Welcome to the Chilli Farm – that is both our address and a great description of what we have built here in the middle of Suffolk! In the summer of 2001 we made a decision to turn our hobby for growing chillies into a commercial venture. That summer we setup the Chilli Ranch in Norfolk and started to create a range of Sauces.

In 2005 we travelled a lot. This included trips to Mexico, Texas and New Mexico – including a visit to the Chile Pepper Institute in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

By the end of 2005 we found an old nursery over the border into Suffolk and decided that was the place to expand our offering. We were delighted to find a 400 year old barn on the nursery that was ripe for conversion.

Channel 5 filmed our move and conversion of the thatched barn into a Mexican Restaurant as part of their “Build a New Life in the Country” series. We renovated the greenhouses and re-covered the polytunnels and set about growing another years huge crop of chillies. We also amassed the largest collection of chilli products in the UK and sold that from our farm shop too.

We are now a lot more casual here on the farm. The restaurant is no longer open in the evenings so our family life has benefitted enormously! We now call it a cafe and serve homely food in our fantastic barn with great countryside views.

We have also gone back to our roots of growing our chillies for our own range of products! These are now available in Farm shops and Deli’s up and down the country and even in Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly, Central London. A selection of our products have also been launched in local ASDA stores in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

Following many requests, we have now set about our latest venture and we are offering Weddings and Parties at the Chilli Farm. This has been a great way for people to enjoy all of the landscaping we have done around the farm.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Chilli Farm soon.