Food & Drink

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...

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...

Thanks to Exeter City Council's "pop up" scheme the city now has it's first pop-up wine bar at 87 South Street.

Project Vino ( www.projectvino.uk ) aims to bring as wide a selection of wines from across the globe to enjoy over the next few months.

Previous 87 South Street pop up Sancho's Room is now in permanent premises in nearby Fore Street, showing how the concept of trial running businesses for even a short while can help make to leap to a more permanent fixture on the Exeter street scene.

Open from 12 noon through to 22.30 everyday of...

The Fresha kitchens are being run with military precision with the arrival of new catering manager Neil Lyons.

Neil joins the Fresha team after 23 years in military catering, which saw Warrant Officer Class 1 Lyons cooking for members of the Royal Family including the Queen, the Queen Mother, Prince Charles and Princess Diana before moving on to become a Catering and Management Instructor at the Army School of Catering.

“During my time in the military I travelled around the world and found myself cooking for the Royals when they paid visits to various army barracks in...