Set in the heart of the Berkshire countryside, Blackberry Cottage was founded by Kate Saunders.
![](http://www.blackberrycottagefayre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Blackberry-Cottage-12-300x200.jpg)
I trained as a Sports Massage Practitioner working with Olympic and Paralympic athletes’. Working with athletes’ means food and nutrition has always been a hot topic of conversation and I’ve always had a passion for cooking and baking.
![](http://www.blackberrycottagefayre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Blackberry-Cottage-52-300x200.jpg)
It was actually one of my clients who was in despair over her child, who refused to eat any vegetables or even much fruit.
I made some chocolate brownies with spinach, spinach being such a nutrient dense vegetable. My challenge was to make the vegetable the biggest ingredient, after a lot of trial and error we came up with a winning recipe, and not only were they demolished by all children and parents, they were asking for more.
![](https://www.blackberrycottagefayre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Blackberry-Cottage-Recipe-Book-1203-300x206.jpg)
A few years later and after lots of pressure to bake more and more cakes, brownies and slices, I decided to give up working as a sports massage practitioner and turn what was an ever increasing hobby into a business, Blackberry Cottage has won numerous awards, attends prestigious food festivals, we give talks and demonstrations at food fairs, County shows, schools, WI’s, garden associations, and many more.
![](http://www.blackberrycottagefayre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Newbury-Show-300x231.jpg)
We are proud to have a five star hygiene rating.
We supply Coffee Houses, Farm Shops and Deli’s, and also have an online shop where cakes can be posted or collected from us.