Cartwright & Butler Hamper
£75.00
We have put together a selection of luxury goodies from Yorkshire based Cartwright & Butler into one hamper. You will find crumbly biscuits baked using a classic recipe, the he...
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Afternoon Tea Gift Box
£79.99
The ideal gift for the tea-lover in your life, this gorgeous and stylishly presented gift hamper contains all the luxury essentials for the most indulgent afternoon tea. From a selection...
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Cosy Night In Gift Box
£98.99
This luxury gift box includes everything needed for an indulgent night on the sofa (or in bed!). This makes an ideal birthday or anniversary gift for him or her. We...
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Breakfast in Bed Gift Box
£45.00
This Gift Box includes everything needed for a relaxing and indulgent breakfast in bed, and makes a perfect gift for her, suitable for a birthday gift, an anniversary gift, and...
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Duvet Day Gift Box
£67.00
After a hard week, you need a day of total relaxation to recharge your batteries! This luxury gift box is the perfect way to unwind. Luxury hot chocolate, tea and coffee,...
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Elevenses
£39.50
Elevenses is a “short break for light refreshments, usually with tea or coffee, taken at about eleven o'clock in the morning”.If you need to find the perfect treat gift box to...
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Cartwright & Butler Mini Sweet Box
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£16.50
Delicious and award-winning confectionery from Yorkshire based Cartwright & Butler. This postal gift box includes delicious salted caramel toffee and melt in the mouth butter fudge, making this the perfect birthday...
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Coffee Break Gift Box
£39.50
Are you looking for the ideal birthday gift or thank you present for the coffee connoisseur in your life? If so, this gift comes complete with everything the recipient needs...
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Edinburgh & Yorkshire Treat Box
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£25.99
The perfect birthday gift hampers idea for her. This confectionery box filled with treats lovingly made by our two of our artisan food producers - Edinburgh based Coco Chocolatier and...
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Yorkshire based Cartwright & Butler supply The Hamper Lounge with yummy biscuits, honey, chutney and jam.
This is a story of family and their love of baking that spans over five generations. Strangely enough the business didn't start with the Cartwright & Butler name.
The start of Cartwright & Butler begins with the Adam sisters, Jennie and Kathrine who lived in Hull, in Yorkshire. The third sister Maria was already married to Charles Arnett - more about the Arnetts later!
Following the death of their father in 1903 they were left without an income.
This led to the sisters setting up a sewing and baking shop in the front room of their house. The success of their baking led to them ditching the sewing and moving to larger premises and employing their sister Maria.
J&K Adam soon built up a reputation of producing some of the finest breads, pies, cakes, biscuits, puddings and preserves in Hull.
The Arnetts (remember them? We said they would be back) who had their own small chain of bakery shops and joined forces with J&K Adam and purchased the business.
By the way, three brothers, who run the business today are the direct descendants of the Arnetts.
During the 1930's, two cousins Gordon Arnett (the grandfather of today’s owners) and Kathleen Arnett took over a shop and café in the village of Cottingham, Yorkshire.
Despite tough times during the war years, Gordon Arnett took over a bakery in Hull and due to food rationing with ingredients in short supply the shop would sell out everything they made within the first few hours of opening.
In 1946 The Arnetts purchased another business - The Cake Shop in North Bar Within Beverley and the business flourished.
Gordon Arnett's two sons took over the business in the mid 1960's and the family were buiding a good reputation for being skilled bakers. Their cakes and biscuits were being sold nationwide in stores such as The Army & Navy Stores, The Civil Service Stores and the legendary Barkers of Kensington.
A lot of this success was down to the hampers that they were included in. Here was an opportunity to showcase their skill in making not just luxury cakes and biscuits but also classic puddings and mince pies. This led to the launch of Beaverlac Home Bakery in the 1980's.
Tthe 1990’s saw the family expand into Yorkshire Farm Bakery where a range of boxed cakes using unique packaging were produced. This range was added to in the early 2000’s by a fantastic range of gluten free breads and cakes.
With a new generation of Arnetts now running the business, it was time for the next evolution of the business.
The brothers then decided to go back "to their roots" and bring back joy to the British teatime table. They would go back to what Jennie and Kathrine did – bake great tasting biscuit and cakes and preserves.
This led to the family purchasing a small company making jams and preserves called Cartwright and Butler. They decided to keep this name and still continue to make the finest biscuits, cakes and jams for miles around. They also fill our lovely gourmet hampers and gift boxes!