It was in Imogen's 20s after a difficult relationship with food, she slowly began to discover that food can be all about joy, happiness, flavour! It can be the thing you look forward to, the boost you need in the morning, the complete comfort at the end of the day. Working at a local artisan bakery Imogen discovered the power of ancient grains on her gut-health and the impact this had on her day-to-day life. And then it dawned on her... deliciousness doesn't have to come at a sacrifice to you or the planet! Spotting a gap on the shelves where the uninspiring pasta sat, she began to hunt high & low for these grains in the UK and that is when she stumbled across the wonderful farmer & miller who we work with today.
It wasn't long before she had convinced her husband Matt to start crafting pasta and they were selling it at their local foodie market in Kendal.
At the start of the year we found ourselves featured on James Martin's Saturday morning. So, it was long before we were bringing more pasta to more people than ever before! We moved units, setting up our HQ in our production facility just outside of Kendal, which is where we make all our pasta from today. We won our first Great Taste Awards with all our pasta! And launched our exciting collaboration with Wildfarmed. The end of the year saw us landing on the shelves of Booths supermarkets, which was such a proud moment for us both, having been our supermarket since we were kids.
We now have a team of 5 working to get even more delicious Northern Pasta out to all of you! More stockists than ever have joined our pasta lovers community, we hit over 500 5 star reviews and found ourselves in The Guardian!! And the year's not over yet!