Throughout August we will be opening at 9am during weekends to offer a selection of Breakfast options.
Folk Week 11th – 18th August. We are very pleased to be a supporting business for Folk week and look forward to the town being full of song and good cheer. We will be open 9am to 8pm every day during that week.
Great British Food Awards – We have been shortlisted as finalists in both savoury and sweet bakes and will update you on the outcome as soon as we can.
We are so delighted to have won the title of Kent Food Producer of the Year 2017 in the Taste of Kent Awards.
Thank you for all the votes that took us to the final. After mystery shops, a presentation to eight judges, a tasting session and scrutiny of our suppliers list and invoices – we won!
Big thanks for all our customers and suppliers support and of course the Bessie team that made it possible.
Throughout the year we host many events in the Parlour. Here are a few pictures of just some of them. Events include:
Parlour Pudding Nights, all homemade in the Parlour and a treat for the Pudding lover
Great Broadstairs Bake Off, organised by Gina – monthly baking themes and free to attend
Stitch n Bitch, organised by Gina – wide range of skills (I’m at the lower end!)
Foraging with Lucia
Tea tasting, with our tea blender Rosie Lea Teas
Christmas and Easter decorations – with homebaked, seasonal food of course!
Baking for adults and children
Community events including Town Trails for children at Easter and Halloween
Charitanle events – every year we nominate a charity to support
Ice cream extravaganza – so many ways to enjoy our homemade ice creams
Making Christmas cakesTea tastingMaking Christmas decorations with Karen of Black Iris Floristry, whilst enjoying some festive tipples and nibblesBotanical drinks with Lucia – this Buckthorn fizz was particularly good.Ice cream extravaganza night – this one was Eton mess ice cream with homemade meringue and fresh strawberries in homemade clotted ice cream and a swirl of Nip from the Hip Strawberry and Vanilla VodkaA selection of Halloween bakes from the Broadstairs Bake Off GroupOur Halloween window for the children to enjoy on the Broadstairs town trail – organised by the Broadstairs Chamber of Commerce. We supply over 500 goodies for children to collect. Halloween witches sticks, cupcakes, pumpkin biscuits
Providing the tea party for Mel Giedroyc, supporting Marie Curie to launch their Blooming Great Tea Party. Thank you Pete Jones for the photograph.
The Parlour Puddimg nights – arrive very hungry as you will feel very full by 10pm!
There is something particularly satisfying about finding delicious things to eat that are growing in the wild – and all free! Here at the Parlour we are lucky to have our own small holding brimming with wildlife, bountiful hedgerows and surrounded by ancient woodlands. We have also teamed up with the wonderfully knowledgeable Lucia Stuart, author, chef and illustrator, to offer foraging forays that explore the fantastic coast on our doorstep. We have enjoyed cooking with seaweed, nettles, Elderflowers and berries, blackberries, hawthorns, sloes, wild damsons, buckthorn, wild garlic, dandelion, roses and violets and much more. Look out for more foraging opportunities in the Parlour!
Welcome to Bessie’s Tea Parlour, a little touch of nostalgia in Broadstairs. We opened our door on 4th August 2014, just in time for the very busy Folk Week and we haven’t stopped since! After three months of renovation to our old cellar I now have a lovely place to bake and it’s wonderful to see the newly decorated Parlour buzzing with locals and visitors alike. We really appreciate everyone’s support and custom in our opening few months – long may it continue.
