Gloucestershire &amp; Worcestershire


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<p>If your idea of “popping to the farm” is muddy boots and a sad sandwich, think again. Meet <a href="https://bennettswillowbarn.co.uk/">Bennetts Willow Barn</a>, nestled in the Worcs countryside near Worcester, this fifth-generation dairy farm has been keeping people in creamy, straight-from-the-udder milk for over a century.</p>



<p>These days it&#8217;s husband and wife duo Tristan and Stef Bennett running the show – most days you&#8217;ll find him in the milking parlour, and her zipping between doorstep deliveries, a buzzing farm café and their award-winning barn events space.</p>



<p>Add Wagyu ribeye steaks, pumpkin patches, glamping and even a PYO dahlia field into the mix, and we genuinely don&#8217;t know how she does it! Because they don’t do things by halves, the Bennetts are flying the flag for <strong><a href="https://visitworcestershire.org/taste-worcestershire">Taste Worcestershire</a></strong> between 6 &#8211; 26 Oct. Download your <strong><a href="https://visitworcestershire.org/taste-worcestershire">Golden Ticket</a></strong> to access all the events, special menus and offers. </p>



<p>Right, enough of the waffle (see what we did there?), time to turn the spotlight on this fabulous farm, over to you Stef&#8230;</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-tell-us-a-bit-about-you">Tell us a bit about you?</h2>



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<p>Myself and my husband Tristan live and work on his fifth generation family dairy farm on the edge of Worcester. I run our milk round, making doorstep deliveries of our fresh milk to Worcester and Malvern homes and businesses, and I also run Bennetts Willow Barn which is our farm café and events venue here.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-did-it-all-begin">How did it all begin?</h2>



<p>My husband’s great grandfather actually bought the farm back in 1910, subsequent generations have managed to keep the farm going, with Tristan taking over in 2013. When we were planning the Willow Barn, which we finished building in 2021, we wanted to make the Bennetts name a well known and much loved brand across the county. S</p>



<p>o many people used to get their milk delivered by the old Bennetts Dairy and also come to the old Bennetts Farm Park, so continuing and growing our much-loved family business is what spurs us on every day.</p>



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<p>Whilst dairy farming is very much at the heart of what we do, these days we also have a farm café, events venue, plus a glamping site, Worcester Glamping &#8211; so come make a weekend of it!</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-what-makes-bennetts-stand-out">What makes Bennetts stand out?</h2>



<p>We are a genuinely independent, family-run business. Whilst we have an excellent team who support us with the day to day tasks of each side of the businesses, Tristan and I are very much hands on and at the helm! We are determined to keep dairy farming, despite the many challenges the industry faces.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-share-your-favourite-bennetts-product">Share your favourite Bennetts product?</h2>



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<p>Well, of course it has got to be our milk, as it is such a fundamentally important part of our diet. But our Wagyu rib eye steaks really are fantastic.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-who-or-what-inspires-motivates-you">Who or what inspires/motivates you?</h2>



<p>I am inspired by every small business owner who has built up their business from scratch themselves. I find the Beefy Boys story really inspirational. But there are plenty of other smaller business owners locally who I am inspired by on a daily basis.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-do-you-come-up-with-new-products-dishes">How do you come up with new products/dishes?</h2>



<p>I am a big Instagram fan and love taking ideas from there.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-share-the-love-which-local-worcs-suppliers-make-your-day">Share the love &#8211; which local Worcs suppliers make your day?</h2>



<p>Absolutely! Buying from other small, family run businesses in Worcestershire &amp; Herefordshire is absolutely key to our ethos. If we can’t support them, why should we expect other businesses to buy our milk? </p>



<p>We love working with Method Coffee, Madresfield Estate, Narraway&#8217;s Butchers, Rockfield Gin, Stockend Farm, Ma Bakers, Pete Cooks Bread, Barbourne Cider and Wye Valley Brewery among others. We  make our own ice-cream here too.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-do-you-make-it-taste-so-good">How do you make it taste so good!</h2>



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<p>Our whole milk is simply pasterurised – nothing else is done to it. We don’t homogenise it or add any kind of additives or preservatives, and I think that&#8217;s what makes it taste so good. </p>



<p>Our semi-skimmed and skimmed milk is the same, with no preservatives or additives, just simple, wholesome, milk. Earlier this year we opened our newly built dairy which allowed us to switch our milk deliveries to glass bottles, rather than just selling in plastic. Customers really seem to like this.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-do-you-feel-being-part-of-the-worcs-food-scene">How do you feel being part of the Worcs food scene?</h2>



<p>We are really proud to be a local producer. It is so hard making a small business work in the current climate and we are completely dependent on like-minded people who see the importance of supporting local food and drink producers.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-what-s-next-for-bennetts-willow-barn">What&#8217;s next for Bennetts Willow Barn?</h2>



<p>Well, we&#8217;re now making our own pork sausages, bacon and pork boxes for the very first time – exciting! And of course our fantastic pumpkin patch will open in October, and thrilling news for 2025 is that our new PYO Dahlia patch has just opened this August.</p>



<p><strong><em>For more information and to download your Golden Ticket head to&nbsp;<a href="https://visitworcestershire.org/taste-worcestershire">Taste Worcestershire</a>. </em></strong></p>



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