Buyers invited to ‘Taste the High Peak’ at culinary showcase event

15 producers from across the High Peak promoted their products to 50 guests representing local hotels, restaurants, bars and cafes at the ‘High Peak Culinary Showcase: Meet the Buyer’ event, held at Losehill House Hotel & Spa on Tuesday 15th October.

Offering a platform to help local suppliers meet key decision-makers from the tourism and hospitality industry, the event aimed to spark new deals and partnerships that would support sustainable growth and help businesses strengthen their supply chains.

Buyers were invited to sample delicious fresh produce and artisanal delights reflecting the breadth of the area’s food and drink offer, ranging from coffee, cheese and chocolate to locally produced beer, gin and wine.

The showcase included a hand-picked exhibition of High Peak producers and an exclusive networking session with suppliers and makers, followed by a three-course tasting lunch prepared by Losehill House Hotel & Spa’s head chef, Nick Stewart, featuring the finest local produce from selected producers.

The event was delivered by Visit Peak District & Derbyshire, the area’s official tourism body, and was funded by High Peak Borough Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) project.

Producers at the ‘High Peak Culinary Showcase: Meet the Buyers’ event included:

• High Peak Honey
• Buxton Brewery
• Drowned Village Smokery
• Shivering Mountain Gin
• Hot Chocolaterie
• Staffordshire Cheese
• Buxton Roastery
• RG Morris & Sons (Seafood)
• Tomson Buxton Ltd (Fruit & Veg)
• Peak Flowers, Buxton
• Buxton Sausage Co
• Mac Burnham (Butchers)
• Intrepid Brewery
• The Mushroom Emporium
• Tom Hodgson Photography

Councillor Damien Greenhalgh, Deputy Leader of High Peak Borough Council and Executive Councillor for Regeneration, Tourism and Leisure, said: “We were delighted to host this successful ‘Meet the Buyer’ event in partnership with Visit Peak District & Derbyshire, funded through our High Peak UKSPF project. It’s a great example of High Peak Borough Council’s commitment to supporting local SMEs in very practical ways - creating opportunities to help our producers and suppliers make valuable connections, strengthen supply chains and grow their business in a sustainable way.”

Jo Dilley, Managing Director of Visit Peak District & Derbyshire, said: “Quality food and drink is at the heart of any visit to the Peak District and Derbyshire, and this unique event provided a valuable opportunity to help local suppliers showcase their products to hotels, pubs, restaurants and cafes – all keen to source quality products for their menus or shelves.

“We’re fortunate to have a wealth of passionate producers in the High Peak and encouraging collaboration between local suppliers and tourism businesses will help us to build a vibrant, engaged and sustainable visitor economy.”

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For press enquiries, please contact Amy Noton at 07387 141590 or amy.noton@visitpeakdistrict.com.

Notes to editors

High resolution image attached: Suppliers and producers at the High Peak Culinary Showcase, pictured with Jo Dilley, Managing Director of Visit Peak District & Derbyshire (centre), and Paul Roden, Owner at Losehill House Hotel & Spa CREDIT: Tom Hodgson Photography

About the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit the Government website.

About Visit Peak District & Derbyshire

Visit Peak District & Derbyshire’s mission is to develop and grow a successful and sustainable tourism economy, working closely with a wide range of partners to make the Peak District and Derbyshire the destination of choice – regionally, nationally and globally.

Visit Peak District & Derbyshire is the lead partner of the Visit Peak District, Derbyshire and Derby Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP), in collaboration with Visit Derby.

For more information visit www.visitpeakdistrict.com/industry

Inspiration on things to do and where to stay in the Peak District and Derbyshire is available at www.visitpeakdistrict.com