The Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink opened its doors at 10am this morning. With over 100 producers exhibiting over the next three days there is plenty for visitors to sample and enjoy!
The festival is running today, tomorrow and Bank Holiday Monday at Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle.
Tonight’s After Dark Music Festival in Exeter Castle’s Courtyard starts at 6pm. Headliners Leigh Coleman Band will be joined by Celine Dos Santos, Yazzy and Joanna Cooke. Tickets are available on the gate.
For full details visit www.exeterfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk...
Master Veg is a two hour, hands – on cooking class perfect for anyone who wants to find out about life with a seasonal vegbox. Class sizes are kept small, so that there’s plenty of opportunity for individual guidance and questions. You’ll chop, prepare and then sit down to an organic feast made with the best roots and greens grown on our organic farms. Spaces cost £40, to include home delivery of your first veg box (up to a medium less roots box), and our new Riverford Farm cookbook. To book click here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/riverford-master-veg-class-tickets-292532...
It’s time to reach for some delicious Devon fizz. South Hams’ based RAW PR & Marketing is celebrating its fifth anniversary and five fantastic years of working with the county’s thriving food and drink industry and, more recently, marine leisure organisations.
Discover a variety of wines from Spain and Italy at our themed wine tasting. After a glass of Cava on arrival there will be an opportunity to enjoy 6 wines accompanied by a selection of Mediterranean nibbles from the Cathedral Café.
£15, booking essential. Please telephone 01392 285983 to make a reservation, or email cafe@exeter-cathedral.org.uk for more information.
Fancy yourself as a hard man/woman? Love a fiery vindaloo? Know your nagas from your New Mex XX, your Poblanos from your Pasillas?
If you think you can eat really hot chillies, Powderham Food Festival, held this weekend, is THE place to test your taste buds.
Run by chilli connoisseurs, Clifton Chilli Club, whose mission it is to introduce, encourage, educate, have fun and share the love for all things chilli, the competition will certainly turn up the heat at this year’s Food Festival.
Held in conjunction with Dartmoor Chilli Farm and Hunters Ale, entrants will...
Building on the growing success of Powderham Food Festival, which first launched in 2012 and draws food-lovers from across the region, this year’s event promises to be even bigger and better than ever. The popular date in Devon’s culinary calendar has doubled its appeal for 2015, as it is due to take place over two days from 3rd to 4th October – perfect timing as it marks the end of British Food Fortnight.
Back by popular demand comes Powderham Food Festival’s dramatic Theatre of Fire 'n Smoke, where some of Britain’s best BBQ cooks will be demonstrating their cooking skills...
Eight business people from around Exeter took part in the Kirk Hills Omelette Challenge, the second year that it’s run at the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink.
The Challenge was judged by Michael Caines MBE who showed the contestants how it should be done with a time of 28 seconds. Paul Nero from Radio Exe was compere for the event.
Keith Biggs from OTB Eveling was defending champion and looked like he would win again this year with the best time in the initial round. However there was an ‘egg off’ between Keith and the second fastest Chris Bentley from Exeter...
On Wednesday 11th February, Gilbert Stephens LLP is hosting another Great Devon Breakfast in aid of local cancer charity, FORCE.
This popular event, which forms part of a county-wide fundraising campaign, will be held at the City Gate Hotel on the corner of St David’s Hill and Bartholomew Street East and starts at 8am. Breakfast costs £8 and includes a choice of Eggs Benedict or Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon* with tea or coffee and a glass of orange juice.
Philip Luckham, CEO for Gilbert Stephens, comments: “FORCE is one of our nominated charities of the year for the...
Michelin trained chef Josh McDonald-Johnson brings you street food, done right!
Four rounds of classic street food dishes from around the globe, made using the finest ingredients of Devon.
Our pop-up bar will be returning with curious cocktails, local beer from Exeter Brewery, the infamous PickleBack shot and maybe even a boilermaker or two...
Dining in the Dark, a gourmet fundraising event launched to raise both awareness of visual impairment and vital funds for WESC Foundation – the South West’s specialist centre for visual impairment – is being hosted once again by the Salutation Inn, Topsham, on 11, 12 and 13 November.
The hugely successful inaugural Dining in the Dark event took place on 1 May and was the first of its kind in the region. An intrepid group of diners, including Cllr Rachel Lyons who was Lord Mayor of Exeter at the time, enjoyed a mouthwatering three-course menu specially created by Chef Director of...
