FINE & WILD sources seasonal vegetables, salads and fresh herbs from Rungis Market in Paris and London's New Covent Garden Market — the wholesale markets that supply the best restaurants and professional kitchens in France and the UK.
The produce in this collection is the kind of thing you'd find on a chef's delivery, not on a supermarket shelf: named varieties with protected designation status, heritage cultivars grown for flavour, and specialist ingredients that are difficult to source outside the trade. The range changes with the seasons — what you see listed above is what's available now.
Protected Designations & Heritage Varieties
Supermarket vegetables are selected for yield, uniformity and shelf life — bred to look consistent, survive long supply chains, and sit in a chiller for days without deteriorating. Flavour comes second, and often a distant second.
The produce we carry is chosen on different criteria. Ratte potatoes carry AOC status because they're a specific variety, grown in specific conditions, with a waxy, nutty character a generic salad potato cannot match. Cévennes onions hold PDO certification — sweet, mild and distinctive because of the terroir. Lautrec pink garlic, Roscoff onions, Poireaux de Créances — these aren't marketing labels, they're protected designations that guarantee origin, variety and production method. The same frameworks that protect Champagne and Comté apply to these vegetables.
Beyond the designated products, we carry heritage and specialist varieties — Castelfranco radicchio, Crapaudine beetroot, sand carrots, salsify, violet artichokes — grown on a smaller scale by producers who prioritise eating quality. These are vegetables with genuine character: deeper flavour, better texture, and the kind of variety that makes a real difference on the plate.
Fresh Herbs
We carry a selection of fresh herbs sourced through the same markets — fines herbes, chervil, Mediterranean herb mixes, and others depending on the season. These are the herbs French and European kitchens rely on daily: fresh, aromatic, and a world apart from the tired supermarket packs that wilt within hours of opening.
Fresh herbs are highly perishable — store wrapped in damp kitchen paper in the fridge and use within a few days.
Specialist Ingredients
Some items in this collection sit outside the usual vegetable categories but are essential in professional cooking. Fresh wasabi root — the real thing, not the horseradish-based paste — is grated to order and has a clean, fragrant heat completely different from anything in a tube. Fresh samphire, a wild coastal plant, adds a crisp, salty, mineral character to seafood dishes. These are ingredients chefs seek out specifically, available here alongside the seasonal range.
Storage
Fresh produce is perishable. Refrigerate on arrival, wrap leafy items and herbs loosely in damp kitchen paper, and use within a few days for best quality.
Delivery
All vegetables and herbs are delivered fresh via next-day express courier in protective packaging. Orders placed before 2pm are dispatched the same day — select your preferred delivery date at checkout. UK next-working-day delivery; complimentary weekday delivery on orders over £225.
