Directories from Food from Britain.

Food from Britain have recently published two directories - The Speciality Directory and The British Cheese Directory.

The former provides details of more than a thousand British producers who supply speciality food and drink. Dated 1999-2000, it runs to 160 pages and is divided into three Sections. Titles in Section 1 are: Introduction by Frances Bissell, About speciality food from Britain, The food and drink speciality groups, Foreword from Lady Sylvia Jay, the wife of the British Ambassador in Paris, Food from Britain international offices, and Scottish speciality food. Section 2 is the Company section and lists them in alphabetical order. Each entry provides full information on the company, including a contact name, a list of their products and distribution area. Section 3 is a Product index which is in two parts - Alphabetical, and By group. The final section, Section 3, is the Product section, which enables the reader to locate suitable makers or providers of the product they seek.

The 80-page Cheese Directory runs to four sections. Section 1 carries subtitles: The British cheese Industry, The British Cheese awards, The categories of cheese, Cheese events, About speciality food from Britain, Promoting cheese throughout the world by Lady Sylvia Jay, wife of the British Ambassador in Paris, Food from Britain international offices, and How to use this directory.

Section 2 is the British cheesemakers alphabetical section 3 lists wholesalers, distributors and importers. Section 4 carries the indexes: By cheese name, By category, By milk type, and Organic cheesemakers.