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Exeter to Celebrate Best of Local Food and Drink at Gate to Plate Festival

Exeter is set to host a celebration of the region's finest food and drink producers when the Exeter Gate to Plate Food Festival comes to Sidwell Street on Sunday 4 October.

The free, family-friendly event will bring together more than 70 food and drink makers from across Devon and the surrounding area, with most producers based within a 30-mile radius of Exeter.

Visitors can expect a wide variety of local produce including artisan bakers, farmers, brewers, orchardists, coffee roasters, delicatessens, sweet treats and an array of street food vendors.

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Exeter rugby stars' ultimate taste test

Exeter’s original gourmet burger restaurant has launched a smokin’ range – but only after local rugby stars tested out the new menu first.

Famed for its gourmet burgers made with Devon beef from Greendale Farm, the Queen Street restaurant has today launched the Urban Smoke Shack.

Beef, pork and chicken cooked in the newly imported American ‘smoker’ for up to 10 hours at a time, were all put to the test by amongst others, Exeter Chiefs’ Jack Nowell, Sam Hill and Jack Yeandle.

Owner and chef Garth Pearse says providing new food experiences for customers is crucial, in...

English wine tasting at River Cottage

Have you ever wondered whether English wines really are all that? Perhaps you want to support the English and organic wine industry, but have no idea where to start?

This summer, River Cottage has teamed up with Enotria wines to offer a series of intimate wine tastings.

You’ll enjoy the ambiance of the 17th century River Cottage farmhouse along with its beautiful kitchen gardens.

Spend the evening sampling six superb wines, some locally produced in Devon and others carefully selected from around the world. The food is locally sourced and organic, alongside wine that...

Business or pleasure: Casa Maroc is the venue for you!

Casa Maroc in Exeter has just underdone a cool makeover, making it the bar, pizza, mezze experience in the South West. Its colourful, bohemian vibe makes it the ideal spot for pre and post-dinner drinks, but it’s really the incredible event space downstairs that will get people talking.

Its colourful and cosy atmosphere and interior makes it a beautiful location for birthday and wedding parties, and also maintains a certain privacy with its own running bar. With its own screen easily connected to laptops for presentations, the venue is more than suitable as a corporate or work...

Living Coasts - full of Fantastic Fish

Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium is celebrating fish in all their forms this summer.

There will be looking, learning – and lunching.

The Living Coasts Fantastic Fish Festival will include cooking demos by top local chefs, trails, aquarium talks, craft activities and dive shows.

Clare Rugg: “Some fish species are part of our collection - others are food! Fish are amazing, vital, beautiful and useful. Fantastic Fish is a year-long event promoting sustainable fishing and a greater awareness of just how great fish are.”

Exhibitors from the marine world...

Lloyd's Kitchen is hot stuff

An independent restaurant based in the city-centre is recognised as a top performing food and drink destination by globally recognised TripAdvisor; renowned as an unbiased holiday and restaurant review forum. Lloyd’s Kitchen based in Catherine Street, has been awarded the ‘2014 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence’ following consistently excellent reviews direct from its customers.

This highly acclaimed award is bestowed to outstanding hospitality businesses that have received praise and recognition in reviews by TripAdvisor members. To be eligible for this award, businesses must...

Devon Vineyards revel in hot weather

I just can’t resist the temptation to ask the difference between English football and English wine...

Answer: At least our wines can hold their own at international competitions. But that might invite our friends in the Mosel to join in and Germany is having quite enough of a good thing already.

Anyway - sport apart - it’s turning out a perfect summer for Devon’s growing band of vineyards.

The fruit set ( from the Pinot Noir to the red grape Rondo) has been magnificent, and we have built in a week to 10 days of extra ripening for the grapes thanks to the early...

Eat, drink and be merry at Topsham Food Fest

As part of Topsham’s Nello’s Longest Table celebration (which takes place on Sunday July 13), an array of events will be taking place on Topsham Quay on Saturday 12 July.

From 10am until 3pm, Topsham Quay will feature a ‘Slow Food Devon Food Market’ with the opportunity to sample and purchase artisan food and drink from some of the county’s top producers including Pipers Farm, Good Game, Quickes Cheese, Blueberry Bros, Shute Fruit, Ark Chicken, Green Valley Cyder, Devon Coffee and more.

The Slow Food Devon Food Market is a celebration of the fantastic local produce...

8 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating

As much as we try to eat healthy, there are still a lot of foods that we simply overlook. However, knowing about just a few of them can make your life incredibly healthier. That is why we have decided to show you the 8 best foods you probably aren’t eating.

#1 - Kale

Fortunately, kale is becoming more popular these days. However, a lot of people still refuse to try a dish that includes this vegetable and would rather eat spinach when they are thinking of which green veggie to eat. Now, don’t get us wrong, spinach is an excellent source of iron and vitamins, but did you know...

Charity’s challenge to taste the future

A Devon conservation charity is challenging people in the city to face the future – by eating insects!

Paignton Zoo is running a bug eating challenge in Princesshay, Exeter tomorrow (4 July) between 11am and 3pm.

Paignton Zoo’s Hayley Gibson said: “People can try bugs including mealworms, locusts, crickets and weaver ants. Anyone who eats one will get a sticker and a certificate!”

But the challenge comes with a serious message. Hayley: “The global population could reach 8 billion by 2025 - current food production techniques are simply not sufficient. We need to feed...

Putting the Feast back into Festival

There will be no smoke without fire at the third annual Powderham Food Festival.

It’s Autumn: think fire, succulent barbequed meat, hot chestnuts, slow-cooked pulled pork, roasted pumpkins, fish baked in corn husks, clams scattered onto hot coals, sizzling mussels, ravishing ribs. Outdoor cooking over traditional fire all served up in the beautiful surroundings of Powderham Castle.

Barbecue cooking is taking Britain by storm – chefs all over UK are installing fire pits in their kitchens, giving customers a simple but delicious alternative to more complicated offerings....

Food & Drink

Exeter to Celebrate Best of Local Food and Drink at Gate to Plate Festival

Exeter rugby stars' ultimate taste test

English wine tasting at River Cottage

Business or pleasure: Casa Maroc is the venue for you!

Living Coasts - full of Fantastic Fish

Lloyd's Kitchen is hot stuff

Devon Vineyards revel in hot weather

Eat, drink and be merry at Topsham Food Fest

8 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating

Charity’s challenge to taste the future

Putting the Feast back into Festival

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