Long Acre Preserves was created in 2019, with the aim of using local produce when in season (as much as possible), to hand create produce with love in my family kitchen. 

In September 2016 my family and I moved from London to Surrey to enjoy  countryside living.

When my husband's parents visited our new house, my mother in law noticed the Quince Tree in the garden, and was keen that the ripe Quince not go to waste, so she suggested that I made Quince Jelly. 

Having just moved house, the children starting new school, and both of us working full time, I laughed and said I wouldn’t have a clue or the time and said she could have the Quince.

So my mother in law went home and made Quince Jelly for me on the condition that I do it the following year, and she gave me her recipe. I duly did as instructed in September 2017, and I was pleasantly surprised at the success of my efforts, and how much I enjoyed the process.

From there, my hobby of jam and jelly making evolved. I found myself getting a huge amount of satisfaction from the process, and enjoying a creative flair that I did not realise I had.

I started giving my produce to friends, and I enjoyed experimenting and creating different flavours. A friend suggested that I should take a stall at my school fair in 2019, which I thought was a bit ambitious, however it turned out to be a great success.  Subsequently my local butcher agreed to take some jellies to sell in his shops.

And so Long Acre Preserves was created.