Food & Drink

Food Drink Devon Award winners 2021 with host Oz Clarke OBE

Devon’s Finest Honoured at Sell-Out Food Drink Devon Awards

Devon’s talented food and drink scene was alive at Monday (4th October) night’s 10th Food Drink Devon Awards. Over 250 of the county’s finest food and drink producers, hospitality and catering businesses and speciality retailers celebrated in style at the esteemed awards’ ceremony, held at the Grade II listed Victorian New Continental Hotel, in Plymouth. The ceremony was hosted by wine writer...

Cornish Dairy’s Butter Rated ‘Outstanding’ in World’s Largest Food and Drink Awards

Trewithen Dairy has been awarded 2-stars in the Great Taste Awards, the largest and most trusted food and drink awards on the planet. Revealed on Tuesday 21 September, their Salted Butter churned from Cornish cream achieved ‘outstanding’ in the judges blind taste tests - less than 10% of all 14,113 entries have received this rating.

Trewithen Dairy’s Salted Butter is churned from cream...

Tavistock-based  Flapjackery is among the Great Taste winners of 2021

Tavistock-based Flapjackery’s Clotted Cream Fudge Flapjack has been awarded a coveted gold star by Great Taste, the largest and most trusted food and drink awards on the planet. Out of 5,383 products worldwide to receive a Great Taste 1-, 2- or 3-star accolade, its delicious Clotted Cream Fudge Flapjack will now be able to display the unmistakable black and gold logo, a stamp of excellence...

Wickhams founder, Dan Farrell-Wright

Wickhams Shortlisted for Prestigious Decanter Retailer Awards 2021

Less than a year after launching, Devon-based independent online wine and spirit merchant, Wickhams has been included in the Decanter Retailer Awards 2021 shortlist, in not just one but two categories. Launched in November 2020, new start-up Wickhams is included in the fiercely contested ‘Newcomer of the Year’ and ‘England & Wales Specialist’ category shortlists. With a record number of...

Pub landlord and landlady Volunteer Inn Ottery St Mary

Ottery landlord has starring role in new pub kitchen seminar

On September 20 The Chefs’ Forum is presenting a seminar for all pub kitchens – and Volley landlord Mike Down is making his small screen debut!

The two-hour event in partnership with Rational focuses on how new technology is enabling pubs like the Volunteer Inn to do more with less. It will also cover topics such as Natasha’s Law, healthier menus, waste reduction and future staffing...

Revealed: Regional foods that Brits love, loathe and have never tried!

From Cheddar cheese and Cornish pasties in the south to singin hinnies and haggis in the north, the UK has an impressive wealth of regional food on offer, some dating back hundreds of years.

When food plays such a massive part of any holiday, holiday lettings company Stay in Devon thought it would be interesting to find out which regional delicacies British people loved, loathed and...

Devon’s top restaurant in UK 100

Dartmouth’s Seahorse restaurant scooped the highest placing for a Devon restaurant in this year’s National Restaurant awards and was one of only two restaurants listed from the county.

The Seahorse restaurant, number 52 in this year’s UK top 100, has made the list more than 10 times in the past, regularly placing it as the highest ranked restaurant in Devon.

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The Box announces the launch of The Little Box Cafe

The largest arts and heritage museum to open in the UK in 2020, The Box in Plymouth, is delighted to announce the launch of The Little Box ,a stylish new steel and glass café just across from its main building on Tavistock Place offering a range of hot drinks and "grab and go" food for visitors with seating both inside and outside.

The Little Box serves sandwiches, cake, pastries,...

Devon home to one of the UK’s favourite vineyards

Looking forward to a tipple in the sun? Well, you don’t have to travel to the south of France to enjoy the rolling vineyards, the UK is home to some incredible wine producing areas itself, and new data has found Devon is home to one of the UK’s favourite vineyards.

Available from the Lyme Bay Holidays Wine Index , new data has found the UK’s favourite vineyards. Analysing ranking...

Sharpham Dairy launches cheese celebration cakes

Sharpham Dairy has launched a new service – cheese celebration cakes. Developed due to popular demand, these showstopping tower of cheeses are perfect for weddings, parties, corporate events or any reunion. For 40 years, Sharpham Cheese has produced a range of cheeses using traditional methods from their own Jersey cows along with neighbouring goats’ and sheep milk. Handcrafted on the banks of...

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