Where to find Jerseys that are still royal

It's Jersey Royal time but not all is not well in the kingdom of the popular tattie. Over the past few years, the trend in Jersey has been to move away from the traditional method of farming, which involved covering the ground with seaweed to a less labour intensive method where phosphates are sprayed onto the fields. Connoisseurs among you will have noted the lack of flavour in the past couple of years. However, there is at least one farm where seaweed is still used to fertilize and flavour the potatoes and where they are still picked daily by hand and immediately dispatched to wholesalers. Chefs keen to get hold of these rare specimens should contact Chef Direct on 01275 474707, while punters looking for them will have to make the trek to the company's Taste shop in Barrow Guernsey near Bristol.