Food & Drink

The recently revamped, seriously stylish Deer Park Country House Hotel just outside Honiton in Devon has called on wood fired oven cooking expert, David Jones of Manna from Devon Cooking School, to add another exciting dimension to their utterly fabulous courses. A series of new, outdoor wood fired oven courses will start in April and run through until the end of September 2014.

During the varied range of exciting new courses, which will take place during the week, David will share his infectious passion and enthusiasm for cooking with The Bushman wood fired oven which has recently...

Celebrating their passion for using the best, locally sourced ingredients, the award-winning The Venus Company is delighted to have joined forces with chef and TV presenter James Strawbridge to create two truly scrumptious new gourmet pasties. These utterly delicious Venus Strawbridge gourmet pasties will feature on The Venus Company’s new summer menu, which will be available in their popular cafés and takeaways in Devon and Cornwall from April.

These mouth-watering, handmade additions to Venus’ menu will be available in two sublime varieties - ‘Triple Cheese and Onion’ and ‘Minted...

The sun was shining and a brilliant day was had by all at the opening of the fantastic newly positioned and tripled in size ‘The Food Shop’ at The Shops at Dartington, on Saturday 15th March. With live jazz music and local producers treating visitors to tastings including Blueberry Brothers, Bell & Loxton, South Devon Chilli Farm, Tom’s Pies and Partridge Farm, there was a real buzz around The Shops at Dartington.

Commenting on Saturday’s launch, Managing Director of The Shops at Dartington, Barbara King said: “We were delighted with the success of the official launch of ‘The...

Baking fans and cookery lovers alike will be given the chance to meet Glenn Cosby, contestant on the hit BBC Two show The Great British Bake Off. For one night only Glenn will share his tales from baking in the limelight, followed by a three-course dinner of delicious dishes.

Local to Exeter, Glenn joined the baker’s dozen of competitors to star in the fourth series of the TV phenomenon, fighting off tough competition until week seven. He was the last man standing.

Glenn said: “For me, baking is about indulgence. I love the hands on approach to food and enjoy nothing more...