British Travel Journal | Autumn/Winter 2022

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Wiltshire Truffles supplies some of the best restaurants in the country,
including Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck and Frog by Adam Handling
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Steven Edwards, the winner of 2013 MasterChef:
The Professionals, gets to celebrate British produce
in his weekly tasting menus at etch. in Hove. He
pairs truffles with mushroom, venison, celeriac
and Tunworth cheese, as well as creating truffle
puddings, like chocolate fondant with truffle ice
cream. His black fragrant fungi always come from
Wiltshire: "We get our truffles from Wiltshire
Truffles, where we have highly regarded and
trustworthy suppliers in Zak Frost and his wife Nina.
We love promoting great British produce and are
very happy with the quality.” Zak, best known for the
black autumn truffles he hunts personally in a secret
location in Wiltshire, also imports aromatic beauties
directly from trusted hunters abroad. Wiltshire
Truffles supplies some of the best restaurants in
the country, including Heston Blumenthal’s The
Fat Duck and Frog by Adam Handling. To try Zak’s
truffles in a countryside setting in Wiltshire, head
to The Red Lion Freehouse in East Chisenbury, a
family-run restaurant in a whitewashed, thatchedroofed
building of an 18th-century village pub.
Zak’s truffles come to the menu in autumn, where he
starts hunting for them.
Today, Zak supplies home chefs with fresh
truffles from a new online shop, making it possible
to celebrate the English truffle season from the
comfort of your own home.
Truffle and Mushroom Hunter hosts truffle hunts
and mushroom forays in Sussex. Melissa is planning to
launch a UK Truffle Hound Championships and a truffle
festival in November: truffleandmushroomhunter.com
The English Truffle Company sells fresh truffles and
runs truffle-hunting experience days in Dorset, Wiltshire
and Hampshire throughout the season:
englishtruffles.co.uk
Wiltshire Truffles supplies almost all of the UK’s
leading restaurants, as well as offering a new online shop
for home users. They sell fresh truffles and their own
luxurious truffle juice, used in Michelin-starred kitchens
and now available for creative home chefs:
wiltshiretruffles.com/shop
38 BritishTravelJournal.com