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Celebrating Devon’s best: Entries open for the 2026 Food Drink Devon Awards

The countdown has begun as entries officially open for the highly anticipated 2026 Food Drink Devon Awards. Following the resounding success of last year’s event, the awards once again promise to celebrate the very best food and drink Devon has to offer, from artisan producers and innovative brands to much-loved cafés, pubs, restaurants, bars, takeaways and retailers.

Widely recognised as the gold standard for food and drink excellence in the county, the Food Drink Devon Awards shine a spotlight on the talent, passion and creativity that make Devon such a celebrated food and...

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Kick-start the New Year with 40% off at YO! Sushi

Keep those New Year’s resolutions in check with YO! Sushi's fantastic January 40% off sale, setting you up for a healthier happier you in 2013!

To kick-start the New Year, YO! Sushi is offering 40% discount off all food from the conveyor belt when you dine in. Simply present your January Sale voucher in-store at any participating restaurant (including the recently opened Exeter branch) Tue - Fri between the 8th and 25th January 2013 (inclusive).

Simply log in to your YO! Love Club account (or sign up to the YO! Love Club via the below link - once you have signed up you must...

The Magdalen Chapter looking forward to 1st Xmas

Exeter's newest hotel, The Magdalen Chapter, is looking forward to celebrating its first Christmas. The hotel opened its doors earlier this year and has already firmly established itself as a popular haunt for locals looking for great food and hospitality.

Preparations are well underway for the festive period at the hotel. Elegant Christmas trees, roaring fires and home-made Stollen make The Magdalen Chapter a perfect place to visit over the holiday period.

General Manager Fiona Moores said: "This Christmas is a great milestone for us as a team here at The Magdalen Chapter...

Devon chef jointly wins MasterChef: The Professionals

A Devon chef has been named joint winner in the final of this year's MasterChef: The Professionals . Anton Piotrowski, 30, who runs the Treby Arms in Sparkwell near Plymouth, and Keri Moss, 41, from London, became the first joint winners in the history of the competition. "It's absolutely amazing; to share the title with someone that's so talented and so amazing is unreal," said Piotrowski.

Piotrowski's winning menu included squid ink and malt vinegar crumble and cocoa-marinated venison.

The Professionals spin-off, which pits working chefs against one another, is now in its...

RUBY Modern Diner: A fresh approach to fast food

RUBY, Modern Diner’s flagship restaurant will open in January 2013, breathing new life into 74 Queen St, a landmark grade 2 listed building in the heart of Exeter.

Open all day every day, RUBY brings a modern twist to the roots of the American diner, serving fast food prepared with the finest, fresh local ingredients.

Richard Harrison joint managing director of Modern Diners said;

‘‘RUBY is named after the Devon Ruby Red cow. All our meat and dairy products are free range and locally sourced including beef from a single Mid Devon farm, where the herd is sired by a...

Try some food to make you smile at YO! Sushi

As a self-confessed fan of YO! Sushi, I felt it best to take along a non-biased sushi virgin to help me taste test the latest restaurant to arrive in Princesshay.

Ever since we published the news that YO! Sushi would be opening in Bedford Square on 22nd November, there was a flurry of excitement and anticipation both on Twitter and The Exeter Daily website. Many have experienced the brand before in places such as London's Paddington Station, Bristol Cribbs Causeway and Milsom Place in Bath, and so it is testament to the perception of Exeter as a city worthy of investment that we...

Love Local Food's Winter Food Fair at The Hub

Love Local Food are holding a Winter Food Fair on Saturday 15th December at the Hub on the Green, Cathedral Close, Exeter from 9.30am – 4.30pm. The event celebrates and showcases many of the local producers and farmers who supply the Love Local Food mobile shop and contribute to the exciting programme of education events.

Love Local Food's Winter Food Fair will be transforming The Hub on the Green into a 'festive food hall' celebrating the very best in produce from the local area. Regulars to Love Local Food's mobile shop, which supplies communities in Exeter...

Warm up with The Devon Chef's winter drinks

As the cold weather settles in why not warm yourself with one of these hot winter drinks using Devon produce.

Mulled Devon cider This was inspired by a mulled cider Barny Butterfield served up at Crediton Farmers Market last year. 2 litres Sandford Orchards scrumpy cider 1 lemon, thinly peeled, peel only 1 cinnamon stick 1/2 a nutmeg, grated 2 tablespoons juniper berries, slightely crushed Mix all the ingredients together in a saucepan and warm without boiling. Leave for a few hours off the heat. Warm through again, strain and serve in mulled wine cups or ordinary mugs, or heat proof...

Enjoy festive indulgence at Darts Farm

With twinkling festive lights and decorations scented with spices, it is definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas at award-winning local food retailer, Darts Farm.

Once again Darts Farm has a calendar bursting with Christmas events and activities, including Christmas master classes, food and drink tastings, Santa’s Grotto, late night shopping, and for the first time this year - a carol service lead by Woodbury church.

Darts Farm’s Festive Indulgence Evening will kick-start the festivities on Wednesday 5th December from 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Now in its sixth year, the...

Modern Diner to launch first restaurant in Exeter

Modern Diners Ltd is to launch its first restaurant, RUBY, in Exeter after securing the lease of a central city location.

The freehold of the Grade II Listed property at 74 Queen Street was sold to its current owners in early 2012 and Christie + Co, which completed the sale, was recently appointed to find a lessee.

The agent said there had been "much interest" for the property, which has a sub-divided basement area and an open-plan ground floor with a mezzanine level. The site formerly traded as a delicatessen and licensed restaurant.

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Award-winning cafe for Museum of the Year

Winner of the Taste of the West Gold Award for Cafe-Restaurant 2012, Otterton Mill, will be providing visitors to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) with a new menu of light meals and refreshments from Friday 30 November.

"We are delighted to have been offered this opportunity to run the RAMM Cafe" said Simon Spiller who runs Otterton Mill with wife Caroline. "As café owners, we feel lucky to operate in Devon. We are surrounded by great ingredients, wonderful growers and hard working farmers & fishermen. Our idea and ethos is to celebrate these ingredients and our...

Food & Drink

Celebrating Devon’s best: Entries open for the 2026 Food Drink Devon Awards

Kick-start the New Year with 40% off at YO! Sushi

The Magdalen Chapter looking forward to 1st Xmas

Devon chef jointly wins MasterChef: The Professionals

RUBY Modern Diner: A fresh approach to fast food

Try some food to make you smile at YO! Sushi

Love Local Food's Winter Food Fair at The Hub

Warm up with The Devon Chef's winter drinks

Enjoy festive indulgence at Darts Farm

Modern Diner to launch first restaurant in Exeter

Award-winning cafe for Museum of the Year

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