can't find in supermarkets - it's a brilliant resource, take a look.

We are lucky to live in one of the most culinary diverse countries in the world. It's so exciting to draw inspiration from all four corners of the globe in our every day cooking. At Somerset Foodie, our aim is to help you cook exciting, memorable and delicious food using great quality authentic ingredients.

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Easy Malaysian Seafood Mee Goreng

If you are craving the bold and deeply satisfying flavours of authentic Malaysian food and want to recreate their famous Mee Goreng in less than...

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White Beans with Spanish Catalonian Sausage

This recipe for White Beans with Spanish Catalonian Sausage, known in Spain as Butifarra de Perol brings the rustic flavors of Spain straight to your...

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Korean Beef Bulgogi Bibimbap

Bulgogi is one of the most famous dishes from Korea, it's seriously tasty. Made using thinly sliced strips of beef that are marinated in soy,...

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Great service. Excellent foods.

Excellent olives quickly dispatched. Great service… Yum

Is super yummy, so glad I’ve given it a try!

I made a delicious Fabada Asturiana!

Following Ben's recipe, I used the Asturian Meat Stew Pack to make a really tasty fabada and it was very well received.
Cheers to all at Somerset Foodie and I shall be back for more soon!
Best wishes
Drew

Juicy and delicious

The raisins really are huge. Such a wonderful taste. I use them instead of sultanas.

Best tasting tortilla chips

Bought these after first trying at a Foodie tasting session. Truly delicious chips, they are crisp and full of flavour. Bought them to scoop up our homemade Baba Ganoush (see Ben’s recipe) and will be back for more…gone are the days of supermarket alternatives.