Nick's Kitchen of Ambleside - freshly made food to
eat in or take away
• Sandwiches
• Pies and salads
• Ready meals
• Cakes, puddings
• Cold drinks
• Coffee, tea
• Local produce
Open 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm. All of Nick's handmade food is prepared in the shop kitchen, in full view.
Nick Foster, brought up in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
has worked in the Ambleside area for almost 20 years, the last 10, before
opening Nick's Kitchen in April 2007 (press
report), were as creative Head Chef at the Drunken Duck. Some of the
awards for his cooking during these years were:
• Pub Chef of the Year 2004
• Good Pub Guide – Cumbrian Dining Pub of the Year 1999, 2003,
2004
• AA Pub of the Year 2002 for England
• Which Hotel Guide Gastro Pub of the year 2005
• Les Routiers North West Inn of the year 2004
His success brought him to the attention of EBLEX (English Beef and Lamb Executive), who invited him to help develop exciting, balanced school dinners for Cumbrian children (more about this).
In his own business he places the emphasis on good quality produce from Local Suppliers which he cooks on the premises.
The following is the list of goods Nick stocks from local
producers
(links open in a new window):
Sizergh Farm
Organic milk
Cartmel Valley produce
Various cheeses
Hawshead Relish
products
Frank's biscuit
Country Fare biscuits
Wild &
Fruitful Cumbrian jams
Demel's Chutneys
Farrer's teas
and coffees
Saunders
of Penrith handmade chocolates
Nook Farm Honeys
Cartmel
Sticky Toffee Pudding
