What’s in season in October

The nights are getting longer and the leaves are changing colour, which means a whole new set of delicious food and drink to enjoy. October is the time for spiced desserts and warm, filling comfort food.

Here is all the seasonal produce you can find this month.

Vegetables:
  • Artichoke
  • Beetroot
  • Broccoli
  • Butternut Squash
  • Celeriac
  • Celery
  • Chicory
  • Chillies
  • Fennel
  • Garlic
  • Horseradish
  • Jerusalem Artichokes
  • Kale
  • Leeks
  • Lettuce and salad leaves
  • Marrow
  • Parsnips
  • Potatoes
  • Pumpkins
  • Radishes
  • Rocket
  • Runner beans
  • Shallots
  • Swede
  • Sweetcorn
  • Tomatoes
  • Truffles
  • Turnips
  • Watercress
Fruit
  • Apples
  • Bilberries
  • Blackberries
  • Elderberries
  • Figs
  • Grapes
  • Pears
  • Quince
Nuts and herbs
  • Almonds
  • Chestnuts
  • Chives
  • Cob nuts
  • Hazlenuts
  • Parsley
  • Rosemary
  • Sage
  • Sorrel
  • Thyme
  • Walnuts
Meat
  • Beef
  • Duck
  • Goose
  • Grouse
  • Guinea Fowl
  • Hare
  • Lamb
  • Mallard
  • Patridge
  • Pheasant
  • Rabbit
  • Turkey
  • Venison
  • Wood pigeon
Fish
  • Clams
  • Cod
  • Coley
  • Crab
  • Dab
  • Dover Sole
  • Grey Mullet
  • Haddock
  • Halibut
  • Hake
  • Herring
  • Lemon Sole
  • Lobster
  • Mackerel
  • Monkfish
  • Mussels
  • Oysters
  • Pilchard
  • Plaice
  • Pollack
  • Prawns
  • Sea Bass
  • Sea Bream
  • Skate
  • Squid
  • Turbot
  • Wrinkles

Find seafood and fish from one of these producers and meat and game from here. Find fruit, veg, herbs and other locally sourced products from one of the region’s farm shops and markets here.

 

Want some inspiration now you have seasonal food? Visit our recipe pages.

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