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We pride ourselves in being slightly different from other food stores.

We certainly 'know our products' that fill our shelves as when a new ingredient is offered to us by a wholesaler/producer or we decide to work with something we haven't before, rigorous research is undertaken....we taste test everything! It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it .

"we taste test everything"

Once we've selected the best ingredient from the choice available we work on designing recipes to include it in so we can demonstrate for you, how to get the most out of each and every product.

Often a ‘Product Profile’ is written explaining what it is and how to use it; these are free and readily available in store. No more half used jars and packets in the pantry and fridge as we have loads of ideas and recipe suggestions.

Many of our recipes are laminated and available to purchase in store, the selection is changed constantly so there will always be something new to try.

As far as our range of kitchenware is concerned, the same approach is adopted. We don’t have 6 different brands of, for example, mandolins on our shelves for you to choose from – we have the one that works for us in the demonstration kitchen. We cook every day and so deserve to have tools that work! You may be the same?

Kitchenware gets a really good workout with us and we are confident in knowing you’ll be thrilled with any items purchased from Matters of Taste, as we are when we use them. If you attend a class you’ll also get the chance to see our kitchenware range in action (as well as us!) and if you are involved in a hands on class, you’ll be using everything yourself. What better way to buy than once you’ve been offered the chance of a test drive!

As Matters of Taste is a Cooking School we stock cook books that you can learn from. More technical than simply a recipe book these are designed to improve your knowledge and make for fascinating reading.

"personalised and informed shopping experience"

We may not be a huge warehouse with thousands of products, but we offer a very personalised and informed shopping experience. By chance if we don’t have what you are looking for we can always point you in the right direction to find it.

• Herbies Spices
• Martelli Spaghetti
• Jingilli EVOO
• Cuisipro kitchenware
• Get Stuffed Ginger Spread
• Wide variety of Asian ingredients
• Mastrad kitchenware
• Paella Rice
• Dried Porcini Mushrooms
• Dehraduni Basmati Rice
• Analon knives and bakeware
• Ferron Risotto Rice
• Basil Oil (fresh from Melbourne)

• Careme Pastry (frozen product)
• Parisienne Par Baked Baguettes (frozen product)
• Selected items from Christine Manfield including Harissa
• Moredough Kitchens Stock
• Selected items from Food Symphony
• Isreali Toasted Couscous
• Moughrabia Couscous
• MoT Thai Spiced Rice
• MoT Indian Spiced Rice
• MoT Spanish Risotto Rice
• Equagold Vanilla Extract, Pods and Paste
• Equagold Vanilla Sugar
• Selection of Billingtons sugars
• Rice Flour
• Chickpea Flour
• Tabletop Sunmuscats
• Lindt Couverture
• Much, much more!