Asda gets Stark Naked! - May 2010
Asda are now stocking our delicious Basil and Rocket pestos in all of their stores. We’d like to say a big thank you to them for supporting our family farming business and helping us to become a Q awards winner.
Now you can get Stark Naked where ever and when ever you want! - June 10
From June/July 2010 Ocado will be listing all 9 of our pestos which is good news for pesto lovers who can get their hands on their favourite flavour pesto along with their weekly shop.
John Lewis Food Halls stock up on Stark Naked Pestos - December 09
Stark Naked pestos are now available in John Lewis Food Halls, located on Oxford Street, London and Bluewater in Kent.
Rocket pesto wins local food category at quality food award - December 09
Stark Naked Rocket Pesto has won the Local Food Category of the Quality Food Awards 2009. These prestigious awards recognise great-tasting food and drink products with the finest of flavours, textures and aromas.
They reward nutritious products with the best ingredients and they recognise innovation, great packaging and presentation.
Pesto Perfection - September 09
Great Taste Awards 2009 have given our Dill Pesto a Gold Star Award, rating it ‘Close to Perfect’. These awards have been called ‘the Oscars of the Food World’, so we’ve really made it onto the red carpet.
The organiser of the awards is the Guild of Fine Food - the UK trade association for anyone making or selling top quality local, regional and speciality food and drink.
A brilliant business, Made in Britain - September 09
Farmers Guardian, the national newspaper of the agricultural community, offered a special prize for ‘Best Entrepreneur’ in the Made in Britain Awards, for farmers who have added value to their business and Stark Naked made the finals, finishing in second place.
The awards are sponsored by Country Living and Waitrose, to champion the best small producers with truly great products that stand out from the rest, building innovative twists on traditional techniques and creating the heritage foods of tomorrow.
We’re up for this. Vote for us now! - June 09
We’ve been shortlisted for the Made In Britain Awards run by The Farmers Guardian. If you love us, vote for us!
Vote for us!
The Independent thinks we look fab - June 09
The Independent has voted us at No.37 within the Top 50 Best Food Web sites. We were so pleased it made us blush!
We were absolutely thrilled by this and so were Bryt who created the web site for us, they’re a great team to work with. They invested time to learn what we’re about and have really captured what makes us unique and special both within our packaging and website. They’ve supported and listened to us every step of the way from creating our brand to our packaging. Making a business successful is about having a strong wise team behind you – Well done to all you Bryts, from Stark Naked...
At No.37 Stark Naked
Stark Naked reveals more - June 09
Harvest has started for Stark Naked Foods, with the arrival of coriander last week. It was so fresh it was back to the farm in twenty minutes from the field and washed and chopped as quickly as possible to make more of our luscious fresh green pesto.
Stark Naked revealed!
Buy us from Waitrose now! - June 09
Stark Naked pestos are now available from Waitrose stores nationwide.
Waitrose has also just opened a brand new store in Saxmundham stocking a selection of local speciality foods, including Stark Naked pestos.
Read an extract from the East Anglian Daily Times article here.
The Wait is over
Stark Naked, divided by four, equals more! - June 09
The Grocer features our new portion-controlled packs.
We’ve created these new four-portion packs to make it even easier to use your favourite pesto – either fresh or scooped straight from the freezer - avoiding any wastage.
Just what you need
Stark Naked Truth - June 09
Suffolk and Norfolk Life magazine tells the full story of Victoria Starke’s passion for superb natural foods and the hard work and dedication that have gone into developing Stark Naked pestos from a great idea into a thriving family business.
A labour of love
Stark Naked pestos are 'Delicious' - June 09
For quick and easy meals, Delicious magazine featured a basket of goodies - products to make your life easier without sacrificing taste or quality. Of course, Stark Naked pestos appear in their week of tasty dinners (on Wednesday, since you ask, but you can enjoy them any or every day).
Quick and tasty meal-makers
Willie loves to go Stark Naked - June 09
Look who we bumped into at the Real Food Festival! Chocolate-lovers will recognise Willie Harcourt-Cooze of Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory fame.
Willie came over to tell us he and his family love Stark Naked pesto: a great compliment from such a pioneer of real food. While chatting, Willie and Victoria also discovered they shared many similar experiences in setting up their businesses.
Willie loves our pestos
Market Kitchen vote us into their Top 5 - June 09
Market Kitchen described Stark Naked as a ‘real winner’ when they voted us into their ‘5 of the Best’. We were overjoyed to come second in the Market Kitchen line-up of the best 5 pestos in the UK, beating M&S into third place. Result!
A real winner!
What Sainsbury's have to say
“Stark Naked were one of the very first suppliers to come through our Supply Something New scheme.”
Sainsbury’s pick well run companies with fantastic products, and we were delighted that they chose us! Now we’re featured on their website. Stark Naked Pestos are available nationwide in Sainsbury’s chiller cabinets.
What Sainsbury's say!
Farm shops and delis
These were our very first customers, and availability in great farm shops and deli’s is expanding weekly.
Our pestos are available in local farm shops and delis
We’re the BBC’s favourite fresh pesto!
What a result! Accolades don’t get better than this! We are officially the BBC Good Food’s ‘Favourite Fresh Pesto’!
BBC Good Food voted us as their favourite fresh pesto!
Stark Naked Fresh Chive Pesto awarded a Q mark award!
The Quality Food Awards are one of the most highly recognised food awards within the food industry. We are extremely proud to be awarded a Q mark under the Local Food category for our Chive Pesto!
We've won a Q mark award!
Stark Naked Fresh Pestos voted UK's very best!
We are delighted to announce that The Sunday Telegraph's magazine Stella have awarded Stark Naked Fresh Pesto with the title of ‘The Very Best Pesto’!
Stella have voted us the UK's very best pesto!
Get your Stark Naked pestos from your nearest Wholefoods or Fresh & Wild today!
We’re extremely excited to announce that we are now in Wholefoods and Fresh & Wild. Keep an eye out for our fresh pestos when you next visit your local store!
Available at a Wholefoods Market or Fresh & Wild near you soon!
Stark Naked Fresh Pestos get famous
Our first taste of telly, you may have seen us on BBC One - ‘Shopping the Supermarkets’ on 13th February or subsequently on 2nd April 2007. If not then don't worry click the play button below and enjoy.
Stark Naked Fresh Pestos are now available in Budgens
The very first shops to stock Stark Naked Fresh Pestos was Budgens in Crouch End and Belsize Park. They enjoyed our pestos so much that they are now available nationwide at a Budgens near you.
When you see this shop you're close!
Stark Naked Fresh Pestos have joined the Tastes of Anglia
This may not mean much to you now but it's great news because they will be helping us to distribute our Fresh Pestos so more of you can get your hands on them.
A big mover in promoting the best our country has to offer.
Elveden Farm Shop now stocking Stark Naked
Buy your Stark Naked Fresh Pesto at this wonderful farm shop.
Elveden Estate and Farm in Thetford is a great day out!