Where better to get the secret for perfect Christmas dinner roast potatoes than from the potato grower herself.

This is one of the many treats in store for shoppers coming to Elham’s Christmas Farmers’ Market Christmas on Sunday 13 December.

Kim Gower of Blandred Farm in Acrise has become a firm favourite at the market, not only for her excellent range of potatoes all grown on her farm, but for her encyclopaedic knowledge of how to cook the different varieties to achieve the best results.

Amanda Darbon, Elham Farmer’s Market co-manager, said: “Shoppers have been telling us how they have rediscovered the joy of eating potatoes, that have a superb flavour quite unlike anything available in supermarkets. All Kim’s potatoes are grown on her farm just over 2 miles from the market, so are about as local as you can get.”

But this is just one of the many attractions at what will be a bumper market. In addition to the regular local producers selling anything from game to chutneys, seasonal additions will be everlasting Christmas wreaths, Christmas trees, wool products and decorative wooden items made by Elham Valley Vineyard, and orders taken for turkeys. Also not to be missed will be the Elham gardeners’ stall with their range of fruit and vegetables, all grown in the village.

To entertain shoppers during the morning, a newly formed local choir of “non singers” will be giving their first public performance, singing Christmas carols. They hope that shoppers who can sing will help them along the way!

Staff at the Rose and Crown pub in the High Street, Elham, where the market is held twice a month, will be serving mulled wine and a range of warming hot drinks.