About Us
In case you didn’t know …
Samphire is owned and run by two Norfolk smallholders Karen and Jeff Nethercott. Karen used to be a corporate accountant whilst Jeff worked in the building trade but a few years ago they moved to a Norfolk smallholding and life changed forever.
Chickens and ducks were quickly followed by sheep, pigs and geese and the interest in smallholding became an obsession. In 2005 they gave up the day jobs and opened the first Samphire at Blickling Hall.
This is what happened then …
- Giles Coren wrote a rave review in The Times about our pork pies
- We won two RSPCA awards for commitment to animal welfare
- We were finalists in BBC Radio 4’s Food & Farming Awards
- We were finalists in two categories of the EDP’s Norfolk Food Awards
- We were second in the East Anglian finals of UKTV’s Local Food Heroes
- Gary Rhodes said our sausages were the best he’s ever tasted (see the first video below)
- We were finalists in Aylsham Show’s Local Food Heroes
- Observer Food Monthly featured us as one of the best retailers in East Anglia
- We were finalists in the EDP Business Awards
- BBC Olive magazine feature us as one of their Food Heroes
In 2009 a second Samphire was opened in Wymondham, just south of Norwich, this time with a café. Whew !
Samphire | Locally Produced | Ethically Farmed
