Enjoy a weekend with the whole family at the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink, Friday 25th- Sunday 27th April at Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens, with family attractions to keep everyone entertained, plus 3 Festival After Dark Party Nights, Thursday 24th-Saturday 28th April in Exeter Castle.
The festival offers three days of foodie fun with over a hundred producers, hands-on activities for children, as well as 30 talented chefs demonstrating their amazing culinary skills. Visitors can enjoy live music throughout the day and at the Exeter Festival After Dark...
Why not enjoy an evening out with the girls, where you can have some food and drink, all in aid of a good cause.
The Passage Hotel in Newton Abbot is hosting its popular ladies night once again.
The event costs £10 and as well as offering a light buffet and refreshments it also boasts the oppurtunity for guests to see what Avon, Bliss Spa, Anna's Photography and My Clever Wardrobe have to offer.
All proceeds will go to the Cots for Tots appeal.
Email carlywarren@passagehousegroup.co.uk or call 01626 35515 to book.
Exeter’s dedicated local food shop is celebrating its third birthday and plans to record this occasion by creating a wall of photographs of people with their favourite food or drink item. The Real Food Store, Paris Street, Exeter has over 300 shareholders plus hundreds of regular customers and staff who have already started taking pictures.
Store manager Natalie Ohlson said:
“This isn’t just an ordinary shop selling local food, we’re all about people, both our regular customers and the producers who supply us. The link between those who live or work in town and those who...
Have you got a passion for all things foodie? Are you a small business that wants to explore a wealth of local producers? Are you looking for new tastes and flavours? Well look no further than The Source Trade Show coming to Westpoint Exeter on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th February.
Over 300 food and drink producers and suppliers will showcase the very best of local, regional and national produce. With every base covered, from local farm cheese to artisan baking, organic olive oils to luxury coffees, the show is bound to whet your appetite.
Moretonhampstead Festival of food and drink has been rained off despite not due to take place for another six weeks.
The Organising Committee of the festival took the decision to cancel the Festival due to the exceptional level of recent rain making the fields used for parking unsafe for users.
Bob Small the festival’s lead organiser explained the decision of the committee: “Even if we had six weeks of no rain from today the fields would still be far too wet.
“The ground on the fields would be unsuitable, unsafe, possibly even dangerous to use.”
Over 160 drivers, including a man who four times the legal limit at 11am, were arrested during Devon and Cornwall Police’s Christmas drink driving campaign.
According to figures released today police officers gave 1,326 breath tests of which 167 were positive, refused or failed to provide.
One man stopped in Devon was found to be more than four times the legal limit at 11am while another stop also in Devon found a 28-year-old woman four times the limit at 4:30pm/
In Plymouth, two readings of over 3½ times the legal limit were provided, one by a 33 year-old woman and...
Men and women in the South West are being challenged to lay off the booze in January to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The charity is launching Dryathlon, its New Year fundraising campaign, and urging people across the West to sign up now before the festive season gets into full swing. Dryathletes pledge to drop the drink for a month and either get sponsored or donate the money they would have spent on alcohol to the charity. Supporters can register as individuals or set up a team and get their friends, family and colleagues involved to motivate each other along the way. And for those...
Success is clearly a highlight on the menu at Denley's Essence of India, as the popular Topsham restaurant has been shortlisted to win one of the country’s prestigious British Curry Awards for an impressive fourth year. Taking place at the vibrant Battersea Evolution, London, in two weeks time (Monday 25 November), the Awards this year attracted a record total of 270,000 public nominations and will be broadcast to over 200 countries around the world.
Having run Indian restaurants since 1996, Jamil Miah, founder of Denley's Essence of India, has prepared and served an estimated 1...
Devon is buzzing with talented, award-winning chefs, many of whom are making Dartmouth Food Festival (Friday 25 – Sunday 27 October) their food and drink festival of choice. This year the festival is delighted to be showcasing even more high profile local chefs than ever before.
Commenting on behalf of Dartmouth Food Festival, chairman David Jones says: “Devon has so many hugely gifted chefs and it’s fantastic to see such a vast selection of them demonstrating their culinary skills at the festival.”
David continues: “We’re exceptionally lucky to have such an exciting and...
Sapphire Living Space, based in Topsham, celebrated their first Birthday last Friday evening with style and were joined by special guests Michael Caines and Naomi Cleaver and over 100 guests.
Celebrations included a live band, drinks and canapés, while Michael Caines did some food demonstrations and then signed copies of his new book.
