What do we source from Jersey?
Shellfish such as spider crabs, lobster, and chancre crabs are plentiful in Jersey’s waters. You’ll find locally-caught crab on our menus all year, and lobster over the summer months.
Scallops are also caught in the wild in Jersey waters. The ones we serve are hand-dived from local seas.
Our oysters are also always local. Jersey does have a small population of wild oysters, but these aren’t harvested for consumption. The oysters that are eaten in Jersey come from one of the Island’s oyster farms, where the oysters are carefully grown in special ‘oyster beds’ in the shallow waters.
Lots of Jersey’s wet fish is exported to the UK and France, so unfortunately most wet fish you’ll see on Jersey menus is not local.
We try to get local fish where we can, including mackerel, skate, and sole. Speak to your server when you visit to find our which fish on the menu is local: we often have locally-caught fish as our Fish of the Day.
We use local meat where we can, such as Brooklands Farm Pork Sausages, and Jersey beef mince.
Not much meat is produced in Jersey, though, and Jersey’s famous dairy cows are unfortunately not great for steaks: ex-Dairy cow meat tends to be tougher, and is not widely available to the restaurant market.
We source almost all of our Dairy produce from Jersey: whether it’s Jersey milk, local cream, Jersey yoghurt, Jersey ice cream, or Jersey butter, there’s so much Dairy produce available here, and we use it all. Whether you’re enjoying a yoghurt & granola pot from Café Ubé, an ice cream sundae at Jersey Crab Shack, or creamy seafood taglierini at Oyster Box, it all features locally-produced dairy delights.
Grown in the Jersey sunshine, our Island offers an abundance of fruit throughout the seasons.
From fresh summer berries to citrus fruits, autumn apples to damsons and plums, we strive to feature seasonal local fruit on our menus according to the time of year.
Jersey’s farms and fields cultivate an array of vegetables: from the famous Jersey Royal potato, to squashes and pumpkins, root vegetables, brussels sprouts, broccoli, salad veggies, lettuces, herbs and spinach. We purchase as many local vegetables as we can, using suppliers like Master Farms, who grow fresh produce in their Jersey greenhouses and farmland.
One thing Jersey does well is booze: you’ll find plenty of local spirits, including Channel Island Liquor Company gin and vodka, locally-infused rums, and brandy made with Jersey apples across our Drinks Menus.
If beer or cider are more your thing, we also have locally-brewed craft beers and ales, and Channel Island cider.
We often use special Jersey products across our menus, such as Jersey Black Butter: a delicacy made every autumn from locally-grown apples.
