LIBERTY London, the luxury and iconic department store in the capital’s Regent Street, has launched four original rapeseed oils created with Broighter Gold, a multi-award-winning producer of oils cold-pressed from a family farm in Co Derry.
The four flavours featured by Liberty – original and three infused oils, lemon, garlic and chilli – are the result of collaboration with Broighter Gold’s managing director Leona Kane over the past year.
“I was thrilled when such a prestigious retailer - which attracts thousands of tourists every year from across the world - approached us to provide four of our culinary oils for sale under its highly respected brand,” Mrs Kane said.
“I worked with the Liberty team and marketing people on the oils and labelling. It’s a marvellous endorsement of the flavour and premium quality of our rapeseed oils in a key market, Great Britain, in which I’ve been working to strengthen our position.
The oils are now available in store and from the retailer’s website, the first from Northern Ireland to win such important business with Liberty, which has been at the heart of retailing in London since 1875.
Broighter Gold is based on the 800-acre family farm of Richard Kane, Leona’s husband, at Broglasco, near Limavady overlooking Lough Foyle.
The golden oils are widely used by leading chefs in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It has also been endorsed by UK celebrity chef James Martin in his new BBC television programme, which produced hundreds of orders from Britain for the products which have won UK Great Taste and Blas na hEireann awards.
As well as developing rapeseed oil, Broighter Gold, which employs four people, has expanded into industrial tourism by developing an exhibition centre through the international EconoMusee network that enables visitors to see how the oils are produced and used in cooking.
