Christmas Showcase...

The Stottie Company threw an exclusive gathering to showcase our Christmas office lunches and buffets to local businesses last week. 

The VIP party saw businesses from in and around Teesside visit our Castlegate store after-hours to sample our festive foodie delights and see what we have to offer this Christmas.

From exquisite pigs in blankets to v. cute bite size Christmas puddings and miniature stotties filled with turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce - everybody filled their boots with plenty of goodies!

Networking also took place as these local businesses discussed 2016 and the future ahead for the North East.

The evening ended with goodie bags being given out to all our attendees which included stotties, candy canes and an afternoon cream tea voucher.

So make your last business meeting of the year that extra bit special or treat your clients to a whole array of fun festive foods this Christmas with The Stottie Company!

Afternoon Tea with Santa...

Due to the popularity of last year's festivities, we are delighted to tell you that we will again be hosting Christmas afternoon tea with Santa this December!

Based at our Castlegate restaurant, children of all ages can enjoy Christmas craft activities followed by a delicious meal including turkey stottie sandwiches and crimbo cupcakes all washed down with a scrumptious milkshake topped with a candy cane.

Santa Claus himself will then make a special appearance in our restaurant and dig deep in his sack to give out pressies to all the good boys and girls and find out what they want for Christmas this year.

For more info including all dates and prices click here or for more information drop us an email to info@thestottiecompany.com.

We look forward to seeing you... HO HO HO!

Fab Festive Fun!..

We are getting into the Christmas spirit and we have a fabulous event this month to get you in the festive mood too...

VIP Ladies Festival Fair

Shop till you drop with us on Sunday 20th November from 12pm to 3pm.

From make-up demos with Bellissimi Beauty, designer pieces with DC Couture, a scrumptious festive buffet, unlimited bubbly, wine tasting and plenty more, you can start your festive fashion season in style.

Tickets cost £15 with proceeds going to local charities.

Story of the Stottie...

The North East is proudly described as the most beautiful and friendly region in England and that’s how we would also describe the humble North East stottie.

The famous flat round large bap is traditionally made from left-over dough and baked on the sole, the coolest part, of a coal-fired oven.

The low temperature allows the yeast to work longer; producing the pleasant chewiness that we have all came to know and love.

Unique to the region, the stottie was seen as the pillar of poverty cuisine during the 1920s and 1930s and the soft round bread could often be seen on the windowsills of working class terraced houses throughout the North East.

The unusual name comes from the Geordie term ‘Stott’ which means to bounce! To test if the bread was just right, the baker would STOTT the newly baked cake on the kitchen floor to test if it was the perfect dense yet fluffy texture.

Normally the size of a dinner plate, these big heavy delicious pieces of bead can feed a family a four for a quick snack, two hungry adults on a picnic or simply just the one person after a hard morning of graft.

Filled with everything from the traditional ham and pease pudding to spicy chicken teriyaki, these wheels of wonder make for an extremely satisfying mouthful thus making, what we believe, the stottie the best sandwich of the lot – reet canny!

Who are The Stottie Co?..

The Stottie Company is an independent coffee shop and kitchen with two sites in Stockton-on- Tees and our newest opening at Wynyard Business Park. 

After running a successful corporate catering business for three years, husband and wife team, Dave and Sharon Chapman opened the doors to the general public on Stockton’s Prince Regent Street in 2013 and in December 2014 opened a state of the art coffee shop and kitchen in Castlegate Shopping Centre.

We quickly became one of Stockton’s best known and most-loved cafes for our reintroduction of the humble North East stottie and for always using the best locally sourced ingredients.

The Stottie Company is an award winning business after taking first place in the Retail category at the Best New Business Awards in 2013, Best Marketing Initiatives at the Castlegate Retailer Awards 2016 and we were also shortlisted in the Sandwich Designer of the Year at the British Sandwich Industry Awards earlier this year.

Our mission is to serve deliciously British food, reintroduce the stottie to the masses and open up new stores across the region and so far, so well!