Food & Drink

Following the enormous success of a visit earlier this year from guest fish chef extraordinaire Mitch Tonks, Manna from Devon Cooking School is delighted to announce two must save dates for any food and drink enthusiast’s diary.

As a special treat David and Holly Jones have invited two ‘celebrity’ experts to run two unique classes at their cooking school in Kingswear. Regular wine expert on BBC1’s ‘Saturday Kitchen’, Susy Atkins will host Al Fresco Cooking and Summery Drinks on Friday 11 July, whilst renowned chef and TV presenter Alex Mackay will be visiting the school on Friday...

Britain’s biggest awards scheme dedicated to UK cookery schools, the British Cookery School Awards, opens this week for 2014 entries. The organisers are calling for all cookery schools to be acknowledged for the important role they play in driving Britain’s passion for cooking good, homemade food.

With more than 800 cookery schools now operating in the UK, the British Cookery School Awards 2014 – sponsored by Kenwood – honour all those excellent cookery schools across the nation that go above and beyond to deliver a first class cookery school experience. Other sponsors include...

This week's Exeter Farmers’ Market is cancelled "due to unforeseen problems" (Thursday 12 June).

The disruption to the market is due to the extensive works being carried out on the pavement area at the junction of Fore Street and South Street in the city centre.

It was originally hoped that the market would only need to be cancelled for this week but unforeseen problems mean that the site will now be unavailable next week as well.

David Lewis, Exeter City’s Council’s Events, Facilities & Markets Manager said: “It is very disappointing, for the producers and...

For the third year running, an increasing number of eateries have come together to organise their own special event or promotion in June for Devon Restaurant Month, to raise awareness of Devon's award-winning food.

Events for 2014 include 2-4-1 dining, a Pudding Club, a Devon Crab and Lobster night, special tasting menus and afternoon teas.

Commenting on the campaign, Plymouth-based chef and TV presenter Chris Tanner said: "The Devon Restaurant Month initiative is a first-class opportunity for us all to shout about Devon and its 'larder on our doorstep'. The passion and...