Food & Drink

Red Zero Wins More Awards

Crediton-based Sandford Orchards scoops more awards for non-alcoholic cider

Devon-based Sandford Orchards is celebrating a fantastic year of awards for its new non-alcoholic cider, Red Zero. It has just been named ‘Low and No Alcohol Category Champion’ by Taste of the West after winning Best Non-Alcoholic Cider at the World Cider Awards, Best New Drink at the Food Drink Devon Awards, Gold from The Farm Shop and Deli Awards and Silver from the Great British Food Awards.

Barny Butterfield, founder of Sandford Orchards comments: “Red Zero has had an outstanding first year, picking up a host of awards that recognise the hard work and dedication that we put...

Back British farming to put more British food on more British plates

In a year when British farming has received phenomenal backing from consumers, the NFU is urging the public to help turn around a decline in self-sufficiency that means the UK produces just 62 per cent of its own food.

Starkly, our current self-sufficiency rate means that today, August 14, is the day when British food supplies would run out if all the food produced in Britain in a year was stored and eaten from January 1. The NFU is determined to reverse this trend and is launching a Charter looking for the public, politicians and food industry to sign, pledging their support....

RHS Garden Rosemoor hosts an Autumn-long Festival of Food & Drink

Award-winning South West based garden Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Rosemoor , is holding a series of events this Autumn to tantalise the taste buds in celebration of the area’s prominence as a specialist supplier of food and drink to top chefs and restaurants all over the country.

The events kick off with Rosemoor’s Local Produce Show on 17 August when local growers and producers bring the finest examples of their efforts to the garden to be judged and for visitors to view. Winners from across the region will be crowned ‘best in the West’ in over 65 categories, including...

Vive La Culinary Revolution at the Exeter Street Food Market

From the bustling streets of New York to the covered markets of London, there is a revolution in progress. Thankfully this is not the blood, sweat and tear gas sort of revolution, but a culinary one – a revolution in street food. This delicious uprising is being led by an ever-growing number of al-fresco gastronomes, each bringing their own brand of unique gourmet food to the masses quite literally at street level.

For us Brits the idea of street food may once have conjured up images of dubious burger vans serving suspicious looking “meat” deep fried to within an inch of its life....

Call for producers to vote for Great Taste Shop of the Year

As the results of Great Taste 2013 are released, a new category has been added to the Awards scheme - that of Great Taste Shop of the Year. The idea is simple, as producers go on line to discover their results, they will be invited to nominate and vote for the shop that in their opinion deserves to be Great Taste Shop of the Year. This is simply the best food and drink producers choosing the best shop - a butcher, baker, delicatessen, farm shop, village or community shop, or food hall - in fact any shop with a deli offering. John Farrand, Managing director of the Guild of Fine Food,...

Learn to cook fabulous, fresh fish with Manna from Devon Cooking School

The latest craze to take the country by storm is cooking fabulous fresh fish in a wood-fired oven. It is the perfect way to create delicious, healthy and locally sourced dishes which will impress all.

David and Holly at Manna from Devon Cooking School count themselves extremely lucky to be only a stone's throw away from Brixham, one of the most important fishing ports in Europe and the UK's largest fish market. This gives them access to a wide selection of the best fish in the country.

They run a number of ‘Fabulous Fish’ classes throughout the year (7 September; 12 and 16...

Happy Mondays starts today at Princesshay

Visit Exeter's Princesshay shopping centre every Monday in August and enjoy great deals and discounts when dining at restaurants and cafes in the area.

To celebrate the summer holidays, visitors and families to the centre can also enjoy playing giant summer games on a turfed green in the main square.

Get snapped in a groovy campervan photo booth with Exeter’s Heart radio and enjoy chances to win fab prizes at the Spin and Win station in Princesshay Square.

Want to eat for less this August? All you need to do is register (by filling in the form here ) for your...

Free Otter Valley ice cream at RUBY Modern Diner to celebrate summer holidays

Authored by Babs Walker
Posted: Sun, 07/28/2013 - 11:32am

To celebrate the start of the summer holidays, RUBY Modern Diner and Otter Valley Dairy have teamed up to offer a one day tasting event.

From 10am on Monday 29 July at RUBY Modern Diner on Queen Street, customers will be able to try the delicious range of Otter Valley Ice Cream for FREE!

Otter Valley Dairy produces the highest quality, handmade, luxurious gelato ice cream at Aplins Farm near Honiton. Using milk from their own dairy herd, four generations of the same family work together to create and deliver luxurious farmhouse ice cream at its very best.

Erin...

From field to plate at New Barton Farm

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 07/26/2013 - 11:23am

On Saturday 13 July the National Trust South Devon rangers joined forces with New Barton farm tenants, Tim and Charlotte Jakins, for the annual ‘From Field to Plate’ open day. The sun shone, and a large crowd of visitors soon formed at the farm.

The aim of the day was to reconnect consumers to their food, giving people a better understanding of the countryside and how their food is produced. It also promoted the purchase of local food and produce, such as New Barton Farm’s own range, Moostone Meats.

Tractor and trailer tours occurred throughout the day and were very much...

Is The Quay underappreciated and undervalued by tourists and locals?

The Quay has a whole host of activities on offer for both tourists and locals alike. It offers food and drink to those who fancy a relaxed break from the daily grind, a delightful range of independent shops for those looking for a bit of retail therapy, and it also offers activities such as bike riding and boat trips for those who like to be active and on the go, not to mention the fantastic facilities on offer at Devon's new world class outdoor education centre opened by HRH The Earl of Wessex and Clip'n'Climb centre.

With all The Quay has to offer, why is it that shopkeepers feel...

Soil Association 'Box Scheme' Awards 2013

We are really pleased to announce Shillingford Organics has been shortlisted for the next stage of judging in the Soil Association 'Box Scheme' Awards 2013.

We really hope to give you some good news when the final results have been announced.

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