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New Dottie's Restaurant Opens in Hotel Indigo, Exeter

Honouring a Local Icon: Dottie’s Restaurant Brings Heart and Heritage to Hotel Indigo Exeter.

Hotel Indigo Exeter is delighted to announce the launch of Dottie’s, a new restaurant inspired by one of Exeter’s most beloved historic figures, Dorothy “Dottie” Holman. Opening its doors to the public on 21st November 2025, Dottie’s invites guests to experience a chef-led journey through local flavours, thoughtful service, and the timeless pleasure of good company.

Open daily for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, Dottie’s offers a space where guests can pause, indulge...

Wine and dine - literally!

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Wed, 10/28/2015 - 9:52am

Danish superstar chef Kasper Gaard is joining forces with Robin Rea from the award-winning Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary to cook a one-off supper at Smiths Wines in Magdalen Road.

Kasper, who took part in the River Cottage series ‘3 Good Things’, is a feted restaurateur in Denmark, and runs the Ilse restaurant on the island of Samso, where he lives.

Iain Smith of Smiths Wines said: “It’s been a long-term ambition of mine to persuade Kasper to cook for the people of Exeter.

“He’s previously dazzled the folk of Ottery St Mary with his cooking, and I decided it was our...

Glazebrook House Hotel Celebrates Awards Wonderland

One of the country’s leading romantic hotels, Glazebrook House in South Devon, has just been shortlisted for a host of both national and regional awards, including the Condé Nast Johansens’ Awards for Excellence, Devon Life Food and Drink Awards and LandLove magazine Awards.

Blog: Student Life #4

One of the most brilliant things about Exeter is its openness to vegetarians and vegans. Now, I’m not saying it’s completely open and there are no harsh judgements, however in comparison to some of the other cities in the UK that I’ve visited, Exeter is far from the worst.

In fact, there’s a lovely little vegetarian and vegan café in the Cathedral yard called The Plant Café. I visited there once before for a chai latte and a slice of carrot cake but was keen to return and try the famous vegan chocolate cake. I should make this clear now, I’m a vegetarian, not vegan, yet was eager...

How to make barista style coffee at home, from the experts

As a nation that claims to be coffee lovers – it’s surprising to reveal that we can be clueless when it comes to making the perfect cup, with many of us favouring a simple spoonful of Gold Blend and boiling water in order to get a caffeine hit.

Around 8 in 10 people regularly drink coffee, according to a new survey of 2,000 UK adults. This is evenly split between men and women – with 78 per cent of women, and 80 per cent of men admitting that they can’t function without a cup. Although it appears to be far more popular with those over 55, rather than those under 24 – that’s 31...

Food & Drink Devon Award winners announced

The best of Devon’s food and drink producers, hospitality and catering businesses and speciality retailers joined together in eager anticipation for the announcement of this year’s Food & Drink Devon Award winners.

The ceremony took place on Monday 5th October at Exeter Golf and Country Club and was hosted by food and drink broadcaster and BBC Radio 2's one and only Nigel Barden. This year’s highly esteemed award ‘Best Producer’ was presented to Dartmoor Farmers.

The impressive Prince Hall Hotel near Two Bridges on Dartmoor won the highly sought after ‘Best Fine...

Chunk's pies and pasties bring home the bacon

Authored by Stacy Hill
Posted: Sat, 10/10/2015 - 1:02pm

Devon-based pasty and pie maker, Chunk, is celebrating after winning six awards from Food & Drink Devon this week, bringing the company’s awards total to an impressive 66.

Its Chicken and Chorizo pasty scooped the coveted platinum award, as well as five of Chunk’s other products winning gold.

The Chunk team has earned a flurry of honours over the summer, both in regional and national awards, and the new accolades have secure its title as the most coveted pie and pasty operation in the country.

Co-owner, Simon Bryon-Edmonds, says: “We really value the results of...

Fun pop-up courses for foodies

In anticipation of opening up their exciting new foodie venture down on the city’s historic Quayside, Jim and Lucy Fisher of Exeter Cookery School have announced a series of enticing cookery days on Saturday 24th October, 14th November and 12th December.

Held in the swish, state-of-the-art kitchens at Sapphire Spaces in Topsham, where they hosted a buzzing pre-launch event, foodies will be able to relax, have fun and create some seasonal taste sensations during these intimate cookery days.

Budding chefs and keen home cooks will be able to utilise the best produce the region...

Making chocolate magic in Exeter

Wander down the cobbles of Gandy Street and up the creaky, narrow stairs of Choccie Bar and you'll find whirring machines, bubbling chocolate and the esoteric practice of chocolate magic in the making.

In just two weeks, the eagerly anticipated Chocolate Alchemy evenings begin at the Choccie Bar studios. Come and make choccie magic, make and decorate your own truffles, learn some chocolate secrets and sweet-making tips with us.

Evenings begin at 7.30 and for a few hours you'll enter into a little slice of Choccie heaven as you sample, create, learn and laugh....

Care home celebrates British Food Fortnight

RMBI care home Cadogan Court, Exeter, has celebrated British Food Fortnight with an array of foodie events including a menu of local produce from the West Country, a Macmillan’s Coffee Morning and afternoon tea.

The fortnight lasted from 19 September to 4 October in which RMBI adopted a special menu of local produce from the West Country including a full English breakfast with local sausages and eggs, pork for lunch and an afternoon cream tea.

Angela Webb, Activities Coordinator at Cadogan Court in Exeter, said: “Food is the perfect way to bring people together and British...

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