Food & Drink

Leading food and drink organisation, Taste of the West, is promoting South West food and drink products to global markets as part of its new export sales and marketing service, Taste of the West International, taking advantage of the interest in all things British following the Olympics and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The new service is committed to selling quality Westcountry food and drink products across the world providing regional food and drink producers with an opportunity to boost sales.

Taste of the West Chief Executive, John Sheaves, explains, “440,000 jobs, or nearly half...

The second in a series of master classes taught by local, well-known French chef Mikael Perret is all set for Thursday 16 May. The class runs from 7 - 9pm and is being held at Gourmandine Creperie & Bistrot on Catherine Street, just behind House of Fraser.

This month's lesson is all about Patisserie and students can expect to learn the finer details of making French classics like warm chocolate & hazelnut brownie and fondant, raspberry tarts with crème patisserie, profiteroles with chocolate granache and crème Chantilly, and of course short crust, sweet & choux pastry...

Every inch the 'domestic goddess', Kate Shirazi is Devon's very own version of Nigella but without all the innuendo, and the great news for the people of Exeter is that she has just opened up a delightful new cake and tea shop right at the heart of the city.

Just a stone's throw from the Cathedral, Kate has moved her home-based cake baking business Cakeadoodledo, first launched in 2006, into 1 Deanery Place (the road that runs between the entrance to Exeter Cathedral and Bear Street). Although slightly hidden away from the hubbub of Cathedral Green, I'm certain it won't be long...

The countdown has begun for the start of the Devon County Show, which runs this year from 16 to 18 May. Organic family farmers from Talaton near Honiton are sure to be cooking up a storm. Jonathan and Louise Burrough from Peradon Farm specialise in gourmet burgers, made from their home-grown Aberdeen Angus beef as well as lamb. The award-winning steak burgers will be ready to eat from their catering stand near the Mole Valley Farmers Main Arena. The 310-acre farm has been in the Burrough family for several generations and has been organic for more than a decade. In recent years they have...