If life is a journey, mine is a garden – one in which food + flowers grow.
Early memories of the English countryside, bright daisies nodding in the wind, fields of tall red poppies + shy sweet violas hiding their delicate perfume.
At the early age of 5, I spent many happy days with 2 old ladies & their potted plants.
At 9, a holiday spent in a French cherry farming village introduced the sheer magic of blossom. In my teenage years, granny shared the joy of eating freshly picked peaches & sun-ripened hot figs in her garden. As a young wife, an aunt taught me to identify wild flowers & hedgerow berries. We tasted + made elder flower wine.
A love of flowers & food later joined hands. Zest Gourmet Foods was challenged: wouldn’t it be amazing to really taste flowers…to cook with flowers allowing their gentle flavours + aromas to be appreciated.
Wouldn’t it be more amazing to make a versatile product for both food & drinks…but the flowers must form an integral part of the experience.
I had no idea where the blossoms & blooms could be found. I had no idea how to work & cook with flowers, or knowledge of their true flavour.
I dream about food first! Then comes play, experimentation, exasperation, hard work, and finally the magic happens.
Handmade, using real edible organic flowers…Rose Petal Syrup from Zest Gourmet Foods was born.
It was a huge risk at the time; no one really understood its use, versatility & potential.
But with persistence + a strong belief in true natural flavour, real flower syrups have proven themselves to be unique + wonderful!
Handmade, flower mixers for drinks & cocktails
Rose Petal – Jasmine Flower – Elder Flower – Hibiscus Flower – Lavender
Available in:
250ml glass bottles
1-liter Catering by special order
