A traditional artisan fish Smokehouse located on the beautiful North Norfolk coast in the village of
Brancaster Staithe
A traditional artisan fish Smokehouse located on the beautiful North Norfolk coast in the village of
Brancaster Staithe
We are a traditional artisan fish smokehouse, using age old techniques and methods to slowly smoke our fish to produce delicious goods that are enjoyed for their natural flavours that are enhanced by us smoking them.
We aim to continue this tradition of supplying high quality fresh produce, and to grow the business.
I have had over 10 years experience working front of house at a local coastal hotel and also many years home smoking from my hand built smokehouse.
My wife is the Executive Chef of a Norfolk coastal restaurant, The White Horse Pub in Brancaster Staithe, and keeps a keen eye on the quality of our produce as she uses it in her kitchen.
We find that tradition, time and quality make for the best tasting smoked goods. And from this we now supply high end, quality establishments throughout Norfolk from 3 Rosettes to Michelin Star restaurants.
#ProudlyNorfolk
The original smokehouse, Letzers, was started many years ago by a local gentleman called Paul Letzer. He smoked Scottish salmon, cod and herring. After he passed away, the smokehouse was passed onto his son Simon, who continued the tradition.
Now as Simon has moved on and concentrating more on fishing, we were given the opportunity to continue a local smokehouse, to keep a family tradition and style of smoking on going, now and into the future.
From all of this we started
Staithe Smokehouse.
#smokennorfolk
Our traditional smokehouse also has a shop located on site which you can visit. We sell whole sides of award winning smoked salmon, also sliced salmon packs, as well as our smoked kippers and smoked haddock. We also have local products for sale that will accompany our smokehouse goods.
We are located at-
The rear of The White Horse Pub
Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, PE31 8BY
HOURS
Monday CLOSED
Tuesday 10am to 3pm
Wednesday 10am to 3pm
Thursday CLOSED
Friday 10am to 3pm
Saturday 10am to 3pm
Sunday 10am to 3pm
*Smokehouse shop will be closed on the first Saturday of each month as I will be at Creake Abbey Farmers Market
AND
on the second Saturday of each month as I will be at the Black Barn Farmers Market in Salhouse *
We also offer 10% off all goods in our shop when you present your Enjoying Norfolk card or use The Proudly Norfolk App.
enjoyingnorfolk.co.uk
We now offer 10% off any items for sale in our shop when you present your Enjoying Norfolk card.
Purchase your card at:
We now offer gift vouchers. Great for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas and all special occasions.
Purchase them in our Smokehouse shop or email us for further details
By buying from local artisan growers, suppliers and producers.
By choosing that little Norfolk business in the high street over a large faceless corporate store.
Stop in and have a chat. Meet your local Norfolk supplier. Learn about why it's great to buy Norfolk.
Support us at Farmers markets, pop up shops and our little stores.
Enjoy why we do, what we do, for you.
#SupportNorfolk
We now offer to Norfolk Hideaways customers 10% off all produce in our shop. Visit us and present you voucher to save some money on our Norfolk smokehouse goods.
Great Taste Awards 2021
1* Artisan style oak smoked salmon
Great Taste Awards 2024
2** Artisan style oak smoked salmon
2** Artisan style oak smoked haddock
We are so proud to have been awarded these Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards for our traditionally artisan oak smoked fish.
Holkham Spring Market 2026
The Holkham Spring Market will be held again in the Lady Elizabeth building and courtyard area. With a fantastic range of street food and artisan food and drink vendors.
LOOK OUT FOR 2026 DATES
The fabulous North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival is set to return this year, 2025, in Holkham's beautiful Walled Garden.
Lots of local artisan food and drink stands and local food vendors, as well as first class cooking demos throughout the day in the cookery theatre.
2025
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
*30th AUGUST*
10am to 4pm
*31st AUGUST*
10am to 4pm
We attend the award winning
Creake Abbey Farmers Market on the
first Saturday of each month.
A fantastic Farmers Market with a huge range of stalls, artisan, local and niche.
From our artisan smoked fish to meat, fresh veg, eggs, fudge, flowers, tea, pies, gin, marmalades, coffee, cakes and more.
First Saturday of each month.
Same pitch location.
*SATURDAY 5th JULY*
9.30am to 1pm
Creake Abbey
North Creake
Norfolk
NR21 9LF
We attend The Black Barn Farmers Market, in Salhouse, Norwich on the
second Saturday of every month.
Lots of regular stalls from Creake Abbey Farmers Market and many more.
Come by and enjoy a Saturday morning with some of Norfolk's finest artisan traders.
Second Saturday of each month.
Same pitch location.
*SATURDAY 12th JULY*
10am to 1pm
Black Barn
Norwich Road
Salhouse, Norwich
NR13 6QG
After a fantastic 3 day Christmas weekend, Holkham Christmas Market will be back again in 2025.
Creake Abbey Farmers Christmas Market.
An absolutely fantastic, Christmas Market will be set to return in 2025.
We can deliver to most areas around Norfolk.
(Local free, 30mins away £7 and
1hour away £9)
Wholesale delivery day is Thursday.
(Any other times shall be prearranged.)
Contact us for retail delivery times.
Email, phone or DM me to place your order or for any questions.
Phil Hartshorne
07717 702630
Staithe Smokehouse Online Shop
Visit our online shop, place an order and we shall post your smoked goodies straight to your front door.
Items can take up to 4 days before they are posted as orders are smoked to order. We post out on a Monday and Thursday.
Email us via the form below if you need assistance or have any questions.
Our award winning cold smoked salmon is traditionally smoked over oak. We then hand slice the salmon and sell them in packs of 5 slices.
We also sell whole sides of salmon, sliced or un-sliced.
£42.00 per kilo.
Our artisan hot smoked or kiln roasted salmon is sliced into delicious supremes.
£42.00 per kilo.
Beautiful full flavoured oak smoked haddock.
Perfect in a chowder, kedgeree or simply grilled.
£29.50 per kilo.
Simple and traditional. Historic and tasty.
Our kippers are lightly smoked and easy to cook. Trim the tail and off with its head.
Under the grill or on the bbq.
£4.00 each.
Our delicious homemade smoked salmon mousse is all natural and oh so tasty.
Perfect on toast, stirred through pasta or on a cheese board.
£4.50 a tub.
Delicious and delicate. Gently smoked, our scallops have a beautiful, moorish flavour.
Easy to cook and a joy to eat.
Sold in packs of-
4 for £11.20
6 for £16.80
Christmas orders for 2025. 🎅
Oak smoked shell on prawns and crevettes.
Easy to peel, delicious to eat.
Add them to paella, pasta or as a snack.
£11.50 for a 500g tub of shell on prawns
and
£10 for 10 smoked crevettes
Kiln roasted oak smoked mackerel fillets.
Served through a salad, homemade maki rolls or simply served warm on toast.
Sold in packs of 2 fillets, priced at
£7.50 a pack.
Our very own Staithe Smokehouse smoked salt. Perfect to add flavour to your cooking, a little pinch at a time. 100% natural and smoked in our own Smokehouse.
Comes in a 30g. tub.
£3.00
Norfolk's own Montys mustards.
We stock Montys Bloody Mary relish which is perfect with our smoked salmon and scrambled egg.
£4.30 a jar.
Smoked Ancho Salt
Our Staithe Smokehouse smoked salt, with an earthy, mild, chilli kick.
Ancho chilli comes from Mexico and is a perfect seasoning for our smoked fish, steak, eggs etc.
£3.25 a tub.
Delicious Sharrington's Norfolk asparagus.
Perfect with our smoked salmon.
£4.50 a bunch.
OUT OF SEASON
From the beginning of June, we will be smoking delicious wild caught chalk stream Kennet crayfish.
Wild crayfish are seasonal and will be available soon.
Our Staithe Smokehouse smoked fish platter comes with our own smoked salmon, kiln roasted smoked mackerel, kiln roasted smoked salmon, smoked crevettes and our homemade smoked salmon mousse.
Salad and a wedge of lemon.
*PRE ORDER ONLY*
£28.50 each.
Our delicious kiln roasted smoked salmon is brushed with beautiful Norfolk honey from
Leigh's Bees and hot smoked to end up with the most tasty and scrumptious smoked salmon supreme.
Perfect.
£42.00 per kilo.
Staithe Smokehouse Christmas Hampers 🎄
Packed full with all our ready to eat smoked fish goodies.
From our smoked salmon to kiln roasted smoked mackerel.
They make fantastic gifts for friends, family, clients or for yourself.
Hampers are £79 each.
Hamper contents for Christmas 2025
-our award winning salmon pack
-kiln roasted smoked salmon pack
-homemade smoked salmon mousse
-saffron infused cockles
-kiln roasted mackerel pack
-small prawns
-crevettes x 6
-Nortons soft cheese
-smoked salt
-blinis
-Montys Mustard
We also offer other products to add on-
*Exmoor Caviar £19
*Kippers £4 each
*Haddock £12
*Smoked scollops £2.80 each
*Brancaster mussels £5.50 per 1kg net
*Brancaster oysters £3.00 each
Order now online on the email form below.
£79 per HAMPER.
Please note that our
Christmas Hampers are for
PICK UP ONLY
from our Smokehouse shop on the
23rd December 10am to 5pm
And
24th December 10am to 5pm
Brancaster oysters are delicious and, well pure perfection.
Served 'oh' natural, tempura or Kilpatrick.
Grown just out the back, and walked over and dropped off at the shops front door.
Perfect.
£3.00 each.
VAVAILABLE Delicious Brancaster Staithe mussels from local fisherman Peter Loose.
Big, beautiful and plump.
Sold at local Farmers Market in 1kg bags.
£5.50 per net.
AVAILABLE AT BLACK BARN FARMERS MARKET
OUT OF SEASON
Big, beautiful and delicious. Our oak smoked crevettes are huge in size and flavour.
Perfect as they are, garlic butter or through a salad.
£10 a large tub.
Beautiful, Norfolk and natural.
The delicious Leigh's bees honey, from Narford Hall, Norfolk.
Used on our triple glazed oak smoked salmon, or on toast, tea or over some lovely, buttery crumpets.
£9.50 a jar.
Beautiful, plump and delicious Norfolk dressed crabs.
Lovely and tasty as they are or in a hot chilli soup.
£5.50 each.
AVAILABLE AT CREAKE ABBEY FARMERS MARKET.
1ST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH.
*BACK IN SEASON*
Exmoor Caviar.
A most exquisite, delicious and smooth Caviar.
And also British.
This caviar is delicious served ontop of scrambled eggs and our award winning smoked salmon, or with melba toast and cream cheese or perfectly with our smoked crevettes.
£19.00 a tin
Our scrumptious smoked Verrine is made up from our own smoked salmon, kiln roasted smoked salmon and our homemade smoked salmon mousse with a pinch of cucumber.
Perfect.
£4.50
AVAILABLE BY PREORDER DURING CHRISTMAS
Half a side of sliced salmon and a half side tail end of smoked salmon. Enjoy our cold smoked salmon with scrambled eggs in the morning and then our kiln roasted smoked salmon the next day with some cous cous or pan fried vegetables.
£50.00
Plump, smokey, scrumptious and moorish.
Our Staithe Smokehouse smoked mussels are perfect on pizzas, through pasta, salads or on a seafood platter.
£4.00 a tub
CHRISTMAS SMOKED PRODUCT
Crush
This Norfolk made delicious dressing & marinade is perfect with our smoked crevettes, salad or as a dip with our hot smoked salmon.
£4.80 per bottle
Crush
This Norfolk made delicious dressing & marinade is perfect with our award winning smoked salmon in a salad or with our kiln roasted mackerel.
£4.80 per bottle
Christmas Sides of Our Award Winning Smoked Salmon.
A time for good food, family and friends. A time for good food, family and friends. We post whole sides of sliced or unsliced sides of salmon out during the year all over the UK, but especially at Christmas time.🎄
Pre order your side of salmon now for postal day on the 16th & 17th of December.
Sides are £55 each and postage is £16.50 if under 2kg.
Celebrate the New Year with a side of our delicious award winning smoked salmon.
Sliced or unsliced, they go perfectly with any New Year's Eve party as either canapés, starter or a centre piece amongst the buffet table.
Available in our Smokehouse shop all the way up to the 31st of December
10am to 3pm.
Lovely little cockles pickled in a jar with star anise and saffron.
Absolutely delicious, great as a walk around snack or as a party dish. Works well with our Staithe Smokehouse Smoked Fish Platters.
£4.50 each jar.
Available Christmas Time 2025
BE BACK FOR NYE 2025
New Years Eve Luxury Platters
Pre-order now our delicious New Years Eve Platters ready to welcome in 2025.
You'll find in our platter-
* Smoked fish platter
* 6x oysters
* Smoked mussels
* Saffron Pickled Cockles
* Kiln roasted smoked mackerel
* Luxury prawn cocktail
All boxed up and ready for the big night.
£70
We also offer other products to add on-
* Exmoor Caviar £19
* Smoked scallops £2.80 each
Pre-order now online on the email form below.
*Pick up only or delivery in Norfolk only.
Our delicious award winning Oak smoked salmon, V cut style.
The same belly V cut of our salmon that some of Norfolk's top restaurants use in their kitchens at home on your own plate just for you to enjoy.
Sold V cut belly slices on the skin
£30.00
Eric's
An extremely moorish, Norfolk produced, black garlic mayo, invented in Eric's award winning fish and chip shop in Thornham.
Goes well with all our smoked fish and more.
£4.80 per jar
Next Farmers Market for 2025 will be
~Creake Abbey Farmers Market~
Saturday 5th July
*9.30am to 1pm*
Smokehouse shop will be CLOSED when we attend Farmers Markets.
Please use the button below to pay for products you have already reserved.
We attend numerous Farmers Markets throughout the year.
Please visit our events section to find out about times, dates and locations.
Watch our fantastic KL Magazine interview about our fish Smokehouse.
https://www.klmagazine.co.uk/your-magazine/food-drink/staithe-smokehouse
January 2022 Issue
Winter Issue. No. 2 2021
Mahi wines tour of The White Horse Pub and Staithe Smokehouse, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk.
1st July 2019
feastnorfolkmagazine.co.uk
Discover Seafood.
A fantastic site, with an interactive map, showing the UK's fishing fleets, fishmongers and fish smokehouses , located along Britain's coastline.
Go to Discover Seafood for more information.
