Chilli Farm & farm shop for local produce, and now Chilli Restaurant. Visit Edible Ornamentals, the hottest in St Neots and famous for its Chilli Farm where you can PYO fresh grown chillies and vegetables. Farm shop too...Please check opening times on main feature.. Closed during Winter, re open in March (but phone us for any questions)...
CHILLI FARM, RESTAURANT - LOCAL PRODUCE & FARM SHOP - JUST OUTSIDE ST NEOTS
Visit Edible Ornamentals Chilli Farm and restaurant, the hottest in St Neots! Our speciality... chillies, with Farm shop too.
SEE US ON GORDAN RAMSEY'S COOKERY SHOW
Tel: 01480 405663
Edible Ornamentals? Garden centres and nurseries? The connection?
Well, Edible Ornamentals is unique in the world of garden centres and nurseries because we specialise in chilli plants (we grow over 40 varieties) and vegetables. Indeed, we run the one of the largest chilli farms in the UK, right here in Chawston, near St Neots. Our farm shop has lots of local produce and our market garden is abundant with delicious, fresh vegetables.
Our Unique New Restaurant August 2013
The Edible Kitchen
A range of chilli-based dishes created from Joanna’s own recipes are unusual and use chillies of differing heat. People who like sizzling hot dishes will be tempted to try spicy chicken wings and hot legs which are marinated in Joanna’s home made Inferno chilli sauce. Those with gentler taste buds will enjoy the Chilli Poppers which are fresh Jalapeno peppers stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon, while chilli fans wishing to take a risk can try the Pimento De Padrone, which are a Spanish tapas chilli dish in which most are mild, but one in ten is mind-blowingly hot.
The Edible Kitchen Restaurant is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10am until 4pm.
Edible Ornamentals is St Neots' first 'Pick Your Own Vegetable' centre, where you can pick a wide range of the freshest of seasonal vegetables straight from the plant. These include fresh peppers, spinach, Swiss chard, lettuce, cabbage, dwarf French beans, tomatoes, sweet corn and an unusual variety of long aubergines.
Joanna and Shawn Plumb founded Edible Ornamentals in 2001. "We're passionate, slightly obsessive chilli growers," they say." On our chilli farm we raise fresh chillies, stunning chilli plants and mouth watering fiery sauces.
Our ethos is simple: we grow and cook chillies with skill and passion - and our fresh-grown chillies make the most scrumptious sauces and chutneys."
Joanna makes numerous radio and television appearances - you may have heard her on Radio 2's Chris Evans Show, Radio 4's You and Yours and see her on TV's Ready Steady Cook, Working Lunch and Economy Gastronomy. She also broadcasts regularly on BBC Three Counties radio. All because she runs a successful specialist farm and farm shop in Chawston near St Neots!
Chilli tour vouchers can be purchased for that really special present.
Call or for details
Edible Ornamentals
Cherwood Nursery, Blue Bells,
Chawston near St Neots,
MK44 3BL
Nursery and Farm Shop
11:00 am to 16:00 Saturday and Sunday.
Please ring us if you would like to visit at other times.
Phone: 01480 405663
(Tell this business you found them on The Best of St Neots)
Email: info@edibleornamentals.co.uk
Found on the best of st neots business directory under local produce, farm shop and activites.
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latest reviews
Good experience and would recommend to anyone that loves good food. Very interesting too.
Fascinating, informative and thoroughly entertaining tour, followed by a great tasting experience.
Really enjoyed the whole experience, choosing the chillies and learning about the different types then cooking with them, very personal experience, staff were very friendly, helpful and Jo was great.
Fab - Great and enthusiastic host, great tour - I loved it and would recommend this place.
Great tour and good balance of teaching, picking and tasting I will recommend the tour to family and friends
Brilliant day! Loved picking and cooking whats growing here, amazing poly tunnels and lovely staff. God luck with the inferno sauce!
Nice pace, very relaxed and interesting few hours, glad you only ned to try what you want to!
THE TOUR WAS GOOD FUN AND INFORMATIVEAND WE JUST LOVED THE TASTING SESSION. WE;LL BE TAKING ENOUGH CHILLIS TO LAST UNTIL XMAS. GOOD VALUE!.
Great day, friendly and informative staff. Would highly recommend this place.
We had a fantastic experience and would highly recommend. Thank you for a great time.
Excellent customer service - attentive and nothing too much trouble. Very enjoyable tour. Quesadila's excellent!!
VERY INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING CHILLI TALK, AND ENJOYABLE VISIT TO THE GROWING TUNNELS WITH ENTERTAINING TASTING AFTER. FOOD AND DRINK IN THE CAFE IS VARIED AND ALL GREAT QUALITY + FLAVOURSOME. ALL IN ALL AN EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE AFTERNOON THANK YOU FOR BEING SO WELCOMING AND GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME.
Brilliant activity for adults. Very good value for money. All staff have been great, very friendly and knowledgeable. Thank you! xx
Excellent Chilli Tour experience, would certainly recommend to family and friends. Thanks
A fantastic experience! Informative, enjoyable and hot, hot, hot! Good food too!!
Great fun and very informative, you really should try this if you like chillies or good food. Thank you!
Really enjoyed the class and picking chillies. IT was a lovely day out and we will definitely do it again.
Fascinating tour of the polytunnels - fantastic variety of chillies. Enjoyed a delicious meal and tasting session. Bought plenty of produce to enjoy at home.
A really good event and will definitely come to another workshop again! Thank you.
Very good. Enjoyed walking around and picking. It would help to keep chillies separate and labelled. Photo? Cooking was excellent and trying food is a good idea! With all chillies to take home it would help to have recipes too.
Very good food. Nice saves and a variety of chilli plants. Will be recommending!
Very interesting and for someone who does not eat things too hot. A very interesting insight to expend knowledge of cooking with chillies. A great time. Thank you.
An excellent example of British enterprise at work. A local business with significant national and international market potential. Thank you.
Lovely food, brilliant tour round the nursery and friendly staff - Thank you!
An amazing experience, friendly, knowledgeable and fun. Would recommend to everyone I know.