EVERYTHING you need to know about producing the perfect turkey for the Christmas table is being made available at an opening evening at Lower Clopton Farm Shop.

The shop is opening between 6pm and 9pm on November 19 as part of Order Your Golden Turkey Week where owner Richard Baldwyn will be giving cooking and carving tips and ideas on using leftovers which people can try too.

Everyone will be treated to a free turkey roll and there is the chance to sample other local festive treats. There will also be a discount on any turkey orders placed on the night.

Lower Clopton Farm Shop is one of 50 members of the Traditional Farmfresh Turkey Association across the UK and is supported by the Golden Turkey Quality Assurance Guarantee. Between them they produce 165,000 turkeys specifically for the festive season.

This immediately give the customer a guarantee that whether they are buying a whole bird or cuts, they are purchasing a genuine Golden Turkey produced to the highest standards on British traditional family farms.

Mr Baldwyn rears around 2,000 traditional Christmas turkeys which are free range and allowed to forage in the fields behind the house. This lifestyle allows the birds to develop their flavour and a much firmer meat,

He guarantees the birds are grown slowly with good welfare and fed on a natural diet.

The farm shop is a family run business which sources produce either locally or from its own farm and selling fresh produce and meat. They have also reared a few geese and ducks for an alternative Christmas dinner.