Food & Drink

Looking for the perfect gift can be a real challenge at times. If you know the person really well, or they have told you exactly what they want, it isn’t so bad, but if you are buying for a relative or acquaintance, you may not have a clue what to buy.

Food hampers are a great gift for many reasons. Everyone loves good food and drink, so a hamper filled with delicious treats will always be welcome, particularly at Christmastime. Hampers from British Fine Foods are a good place to start, as you can create your own food hamper and fill it with goodies you know the recipient will love...

Choccie Bar is calling upon all chocolate lovers to nominate the person they would most like to receive a scrummy box of Choccie Bar Sunshine this weekend.

To celebrate the pending launch of the new Choccie Bar Connoisseurs Club, Exeter's independent Chocolatiers, Choccie Bar of Gandy Street are spreading the love with a box of Chocolate Sunshine for one very special person.

The chocolatiers are appealing for nominations of your dearest unsung heros - anyone that you feel would be lifted and warmed by an outrageous gift of Choccie Bar produce. This is to become a monthly...

A Great British favourite and a flavour reminiscent of childhood memories on sunny summer holidays at the seaside, Salcombe Dairy has just launched a new retro Raspberry Ripple flavour to their range for 2016. Just launched, Salcombe Dairy’s Raspberry Ripple is made using fresh milk, which arrives to the Salcombe Dairy parlour daily from a local farm and double cream from the creamery. Salcombe Dairy delicately combines juicy raspberry puree with Devonshire Cream ice cream to create the luxuriously creamy yet tangy Raspberry Ripple. Both gluten and egg free, this mouth-wateringly good...

Pret A Manger’s first campus shop was officially opened this week by the company’s Chief Executive, Clive Schlee, and University of Exeter’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Steve Smith. The shop, located in The Forum, opened to customers on Friday 22nd April but held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. Guests enjoyed glasses of Champagne and Pret’s signature Green Goodness juices, as well as introductions to the shop’s team members (seven of whom are University of Exeter students). Alicja Hendzel, Manager of the new Pret, said, “Our first two weeks on campus have been phenomenal...