Food & Drink

A Devon based cider maker is celebrating its silver jubilee year in style after winning a national retailing award.

The Green Valley Cyder Barn and Ale House retail outlet based at Dart’s Farm at Topsham near Exeter has won the nationally recognized Drinks Retailing Award for Independent Cider Retailer of the Year 2014.

The Cyder Barn has grown from a small outdoor unit selling only cider pressed on site and made only from Devon apples to a large in-store retail outlet stocking 180 ciders and perrys from the UK and across Europe. It is now probably the largest retailer of...

Screamingly good fun at Exeter Golf & Country Club.

Come along for the first of this year's Murder Mystery Dinners, with the ever-popular Candlelight Theatre Company and enjoy a unique evening of intrigue and investigation. As the plot thickens over dinner, will you decipher who did it? Will you survive The Takeover?

The murder mystery takes place on Saturday 12 April and tickets are £45 per member, £50 per non member.

For further information about the Wear Park Restaurant visit www.exetergcc.co.uk/wear-park-bar-restaurant and to make a reservation email: info@...

After being Gino’s for many years, I was intrigued to see what changes Casa Maroc were bringing to the restaurant situated on Bartholomew Street.

I visited Casa Maroc on a Thursday evening and despite Exeter’s car parks being full and the outside of the restaurant being brightly lit and inviting, I was surprised to find the restaurant relatively empty.

I visited the restaurant just a couple weeks after its re-opening and new menu launch. I was warmly greeted by new manager Rob Neil and was pleased to be offered to sit wherever I wished.

Out of the three seating...

Discover the Origin, the European Funded campaign that educates trade professionals about five precious European products from the food and drink industry will be returning to The Source Food and Drink trade show in Exeter on the 5th and 6th February 2014.

Trade professionals visiting the show are invited to visit the Discover the Origin stand, located at C5, to taste and learn more about all five products and take advantage of expert advice on offer. Nathan Nolan and Rosi Nightingale will be on hand to demonstrate the finesse required to skilfully slice Parma Ham; the authentic...