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A Celebration of the Sea: Brand New South West Sardine Festival Comes to the English Riviera This Summer

This summer, Brixham’s Fish Market will come alive with flavour and festivity as the South West Sardine Festival arrives on Sunday 03 August 2025, bringing a vibrant new celebration to the heart of one of Britain’s most historic fishing towns.

Free to attend and running from 12:00 to...

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Plympton Co-Op store first in UK to get new ‘& Coffee’ concept

Excitement is brewing at the Co-op in Plympton, as it prepares to become the first store in the country to welcome a new concept coffee shop.

The new shop at the Ridgeway store will be officially opened at 11.00 on Friday (30 August), and will be the first to boast the Co-op’s new ‘& Coffee’ banner.

Using responsibly-sourced ingredients from local suppliers alongside...

Food Drink Devon 2019 Awards finalists announced

With just over a month until the prestigious Food Drink Devon Awards’, the finalists, which include many of the county’s most respected and influential artisan food and drink producers, have been revealed.

Since entries closed in April, the esteemed panel of judges and industry experts have tasted and scored over 250 products from a staggering 67 producers, visited 70 hospitality...

Bin it Britain: Nation loses £9.7 billion per year throwoing away unused food

The average UK household estimates they throw away £6.84 of unused food each week, equating to £355.68 worth of food every year and a staggering £9.7billion across the country, according to new research.

The study by leading savings site VoucherCodes.co.uk reveals that a third of Brits (33%) do a ‘big’ shop once a week – costing £53.01 per household on average – and 56% also top up...

South West Chef of the Year 2019 opens for entries

Celebrating culinary talent from across the West Country, the 2019 South West Chef of the Year competition is now open for entries. The prestigious culinary contest is in its 16th year and showcases excellence in the South West’s hospitality industry and among amateur cooks too, awarding the very best talent in five different categories.

The five categories for the competition are:...

Chefs, hospitality pros and food heroes gather at Kitley for grilling, chilling and chocolate

Devon Food Heroes Peter Gorton (Master Chef of Great Britain) and Jim Fisher (Exeter Cookery School) joined other local chefs, hospitality professionals and catering students from South Devon College and City College Plymouth at Kitley House Hotel and Restaurant, near Yealmpton.

The special event, organised by The Chefs’ Forum, saw chefs and front-of-house professionals from across the...

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On the menu at Kitley House - a summer gathering of chefs and hospitality pros

Local chefs and hospitality professionals will come together with catering students from South Devon College and City College Plymouth on June 24th at Kitley House Hotel and Restaurant, near Yealmpton.

The special event, organised by The Chefs’ Forum, will see chefs and front-of-house staff from across the county rub shoulders with catering suppliers and aspiring college students....

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Devon vineyard shines in international awards

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Devon vineyard shines in international awards Daniel Wiggins's picture Authored by Daniel Wiggins Posted Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 12:31pm Devon-based producer of fine wines, Sharpham Vineyards, has won a prestigious Gold medal at the internationally recognised Sommelier Wine Awards 2019, a renowned...

Soho favourite HIPCHIPS launches brand new range of crisps and dips boxes

Having launched on Old Compton Street in late 2016, HIPCHIPS set out to reinvent the potato crisp by pairing hand-crafted crisps with a selection of fresh, sweet and savoury dips and successfully bringing an entirely new eating concept to London.

Fast-forward to 2019 and following the triumph in Soho, HIPCHIPS is pleased to announce that its crisps and dips will now be available...

Food Drink Devon new guide launched

The annual guide to Devon’s vibrant and growing food and drink scene has launched.

Food Drink Devon is packed with insight on the county’s best producers, shops, cafés, restaurants, farmers’ markets and much more.

Regarded as the essential and most up-to-date reference for Devon’s food and drink scene, the guide comes complete with detailed listings and maps, so foodies can...

No fish please, we're millennials!

Recent research from the national body, Seafish, has uncovered that millennials eat 50% less fish than their grandparent’s generation. Are we surprised at this? The British tend to eat most of their fish fried, unlike their continental European neighbours who eat more grilled or simply cooked seafood. Restaurant owner and seafood chef Mitch Tonks has seen this himself and puts it partly down...

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