Breakfast with Santa

A highlight of the year for us was holding our very special breakfast and afternoon tea events with Santa. These events were made possible with the support of Callington Lions Club, who have a direct line to Santa and were able to arrange for him to visit us!

During the three weeks before Christmas, Santa, in spite of a very busy schedule, managed visits to the restaurant at Tre, Pol & Pen. He chatted to youngsters and their families whilst they were having breakfast and, thanks to careful planning, children had the chance to have a photo in his sleigh while Santa looked on at a distance.

We were delighted to present £765.00, raised through donations at the special breakfasts and afternoon tea, to Callington Lions Club President Karen Toft. We are really pleased to be able to help Lions International and all the local charities and worthy causes that they support.

Karen thanked Charlotte (manager at Tre, Pol & Pen) for the very generous donation and appreciated the way Tre, Pol & Pen had carefully thought about keeping the Christmas Spirit alive in a safe and responsible way.  She added the monies raised goes to support local charities, families in need and for community projects. The lions pledge that £1 in every pound donated being used for charity means that all funds are put to very good use. For more information on Lions see https://www.facebook.com/CallingtonLionsNews.

The staff at Tre, Pol and Pen took on the role of Santa’s Little Helpers, assisting Father Christmas. Seen here, as he leaves, are Steph Millington, Beth Haynes Holly Kinsey, Katie Rhodes and Sarah Skidmore.

Who knows, if we are all well behaved, Santa may even come back and visit us again next year?

Stay at home – Shop local – Support businesses

As we are all instructed to once again stay at home, it’s a great opportunity to take another look and appreciate what’s on your doorstep. For us at the farm shop sourcing great quality, local produce has always been a priority. We are extremely fortunate to have an abundance of amazing local food and drink producers to choose from.

When you shop local you are not only supporting us, but many other local businesses that rely on us to distribute their products.

The first of our local producer articles features the bakeries that supply our farm shop, Blakes Bakery, The Cornish Sourdough Bakery and Foxcombe Bakehouse.

Blakes Bakery is a family run business originating in Liskeard, who now bake at a production unit in Doublebois. They are passionate about using natural and local ingredients wherever possible.

Blakes supply us with their fresh bread, wholemeal, white and granary, available sliced or uncut, rolls, cakes, scones and their infamous Cornish saffron buns. Look out for their delicious hot cross buns which will be available soon for Easter.

Miles from bakery to our farm shop – 16 miles

The Cornish Sourdough Bakery have grown from baking in a home kitchen to a small bakery and café in Launceston and have recently opened a bakery unit in Callington.
They supply us with a selection of their traditional sourdough using totally organic flour, it’s vegan friendly and low G.I. The team pride themselves on making a true sourdough that does not contain any additives, preservatives or additional commercial yeast.… a healthier bread all round.

A well as traditional sourdough they also bake a variety of delicious flavoured sourdough breads, focaccia and sweet treats.

Miles from bakery to our farm shop – 7 miles

Foxcombe Bakehouse cakes and confectionary are baked at the aptly-named Foxcombe Farm in Lewdown. They supply us with a lovely selection of cakes from classic jam sponges and fruit cakes to coffee and walnut loaf or lemon refreshers as well as biscuits and “on the go bars” also available as gluten free. We love that Foxcombe Bakehouse have introduced plastic-free packaging for their products.   

Foxcombe offer a fabulous “treats by post” service which was very popular with our customers at Christmas. We were delighted to hear that Foxcombe have saved the day for a lady in Derbyshire who is having to spend her 80^th birthday alone due to lock down. Having received a Foxcombe Christmas treat box via Tre, Pol & Pen, she has ordered afternoon tea boxes for herself and family members who are all going to get together virtually on zoom to enjoy their treats together. Speak to a member of our team if you would like to order one too!

Miles from bakery to our farm shop – 16 miles

Bakery items can be ordered ahead, to ensure that we have what you require in store, please call us on 01566 706527

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It's time to get ready for the festive season and this year we are delighted to have partnered with Treway Farm to bring you beautiful, premium, Cornish, free range bronze Christmas turkeys and free-range geese.

Will and Kate at Treway Farm near St. Austell strongly believe in doing things the traditional way and hold the welfare of their Cornish Turkeys as top priority. They rear the birds slowly and feed them an all natural diet which adds to their succulent flavour. The turkeys spend their time roaming the meadows at Treway by day and are kept safe in their airy barn by night.

Before your Cornish turkey reaches your Christmas table it will have been expertly dry plucked by hand, game hung to develop its full flavour and packed with its giblets, a bunch of herbs, pop up timer and recipe leaflet in a special presentation box.

Kate and Will say “We believe our age-old methods combined with our care and attention to detail make our turkeys the most delicious you will have ever tasted”

If you’re looking for an alternative to a whole bird for your main event our Tre, Pol & Pen butchers will also be preparing boned and rolled turkey breast crowns in various sizes to suit your needs along with all the trimmings.

A seasonal selection of our own Landue Ruby Red beef, local lamb, Cornish pork, chicken and duck is also available.

The full selection of Christmas offerings from our Butchery is available to view on the Christmas page of our website.

You can place your order now by completing the Butchery order form (view order form here) and returning to us in store or alternatively send your completed form via email to contactus@trepolandpen.com.

Our butchers would be delighted to discuss any specific requirements with you.

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