{"id":693492,"date":"2026-07-15T19:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/693492\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:10:48","slug":"isle-of-wight-produce-served-up-at-wimbledon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/693492\/","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Wight produce served up at Wimbledon 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Around 50kg of beef, from Island farmer Conor Moore, was dispatched to the Wimbledon Food and Drink team.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The meat was butchered and prepared by staff at Ryde-based company Island Foods.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Butcher Mick, from Island Foods, took the 1.30am ferry last Wednesday morning (July 8).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for the company said: &#8220;A long journey, but one worth making when it\u2019s for one of the biggest sporting events in the world.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We like to think our beef will be serving up some serious flavour, making a few winning points along the way!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This was Island Foods&#8217; fourth year of feeding players, guests, and staff at one of the world\u2019s most iconic sporting events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Meanwhile, tomatoes grown on the Isle of Wight also featured on the menu.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for Isle of Wight Tomatoes said: &#8220;We\u2019re proud to see our tomatoes on the menu at The Championships, Wimbledon 2026 &#8211; bringing bold colour, fresh flavour and a taste of the island to one of the world\u2019s most iconic sporting events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;From vibrant tomato salads to beautifully seasonal dishes, our tomatoes are being served up courtside in true Wimbledon style.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 50kg of beef, from Island farmer Conor Moore, was dispatched to the Wimbledon Food and Drink team.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-693492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}