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Dads can be a funny lot to buy for, what with their ‘particular’ taste in golf slacks and attachment to cologne not made since 1979. The arrival of a Forman & Field food box, however, is absolutely guaranteed to put a smile on his face. Our Father’s Day gift guide has all the edible treats you could possibly wish for.

- Smoked Salmon Carving Kit

Equally suited to master chefs, salmon fishermen or just good old DIY enthusiasts how about a whole side of smoked salmon so that he can impress the family with his carving skills – click here for our our step by step instructions. We include the instructions in the box and you can add an engraved Forman’s smoked salmon knife, carving board and fish pliers if you wish.

- Complete Picnic Hampers

Our complete picnic hampers are not only essential hand luggage for any summer event but also great gifts. All serve two generously and arrive ready to eat and smartly packed with cutlery and crockery. Sure beats the traditional soggy pasty and cold thermos combination.

We have a special section on our website dedicated to the food we know our dads would love this Father’s Day, click here for full details.

To be sure of your choice from our complete menu please place your order no later than 5pm Friday June 10th.

You will be able to choose a delivery slot right up to Saturday the 18th.

We’re delighted to be introducing The Ginger Pig to our group of speciality producers. They farm Tamworth pigs, Longhorn cattle and sheep to the highest standards in the beautiful North York Moors.

They produce some of the best meat we have ever tried and as Jay Rayner put it recently, “There are many great butchers in Britain but no single company which covers the whole process from the happy animal in the field, to the terrific cut of meat in my kitchen in the way they do.”

We have a great value selection box of their meat as well as individual cuts of fresh and cured pork and beef available throughought June. Order now while stocks last!

Ginger Pig Selection Box £49.95

Ginger Pig Sirloin Steaks x 2 £19.95

Ginger Pig Pork Chops x 2 £13.50

Ginger Pig Sausages £6.95

Ginger Pig Bacon £5.95

Ginger Pig Salt Beef £5.95

The Ginger Pig Meat Selection

To give some more inspiration Lucas Hollweg of The Times recently compiled some fabulous recipes from the new Ginger Pig cook book.

Last week David Cameron and Nick Clegg made their first joint public outing since the local elections to mark the formal completion of the 2012 hand-ball arena.  To prepare themselves for the media onslaught, they tucked into a hearty smoked salmon bagel from neighbouring smoker H. Forman & Son who catered the event.

We relocated from the Olympic Park to make way for the stadium construction and are now hoping to be at the forefront of the 2012 food offering with a classic East End coalition of London Cure smoked Scottish salmon, cream cheese and bagels. If it can bring Cameron and Clegg back together then who knows what team GB can achieve with great British food in 2012!

Having produced top class food in the Olympic park for many years, it was great to be back serving it there!

If you’ve had good service from us in the last year, please take a minute to vote for us in the 2011 Observer Food Monthly Awards.

We’re nominated in the ‘Best independent local retailer’ (location: online) category.

Thank you for all your support!

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We’ve just received the very first catch of the new wild Scottish salmon season. This is an exciting time for us here at Forman’s as it is a delicacy only available for a few short months through the summer and the fish that has made our livelihood for the last 106 years. This promises to be a vintage year with excellent quality, good availability and the promise of reasonable prices which is a help to us and of course to you as we pass  them on.

The early season fish are the best as they are netted on their way up river so are fresh from their time feeding up at sea and in perfect condition. Once in the river they don’t eat again until they return back to sea so whilst still perfectly acceptable, the late season fish are nothing on the specimens we have in stock right now. Traditionally the first fish of the season we sell to the Dorchester hotel in London where it is displayed on ice in the dining room.

If you’d like us to send you one of these magnificent fish just give us a call on 0208 5252 352 or email via info@formanandfield.com. We’ll prepare and pack it to your specification and will always give you the best price available on the day. There’s nothing like a fresh wild spring salmon to make a centrepiece for a special lunch, don’t miss out!

We had some cultural royalty here at Forman’s Fish Island this week as Heston Blumenthal, Tracey Emin and Richard E. Grant chose our roof terrace as the launchpad for British Airways’ BA Great Britons Programme.

The programme gives aspiring chefs, scriptwriters and artists the chance to collaborate with the stars on one of three creative projects that will eventually be featured on British Airways flights in the run-up to 2012.

As Lance Forman put it, “ It is very fitting that BA launch here as our Smokehouse Gallery promotes great local artists and through Forman and Field we promote Great British Food producers” and “Good Luck to all the contestants of BA Great Britons – all three winners are welcome to have a free dinner at our restaurant, Formans Since 1905”!

Read more about the programme here! https://greatbritons.ba.com/

Thanks to Roast Potato for a great review of our smoked salmon last week. As always, the simplest presentation wins out with our delicate London Cure.

Read the review in full here – http://roastpotato.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/forman-field-smoked-salmon/