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‘Gather’ Summit to Take Place for the South West’s Food and Drink Community at the University of Exeter

A new summit for the South West’s dynamic food and drink community, ‘Gather’, will take place on Wednesday 11th June at The Forum, University of Exeter (9:15am to 4:30pm).

The landmark one day summit, brought together by passionate stakeholders from Food Drink Devon in collaboration with the University of Exeter and supported by Buddy Creative and Maia Growth, will assemble academics with producers, retailers, hospitality businesses, farmers, suppliers and industry experts from across the South West to explore the challenges and opportunities facing the sector. ‘Gather’ aims to...

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Treat for Exeter’s ice cream lovers

Described by James Martin on Saturday Kitchen as “the best bought ice cream available”, Simply Ice Cream will be reduced by 20% in Waitrose Exeter during May.

The ice cream is made the old-fashioned way: hand-made, in small batches, in the heart of Kent.

It only uses natural, fresh, local and seasonal ingredients and there are no artificial colours, additives or preservatives.

Waitrose will reduce the price on 500ml tubs of Dreamy Vanilla and Heavenly Honeycomb Crunch to £3.99.

The brand has won more than 20 awards for its ice cream, including the...

Miele cookery demonstration with Frederick Forster

On Tuesday 9th June 2015 from 6pm until 8pm, astounding Head Chef of The Boundary restaurant, Frederick Forster, will be demonstrating the very latest superior features and product innovations from Miele appliances, by preparing a selection of exquisite food samples.

Bradburys Exeter is proud to be hosting this event and expanding customers’ knowledge of some of the high quality leading brand appliances that are sold at the ALNO showroom. This unique FREE entry event is perfect for anyone currently re-modelling their kitchen who is hoping to find out more about Miele appliances or...

Rusty Pig 'snout and about'

An unusual outside mobile catering service made its debut at the recent Honiton Sausage and Cider Festival.

And despite the rain that fell over the weekend, the Rusty Pig’s ethically produced sausages and wood-fired pulled pork cooked in a converted cattle trailer went down a storm with festivalgoers.

Rusty Pig owner, Robin Rea said: “I’ve been thinking about a mobile catering facility for a while and the Sausage and Cider Festival gave me the impetus I needed to build it.

“I found a cattle trailer that had seen better days and decided to install a wood fired oven...

Popping Up at The Shops: A Gastronomic Feast

For one night only, renowned cookbook writer and former head chef at Riverford Field Kitchen, Jane Baxter will be tantalising taste buds with a pop-up supper to celebrate the launch of this year’s The Shops at Dartington Food Fair (24th – 25th May 2015).

Set in The Shops at Dartington’s enchanting courtyard, Jane will be wowing all with her culinary skills and preparing a delicious feast using locally sourced, seasonal produce. Marking the fifth birthday of the Food Fair, this delightful pop-up restaurant, a first for The Shops at Dartington will take place on Saturday 23rd May at...

New cooking courses at Trill Farm

The Trill Trust, the educational charity based at Trill Farm, in Axminster has just added five new one-day cookery and butchery courses to its programme this year, each one with distinct focus on preparing seasonally available produce from the farm: Trill Summer Tapas, Summer BBQ Cooking Class, Fermenting and Preserving, Lamb Butchery, and Trill’s Garden Christmas.

Each course will be led by Trill Farm’s chef-in-residence, Chris Onions, who works his daily magic in The Old Dairy Kitchen, using the farm as a class room and larder to demonstrate the abundance of good food available...

Chris victorious in Omelette Challenge

Eight business people from around Exeter took part in the Kirk Hills Omelette Challenge, the second year that it’s run at the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink.

The Challenge was judged by Michael Caines MBE who showed the contestants how it should be done with a time of 28 seconds. Paul Nero from Radio Exe was compere for the event.

Keith Biggs from OTB Eveling was defending champion and looked like he would win again this year with the best time in the initial round. However there was an ‘egg off’ between Keith and the second fastest Chris Bentley from Exeter...

Food Festival starts today!

The Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink, opens at 10am today.

Now an essential date in the foodie calendar, the three-day festival celebrates the outstanding food and drink of the South West, featuring more than one hundred regional producers, top chefs, workshops, live music and food-themed activities for all the family.

The festival, co-founded years ago by two-Michelin starred chef Michael Caines, is the perfect opportunity to get a real taste of the South West, to meet the people behind the produce, and to enjoy a foodie day or weekend in beautiful...

Treat from 'Trottery's' Rusty Pig

Chef Robin Rea from Ottery’s award-winning Rusty Pig has put together a special festival meal box for the Honiton Sausage & Cider Festival at the Honiton Showground on May 1 and 2.

The feast includes a Rusty Pig homemade saveloy and blood pudding, with green sauce and pease pudding.

“We’re really looking forward to supporting the festival this year as traders, and I wanted to make something a bit different for festival-goers to enjoy,” explained Robin.

Robin signed up for the festival after choosing the Devon Freewheelers as his charity of the year for 2015....

June is Devon Restaurant Month

Throughout the month of June, hotels, restaurants, pubs and cafés across Devon join forces to offer diners one-off deals, special seasonal menus, chef demos and exclusive events as part of Devon Restaurant Month. Now in its fourth year, Devon Restaurant Month aims to put the county more firmly on the map for food tourism in the South West and beyond.

Michael Smith, chairman of Food & Drink Devon, is proud to be associated with the campaign: “Devon Restaurant Month provides Devon’s outstanding restaurants with an opportunity to showcase their products to a foodie market keen on...

Devon blueberry chutney handpicked by M&S

The imaginative Blueberry Brothers have launched a new spicy, handmade Blueberry Chutney, one of only 25 products selected by Marks & Spencer for their unique range of branded artisan products. These are now available to purchase in 350 stores, foodies nationwide will be able to savour the subtle blueberry flavour of this luxurious, rich purple chutney.

Food & Drink

‘Gather’ Summit to Take Place for the South West’s Food and Drink Community at the University of Exeter

Treat for Exeter’s ice cream lovers

Miele cookery demonstration with Frederick Forster

Rusty Pig 'snout and about'

Popping Up at The Shops: A Gastronomic Feast

New cooking courses at Trill Farm

Chris victorious in Omelette Challenge

Food Festival starts today!

Treat from 'Trottery's' Rusty Pig

June is Devon Restaurant Month

Devon blueberry chutney handpicked by M&S

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