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This October we are almost tripping over ourselves in our excitement to introduce a new collaborative project with local cooks. Over the coming months we will be teaming up with some amazing individuals to keep bringing you practical yet interesting recipes and tips for getting the most out of your seasonal produce.


Our very first guest chef is none other than...

Chloe Edwards a.k.a Seven Sisters' Spices.

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You may recognise Chloe thanks to her iconic, hand-painted pram (Sally) which was originally employed to help bring delicious lunches to the good people of Lewes, and later used to display her spice blends and chutneys at the farmer's market there. Chloe now runs a hugely popular  friday food delivery service with an endlessly enticing weekly menu, also offering workshops, event catering and more. She is now based at The Long Barn in Muddles Green, where she grows veg as well as transforming it into irresistible, moreish and nourishing meals. 

As a born and bred Londoner who moved to Sussex in 2010, her food pays homage to the many immigrant cultures that have populated and fed our capital city, and that continue to do so, as well as the myriad of flavours she has missed since leaving it. Hopefully now, in 2023, we have all learned that interrogating anyone, or making assumptions about their ethnicity, is at best, impolite, but Chloe explains how people often conclude after meeting her, that any spiced dishes she prepares are from her own heritage. This is actually seldom the case as Chloe is British, with some Jamaican ancestry to celebrate and, amazingly, she conjures up everything from Balinese skewers to Japanese gyoza and Indianbhajis- that would be quite some family tree! However, while her creations may not be authentically rooted in the countries that they first hailed from, they are cooked with love, from scratch, based on wide research, using as many local and seasonal ingredients as possible, with deep respect to their origins and in one sense very much from Chloe's heritage i.e four decades in the Big Smoke! 

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Chloe radiates generosity and a gratitude for nature, plus with sustainability at the heart of her business it was obvious we'd hit it off like a house on fire. We think Sussex should count itself lucky she headed south and are honoured to have her use Barcombe produce in her kitchen. 

Especially for Barcombe customers she has created three delicious recipes which we can't wait for you to try...

Sweet spiced stuffed squash


Roasted root laksa


Oven baked risotto



Make sure to follow her on Instagram, Facebook and Substack  where she posts mouth-watering pictures as well as thoughtful reflections on everything from decolonisation to dahlias. 

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