Hand-picked at New Covent Garden. Delivered before service.
Wholesale fruit, vegetables, dairy and provisions for the kitchens of London and the South East. A family business, buying by eye since 2007.
19 years at New Covent Garden Market, choosing what is in season and at its best.
Our partners
Trattorias, gastropubs and cafés, and the suppliers we buy from: a few of them, in their own words.
“We change the menu with the seasons — they keep up without being asked. That matters more than people think.”
“We run a lot of events and the volumes can spike at short notice. They've never left us short — and when things are tight, they call ahead.”
“The drivers know the loading bay, they're on time, and if something's been swapped out they say so to your face. That's not nothing.”
“I've called them at eleven the night before and had it sorted by morning. Not every supplier will do that.”
Our range
Everything a kitchen calls on, from the daily staples to the rarer Mediterranean lines, with the fresh produce hand-picked at New Covent Garden.
Chefs' staples
Onions, potatoes, garlic, lemons, tomatoes and cucumbers: the quiet essentials of every service.
Fresh produce
Heritage tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes, peppers and fresh citrus, chosen for flavour.
Herbs & leaves
Basil, coriander, dill, mint, thyme and rosemary, with baby leaves, rocket and spinach.
Mushrooms
Chestnut, portobello, oyster, shiitake and king oyster, with the wild varieties when the season allows.
Speciality
Figs, artichokes, seasonal citrus and the less-common lines.
Citrus & stone fruit
Lemons, limes and oranges, with blood oranges in season, and peaches, nectarines and apricots when they are at their best.
Dairy
Milk, butter, cream, mozzarella, feta, ricotta, burrata and yoghurt, with dairy alternatives as well.
Dry & provisions
Oils, vinegars, tinned tomatoes, pulses, pasta, rice, olives and capers: everything for the dry store.
Frozen
Chips, veg, pastry, gelato and breads: there when fresh isn't the right call.
How we work
Chosen by hand on the market floor, overnight.
By telephone, WhatsApp or email, up to midnight.
Dry goods, dairy and provisions are checked and set aside to await the fresh produce.
Giuseppe and Franco walk the stands at New Covent Garden Market.
Anything less than right stays on the stand. Every box is checked by hand.
The fresh produce joins each order, Jaime signs it off, and the vans leave for the morning rounds.
On the counter before the first ticket, on the mornings your area's round runs.
The Market Note
A weekly letter from the market floor: which regions are at their best, what is coming into season and what is leaving it, and how we would buy around both. Free to read, every Monday morning.
Get the Market Note in your inbox
Franco's read from the New Covent Garden floor, sent first thing Monday, before you write the week's order.
- What's worth buying this week, and what's about to turn
- What to leave alone, and why, before it reaches your pass
- Where supply is heading, with every call sourced and dated
Who we are
Still run by its two founders, as it has been since 2007.
Ortaggi began in 2007 with a single van and a simple conviction: that a kitchen is only as good as what comes through its door. So we buy as a chef would, in person and by eye, through the night at New Covent Garden, and the order is at your door before service.
Giuseppe knows the growers and reads the turn of each season. In the warehouse, Jaime loads nothing that would not be served at home.
Working with us
- Kept chilled from our arches to your kitchen door, with no warm stop on the way.
- You deal with the founders directly, and with the same small team from the first day.
- Giuseppe buys and Jaime packs, and every order is checked by eye before it leaves.
- Order by midnight for delivery before service. If anything falls short, you will hear it from us first.
Common questions
Where we deliver, when to order and what we stock: the questions kitchens ask us most. For anything else, do call.
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Talk to us
Tell us about your kitchen. We will call you back, or come and see you in person.