The end of harvest 2016….what next? With thanks to a dry Summer we had a consistent and successful harvest without too many hold-ups. On our farm, as well as rapeseed, we grow wheat, beans and linseed, all of which is now cut and ready to go off to be used in the next part of [...]
Wow, how quickly the past 12 months have flown by. Our combines have already been out in the fields harvesting all the delicious rapeseed that will now be pressed to make the next 12 months of Cotswold Gold oil. Despite this year being a difficult one due to patchy weather – rain, sun, rain, sun [...]
Well that was a good start to the week. Cotswold Gold scooped up two awards at the Western Daily Press Food & Farming Awards, including, Food Product of the Year and Young Farmer of the Year for Charlie Beldam. We would like to thank the judges for their time in coming to visit our farm [...]
TASTE TALKS – An evening of Fine Art & Dining hosted by Charlie Beldam of Cotswold Gold and Royal Artist in Residence Jeremy Houghton What a fun three nights the Cotswold Gold team have enjoyed at Jeremy’s Houghton’s fabulous studio near Broadway where together we hosted a fabulous array of talented chefs, restaurateurs, designers and [...]
In January Cotswold Gold rapeseed oil frequents your TV screens on James Martin’s BBC Saturday Kitchen and also makes waves on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today Programme. We thought December was busy…..we never expected to come back to an even busier January! Charlie Beldam from Cotswold Gold on BBC Radio 4’s [...]
Here at Cotswold Gold we are getting into the Winter food show season.....it’s time to hear those Christmas carols and smell the sweet scent of mulled wine as we all descend on the markets to find those perfect Christmas gifts. We will be selling all of our products – original oil, infused oils, Drizzle dressing [...]
Cotswold Gold is honoured to have been announced as winner of three awards at the Taste of Gloucestershire Food & Farming Awards 2015 – ‘Food or Drink Producer of the Year’, ‘Young Farmer of the Year’ (Charlie Beldam) and ‘Best Local Producer’. The awards ceremony took place during a black-tie 3 course dinner hosted by [...]
At Cotswold Gold we strive to be a 'zero waste' company by looking at innovative ways to re-use our by-products.... When we press our rapeseed we are only removing the richest 30% of the seeds oil, this leaves behind the husk and a good proportion of the seeds natural oil and nutrients....what we then do [...]
We have recently celebrated Cotswold Gold's official 5th Birthday…. ...sadly it's not everyday we have cake and champagne in the office but there was cause for celebration on 20th September 2015 - our start-up business reached a significant milestone. Well done to Charlie Beldam and his team for turning all your great ideas and enthusiasm [...]
Broadway Food Festival 2015 - an outstanding success! Cotswold Gold teamed up with a handful of local businesses to run this event for the second year. We had over 5000 visitors coming to see over 40 local producers - all of whom had come from within a 30 mile radius of Broadway, Worcestershire. We had [...]
