HALEN MÔN BLOG
Expect interesting and delicious articles on everything from how to use our pure sea salt to eco-friendly gift ideas, how to season like a chef to flavoured salt recipes.
Local Seafood: Flying the FLAG for North Wales
‘You’ve got to let the fish know who’s in charge,’ says our respected chef and teacher, Roger Williams, holding the codling firmly and snapping its fins off decisively. Ten of us are gathered around his filleting table,...
Curating Chocolate: The best job ever?
This year, our favourite event, Abergavenny Food Festival, got even better. This was largely due to sharing a stand with Cocoa Runners - dubbed 'the Wine Society for chocolate' by the Telegraph, this innovative company sources the very finest chocolate from around the...
We are Daily Post Business of the Year 2014!
We are extremely proud to have been named the Daily Post's Business of the Year (up to 50 employees.) The award has come at a very exciting time for our team, as we are just months away from moving into our new purpose-built Salt Cote and visitor centre, pictured...
Sage & Onion : an essential Christmas blend
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without roast turkey, pigs in blankets and mouth watering sage & onion stuffing. And now we've brought out a limited edition Halen Môn Sea Salt PDO hand mixed with rich savoury onion powder and rubbed wild sage. It’s perfect with...
Looking good
We were delighted when one of our customers sent us an image that his 'hexacopter' captured of our new building at the weekend. Many thanks to Paul Buxton for allowing us to share his photograph - we think we are looking rather good.
Christmas 2014: 18 best foodie gifts
We were very pleased to hear we have made in into the Independent's 18 Best Foodie Gifts of 2014. To be listed in the company of a beautiful Fortnum & Mason's hamper and Heston Blumenthal's latest food writing is quite an accolade. You can buy the sea salt gifts...
The way the land lies
When we started looking at the design of our new Saltcote, we knew it would have to be a special building to fit in with the surrounding Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. So when a visitor today told us that our new roof appeared to curve into the mountains, we were...
A day of mellow fruitfulness
Autumn has arrived, and with it, the autumnal Snowdonia mushroom foray and feast for our book project. Here's a sneak preview of the stunning day. For more info on the book and to buy your copy in advance, head to Unbound. The sunrise was superb, red sky reminding us...
Breakfast at the Houses of Parliament
We left in plenty of time to reach Dining Room A in the Houses of Parliament where we had an invitation to breakfast with our MP, Albert Owen. ‘Please allow 30-40 minutes to clear security’ it said clearly; possibly we should have allocated more as my husband had a...
An office with a view
Building a brand-new Saltcote in the run up to the busiest time of the business year has its moments. When problems with costings and measurements coincide with Christmas orders there are times when you wonder why on earth you are doing it. But then it also has rather...