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Michelin guide restaurant; British tasting menu using the highest quality locally sourced produce
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03/11/2026

Pheasant, hen of the woods mushroom, parsnip puree and a pontack sauce.

What is Pontack?

This historic elderberry sauce is associated with Pontack’s Head, a fashionable London eating house that opened in the 17th century. Traditional versions combine elderberries with vinegar and spices, creating something dark, sharp and deeply savoury.

Elderberries bring depth and tannin, while acidity and spice give the condiment its distinctive edge.

We are using that character as part of our Autumn cooking, making the most of elderberries gathered at the right point in the season and preserving their flavour for later use.

30/10/2026

Brown crab is an ingredient that rewards good sourcing and careful handling.

We work with Flying Fish Seafoods for our crab, choosing the ingredient for its sweetness, delicate texture and ability to bring a real sense of the sea to a dish.

With shellfish, provenance matters. We want to understand where our ingredients come from, how they are caught or produced, and the work involved in getting them to the kitchen in good condition.

That thinking runs through our Autumn menu, from the suppliers we work with to the final plate.

27/10/2026

A little piece of my dad’s garden has found its way into our Autumn menu.

He has given us blackcurrant leaves from his own plant, which we have been dehydrating for use in the kitchen.

The fruit is often the star, but the leaves have their own character: green, aromatic and unmistakably blackcurrant.

It is a small detail, perhaps, but these are the details that make this menu feel like ours.

25/10/2026

Good ingredients do not always need much doing to them. They need to be sourced well, treated with care and allowed to speak for themselves.

Our smoked eel comes from Smith’s Smokery in Lincolnshire, a family business with a long history of catching eel and traditional smoking. Their eel is smoked over beech, bringing a deep, rounded smokiness while allowing the character of the fish to remain at the forefront.

It is a distinctive ingredient, and one we choose because of the flavour and depth it brings to the menu.

For us, knowing who produces an ingredient matters just as much as knowing how we want to cook it.

22/10/2026

One of my favourite ingredients on this Autumn menu comes from just up the road in Stafford.

Victor has a medlar tree, and very kindly provides us with jars of his medlar jelly. It is a small gesture, but one that means a great deal to us.

Medlar is an old-fashioned fruit that deserves a little more attention. Its flavour is deep and gently autumnal, with notes that sit beautifully alongside richer fruit, nuts and savoury ingredients.

Knowing where it comes from, and the person behind it, makes using it all the more special.

At Little Seeds, we want our menu to reflect the season around us — and the people who help make it possible.

Thank you, Victor.

14/10/2026

A fruit gathered on a dog walk in September, transformed into a course on our Autumn menu.

We preserve them at their best so we can carry that flavour forward into the colder months, pairing them with the earthy sweetness of medlar and the warmth of hazelnut.

Autumn at Little Seeds by Jake Lowndes. A completely new menu. A new season. Ten weeks only.

09/10/2026

Some of the ingredients on our Autumn menu begin their journey long before they reach the kitchen.

Back in September, Sophie and I spent time walking with the dog, gathering damsons as we went.

Those damsons become part of the way we cook for Autumn — preserving the character of the fruit and bringing its deep, sharp flavour into the menu.

For us, seasonality is about more than what is available to order. It is about the places we visit, the things we gather and the memories attached to them.

That is a little of what sits behind our Autumn Tasting Menu at Little Seeds by Jake Lowndes.

07/10/2026

🍂 LITTLE SEEDS AUTUMN GIVEAWAY

Who would you bring?

We want to introduce Little Seeds by Jake Lowndes to someone who might not normally choose a tasting menu.

So, we’re giving one winner the chance to bring one friend or family member to experience our Autumn Tasting Menu with us.

To enter:
1. Follow Little Seeds by Jake Lowndes
2. Like this post
3. Tag two people in the comments who you’d love to bring to Little Seeds — perhaps someone who has never experienced a tasting menu, or simply someone you think deserves a special night out.

You can enter more than once by tagging different people in separate comments.

The winner will receive two places at Little Seeds by Jake Lowndes, including our full Autumn Tasting Menu.

We’d love this giveaway to introduce Little Seeds to people who haven't experienced what we do before — so think about who you'd really like to share it with.

Good luck.

05/10/2026

🍂 Update...

03/10/2026

The return of the Fig Leaf Salted Caramel

Some things are worth bringing back.

Our Fig Leaf Salted Caramel chocolates are returning to Little Seeds to finish the meal on our new Autumn Tasting Menu.

A soft salted caramel infused with fig leaf, encased in dark chocolate — a little taste of the garden to finish the evening.

A familiar Little Seeds favourite, brought back for a new season.

Address

16-18 Radford Street
Stone
ST158DA

Opening Hours

Thursday	6pm - 9pm
Friday	6pm - 12am
Saturday	12pm - 3pm
	6pm - 12am
Sunday	12pm - 5:30pm

Website

http://littleseedsstone.co.uk/

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