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November 2011
Some fantastic Awards season news for us: for the second year running we have been voted Best Welsh Independent Retailer in the much coveted Observer Food Awards as well as receiving yet another award from True Taste this time Bronze for Online Retailer.
Our final placing with Smarta Top 100 Small Businesses in the UK was number 13...not so unlucky for us!!
Many thanks to everyone who continues to support me and gains me such amazing recognition within these much sought after accolades.
And finally, we will be appearing at MasterChef Live at Olympia 11-13th November and also at BBC Good Food Show Winter at the NEC in Birmingham from 23rd - 27th November, plenty of free samples to be had and always lovely to see customers new and old, I look forward to seeing you there!
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July 2011
We are very pleased to announce that we managed to raise over £570 this year for Tenovus, Wales' largest Cancer Charity, helping them to promote Male Cancer Awareness month in June, thankyou to everyone who helped make this happen.
And yes...we win again! Extremely proud to say we have just received the news that we have managed to win a Gold Star once again at this years Great Taste Awards.
We're also seriously chuffed to be ranked number 27 in The Independent's 50 Best Food Websites
If you fancy a sneak peek behind the scenes here at Gower Cottage, you can find us in the August Edition of Ideal Home Magazine and also in the September issue of Woman & Home Magazine.
Notes for your diaires:-
We shall also be appearing at BBC Good Food Show Glasgow 21st-23rd October, MasterChef Live, Olympia 11th-13th November and BBC Good Food Show Winter, Birmingham 23rd-27th November.
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May 2011
Throughout the month of June for we shall be donating 10% of every online order to Tenovus (Wales' largest Cancer Charity) to help promote Male Cancer Awareness Month.
We shall be at BBC Good Food Show at NEC Birmingham from 15-19th June and also at Glynde Food Festival 16th -17th July.
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March 2011
Some amazing news: we have just been ranked no98 in the Top 100 Social Brands, we are up there with all the big players and just one below Gucci! Click here
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February 2011
Emma Forbes quoted us as one of her favourite websites. Click here to read more...
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January 2011
Gower Cottage welcomes another new friend, the fabulous Phil Jupitus. |
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22/11/10
We were lucky enough to be filmed by Countrywise for ITV, here we are preparing for our big screen moment, my first "Delia" style filming session... showing me making the Bara Brith Bread & Butter Pudding recipe as shown on our recipe of the month page.
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Am hoping you will also get to see, just how beautiful the Gower is and how very lucky I feel to be living here.
The show is due to go out in England on Monday 13th December and then in Wales on Friday 17th December....
Even the boys get their starring roles! |
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| We also did some filiming with the fabulous Olly Smith for Channel 4's "Secret Supper Club" to be aired in December. |
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04/11/10
Its Awards Season again and I'm so pleased to tell you, we've done brilliantly once more, and I have to say it is all down to our incredibly loyal customers....so much so, we've created a whole new page on the website just for Awards, please have a look!
In addition, we've also won a Producers Bursary Award for the BBC Good Food Show, which means we will be at the NEC from November 24th - November 28th.
It would be lovely to see you there and as always, there's plenty of free samples to be had.
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03/02/10 Gower Cottage Brownies on Tour
We are coming to London once again, you can find us at The True Taste Award Winnners Welsh Market on Friday 26th February from 11-7pm at Golden Square London W1
Plenty of samples to be had, would love to see you all there!
May 7th -10th Real Food Festival, Earls Court London
I was lucky enough to have been chosen as one of the Poster Girl's for this year's festival, so you may see me coming to a billboard near you soon promoting the Real Food Fest.
Would love to meet new and old customers alike at this great Foodie Festival, hope to see you then.
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01/12/09 Fabulous News at Gower Cottage
Once again we won at this year's True Taste Awards gaining Silver for Online Retailer of the Year and the winning run continued with Swansea Woman of the Year where we won for Best New Business.
And we are also a finalist in this year's Swansea Life Awards for Best Local Produce voted for by all of my fantastic great customers, can we make it a Grand Slam? We shall find out on Saturday 5th December....
I have heard from a lot of you that you saw me on interviewed live on BBC Breakfast regarding the Postal strike, I am very happy to tell you our new courier system is working extremely well and we shall continue to use them in order to provide you all with the best possible service that you expect to receive from Gower Cottage Brownies.
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