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Taste the Passion - Dairy
Date: 13/12/2010
Islanders are being encouraged to put Jersey dairy products at the top of Christmas shopping lists as Genuine Jersey’s Taste the Passion campaign focuses on the Island’s most famous fayre.Jersey cows are renowned the world over for producing top quality milk so what better accompaniment to Christmas…
GJ Member Classic Herd Wins Silver
Date: 06/12/2010
Genuine Jersey dairy farmers Darren and Julia Quénault of Classic Herd in St Peter have won silver at the World Cheese Awards.In the four years Classic Herd has been making cheese, they have been successful at a number of awards, including winning silver at the British Cheese Awards, but this is the…
GJ goods selected for Co-op Homemaker
Date: 18/11/2010
The Channel Islands Co-Operative Society is supporting local talent by stocking Genuine Jersey members’ products in the new Homemaker at Grande Marché in St Helier.The Co-Op’s Operations Manager, Paul Clark, said they were keen to support local suppliers whose products were as good if not better tha…
Taste the Passion - Winter Vegetables
Date: 11/11/2010
As the days shorten and temperatures fall, Genuine Jersey’s Taste the Passion campaign turns its focus to the abundance of fresh seasonal produce grown in the Island over the winter months.Eating fresh local winter vegetables is not only healthy and good for the Island’s economy it also helps beat t…
Taste the Passion Community Art Project
Date: 21/09/2010
A community art project to engage children with the Island’s fishing industry as part of Genuine Jersey’s Taste the Passion campaign is being held in St Brelade’s Bay on Sunday.Local artist Tina Ellis-Brecknell will be inviting families to join her near the Wayside Slip to create a sculpture of a gi…
Eat Organic & Taste the Passion
Date: 02/09/2010
Genuine Jersey’s organic farmers are celebrating Organic Fortnight to encourage Islanders to eat more local produce as part of the Taste the Passion campaign.Organic Fortnight takes place from 3 to 17 September and is the biggest celebration of all things organic in the British Isles. Over the two w…
Taste the Passion Campaign Launch
Date: 16/08/2010
Genuine Jersey is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the abundance of fresh top-quality produce available from local producers who put their hearts and souls into everything they do.The Chief Executive of Genuine Jersey, John Garton, said Taste the Passion was designed to encourage consumers…
West Show - Genuine Jersey Village
Date: 25/06/2010
The biggest ever local crafts and produce market featuring members of the Genuine Jersey Products Association is being staged as part of the Jersey Evening Post West Show.Genuine Jersey members are familiar faces at the St Aubin and Weighbridge farmers and crafts market and other events held through…
GJ Repeat Performance at Cafe Spice
Date: 22/06/2010
Genuine Jersey produce is being championed as the best of British by an award-winning Indian chef at his London restaurant.Cyrus Todiwala OBE is a big fan of Island produce since he met local producers at last year’s Real Food Festival in London. From this week until the end of July diners at his re…
Jersey Fish Festival 2010
Date: 22/06/2010
A celebration of Jersey’s fishing industry and the Island’s growing reputation for producing top-quality seafood takes place next month in the working heart of the Port of St Helier.The Jersey Fish Festival is a family event to be held on Saturday 17 July 2010 on the Victoria Pier, the home of the …
Genuine Jersey Brook Street Trial
Date: 09/06/2010
Island produce and hand-crafted products are being showcased in the heart of St Helier thanks to an initiative by the parish to promote home-grown talent and local provenance.Members of the Genuine Jersey Products Association will be promoting their locally-produced goods from a stall in Brook Str…
Genuine Jersey Royal Growing Competition
Date: 24/05/2010
Judging begins on Monday 24 May in the Island’s primary schools to discover the winners of this year’s Genuine Jersey Royal potato growing competition.Now in its fourth year, the award-winning competition is organised by the Jersey Royal Company, supported by the Genuine Jersey Products Association …
Fifteen London, Jersey May Menu
Date: 04/05/2010
Genuine Jersey produce is the star attraction for the second year running at Jamie Oliver-founded restaurant Fifteen in London.The high-profile restaurant is dishing up some of the Island’s finest fresh produce - sourced from members of the Genuine Jersey Products Association - as part of its lunch …
National Restaurateurs' Dinner at the Dorchester
Date: 21/04/2010
Genuine Jersey beef, vegetables and Jersey Royal new potatoes will be served as the main attraction to the ‘who’s who’ of the UK’s hospitality industry in London on Monday.Genuine Jersey produce is taking premier billing at the National Restaurateurs' Dinner at the Dorchester Hotel thanks to celebri…
Genuine Jersey seeks Sponsors
Date: 20/01/2010
The Island’s business community is being invited to support local producers by becoming a sponsor of the Genuine Jersey Products Association.The Association which has been championing growth, sustainability and innovation by ‘buying local’ products long before it became a popular movement has revise…
Genuine Jersey Royal Growing Competition
Date: 12/01/2010
Primary schools are being invited to enter the Genuine Jersey Royal Growing Competition to see which class can grow the heaviest crop of the Island’s famous potato.Now in its fourth year, the award-winning competition is organised by the Jersey Royal Company and supported by the Genuine Jersey Produ…
