2020 Review: Who's talking about watercress?

#watercress has seen an amazing influx of attention on Instagram this year. How do we know? Because we made it happen! We’ve been lucky enough to speak to and work with some amazing chefs, food writers, nutritionists, and other influencers to help spread the word about how nutritious and delicious watercress truly is.

What better way to roundup 2020 (and what a year it’s been…) than celebrating the buzz that has surrounded watercress.

John Torode – Chef

“The most amazing box of lovelyness just arrived…”

Gill Meller – Chef and Food Writer

“A package arrived from @thewatercressco this morning. They’re a wonderful company producing an incredibly delicious product in a completely natural way.”

Luke Sherwood-French – Chef

“Today I cooked up a delicious super-soup of Spinach & Watercress with @thewatercressco they kindly sent us to have a play with. Perfect as we were craving some vibrant green nutritional lunch!”

Choclette – Vegetarian Whole Food Blogger

“If you love watercress as much as I do, you’ll be thrilled with the new biodegradable packaging from The Watercress Company… Scroll through the rest of the photos to see what I did with these gorgeous bunches of local watercress”

Lee Westcott – Michelin Star Chef

“…it’s meat-free, nutritious & all round delicious! The ingredients used in this recipe were from @smithandbrock apart from the beautiful watercress which is from @thewatercressco!”

Steven Lamb – Author & Presenter

“Egg mayo and @thewatercressco sandwiches are the order of the day.”

Karen S Burns-Booth – Food Writer

“I love watercress and it’s so healthy. It is a good source of vitamin C, calcium, iron and folate. Perhaps more importantly, watercress is packed with a wide range of natural, bioactive plant compounds (phytochemicals) for which there is increasing evidence for beneficial effects on human health.”

Emily English – Nutritionist

“What’s the deal with watercress? Where to start! All of those bitter, peppery flavours are due to an array of phytonutrients and phenolic compounds which are what we should be looking for in our salad leaves… iceberg who?”

Toral Shah MSc – Nutritionist

“Watercress contains a compound phenylethyl isothiocyanate which has the ability to supress breast cancer cell development and metastasis (cancer spread) by switching off mechanisms preventing angiogenesis (growth of blood vessels)”