Food & Drink

Fordmore Farm Shop and Cafe is holding monthly feast nights

Discover Fordmore Feast Nights – A new monthly dining experience

Fordmore Farm Shop and Cafe, which is based a couple of minutes off the M5 at Cullompton has launched its new monthly Feast Nights.

Starting this March 8, you can book for Saturday evening dine-in and takeaway events, where fresh, locally sourced ingredients meet a relaxed, community-focused dining experience.

First Up: Burger Night – March 8 Mark your calendars for March 8, when Fordmore Feast Nights kicks off with a mouthwatering Burger Night! Whether you’re dining in or taking away, you’ll savour the flavours of the farm's own premium organically-raised Longhorn beef....

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Pint of Science Exeter to take local science breakthroughs to city pubs

Experts from the University of Exeter and the Met Office will bring their research out of the laboratory and into city watering holes, as the world's largest festival of public science talks arrives in Exeter.

Pub goers will hear talks on everything from exposing the myths about obesity to hunting for hidden galaxies when 19 local researchers take to the stage as Exeter joins more than 100 cities around the world who will be taking part in a global festival from the 23rd – 25th May.

Tickets are now on sale at www.pintofscience.co.uk/events/exeter .

The international...

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Moo-ve to Devon opens new markets for chocolate company

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 04/29/2016 - 11:55am

Devon may traditionally be one of the heartlands of Britain’s dairy industry, but it is now also home to one of the country’s most successful dairy free companies.

Moo Free Chocolates – the creators of the world’s first dairy free chocolate Easter egg – established a factory in Holsworthy last year.

Since expanding its operations to Devon, the company has tripled its production capacity to help it branch out into the American and Chinese markets, and it has this week been announced that it has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for international trade.

The company,...

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Treats served up by Ladies in Beef

Members from Ladies in Beef and the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution were giving away British tender-top steak butties to passers-by in Princesshay, Exeter as part of the Great British Beef Week celebrations of Red Tractor Assured British Beef.

The humble sandwich is still the staple of Britain’s mealtimes - breakfast, lunch and dinner, as an easy to make nutritious food. With over 5.6 billion sandwiches eaten in the last year alone, the British sandwich has no competition with its closest rival being Italian meals at 1.9 billion.

New research into understanding...

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Shakespeare’s convenience food is still on the menu

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 04/23/2016 - 8:09am

St George’s Day on Saturday April 23rd is not only the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare it is also the start of Great British Beef Week!

British beef was a firm favourite for theatregoers to Shakespeare’s famous Globe Theatre in London during the Elizabethan era.

It was a quick and easy convenience food, to be enjoyed ready cooked from a roasting spit of half an oxen between thick slices of bread.So it comes as no surprise that today the humble sandwich is still the staple of Britain’s mealtimes - breakfast, lunch and dinner, as an easy to make...

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Do you have the Foodie Factor?

Exeter's New Dining Quarter Want to Know: “Do you have the Foodie Factor?”

Opening in August 2016, Exeter's exciting new Queen St dining quarter will be the city's premium dining location. This £12m culinary hub will be home to eight restaurants serving food and drink to cater for all tastes and budgets, day and night.

If that wasn't exciting enough the Queen St team have now launched their search for a budding chef, secret baker, gastronomic genius or someone who produces 'great grub'

Find a Foodie is an opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to be part of this '...

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Major coup for Queen Street dining quarter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 04/21/2016 - 11:28am

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’) confirmed today that Lebanese restaurant Comptoir Libanais, will be the seventh restaurant to join Exeter's exciting new Queen St dining quarter.

In signing up Comptoir Libanais, this announcement from Aviva Investors is being heralded as another major coup for Queen St dining, Exeter and the South West.

The hugely popular Comptoir Libanais, has twelve restaurants in the UK, eight of which are in central London, will be located on the corner of the newly re-modelled Market Square and St Pancras...

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Exeter's Queen St dining line-up complete

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’), confirmed today (Thursday 21 April 2016) that a new Southern US inspired gourmet chicken brand, Absurd Bird, will be the eighth restaurant, completing the line up at Exeter's exciting new Queen St dining quarter.

With their restaurant in London's Spitalfields opening just last month and another branch opening in Soho very soon, Exeter has been selected by Absurd Bird for the opening of their first restaurant outside the capital. For Aviva Investors, signing up Absurd Bird marks a culinary milestone for...

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Healthy lunches for Exeter workers

Local street food business owners Hannah and Lauren have joined forces to create a new healthy lunch option for the workplaces across Exeter, called Nourishers.

They will be serving up favourites such as Falafel Tabbouleh and Superfood Salads as well as Daily Specials and seasonal Nourish Boxes, all from a vintage americana dodge truck.

Alongside this they will be providing energising and nutrient-rich snacks ad]nd drinks, bringing a wholesome and healthy option to lunchtime.

With Lauren’s experience in nutritional therapy and Hannah’s catering background they’ll...

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Culinary questions answered at Food Festival

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 04/19/2016 - 11:32am

Visitors to the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink 2016 can ask their unanswered kitchen questions and debate key food and nutrition issues with a panel of experts in live Festival Question Time sessions with BBC Radio Devon from Friday 22nd April to Sunday 24th April in Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle.

Festival visitors can join BBC Radio Devon presenter Gordon Sparks at three sessions a day throughout the Festival weekend when a panel of expert chefs, producers and writers will uncover their secrets, impart advice and wrestle with hot topics in the Festival...

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Last call for entries for 2016 Food & Drink Devon Awards

Calling all Devon-based food and drink producers, cafés, restaurants, hotels and speciality retailers, the Food & Drink Devon Awards 2016 close for entries on Monday 18th April. The annual Awards celebrate the most respected, influential and passionate artisan food and drink producers and establishments the county has to offer. The Awards will be presented on Monday 10th October by food and drink broadcaster and BBC Radio 2's one and only Nigel Barden at the Deer Park Country House Hotel in the newly launched Orangery.

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