Fortnum & Makers: Meet our 2026 Winners!
Last year, we launched Fortnum & Makers – a UK and Ireland-wide search for talented artisans working across the food and drink industry.
And after finding so many wonderful makers last year, we decided we had to repeat the trick.
So, earlier this year, we launched our second annual search for the UK & Ireland’s very best new and undiscovered food and drink producers.
And now – after an impossibly competitive and very delicious judging process – we’re delighted to introduce the winners of the 2026 Fortnum & Makers Open Call.
Join us in-store soon to find their irresistible creations on the shelves here at Fortnum's, and keep reading to find out more about this year's talented winners.
Canny Mushrooms
Jo Davies was working in the United States when she decided to leave her tech job, and start a 20,000-mile cycle ride across the Americas. Somewhere along the way, Jo was inspired to turn her love of mushrooms into a business: two years later and now based in Edinburgh, Canny Mushrooms is thriving.
A truly unique proposition, these small-batch canned mushrooms are made from sustainable, locally sourced (and supremely nutritious) funghi and cold-pressed rapeseed oil, and promise exceptional flavour and freshness.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Crate Brewery
Based not-too-far from Fortnum's over in East London, Crate Brewery's convivial, deliciously refreshing, deliberately lower-in-alcohol cocktails are made to be enjoyed in the same way as a beer or cider.
Crafted from only the very best real fruit ingredients and produced using only renewable energy (thanks in part to an on-site anaerobic digester), each canned creation exists to further the brand's founding mission: to bring good people together, so that great ideas can flourish.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Everystate
A British-based, female-led wellness brand reinvigorating the everyday coffee routine with functional mushroom super blends, everystate launched in 2025 and numbers award-winning musician Ellie Goulding among its founders.
Developed with nutritionists and made in small batches, the brand's Matcha, Arabica Coffee and Cacao blends combine exceptional flavour with the powerful, science-backed benefits that functional mushrooms have on physical and mental wellbeing.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
INDI
Using evidence-backed ingredients and dosages, INDI's tasty and convenient range of plant-powered supplements and snacks support gut health, mental performance and sleep.
Founded on a desire to awaken more people to the healing power of nature, their supplements are packed with only the most powerful, science-baked and bioavailable ingredients, delivered in whole food form, and crafted at doses that actually work.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Irish Black Butter
Proudly based in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Irish Black Butter's interpretation of an historic medieval preserve – a versatile creation, made to be enjoyed with cheeses, cured meats and desserts – is crafted with PGI-protected Armagh Bramley apples, which are gently cooked with spices and treacle to create a bold and versatile heritage speciality.
Rich in provenance and flavour, each jar helps sustain local orchards, protects time-honoured farming traditions, and boosts the resilience of rural agri-food ecosystems.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Island Girl
Founded by Caribbean chef, cookbook author and broadcaster, Shivi Ramoutar, Island Girl Caribbean Hot Sauce is handmade in small batches at Mission Kitchen in New Covent Garden Market, London – but the story of this wonderful stuff began at Shivi's family table.
From Trinidad to London, there was always a bottle of home-made hot sauce being passed, shared and poured with love, and inspired by that delicious story of good things travelling, we're delighted that Shivi's sauce (made from all-natural ingredients, no less) can now call Fortnum's home, too.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Krokus & Co.
Made with highly-prized, hand-harvested Greek saffron from founder Alexandros' hometown of Krokos Kozanis, Krokus & Co.'s small batch blends pair this rare and luxurious spice with carefully-chosen botanicals, to create sophisticated, flavour-led blends, designed to transform your everyday tea ritual, and boost emotional wellbeing too.
Proud supporters of local saffron farming communities, their recyclable packaging and plastic-free, compostable teabags also reflect Krokus & Co.'s commitment to sustainability.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Kursat's
Founded in Brecon, Wales, with the aim of reviving traditional, slow-cooked and carefully preserved flavours, Kursat's premium pastes, sauces, and ingredients are crafted from the finest produce and inspired by unique, time-honoured recipes.
Made in the brand's production facility – where 1,428 solar panels generate renewable power, 150,000 litres of water are recycled daily, and food waste is transformed into green energy – each delicious creation is inspired by the culinary journey of the brand's founder, Kursat, who has lived (and cooked) in Turkey, Ghana, Bosnia, and now, Wales.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Óir Tonics
Founded by Edel Breslin in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Óir Tonics was born from a deep respect for Ireland’s traditional ingredients, a desire to reconnect with natural wellbeing, and a passion for authentic Irish craftsmanship, sustainability and community.
Inspired her grandmother’s stories of Carrageen Moss, Edel began experimenting with Irish Sea Moss during lockdown, kaing small batches of tonic from local ingredients and shared with friends and family, and before long, word of Moss Boss was spreading far and wide – and now we're delighted to welcome this glorious stuff to Piccadilly.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
RAG Nordic Bakery
Missing the rye breads and seeded crackers they knew and loved – but simply couldn't find in West Sussex – RAG Nordic Bakery decided it was high time to share the wholesome textures and bold flavours of home with a British audience.
Passionate about flavour, tradition and quality, every loaf, cracker, and crisp is sustainably handmade in small batches, crafted with care using natural, minimally processed ingredients like wholegrain rye, seeds, treacle, and kefir.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Slow Sauce
Made from Scottish-grown gluten-free oats and British peas aged in oak barrels in the hills of Aberdeenshire, Slow Sauce is part-kitchen experiment, part-agricultural rethink.
Founded by fermentation obsessives Robin Sherriff and Jonathan Hope, the brand takes the patient Japanese method of koji fermentation and reimagines it with exceptional locally-sourced small batch ingredients – creating something that's unquestionably new, while still deeply respectful of its origins.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Soba Circus
Crafted to create a smooth, natural lift and clear focus, Soba Circus' botanical, non-alcoholic energy drink is made with eight active ingredients – South American Yerba Mate, Panax Ginseng, Maca Root, unroasted green coffee beans, L-Theanine (a naturally-occurring ingredient in tea), Rhodiola (a wild mountain root), Ginkgo Biloba and Magnesium.
Blended with grape and lemon juices, English-grown elderflower and a touch of Himalayan salt, the result is light, bright and beautifully balanced.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Sucseed
Founded in 2025 by a former magazine editor turned nutritionist, Sucseed celebrates the remarkable properties of seeds and botanical herbs. Based in Norfolk, the business bloomed as a response to years spent listening to people worry about their family’s health — and from a desire to make eating well feel effortless, one spoonful at a time.
Today, each Sucseed blend is a testament to the delicious power of patient sourcing, nutritional expertise, and the exceptional ingredients in each pack – from regeneratively farmed UK crops, to certified organic botanicals from Europe.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
The Tuck Co.
Launched in 2025 Hollie Russell, a Putney mum who longed for her children's snacks not to be full of additives and preservatives, The Tuck Co. are, in Hollie's words 'on a mission to make kids snacks as real as they are.'
Created with the help of incredible experts including Nichola Ludlam-Raine and Professor Adam Fox OBE, every snack in the range is UPF free, made either single ingredients and as close to homemade as possible.
Better yet, everything is nut, gluten and dairy free – so they're safe for school, clubs and parties too.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
Teffie
Founded by a female entrepreneur, Teffie's performance-led snacks are made from naturally gluten-free teff flour, an ancient Ethiopian grain prized for its nutritional density and gentle, sustained energy release.
Each recipe combines wholegrain teff with carefully sourced ingredients such as Medjool dates, dark chocolate and warming spices, creating a considered and satisfying alternative to conventional energy bars. High in fibre and naturally rich in iron, Teffie also supports gut health and balanced energy – all without additives, palm oil or refined sugars.
Available at Piccadilly while stocks last
