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With Game season now in full swing, it seems a waste to not take advantage of the range of fantastic game right on the doorstep of The Countryman Inn, Shipley.

Our country pub is situated in the middle of the Sussex countryside and is perfectly placed for superb access to top quality game, allowing us to produce excellent dishes such as Game Pudding, Pheasant Supreme and Roasted Patridge.

All of our game dishes are served with our home-grown vegetables giving them a lovely fresh quality. The Pheasant Supreme is served in Calvados sauce and the Roasted Partridge is served with Poached home-grown Pears, delicious.

We also have our superb local Venison to offer, which is slowly braised in port and redcurrant, a real treat and warming dish for these Winter months.

To book a table at The Countryman Inn and experience our fantastic selection of game first hand, please call us on 01403 741383 or click here to book.

The Countryman Inn, Shipley, is proud to announce that due to the bumper number of crops being produced in our own garden, combined with additional produce supplied to us by local gardeners in the village, we are now able to offer a variety of fruit and vegetable boxes for sale in our shop.

Each box will contain an assortment of fruit and vegetable and will vary day-to-day, week-t0-week, depending on what is currently being harvested. We will be selling these in three different sizes, small, medium and large for £5, £7.50 and £10 respectively. Although as mentioned, the contents will always vary, a typical box may contain the following:

So if you like your fruit and veg and you like it fresh and locally produced, then come visit us to see what we have to offer. The Countryman Inn in located in Shipley, near Horsham and is a very traditional sussex country pub, something which is becoming harder to come by nowadays. We pride ourselves on using fresh, local produce and involving our local community in everything that we do. Call us on 01403 741383 to book a table, or click here.

The Vegetable Garden and Polytunnel at The Countryman Inn, Shipley is now in full production with Broad Beans, Tomatoes, New Potatoes, Cabbage, Courgettes and much more growing very well!

You may or may not be aware, but 95% of the produce used at The Countryman Inn, near Horsham come from a 10 mile radius or is home grown/produced. This is part of our commitment to producing and using the freshest local ingredients.

The project has been such a huge success that we will be expanding into a second polytunnel in the Autumn allowing us a bigger capacity for growing vegetables and produce to use in all our meals.

Polytunnel at The Countryman Inn

Garden Produce

We have already started our winter vegetables off in our greenhouse to protect them from the elements with Brussels Sprouts nearly ready to go into the main plot! These should then be ready for the first week in December.

Why not come and visit us to try out our delicious meals, prepared using the freshest ingredients from the most local of sources- our own garden! Call us on 01403 741383 or book a table online today, we look forward to seeing you soon.

The polytunnel at The Countryman Inn is part of our commitment to producing and using fresh local ingredients. At the moment, the tunnel is yielding a wide range of crops including Pak Choi, Mizuna, Claytonia, Swiss Chard, Lettuce, Rocket, Chicory, Watercress and Landcress. All of these will be used in various dishes on our menu such as our Baby Leaf Warm Salads and our Soups and Sauces.

This week we have planted more into the tunnel including seven varieties of Tomato, Carrots, Courgette, and Cabbage and our forager, Debra Wood, has already started picking wild garlic which we are using in our Leek and Garlic Soup as well as in a sauce to go with our Roasted Monkish.

Polytunnel at The Countryman Inn

95% of the produce used at The Countryman Inn in Shipley comes from within a 10 mile radius or is home produced / grown. Much of it is collected on a daily basis to ensure absolute top quality at all times. We are an active member of the keep food local campaign, and go out of our way to support local producers at all times. We will also take excess fruits and vegetables from local gardeners in exchange for points which can be redeemed against free meals, take away, bottles of wine, Christmas gifts or alternative produce from our shop.

If you want to book a table at The Countryman Pub to try all of our fresh produce, please call us on 01403 741383 or book a table online.

Garden Produce at The Countryman Inn

Foraging for wild food at The Countryman

Foraging is the latest craze. And we at The Countryman – country pub and restaurant in West Sussex – are up there on the culinary catwalk, ensuring you dine on the best food around. Our new forager, Deborah Woods,  brings our edible landscape to you, our customers – this nutient packed food is now yours!

Is interest in foraging growing?

Yes! A quick blog search on ‘foraging food’ came up with 165 hits over the past week, as compared to 83 hits over the same week last year. The Countryman in Shipley now has a dedicated forager who has a wealth of experience in foraging for wild foods that we are able to feature on our menu all year. Deborah Woods has been an avid forager for many, many years and grew her passion for wild foods from her early days of blackberrying with her mum in the Sussex countryside. Deborah now keeps us supplied with freshly picked wild mushrooms, including porcini, yellow chanterelles and girolles to name just a few. Other wild foods include all types of berry, many varieties of herb such as wild garlic and Wild Thyme and various seaweeds including samphire and sea kale.

These foods are great for your internal organs such as your liver and kidney, so as well as looking and tasting great, they are great to prepare your body ahead of the festive season! Talking of which, do take a look at our Christmas menu and New Years Eve menu which are now on the website.

So call us on 01403 741383 if you would like to be a trend-setter in fashionable cuisine! We look forward to welcoming you soon!

The Countryman country pub and restaurant, Shipley, West Sussex

The Countryman‘s allotment has produced a bumper crop of vegetables and salad produce throughout the summer months and is now being prepared for winter planting. In order to continue our growing season throughout the cold months we have installed a massive 40ft x 20ft Poly tunnel, and through Hugh Fernley Whittingstalls Land Share Scheme, we have partnered up with other growers in the area to operate a share and swap project. This will enable us to ensure a full and varied selection of produce throughout the year and helps our community at the same time.

You know when you eat at The Countryman Inn – country pub and restaurant in the heart of West Sussex – that you are eating the freshest home grown vegetables. Phone 01403 741383 to reserve your table today. You can also buy our vegetables at The Countryman Farm Shop.

The Countryman Allotment

As you know, all the food we serve is grown locally. You can’t get much closer than The Countryman allotment.

So far we have planted swiss chard, beetroot and courgettes. Unfortunately, we had to replant our carrots as the frost got them before. You see, things like this happen to landlords too!

So keep an eye out on our menu for our allotment offerings.

The Countryman Pub and Restaurant, Shipley, West Sussex

St. George’s Day – Friday 23rd April 2010

Come and celebrate St. George’s day at The Countryman pub in Shipley, West Sussex.

We will be joined by the Sompting Village Morris Dancing Men from 7pm followed by BBQ (weather permitting) http://s-v-m.moonfruit.com/