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 [...]
We've had an excellent start to this years harvest and the rapeseed is looking fantastic! The views from the combine harvester aren't bad either!
Having been on hold for much of the past week, due to the inconsistent weather we have had, harvest is now well underway and our combines will be busy gathering in the rapeseed over the next couple of weeks. Fingers crossed the sunshine remains golden!
We were honoured to be one of only six suppliers invited to meet Prince Charles at the official opening of the inspirational new Gloucester Services. The two 'Charlie's' had a good conversation about rape varieties and British arable farming. Cotswold Gold is stocked in both North and South bound Gloucester Services and is also used [...]
Cotswold Gold Garlic Mayonnaise Runner up Product of the Year! Fantastic! Cotswold Gold Garlic Mayonnaise was a runner up 'Food Product of the Year' at the 2015 Cotswold Life Food and Drinks Awards. We had a thoroughly enjoyable evening at Cheltenham Racecourse enjoying great food and the company of the regions foodie elite. The [...]
What a wet summer. This has be one of the worst summers I have known, and that is saying something after the flood of 2007. We have got harvest in after a string of problems, from blocking up machines to things snapping all together a right nightmare. We were pushed right to the line and [...]
We are over the moon to have won Best food Producer in the Cotswold Life Food and Drink Awards this week. This shows all our hard work producing our range of rapeseed oils over the last two years. The Judges comments were commending the branding and the range of products that taste so fresh. The award was presented [...]
Cotswold Golds bottles have been seen recently on both the Apprentice on BBC1 and Saturday Kitchen where Kenny Atkins used it with James Martin. Have a watch from 8mins in. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jk739/Saturday_Kitchen_26_05_2012/ We are very proud at Cotswold Gold to have been nominated for the Cotswold Life Food and Drink Award, for the Best Food Producer, this will be announced on [...]
