Winter is upon us but that didn’t stop the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall from celebrating London farmer’s markets.
The two visited Swiss Cottage Farmers’ Market to celebrate the 20th anniversary of London farmers.
Their Royal Highnesses met with stallholders and tasted local produce at the London based market. Swiss Cottage Farmers opened back in 1999. Since then, the market has become famous for its wide variety of products selling a selection of Whitelake Cheese, Exmoor Caviar and, items from The Potato Shop.
It was a more personal visit for one of the vendors, Isidora Popovic. Popovic is the owner of Popina, an all-day eatery. Thanks to a grant from the Prince’s Trust 20 years ago, Popovic was able to open up the bakery.
Their Royal Highnesses took their time to speak with a number of vendors. Pictured below is Russell from Whitelake Cheese. Whitelake Cheese makes its product in the Cheddar country in Somerset, producing a wide range of goats and sheep milk cheeses. The company regularly wins awards at national and international cheese shows.
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The royals also met with Stein Leenders from Brambletye Fruit Farm. A Brambletye farm means that the farm is a closed system with all farming outputs being fed back into the farming process. Some of the Stein Leenders products include their famous apples, strawberries and, currants.
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To finish the visit, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall helped to cut a celebratory 20th anniversary spiced pumpkin cake. The cake was made by Valerie Janicki from Honeypie Bakery.
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To mark the royal visit, over 30 farmers and producers from across 22 London Farmers Markets attended the event.
If you’re wondering if Charles and Camilla got to try these delicious goods, the answer is yes. Some of the products tried included Exmouth Caviar which was presented to the couple with flowers from John Cullen Gardens. The Prince and Duchess met nearly every stallholder and even got to bring some products home.