About Poppy

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Hello! Thank you for visiting The my website; I am Poppy, founder of The hazlebury kitchen. Here is a little bit about me and my world.

I grew up in Suffolk on a farm where life outdoors foraging, home brewing and rearing sheep became second nature. I started experimenting with cakes as a little child with my Granny Betty using home-grown and foraged ingredients. My love for baking along with my love for nature inspired me to start The Hazlebury Kitchen, I am very proud that I have managed to create a thriving bespoke home wedding cake business where my taste for flavour, eye for design and personal service are upheld in equal measure.

I love using seasonal and where possible home-grown ingredients and take pride in exclusively using home-grown eggs from my mother-in-law’s free range chickens. Look out for home-grown raspberries, blackberries, red currents, apples, elderflower cordial and edible flowers- all grown in suffolk!

At The Hazlebury Kitchen, I create beautiful wedding cakes that not only look stunning, but taste totally scrumptious. Each wedding cake is truly bespoke; the bride and groom can fine tune their ideas and visions, and together we can design a beautifully natural and unique wedding cake by chosing as many flavours as there are tiers and the couples choice of fresh flower, berries and decorations.

I take my responsibility for looking after Planet Earth very seriously. I run The Hazlebury Kitchen with as little impact to the environment as possible; by using homegrown eggs, berries and cordials, locally milled flour and British butter, I ensure top quality and low food-miles. Cake by cake, I am striving for as little waste as possible by opting for a ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ approach with my packaging. I ask that my customers follow this supply chain by resuing their cake boards and cake boxes again and again!

MY Eco ETHOS

I am striving to be an eco-baker and I try to ensure my cakes have as little detrimental impact to the planet as possible. These are my promises to the planet:

• Always source raw materials with as little packaging as possible by buying in bulk.

• Source raw materials from the UK, where possible

• The only animal produce I ever use are British butter, home-grown eggs and British milk and cream (from the milkman)

• Use home-grown and homemade products where possible

• Strive for low landfill and if not, recycle

• Always use natural and refillable cleaning products. I am the proud owner of a 6 year old washing up liquid bottle!

• My own packaging is all recyclable, compostable and all boxes reusable.

• offer a ‘£5 off your next order’ if you return your box in a good conidtion to be reused.

• i use reusable baking equipment including piping bags and My cake dowels are either biodegradable straws or wooden.

• for my postal treats, my packaging is all biodegradable, reusable or recyclable. I have spent time and money in ensuring I am minimising waste in this regard.

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