Food & Drink

Students and staff at Tiverton High School are attempting to beat the world record for the biggest ever cream tea.

They’re planning on hosting 500 guests to a proper cream tea on Wednesday and they’ll be making sure that the scones are served Devon-style with the cream going on first.

The school needs to feed more than 430 people to break the current world record for the biggest cream tea. They are inviting pupils from local primary schools, their own students and staff and special guests from the community.

It’s the brainchild of staff members Kirsty Pritchard and...

Michael Pollan is an American food writer best known as a critic of the industrial scale of food production, reflected in his books such as The Omnivores Dilemma , In Defence of Food and Food Rules . His approach can be summed up by his 'rule' - Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants . This challenge to a seeming over-reliance on nutritionists and others can help us decide what we should eat. He has always advocated individuals and families taking more control over their food. I chatted to him about the book whilst Pollan was over here for its launch. So this is not a cookery book, it is...

Wild Beef, a family-run Chagford farm specialising in naturally reared and nutritionally superior beef, has announced the official launch of the Wild Beef West Country Farm Shop.

The farm shop stocks the finest artisan food and drink from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. The shop’s produce is available at Wild Beef’s market locations at Borough and Broadway, in London, and Wells, in Somerset. The range is also available by mail order.

Supporting boutique farms and suppliers, the shop brings together exceptional produce not easily accessible outside the fertile South West...

A full line-up of special food and drink events being held during June to celebrate Devon’s finest restaurants has been revealed. Nearly 40 eateries across the county will be getting behind ‘Devon Restaurant Month’ by organising their own unique event or promotion to raise awareness of award-winning food and drink and increase their custom in the process. This year, the programme includes coffee roasting, cookery demonstrations, champagne dinners, a barbeque beach party and a house and garden open day, as well as British Tapas, local seafood menus, suppers and lunches and a wide range of...