Taste Of The Moorlands

Welcome to Taste Of The Moorlands

We produce hand made products such as biscuits, treacle tarts, bakewell tarts and a selection of hand made deserts and naturally sweetened products.  We make all our products with the upmost of care for our customers, in and around Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Cheshire.

The following ingredients are sourced locally from Staffordshire, outlying areas & from the UK:

• We use free range eggs in all our products
  We use British Sugar & Golden syrup  
• All our oats are from Morning Foods based in Cheshire
  Flour is from BAKO and is produced in the UK 

We sell most of our products at the local farmers markets listed below 

• Shrewsbury Farmers market - 1st Friday in the month - YEP I AM BACK!
  Stone - 1st Saturday of the month
• Stafford - 2nd Saturday of the month
• Leek - 3rd Saturday in the month
  
  
  We are also at the following shows this year
  
  
  • Newark Gun Festival 27-28th February 
  • Wigan Sweet tooth Festival - 12-13th March
    Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival 28th March 
  • Caton Park Game Fair -17th - 18th April 
    East Anglian Game Fair 24-25th April 
    Leicester Show - 2-3 May
    Keddleston Food Fair - 22-23 May 
    Stafford Show - 2-3 June 
    
    
    More will be added as we go through the year!!
  
  

Why not come along to one of the markets and try our delicious selection of baked treats?

About Taste Of Of The Moorlands

The business was started by Sarah Gayton, following a period of four years in Kosovo with the United Nations and with a background in environmental protection.

Click here to learn more about Sarah Gayton

Sarah Gayton came back to Staffordshire in 2004 and started looking for work.  By 2006, Taste Of The Moorlands was  born and Sarah had a silver award for her shortbread under her belt.

Although baking runs in the family, this was not an obvious choice of career for Sarah.  Returning from Kosovo, she helped her Warwickshire-based brother sell his bakery products at farmers' markets. 

Click here to visit the Gayton Family Bakery website

It was while doing this that she realised how many people sought products which are naturally sweetened - some because of diabetes, others simply because they were counting calories. 

Click here to contact Taste Of The Moorlands

She also, however, wanted to use local ingredients for her bakery - or buy direct from the producer - "to keep her 'food miles' to the minimum".  This meant her products would be desirable to customers from an environmental and quality point of view - as well as for their taste!

We hope you enjoy our new website, if you have any questions then please email Sarah at sarahgayton@yahoo.co.uk

Photography for Taste Of The Moorlands.co.uk was provided by Ruth Downing at Rural Pictures.

Please click here to visit the Rural Pictures website