Sheila Birch
Photographer
Who are you and what do you do?
I’m Sheila. A native of Jersey, I love photographing my birthplace, printing the results and sharing them with friends here and abroad. I am an ‘Associate of the Royal Photographic Society’ (ARPS) and have also been awarded a ‘Credit of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain’ (CPAGB)
Tell us about your Genuine Jersey Products
My photographic images of Jersey are produced by myself and printed on acid-free Fine Art Paper with pigment inks in various sizes. They can also be ordered displayed on canvas ready for wall hanging. What you see in these pictures is the unchanged view at that moment in time with nothing added and only unwanted or undesirable material removed.
What’s new/what’s coming up?
I am continually looking to update my portfolio of images. The seasons and weather provide never ending changes and vistas of our lovely Island of Jersey. You can find a full gallery of my work on my website, an easy way to choose your favourite prints for your walls and you’ll find me at most of the Genuine Jersey Markets, including those coming up in the Royal Square for Christmas.
sheilabirchimages.com
Annabelle Flambard
Annie’s Pots
Who are you and what do you do?
I’m Annabelle, and I’m a potter. I fell in love with pottery after my husband gifted me some lessons in 2018, and before long I had my own wheel and a small kiln. Working from a small studio in my garden at Corbière, I make small batches of handcrafted stoneware items that I sell at local markets.
Tell us about your Genuine Jersey Products
My main focus is on making mugs and cups, because the experience of using a handmade mug is a large part of what drew me to explore pottery-making in the first place. My mugs are large, curvy and colourful! I love using contrasting colours and textures, and often leave part of the clay unglazed and encourage the glazes to drip, to enhance the tactile experience. In addition to mugs I also make a range of other items including soap dishes, vases, bowls, salt dishes, porcelain jewellery, and fun seasonal items like Christmas Tree luminaries and mini pumpkins! I sell my products from my stall at local Genuine Jersey markets, and from the Jersey Artisans shop in St Aubin.
What’s new/what’s coming up?
At the moment I’m busy making lots of new stock in preparation for the Simply Christmas markets in the Royal Square. Making pottery is a slow process, so I have to start preparing in September to make sure I’m ready in time. I’m experimenting with a couple of new products at the moment, so if my experiments go well there might be some new items on my stall this year!
@annies_pots
Kundeti Raj
Cocoa 42.9
Who are you and what do you do?
Cocoa 49.2 is Jersey’s first ‘bean to bar’ chocolate manufacturer, combining the purity and quality of ethically sourced Indian-grown cocoa beans with the finest dairy produce Jersey has to offer. Our signature chocolate contains 49.2% cocoa solids, this being the origin of the company name and coincidentally Jersey’s latitude coordinate.
Tell us about your Genuine Jersey Products
Our Genuine Jersey products include our signature chocolate spreads, our hot chocolates, chocolate bonbons, our chocolate giandujas, chocolate truffles and our chocolate bars. Handcrafted in small batches, Cocoa 49.2 highlights the best natural ingredients sourced from around the world, our chocolate is infused with love and passion without any nasty additives and preservatives. The result; a pure, nutritional, eco-friendly, and healthy chocolate you can enjoy guilt-free all year round.
What’s new/what’s coming up?
At Cocoa49.2, we’re working on some delicious updates — including introducing Jersey-inspired flavours to our bonbon range, and a unique wooden chocolate box that showcases the spirit of Jersey. We also have a festive Christmas collection coming soon, so there’s plenty to look forward to.
Neil Cotillard
The Smokey Shed
Who are you and what do you do?
I am Neil and I run a small artisan smokehouse based in St John. We produce Jersey Biltong and Jerky, and smoke our now ‘award winning’ smoked Salmon, having been awarded a coveted Great Taste Award earlier this year. It’s a job I have a real passion for and love doing!
Tell us about your Genuine Jersey Products
Our range of Genuine Jersey product’s include Jersey beef and Smoked scallops. We turn the beef into biltong and jerky. After the beautiful cows we see in the fields have finished being used for milk, we use this meat source, effectively recycling it and create our famous Beef Jerky and Traditional South African Style Biltong, both tasty high protein snacks that we sell locally in shops and online. We also smoke Jersey scallops.
What’s new/what’s coming up?
The plan for the next 12 months is to double the size of the business. I believe in our products and having seen the business already double in size two years in a row I believe we can achieve our goals. This coming winter, we are expanding our facility to include a large, walk-in freezer, and even a product tasting room where we will hold tasting experiences for people to come and have a go at manufacturing our products. We have a great distribution and retail supply chain to Guernsey already, this coming year I hope to gain one in the UK. I always push the Jersey brand as I believe it will help our products stand out from the crowd.
@the_smokey_shed
