Cumbria hotel starts exporting sticky toffee pudding to America (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Cumbria hotel starts exporting sticky toffee pudding to America

10:52am Thursday 4th August 2011 in Business

CUMBRIA’S most famous pudding is winging its way to the USA to tickle the taste buds of food-lovers across the pond.

Top Lake District hotel, the Sharrow Bay, has begun exporting its world famous sticky toffee pudding to the United States of America after the success of its pudding in the UK.

The Michelin-starred hotel on the shores of Ullswater is renowned as the inventor of sticky toffee pudding.

In 2006, it launched a retail version of its famous sponge into stores including Lakeland, Harvey Nichols, Partridges, Booths and Waitrose.

The hotel has now started exporting its legendary dish into food stores in America.

The pudding is part of the Sharrow Bay food range which includes a range of soups, casseroles and puddings and has been enjoyed by more than 500,000 people across the UK over the past few years.

“This signals and exciting new chapter for Sharrow Bay.

"We hope that we can build on this momentum and see further expansion in the US market over the coming years,” says Andrew King, General Manager of Sharrow Bay.

The pudding is made in Kendal by the Ultimate Food Company and a thrilled Director Bernice Humphreys said: “We are absolutely delighted with the news.

"It is fantastic to see expansion overseas and we are sure that our delicious sticky toffee pudding will go down a treat.”