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Father’s Day 2024 in Devon: Gift Ideas and Free Events
We’ve listed some Devon-themed Father’s Day gifts and ideas for things to do in Devon this Father’s Day; a number of local attractions often have special events where dads go free so check their websites for the latest information. When is Father’s Day 2024? Sunday 16th June 2024 (always the third Sunday in June). Devonshire Father’s Day Gifts Cider Hampers Devon cider is produced using traditional methods with a higher percentage of true cider apples which are richer in tannins and sharper in flavour giving a high-quality product that tastes... Read more...
Savoury Hampers & Produce
Savoury Hampers & Produce
In this blog we take a look at our savoury hampers, and our range of savoury products which can be selected to create your very own bespoke hamper. Here at... Read more...
Taste of the West Gold Online Retailer
Devon Heaven Awarded Gold!
Here at Devon Heaven we are proud to announce that we have been awarded Taste of the West 2022 Gold Award for South West Online Retailer, and unsurprisingly this isn’t... Read more...
A Huge Afternoon Tea Order For Morning Delivery
At the start of the month the NHS celebrated it’s 70th Birthday and many NHS practices across the country held tea parties to celebrate this milestone Birthday. It was a lovely idea to get staff, retired staff, volunteers, patients, users, carers and local community groups together for a cuppa and to share their NHS stories. Devon Heaven was luck enough to be asked to provide an afternoon tea for 100 NHS practices across the country. Practices ranged in size from 10 people to 200 people which lead to a huge... Read more...
Alterative Easter Gifts – Cream Tea Hampers
Are you looking for something different as an Easter present, perhaps for someone who doesn’t like chocolate, well cream tea hampers are a great alternative. Everyone loves cream teas as much as they do chocolate. They are a better small gift for adults than Easter eggs and are ideal for sharing with the family and enjoying together one afternoon during the Easter period. Also, sometimes children can end up with multiple Easter eggs so buy buying an alternative Easter gift you avoid duplicating the same gift. Although the weather doesn’t... Read more...
Cream Teas For Offices & Large Groups
Group Cream Tea Our Group Cream Tea is a cream tea designed for a group of people with various size options (in increments of 4) ranging from 4 to 32 people. Previously, we only listed a cream tea to cater for up to 20 but we've recently expanded this to 32 people. We've worked out how much cream and jam is required per scone so all you need to know is how many people / scones are needed. The Devon scones, cream and jam also come with a selection box of Devonshire... Read more...
Taste of the West 2017 Gold Award for Online Retailer
We’re very proud to announce that Devon Heaven has recently (it was actually a few month ago but we’ve only just decided to write about it) been awarded a 2017 Gold Taste of the West Award! We were entered in the Online Retailer category alongside other local food and drink retailers that mainly trade online. About Taste of the West Taste of the West are the largest independent regional food group in the UK supporting fantastic local food and drink producers / retailers from the region (that’s Cornwall, Devon, Dorset,... Read more...
Busy Christmas & Happy New Year 2017
We’re just getting back into the swing of things here at Devon Heaven Hampers following a busy Christmas period which saw us flat out through December so thought it was time to update our blog and look ahead to 2017. Christmas 2016 was a big success for us with many returning customer reordering at Christmas as well as lots of new customers choosing to buy our Devon food hampers. Our cream and afternoon tea hampers were particularly popular, helped by a great reputation our cream tea hampers have earned. With... Read more...
Holiday Home Hampers
With two national parks and two spectacular coastlines Devon has plenty to offer visitors to the area. Whether your holiday home is a quaint seaside cottage or a wooden lodge set in a holiday park, we can provide hampers to delight your guests upon arrival and provide them with their first taste of the West Country. Why offer guests a hamper? Providing guests with a hamper only adds a small cost to letting out a holiday home, but is a thoughtful touch that can make a big difference to the... Read more...