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RoughStuff Oak
Rustic Oak chopping boards and food displays.
Everything you need to know about the prison, us and how to look after your boards.
RoughStuff & The Prison
We work closely with HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire who make our boards. This brings new pride, skills and job discipline to the inmates.
We have a dedicated industrial workshop with around 20 men who are trained in wood working skills by our dedicated workshop managers. They work Monday to Friday to keep up with the demand for our boards and earn a statutory wage which gives them a sense of worth and reward.
We contract the prison to make the boards at an agreed commercial rate and that income is used to help pay for the prison service as a whole.
When things are running smoothly we turn orders around in approx. 2 weeks, but this can be affected by the everyday running of the prison and the odd security issue….
Truly Rustic Range
We’ve been trying for years to include working with ex-offenders on the ‘outside’ and finally we’ve managed it.
Serenity Woodmill in Hertfordshire supports ex-offenders and works with us making our new Truly Rustic Range.
Currently these boards are only being sold at our upcoming Markets and Fairs.
Upcoming Fairs and Markets
Other events will be added.
April 20 21 Spring Live Ardingly
May 4 Ely Eel day
May 5 6 Ely Food and Drink Festival
May 12 South Suffolk Show
May 18 Hadleigh Show
May 25 Beccles Food and Drink Festival
May 26 27 Bury Spring Fair
May 25 26 Herts County Show
June 8 9 Cambridge Parker’s Piece
June 15 Taste of Sudbury Kentwell Hall
June 23 Wymondham food festival
June 29/30 Heavingham Hall Country Fair
July 7 Stowmarket Food and Drink Festival
July 13 Tendring Show
July 14 Culford classic car show
July 20 21 Knebworth Food and Drink festival
HACRO
We take the social enterprise of RoughStuff very seriously and Matt is a trustee of HACRO a charity that helps people
who have been on the wrong side of the law turn their lives around.
They help deliver family support and ex-offender employment programmes - both proven
to reduce re-offending.
RoughStuff Care
How to look after your Oak board……
Our boards are natural products…wood, so try not to leave them submerged in water or exposed to direct heat.
After use hand wash with soap and water making sure to drain well.
If you like to keep your board looking really smart we recommend you oil them every 6 weeks or so. We use either an antibacterial food safe oil or a light Rapeseed oil applied sparingly..
Always follow general hygiene standards for using food on wood surfaces. RoughStuff is not responsible for how you use your board!!
The Boss
Matt has had a number of grown up jobs with a couple of FTSE 250 companies before setting up and subsequently selling his own to a Dutch PLC.
Some 10 years ago he and his then business partner stumbled across the restaurant business and identified an opportunity for Rustic food service products.
With an excellent brand and a concerted sales effort they quickly took more orders than they could handle. It was at this point they thought about trying to help the Prisoners at HMP The Mount to set up a charity that has now merged with HACRO where he is still a trustee.
Contact us at
boards@roughstuffoak.co.uk
01923 267077