Market manager Kardien Gerbrands talks about Swindon farmers' markets

WELL, folks, the moment so many of our regular customers have been waiting for has finally arrived.

Pippin Doughnuts are finally back up and running after the tumble drier fire that destroyed the bakery and will be featuring at the market this Sunday, which happens to be Valentine’s Day too.

When Pippin first applied to sell at the markets, some six or seven years ago, our first reaction was to say no way are we having a doughnut stall at the market. We had to be persuaded by the proprietors that their doughnuts were going to fit within the criteria of farmers’ market rules.

They explained that they would be making the doughnuts in the traditional manner; the dough is left to rise overnight and deep fried making the centre of the doughnut light and fluffy; and that it would be their fillings which would stand them apart from the average doughnut.

All their fillings are handmade by them; no cheap jams here! In fact their fruit fillings are more like compote than jam, with a very high fruit ratio, their lemon curd and vanilla custard are traditionally made fresh for every batch and on top of that they are an example to other secondary food producers about how local foods can be used to make supreme products.

So here are the doughnuts you can all look out for this Saturday; a Valentine doughnut which is strawberry and chocolate, mixed berry jam, lemon curd, vanilla custard, chocolate, cinnamon and brown sugar, butterscotch and hazelnuts, tayberry and blackberry, apple and custard.

 

Markets

  • Bradford on Avon, third Thursday, 9am to 1pm at Westbury Gardens, BA15 1DE.
  •  Bradford on Avon, last Sunday, 10.30am to 2.30pm at Lamb Yard, BA15 1FG.
  •  Calne, second Saturday, 9am to 1pm, near the library, SN11 0JU.
  •  Corsham, third Saturday, 9am to 1pm, High Street SN13 0HB.
  •  Devizes, first Saturday, 9am to 1pm, Market Place l Malmesbury, second and fourth Saturdays, 9am to 1pm, Market Cross 
  •  Royal Wootton Bassett, fourth Saturday, 9am to 1pm, High Street.
  •  Salisbury, weekly on Wednesdays, 9am to 2pm, Poultry Cross.
  •  Swindon Farmers’ Market, every Sunday, 10am to 4pm, Swindon Designer Outlet, Kemble Drive, SN2 2DY.
  •  Havelock Square Farmers’ Market, Swindon, every Thursday, 9am to 2.30pm.
  •  Trowbridge, second and fourth Friday, 9am to 1pm, Fore Street, BA14 8HX.
  •  Wanborough, third Saturday, 9am to midday, Wanborough Village Hall.
  •  Warminster, first and third Fridays, 9am to 1pm, central car park, BA 12 9BT