Our Suppliers

Direct Seafoods Colchester supply quality fresh fish and seafood to the catering industry in the East and South East of England. From their premises in Colchester they're well placed to buy from local fish markets and seafood suppliers. Sourcing, preparing and delivering fresh and frozen fish, seafood and deli products directly to professional kitchens like ours. Our accounts manager, Devon, is always on hand to give us seasonal updates and deals on top quality seafood that has been caught daily to ensure we get the best of the best.

 With meat, we wanted to be as local as possible to help minimise our carbon footprint and so picked a butchers who match our goals. Eastwoods have been supplying us with our 6oz Bull Burger from day one and we’ve never looked back, they aim to be both sustainable and accessible whilst providing the best quality British produce to all. It’s these values that have kept them thriving for over 100 years and the winners of multiple awards including ‘best butcher shop in Britain’

Sparshott Fruiters have been one of the most consistent suppliers for Vegetables we've had over the years. Since 1935 they have been sourcing the best produce from Covent Garden Market in London where they find the freshest and finest ingredients in the country. 

A well-established business with over 75 years of expertise we are guaranteed the best around from mushrooms in the later months to fresh new shoots in the early summer.

Dolce Forno based in London, have been baking speciality bread since 2008. As their business has expanded they have retained their original ethos of offering a friendly, personal service to supplement an exceptional range of products. Their superb stone baked bread and pastries are made by talented and disciplined bakers who hand mould and finish all their products, using only the finest ingredients. We use their exception brioche buns for burgers & rosemary focaccia for our speciality sandwiches mid week. 

Fruit Pig Butchers have been creating Award winning puddings since 2008. Their Award winning black pudding, Pig 53, has been used by celebrity Chefs by the likes of Tom Aikens & Tom Kerridge. Head Butchers/Owners Matt & Grant take immense pride in their produce, sourcing the finest animals for their puddings. At The Bull we use their Haggis & Pig 53 Black pudding seasonally for more meaty and gamey dishes over the colder months. 

Carnevale's humble beginnings date back to 1966 when two young brothers, Carmine and Giovanni Carnevale, from the Apennine village of Capracotta in Molise, Southern Italy, established the company and began manufacturing and selling mozzarella and ricotta for the first time in central London. We use them at The Bull for their fresh pasta, fantastic cheeses & cured meats like the Coppa Stagionata...