OUR STORY

The

story behind…

everything we make is 100% gluten free

…the puddings

Christine's Puddings was born in 2008 as a tiny business selling only Christmas Puddings after we attended a small food event in our home town.


We gradually increased the range to include more products and started attending events and festivals on a regular basis.

Christine's story…

Being a Coeliac for over 45 years I am pleased to say that the selection of food available to a Coeliac has come a long way from cardboard biscuits, bread in tins, and fruit salad. These plain and basic choices motivated me and kick-started Christine's Puddings. 

14 years on from making my first Christmas pudding, I now operate in my Pudding Room overlooking the beautiful Blackmore Vale and River Stour in deepest, darkest and delicious Dorset. Baking and making a wonderful range of gluten-free puddings, sweet and savoury tarts and pastry.

Over the years we’ve been fortunate to have won many awards nationally and regionally and most recently two golds from the Taste of the West for my Cherry & Pecan Christmas Pudding and my Mini Mince Pies.

Why the ladybird…

  • I inherited my love of baking from my Grandad, who was a professional baker. He always wore a ladybird pin in his hat and that is why I use a ladybird image.

    My Grandad's original ladybird pin came from a charity called Pestalozzi Children's Villiage Trust. 


    Between 1959 and 1965 the Pestalozzi ladybird logo captured the imagination of the British public and during those years started to change the lives of eighty three children from Europe and Tibet.


    Credit to the ladybird photo -Sylvia Wilis (Mum)

Read more on Pestalozzi…

Meet the team…

It is not just me, while I bake John supports me with deliveries, finance, and most importantly chief taster. You will see my sister Carol and good friends Claire, Jen, Sandra and Trevor when busy and at events; together we work well and have fun. 


The Pudding Team love food and music festivals and joined the CarFest Britains Best Team in 2012, where we met lots of foodie celebrities.

Our Packaging…

Most of our products are packed in Eco-friendly packaging made from recycled materials Revive™ and Sustain™

Our ingredients……

  • We use only the finest ingredients, and where possible local produce. Everything is hand made, even the flour for our pastry is blended by hand – and of course, everything is 100% gluten free – we hope you enjoy them!

    We also want everyone to enjoy a Christmas Pudding so with a few tweaks to the ingredients of our original puddings we should be able to cater for you. Please ask if you are interested in a bespoke pudding.

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