Surprise me! - Halen Môn

Surprise me!

Local Seafood: Flying the FLAG for North Wales

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,...

Sage & Onion : an essential Christmas blend

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...

Breakfast at the Houses of Parliament

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...

21 delicious things to try in Wales

21 delicious things to try in Wales

We're not quite sure you can narrow down the Welsh foods that you must try into just 21, but we were rather excited when we read that we were included in this Buzzfeed list. Particular favourites also on the list include Gower Cottage Brownies, who makes the...

Halen Môn needs you!

Halen Môn needs you!

Quite simply, Halen Môn needs you. We want to fulfil our lifelong dream of writing a book, but we need you to buy your copy in advance to make it happen. From a saucepan of seawater on the Aga to seasoning the best restaurants in 22 countries – even topping President...

The art of sea salt making

The art of sea salt making

'My aim is to unite art with science to create something unique and precious' So says artist Ruth McClees, who has begun experimenting with different sized flakes of Halen Môn in her work with beautiful results. Ruth has been evaporating samples of Halen Môn brine,...

Full Circle

Full Circle

'Innovation is uncomfortable. Real innovation is awkward to do...you have to leave your comfort zone to be successful.' (David Lea-Wilson, 2010.) Discuss the role of, and the approach to, innovation at Halen Môn. - so read a recent exam paper at Bangor University for...

A look back

A look back

Here at HM HQ, we've been looking forward a lot recently. To the summer as the weather turns from cold and crisp to cool and bright, to the future as our new saltcote plans become ever closer to reality, and to new and exciting export markets as Alison travels to...

The Latest Innovation from Halen Môn?

The Latest Innovation from Halen Môn?

The latest variety of Halen Môn is a rather unusual one, but then, you wouldn't expect something ordinary from us, would you? For our newest product, we have hand mixed our infamous pure white sea salt with the blackest Welsh charcoal. Our charcoal is made for us by...

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