Cambrook Foods Ltd, based in Hampshire, offer a delicious range of baked and salted, caramelised, and seasoned nuts, using recipes that have been extensively researched and perfected to offer a truly decadent snack.
“a unique range of nuts which we think makes us the best specialist nut manufacturer there is”
- Cambrook
the producer: a dedicated and skilled team
Cambrook Foods was founded in 2012 by Angus Cameron and Michael Brooks.
Having worked in the nut business for over 25 years, they decided to start a business producing nuts just the way they like them.
There is a good the reason why top hotels, bars and restaurants, as well as independent retailers in the UK and beyond, come to Cambrook for their nuts. They have worked hard to produce their unique range, with research and dedication to perfecting their processes and craft.
When Angus and Michael started, of course, the best grades of nuts were ‘a given’, so it was up to them to take it to the next level and consider a way they would take a raw nut and make it into something special…
Great Taste Award winning Nuts - always baked, never fried.
the products: making something special
where it all started
Cambrook's like to offer something different, however making something special was particularly tricky in the case of their caramelised nuts - there just wasn't anyone in the UK doing things how they thought they should be done.
Michael and Angus looked to Europe, where they discovered both Italian & Spanish artisans doing exactly this. However, these artisans were not willing to divulge their secrets and so Angus and Michael returned home confident that it could be done with hard work and determination - and lots of tasting!
perfecting the recipe
A little roasting pan bought in France was the game-changer. After a few months of trials and tribulations, they came up with our own unique way of caramelising nuts. The nuts, honey and sugar are carefully heated and gently tumbled in traditional continental roasting pans. It takes the best ingredients, skill and timing to create the perfect caramelised nut: golden, subtly sweet, crunchy and totally irresistible.
For Cambrook’s savoury range, they bake, not fry, the nuts, either for salting or for seasoning with their original recipes of spices, herbs and flavours. They have refined the process over the years to bake consistently to a roast level where they bring out the best flavour in each variety of nut.
becoming well-establish nut producers
Everything Cambrook’s produce is made in their BRC accredited (AA Grade) factory in Andover, Hampshire. They are a small team with dedicated and skilled people, some of whom have been with the business since it started and all of whom take great pride in the job.
At hampers.com, we are delighted to offer Cambrook’s nuts in many of our hampers, including their Sweet Chilli Nuts (45g) in our Real Ale & Cheese Hamper, and their Truffle Nuts (80g) in our Luxury Wine, Cheese & Rillette Hamper.
Cambrook's offer so much more that your average ‘packet of pub nuts’ and we are so please that we get to work with them so closely to bring you a taste of their amazing, hand-roasted, sweet and savoury nuts as part of our luxury food and drinks hampers.
