Silver Surfers Cheshire

5 www.silverlivingmagazine.co.uk The Bayleaf Lounge has fast established itself as a first class restaurant, which provides food and services of the highest quality. After 14 successful years, the Bayleaf Lounge is determined to further their reputation going in to 2020. We are open every day throughout the festive season. Christmas Day Menu £24.95 (Child up to 12 - £11.95) Traditional Festive Meal £24.95 (Child up to 12 - £11.95) New Years Eve Menu £24.95 (Child up to 12 - £11.95) Offer On Boxing Day £11.95 per person 4 Course Meal Offer On New Years Day £11.95 per person 4 Course Meal USP and can’t provide that provenance, it is hard.” Cuckoo Gin was created nby Gerard and Cath Singleton and the business is a true family affair. Son-in-law Mark Long manages the operation. The family decided to enter the spirits market as part of a plan to diversify the farming business, which has been in the family since the 1930s. They grow their own crops and use spring water from the farm to distil grain spirit. It is diversification that is paying off. The company returned from the San Francisco World Spirits competition with an impressive medal haul including a gold for its Cuckoo Gin Signature. Mark says: “Customers are getting more educated about gin and how and where it is made. That is why we have invested so much in our farm site so people can see that we are doing things right.” Founded at the start of last year, Richard and Rachel Trenchard’s Goosnargh Gin is a newcomer to the sector. As well as making the gin, the couple have set up gin foraging and distilling days, “to invite people to immerse themselves in a gin making experience with a difference.” The Trenchards also work with a number of independent farm shops, select local bars, pubs and restaurants and local independent wine and spirits stockists near their Lancashire home. Richard says they are not jumping on the recent gin revolution. He adds: “Our business is the result of a 10 to 12-year love of gin. Our knowledge and expertise and passion have been bubbling up for more than a decade. “We are not interested in moving down the mass market route. Instead, we want to get out and chat with people about our brand, our gins and ourselves. We love the community, drive and passion of independent businesses.”