Trade only
Wholesale fruit and veg supplier for Kent kitchens
Ortaggi is a small, family-run fruit and veg wholesaler with a planned morning round through Kent. The fresh produce is hand-picked at New Covent Garden Market before dawn and driven out with the dairy and provisions to reach your kitchen before service.
Reliable wholesale delivery across Kent
We run dedicated morning rounds into Kent, through Maidstone and the Medway valley, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks, on the mornings each round runs. Our drivers know the roads, the delivery points and the timing your kitchen needs.
Everything begins at New Covent Garden Market. Giuseppe and Franco walk the stands in the early hours, choosing by hand, as Giuseppe has for forty years, and by three in the morning the order is on the road to Kent.
A Kent pub, country restaurant or hotel kitchen thirty miles from London should have its produce chosen with as much care as one in the capital.
What to look for in a wholesaler covering Kent
Still run by its two founders, as it has been since 2007.
Giuseppe SantamariaCo-founder, purchasing 
Jaime SuarezCo-founder, operations
- A buyer looking for a wholesaler in Kent usually wants three things settled before switching: that someone reliably reaches their postcode, that one delivery can stock the whole kitchen, and that the produce is truly fresh. Ortaggi, a family-run supplier working from New Covent Garden Market, is arranged around all three.
- Kent is a dedicated morning round for us, busiest around Maidstone and the Medway valley, with the Weald, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells on the same rounds.
- Market produce, dairy, dry goods and frozen travel in the same van, so a Kent kitchen is stocked from a single account.
- Giuseppe and Franco walk the New Covent Garden stands before dawn, choosing by hand, and the order is driven out to Kent to arrive before morning service, only hours from the market.
Questions from Kent kitchens
For anything else, do call 0333 091 5281.
Which parts of Kent do you get to most often?
Maidstone and the Medway valley are the busiest part of the round: Bearsted, Aylesford, Larkfield, Snodland, East and West Malling, Kings Hill, Coxheath and out to Lenham. The Weald follows, with Marden, Staplehurst, Headcorn, Cranbrook and Tenterden, and Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham sit at the northern edge. Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks are covered too, though less thickly than the Maidstone side, so do send us your postcode.
Who will I deal with when ordering wholesale produce in Kent?
One of three people. Franco is the first point of contact for new customers, and he stays your account manager from then on. Giuseppe is Purchasing Director, so buying and suppliers are his. Jaime is Operations Director: the warehouse, the logistics and the quality of what arrives sit with him. One number serves for all of it: 0333 091 5281.
Do you supply frozen and speciality lines to Kent kitchens?
Both. Beyond the staples of onions, potatoes, garlic, lemons and tomatoes, the range runs out to figs, artichokes and seasonal citrus at the speciality end, with frozen alongside the fresh and chilled. If what you want is not on the list, ask, and Giuseppe and Franco will look for it on the stands.
Monday to Saturday mornings
Built for Kent hospitality
We planned our Kent routes from the start, as rounds in their own right, and each runs on its regular mornings.
Country pubs running seasonal menus need a supplier who understands availability, and hotels with function catering need one who can meet a sudden rise in numbers. A small family business that has bought at the market since 2007 can do both.
A family-run wholesaler can carry a busy Kent kitchen: we supply restaurants, hotels and caterers on the Kent rounds, out as far as Maidstone, and the same small team looks after you throughout.
The rounds
Central & inner London
- EC
- WC
- E
- N
- NW
- SE
- SW
- W
Greater London
- BR
- CR
- DA
- EN
- HA
- IG
- KT
- RM
- SM
- TW
- UB
- WD
Kent
- ME
- TN
- DA
Surrey
- GU
- RH
- KT
- SM
- CR
Sussex
- BN
- RH
- TN
Essex
- CM
- SS
- RM
- IG
New Covent Garden Market, SW8 5PP
What we deliver to Kent kitchens
Market-fresh produce
Seasonal vegetables, salad leaves, herbs, mushrooms, stone fruit and citrus, chosen at the market only hours before they reach you.
Dairy, eggs and chilled lines
Butter, cream, milk, mozzarella, burrata, ricotta, feta and free-range eggs, kept cold from our chiller to yours without a break.
Provisions and dry store
Olive oils, pasta, rice, tinned tomatoes, pulses and vinegars, with the rest of the dry store, on a single delivery and invoice.
Getting started with Kent delivery
01
Call, WhatsApp or email us with your postcode and a rough idea of what you order each week.
02
We confirm your delivery days and the morning window your round arrives in.
03
From then on, order by midnight before each delivery morning. Giuseppe and Franco choose it at the market, Jaime packs and checks it, and it arrives before service.
04
After the first week we review it together, and adjust lines, quantities or delivery days as needed.
Further reading
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