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Brand New South West Sardine Festival Comes to the English Riviera

This summer, Brixham’s Fish Market will come alive with flavour and festivity as the South West Sardine Festival arrives on Sunday 03 August 2025, bringing a vibrant new celebration to the heart of one of Britain’s most historic fishing towns.

Free to attend and running from 12:00 to 21:30, the festival invites locals and visitors alike to experience a day inspired by coastal traditions, from the South West to the Mediterranean. At its heart is the British sardine - abundant, sustainable, and caught right here in the South West.

With appearances from some of the UK’s...

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Exeter teacher wins her very own Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavour

Lucky ice cream fan, Meryl Logan, has won a nationwide competition to have her own Ben & Jerry’s Core flavour made into a reality.

Meryl, a primary school teacher from Exeter beat stiff competition to see her creation, Toffee Apple YUM-ble - which packs apple and custard ice creams with crumble pieces together around a caramel core - be mixed by expert flavour gurus to her exact specifications.

Ice cream devotees were invited to submit their ideas for a new Core flavour via Twitter using a dedicated hashtag - #MyBenAndJerrys. The competition for the coveted chance to...

Choccie Bar Shortlisted in Food Awards

Choccie Bar is shortlisted for Foodie Product of the Year in the 2014 Food Magazine awards.

In October and November, over 3,000 votes were cast by food readers for their favourite chefs, restaurants, cafes and products in the South West.

The nominations have been counted and a shortlist drawn up and Choccie Bar is in the final three in the shortlist for Foodie Product of the Year.

food editor Jo Rees comments on the incredible growth in intrestd and support for these awards: "food readers clearly feel strongly about supporting their favourite local chefs and...

The 10 Biggest Food Trends of 2014

Food is fashion, with popular trends and flavours changing every season. Now 2014 is just around the corner, Waitrose Executive Chef Jonathan Moore has picked his Top 10 food trends for us to enjoy at home during the next year.

Brazilian BBQ

We’ll be looking south for foodie inspiration this year – namely to Brazil and Argentina. With the World Cup coming up, we will be enjoying South American style BBQs, with marinades and whole joints of meat cooking slowly on open grills.

Ceviche: The New Sushi

Continuing with the shift of focus from the East to the...

Christmas carolers at Costa

Costa is bringing festive spirit to Exeter’s Princesshay this weekend teaming-up with UK children’s charity Youth Music to bring shoppers some Christmas entertainment with a difference. Talented young people from the local Wren Music project will come together to form a specially crafted Christmas singing group to entertain customers between 11am and 1pm and will treat them to a variety of Christmas music, revamped with a modern twist. The activity comes as part of Costa’s ongoing Christmas campaign to refresh the UK’s most traditional Christmas songs in the build up to the holiday season...

A lot to celebrate at Starz Bar & Restaurant

Starz Bar & Restaurant is celebrating a decade of organising incredible parties this year. Even with the addition of many new restaurants in this ever-growing city, we have stayed true to our roots and our loyal customers. From introducing a loyalty card scheme to employing the best waiting team in the city, we have always put the customer first.

And this year it is no different. With our three course Christmas menu for the incredible price of £21 for an evening booking (£18 for a lunchtime reservation), we have nearly sold every space available during this festive season, but...

Help Africa - eat chocolate

A Devon charity is raising money this Christmas by selling a very special chocolate.

Paignton Zoo, a registered education, science and conservation charity, is believed to be one of the first zoos in the UK to stock Madecasse Chocolate, made from the finest Madagascan cocoa.

Paul Bellingham, of Paignton Zoo, said: “This is really special, as most chocolate is processed outside Africa. It’s a perfect product for us to sell – made from shade-grown cocao, harvested without damaging natural forest habitat, it generates jobs and money for local people in a developing economy....

New Year, New You - Essential Courses at Kingswear

If you normally find yourself making and breaking a number of New Year’s resolutions in the first couple of weeks of January,here’s one which will be both easy and highly enjoyable to keep. Book yourself on to a new 'Essentials' course at Manna from Devon Cooking School and fine tune your existing cooking skills whilst learning new and improved techniques.

Whether you have an existing passion for cooking or just want to try something new in 2014, the Essentials courses could be for you.

The half day courses( 10am-1.30pm) are run by Holly and David Jones, who both have...

Entries now open for the 2014 Taste of the West Awards

After the unprecedented success of this year’s awards, Taste of the West is delighted to announce that entries for the prestigious Product Awards and Hospitality and Retail Awards are now open for 2014.

The 2014 awards are taking place earlier than ever before, with the Product Awards judging set for early April, allowing winners a longer period of time to maximise the benefits of receiving these widely recognised accolades.

These highly sought after awards demonstrate the South West’s commitment to producing food and drink products of an outstanding quality.

The...

Ten Reasons it Has to be Devon Fizz for Xmas

By Yearlstone's Roger White

In the words of the UK’s leading wine magazine Decanter “The message for wine drinkers is simple. If you have the money to buy Champagne but choose to spend it on English sparkling wine instead you can be confident of getting something at least as good if not better. And you will have the added satisfaction of knowing that you are supporting local grape growers and the local economy."

Don’t believe Decanter? Well how about France’s leading wine magazine La Revue du Vin. It found Yearlstone Vineyard’s Vintage Brut 2006 the 4th best fizz in England...

Exeter ‘Come Dine With Me’ star's fundraiser

Exeter-based PR Consultant Glen King, with clients across the South West, celebrated her TV debut on popular Channel 4 programme, ‘Come Dine with Me’ by hosting a special event to raise awareness for Exeter Foodbank.

Glen organised an evening for close friends and family at the luxurious kitchen showroom Sapphire Living Space located at Topsham which was sponsored by V-Zug. Guests were welcomed with wine and canapés and asked to donate tins and packets of food for the local worthy cause.

A charity raffle with prizes donated by local independent companies was drawn by BBC...

Food & Drink

Brand New South West Sardine Festival Comes to the English Riviera

Exeter teacher wins her very own Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavour

Choccie Bar Shortlisted in Food Awards

The 10 Biggest Food Trends of 2014

Christmas carolers at Costa

A lot to celebrate at Starz Bar & Restaurant

Help Africa - eat chocolate

New Year, New You - Essential Courses at Kingswear

Entries now open for the 2014 Taste of the West Awards

Ten Reasons it Has to be Devon Fizz for Xmas

Exeter ‘Come Dine With Me’ star's fundraiser

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