CHRISTMAS PRESS PREVIEW 2019
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C O N TAC T I N F O R M AT I O N We aim to provide you with the very best press service possible; responding not only with speed and accuracy but also with endless enthusiasm. Photographs and product information for our full Christmas range can be viewed and downloaded at www.mediacentre.bettys.co.uk
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This year we marked 100 years since Frederick Belmont, an orphaned Swiss baker and confectioner who came to England to seek his fortune, opened the first Bettys in Harrogate.
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And the anniversary celebrations aren’t coming to an end just yet. We’re going to make sure our 100th Christmas is as magical as can be for our customers, with classic festive Bettys specialities, flavours inspired by our continental Swiss-Yorkshire heritage, and a sprinkling of new treats fresh from the imaginations of our pâtissiers, all packaged in beautiful limited edition designs inspired by our famous Café Tea Rooms.
01423 814000 Email: ruth.burke-kennedy@bettysandtaylors.co.uk pr@bettysandtaylors.co.uk Join in with us on social media
With all good wishes Gentle memo: Please check all prices and details with us before publication. Ruth Burke-Kennedy Bettys PR Manager
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NOT OUT These limited edition centenary treats make unique Christmas gifts
Jewelled Fruits Christmas Cake £16 | 15cm Diameter • 780g Packed with apricots, orange peel, cherries and nuts, delicately flavoured with Cointreau, and topped with colourful glacé fruits.
Christmas Cake Selection Centenary Fruit Cake £23 | Serves 8-10 • 13cm Diameter • 780g This rich, dark fruit cake is made using a sumptuous selection of ingredients: prunes, raisins, sultanas and dried cranberries are soaked in oatmeal stout and lemon juice, and combined with almonds, muscovado sugar, treacle, cinnamon and nutmeg. Once baked, the cake is topped with a decorative selection of dried fruits and nuts.
£20 | 22 x 8 x 5.5cm • 500g A soft iced rich fruit cake with Christmas rose design, a ginger and walnut cake, and a lightly spiced marzipan-topped cake.
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Cheeky Little Rascals £9 | Box of 6 • 23cm x 16cm x 3.3cm • 300g Miniature versions of our Fat Rascal Scones in three celebratory new flavours: rich Cherry and Almond, zesty Orange and Sultana and deeply decadent Double Chocolate.
Yorkshire Fat Rascal Scones™ £9
Box of 4 • 24 x 12 x 8.5cm
A real Bettys favourite, these plump, fruity scones are made with butter, juicy currants and citrus peel, and handdecorated with glacé cherries and almonds.
Chocolate and Orange Fondant Fancies
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£9 | Box of 4 • 22 x 8 x 5.5cm Our dainty Genoese sponge fancies with a chocolate and orange ganache filling, coated with orange-coloured fondant and finished with a holly leaf and hand-piped royal icing.
Christmas Fondant Fancies Party Cake: £30.75
Serves 16 • 22 x 22cm • 850g
Box of 9: £17.10
Box of 9 • 4 x 4 cm each
Box of 4: £7.60
Box of 4 • 4 x 4 cm each
A Bettys favourite, made from dainty Genoese sponge cakes, sandwiched with buttercream and raspberry preserve, covered with a layer of marzipan and coated in ivory fondant.
Centenary Chocolate Box
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£60 | 31 x 14 x 4cm • 390g
Christmas Chocolate Selection
Bettys Christmas Chocolate Box
£30 | Box of 24 • 20 x 13cm • 215g
£20 | Box of 16 16 x 9.5 x 3.5cm • 150g
An indulgent selection of pralines, creams, truffles and caramels.
A festive array of irresistible pralines, creams and truffles.
A sumptuous collection of truffles, pralines and caramels, elegantly presented in a vintagestyled keepsake box inspired by one from Bettys archives. We believe it was presented to Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, in the 1930s. It includes three new flavours based on chocolates that we made during that era: Benedictine Truffle, Pineapple & Cognac, and Sherry & Raisin.
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Centenary Gift Bag NEW
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£50 | 48 x 36 x 24cm TEA ROOM BLEND CADDY (80 Bags) • CENTENARY CHINA MUG • CENTENARY FRUIT CAKE IN A TIN
Three limited edition items from our centenary collection with a screen-printed cotton shopping bag featuring a design from the Bettys archive.
Bettys Bauble Filled with Chocolate Coated Almonds £6 | 8cm Diameter • 60g Add magic to your Christmas tree with this vintage-inspired bauble, featuring an enchanting centenary design. Filled with Swiss chocolate coated almonds.
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Bettys Centenary Archive Prints £39.95 each 36cm x 24cm x 3cm
Centenary White Chocolate Swiss Franc
Bettys Milk Chocolate Guinea
Centenary Milk Chocolate Guinea
£3.50 | 9.8cm x 0.8cm • 65g
£2 | 8cm Diameter • 35g
£3.50 | 9.8cm x 0.8cm • 65g
These three framed prints of adverts from our archives make a wonderful gift or memento.
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A TRADITIONAL BET T YS CHRISTMAS
Centenary China Teapot £60 | 12.2 x 30 x 25cm Large enough for four cups of your favourite tea, this teapot has an elegant wraparound design by Emily Sutton, celebrating 100 years of Bettys.
Miniature Mince Pies
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£12 | 21 x 14.5 x 6cm | Box of 16 Ideal for get-togethers, this tempting selection includes nibble sized versions of our classic mince pies, plus three new flavours: almondtopped, crumble-topped and jewelled.
Centenary China Mug
Tea Room Blend Caddy & 80 Tea Bags
£13 | 10.5 x 8 x 8.7cm
£8.40 | 15.5 x 10 x 13cm • 250g
Classic Mince Pies
An elegant china mug, with an exclusive centenary illustration by Emily Sutton depicting all six of our Café Tea Rooms.
Our signature blend of teas from east Africa and Assam, presented in a specially designed caddy celebrating 100 years of Bettys.
£10.50 | 21 x 14.5 x 6cm | Box of 12 Twelve of our famous Classic Mince Pies decorated with a pastry star.
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Royal Iced Wreath Christmas Cake
Soft Iced Star Christmas Cake
£60 | 21cm Diameter • 2.4kg
£30 | 16cm Diameter • 1.5kg
Hand-decorated with Christmas wreath, hand-cut gold sugar paste snowflakes, holly leaves and hand-piped royal icing edelweiss flowers.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN A KEEPSAKE BETTYS TIN
£40 | Tin: 24.5 x 24.5 x 14.5cm Timelessly stylish, this rich Christmas cake topped with marzipan and soft icing is hand decorated with an intricate star design.
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Christmas Cake Bites £12 | Box of 15 • 17 x 12 x 3.5cm • 400g | Bettys Christmas fruit cake topped with marzipan, imprinted with a lattice design and brushed with gold lustre. Cut into 15 bite-sized portions.
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Royal Iced Tree Christmas Cake
Soft Iced Christmas Cake in a Tin
£23 | 15 x 7cm • 1kg
£15 | 12.5 x 9 x 5.5cm • 480g
A royal iced Christmas cake with an elegant hand-stencilled Christmas tree design, finished with hand-piped decorations.
A rich, fruit-packed oval cake with soft icing – the perfect size for sending as a gift.
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HAMPERS & GIFTBOXES
Classic Christmas Pudding Large: £16 | Serves 6-8 • 18 x 15 x 10cm • 800g Medium: £11 | Serves 3-4 • 15.5 x 12.5 x 7.5cm • 360g Small: £6.50 | Serves 1-2 • 11.5 x 9.5 x 7cm • 150g To make our Christmas puddings we take golden glacé cherries, citrus peel, flaked almonds, mixed spices and vine fruits, soak them overnight in brandy and Yorkshire ale and steam them. We then allow them to mature, so those sumptuous flavours develop fully in time for Christmas.
The ultimate Christmas collection featuring the very finest items from our Craft Bakery, accompanied by a selection of carefully chosen drinks to take you through from Christmas Eve to New Year celebrations.
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All our puddings are vegetarian friendly
Christmas Stollen
Stollen Bites
Christmas Treats Box
£10 | Serves 6-8 • 380g
£12 | Box of 15 • 17 x 12 x 3.5cm • 390g
£75 | 31 x 31 x 18cm
Spiced fruit bread layered with marzipan, dipped in melted butter and rum after baking, and dusted with fine sugar.
Squares of soft stollen packed with raisins, sultanas and citrus peel, dipped in rum and melted butter, and dusted with fine sugar.
• CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATE BOX • CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE PORTION • SPICED CHRISTMAS SHORTBREAD BOX • CHOCOLATE SHORTBREAD BOX • CLASSIC STRAWBERRY PRESERVE • CLASSIC ONION CHUTNEY • DARK CHOCOLATE ALMONDS • BETTYS BAUBLE FILLED WITH CHOCOLATE COATED ALMONDS • CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS
Make someone’s Christmas a very special one indeed with this beautiful box filled with Bettys delicacies.
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Christmas Extravagance Hamper
Christmas Banquet Hamper
£500 | 49 x 49 x 33cm • BOTTLE OF MOUTARD PINK CHAMPAGNE (alc. 12% vol. 750ml) • BOTTLE OF CHEVANCEAU ROUGE (alc. 13.5% vol. 750ml) • BOTTLE OF LA PETITE PERRIÈRE SAUVIGNON BLANC (alc. 12.5% vol. 750ml) • BOTTLE OF QUINTA DO NOVAL PORT (alc. 19.5% vol. 750ml) • BOTTLE OF SLINGSBY GIN (alc. 42% vol. 700ml) • LARGE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS PUDDING • CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE IN A TIN
£350 | 47 x 38 x 36cm ROOM BLEND (80 Tea Bags)
• CHOCOLATE DESIRES
• SPICED CHRISTMAS TEA BAGS (50 Tea Bags)
• FLORENTINES
• CHRISTMAS BLEND COFFEE
• DARK CHOCOLATE COFFEE FLAVOURED BEANS
• HOT CHOCOLATE CADDY
• CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR STARS
• CENTENARY CHOCOLATE BOX
• MILK CHOCOLATE ALMONDS
• GREAT YORKSHIRE PICKLE
• CHAMPAGNE TRUFFLES
• SEVILLE ORANGE & WHISKY MARMALADE
• SPICED CHRISTMAS SHORTBREAD BOX
• BOTTLE OF CHEVANCEAU ROUGE (alc. 13.5% vol. 750ml) • BOTTLE OF LITTLE RASCAL CHARDONNAY (alc. 13.5% vol. 750ml) • BOTTLE OF SLINGSBY GIN (alc. 42% vol. 700ml) • BOTTLE OF QUINTA DO NOVAL PORT (alc. 19.5% vol. 750ml)
• CHERRY & AMARETTO PRESERVE
• CHOCOLATE SHORTBREAD BOX
• LARGE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS PUDDING
• BISCUIT SELECTION TIN
• TWO CENTENARY CHINA MUGS
• CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE IN A TIN
• BETTYS BAUBLE FILLED WITH CHOCOLATE COATED ALMONDS
• SOFT ICED STAR CHRISTMAS CAKE
• MILK & WHITE CHOCOLATE OWLS
• TEA ROOM CADDY WITH TEA
• MARZIPAN FRUITS
• LADY BETTY PEPPERMINT CREAMS
The most sumptuous of our festive hampers, this truly is the ultimate Bettys Christmas collection.
• TEA ROOM CADDY WITH TEA ROOM BLEND (80 Tea Bags)
• LUXURY ITALIAN BLEND COFFEE • AMPLEFORTH BEER FRUIT CHUTNEY
• CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS • CHOCOLATE DESIRES
• SEVILLE ORANGE & WHISKY MARMALADE
• CHOCOLATE & ORANGE BISCUIT CADDY
• CHERRY & AMARETTO PRESERVE
• SPICED CHRISTMAS SHORTBREAD BOX
• MILK CHOCOLATE ALMONDS • BETTYS BAUBLE FILLED WITH CHOCOLATE COATED ALMONDS • DARK CHOCOLATE GLACÉ ORANGE • MARZIPAN FRUITS • BISCUIT SELECTION TIN
• SPICED CHRISTMAS TEA BAGS (50 Tea Bags)
• MILK & WHITE CHOCOLATE OWLS
• CHRISTMAS BLEND COFFEE
• FLORENTINES
• CHOCOLATE SHORTBREAD BOX
• CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR STARS • CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATE SELECTION
A magnificent collection of our finest specialities to bring Bettys deliciousness to festive celebrations.
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A G R E AT C H R I S T M A S T R A D I T I O N From spectacular window displays to Carols by Candlelight, there are a sleigh-full of reasons to visit Bettys this Christmas
Santa’s Little Hamper
Christmas Essentials Gift Bag
£55 | 30 x 23 x 28cm
£25 | 35 x 30 x 12cm
• ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA (50 Tea Bags) • MARZIPAN TOPPED MINIATURE FRUIT CAKE • SMALL CLASSIC CHRISTMAS PUDDING • CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR STARS • MILK CHOCOLATE ALMONDS • YORKSHIRE GINGERBREAD
• CHRISTMAS BLEND COFFEE • SPICED CHRISTMAS SHORTBREAD BOX • TEA ROOM BLEND (80 Tea Bags) • CHOCOLATE TASTING BOX
A hand-picked selection of our most delicious Christmas treats as well as some of our most popular specialities.
A selection of treats chosen specially to bring a warm festive glow to Christmas teatimes.
Bettys Christmas Window Reveal We know that for many, the unveiling of our Christmas window marks the real start of the festive season. Join us for mulled wine and mince pies as we reveal this year’s design. Bettys Harrogate, 8th November, from 5.30pm (no ticket required).
Carols by Candlelight Christmas Essentials Gift Box
Bettys Perfect Christmas Hamper
£40 | 23 x 23 x 14cm
£80 | 36 x 25 x 15cm
• THE BETTYS EXPRESS • BETTYS BAUBLE FILLED WITH MILK CHOCOLATE ALMONDS • YORKSHIRE GINGERBREAD • CHRISTMAS CAKE PORTION • SMALL CLASSIC CHRISTMAS PUDDING
• BOTTLE OF LITTLE RASCAL CHARDONNAY (alc. 13.5% vol. 750ml) • MARZIPAN FRUITS • BETTYS BAUBLE FILLED WITH CHOCOLATE COATED ALMONDS • CHRISTMAS BLEND COFFEE • CHOCOLATE PANFORTE • YORKSHIRE GINGERBREAD • TOASTED MARZIPAN CHRISTMAS CAKE
A splendid array of Bettys treats to make every part of Christmas that little bit more luxurious.
Whoever is lucky enough to lift the lid on this collection won’t be able to close it again without a taste ... or two.
Our atmospheric Carols by Candlelight events are a Christmas tradition at Bettys. Join us for a sumptuous three-course dinner and an evening of song. Harrogate: 7pm on 13th, 18th, 19th and 20th December. York: 7pm on 12th, 18th, and 19th December. To book, call during office hours: Harrogate: 01423 814 070. York: 01904 659 142. Or call in and speak to a member of staff.
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WAY S T O S H O P Online: www.bettys.co.uk Telephone: 0800 456 1919 or +44 (0)1423 814 008 Visit one of our six shops in Harrogate, Ilkley, Northallerton and York.
CHRISTMAS BOOKABLE AFTERNOON TEA We’ve created the perfect way to celebrate this Christmas – a special festive version of our bookable afternoon tea. Enjoy our subtly seasonal range of savoury delights, delicious sandwiches and scones, and exquisite pâtisserie creations, all accompanied by your choice of tea from our expertly chosen menu.
DELIVERIES AND CHARGES Bettys delivers to homes and businesses across the UK, as well as Europe, North America, Australasia and the Far East. Delivery charges start from £3.95 for the UK and from £9.95 for international.
Dietary options are available - everyone should be able to enjoy the best of Bettys. Available in the Imperial Room, Harrogate, and Belmont Room, York only, from 13th November.
B E T T Y S C O O K E RY S C H O O L From classic baking and intricate pâtisserie to three course meals, the award-winning Bettys Cookery School has been teaching people of all ages and abilities how to cook ‘the Bettys way’ since 2001. If you’d like to experience a course yourself, simply email: pr@bettysandtaylors.co.uk.
L A S T O R D E R D AT E S UK Mainland Standard - Thursday 19th December UK Mainland Named Day - Friday 20th December UK Highlands & Islands - Tuesday 17th December EU - Friday 13th December Rest of World - Friday 6th December
C O R P O R AT E G I F T S S E RV I C E For information about our corporate gifts service, please contact our dedicated team by emailing corporate@bettys.co.uk or calling 0845 600 1919
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