Apparently, when Jorge Fernandez and Rick Wells first met, it was their love of good coffee and a mutual appreciation of well-made ‘stuff’ that sparked the desire to embark on a venture together. Quitting their jobs - coffee shop manager and BBC journalist respectively - they resolved to open a place that offered the highest quality bread, cheese, cured meats, wine coffee and cake, in an environment that was both stylish and homely.

We are delighted to welcome our newest sponsor, insurance company Craft Cover. Craft Cover is the brainchild of Alison Bellamy, a passionate crafter. By day she's a director for Walmsleys, an insurance broker, so she decided to combine these two parts of her life in Craft Cover – a specialist insurance broker for crafters great and small. Craft Cover itself was launched in January of 2015, but Alison's experience as an insurance broker spans 30 years and countless different clients and industries.