Bramley grower and processor Fourayes is to appear on the Christmas special of BBC 1’s Jimmy Food Factory next week.
The company will appear the show on 22 December at 8pm as the episode focuses on a number of Christmas traditions including mince pies which are produced in the programme using Fourayes’ mincemeat.
As a major supplier of mincemeat to food manufacturers in the UK, Fourayes was approached by the BBC to be included in the programme.
Phil Acock, managing director at Fourayes Farm, said: “We are thrilled to be included in the Christmas special of Jimmy’s Food Factory. Jimmy Doherty and the team spent a day in the factory looking at all the stages of making mincemeat from the initial storage of our Bramley apples after harvest through to the processing of the apples to make the mincemeat.
He added: “Many people don’t realise that Bramley apples are one of the major ingredients in mincemeat and some of our mincemeat contains nearly 20 ingredients including nuts, mixed spices and mixed fruit peel. Our Jimmy then used our mincemeat to prepare his own mince pies, in his own ‘unique style’, which were then taste tested on the general public.”
The Kent-based company has been growing Bramley apples in its orchards for over fifty years, which it then processes in its onsite factory for use in desserts and baked goods sold by major retailers across the country.
The farm’s orchards of over 40,000 Bramley apple trees stretch across 31.5 hectares, and it processes over 11,000 tonnes of Bramleys every year.
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