Food & Drink

Do you know what honey are you getting for your money?

HEALTH conscious Manuka honey fans should ensure that what they are buying is genuine after it was revealed that five out of six jars are fake. The warning came as Channel Four’s Dispatches programme this week (Monday, March 17) documented figures which show that UK consumption of the immune boosting honey exceeds global production. And with jars of Manuka honey selling for up to £45, someone...

River Cottage wins first award for their celebrated cookery school

The team at River Cottage are celebrating a successful month after scooping up a staggering four awards in February, with the icing on the cake being the award for Best Cookery School as voted for by Food Reader Magazine readers.

The canteens at Plymouth and Bristol also picked up awards, achieving a Gold Award in the South West Tourism Awards, Taste of the South West category as well...

The search is on for the region’s most promising start up

Is your fledgling food or drink brand the next big thing? The search is on for the region’s most promising start up

Four South West businesses have joined together to form The Seed Fund – a start-up business incubator designed to offer one young, regional food or drink brand the support needed to grow and build a future-proof brand. The 2014 Seed Fund launches this week and is calling...

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Devon gets ready for The Big Lunch with 100 days to go

People from Devon are being invited to sign up to take part in The Big Lunch, the UK’s biggest annual get-together for neighbours.

Today (Friday 21 February) will mark 100 days to go until the Big Lunch 2014, and the Eden Project is calling on locals to join the thousands of communities across the UK who will be holding local events and street parties on Sunday 1 June.

To...

Spring Fair promises to be a taste sensation

Plymouth’s Spring Fair is set to bring a real international flavour to the city centre from Thursday 27 February-Sunday 2 March 2014.

Opening times will be Monday – Saturday 9am – 6pm and Sunday will be from 10am – 5pm. Shoppers will have the opportunity to buy items from all over the world. The Plymouth City Centre Company, Market Place and Plymouth City Market have teamed up to bring...

Steve Lamb launches his new book in Plymouth

Charismatic Steve Lamb is set to visit Plymouth, as he launches his book in River Cottage Canteen Plymouth on 13 February at 1pm.

The TV personality and smoking and curing expert will be visiting River Cottage Canteen Plymouth. He will be giving an exclusive insight into his new Smoking & Curing Handbook as well as treating the audience to a demonstration of how to smoke and cure...

Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer lead the way in sustainable seafood, says the Marine Conservation Society

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says the lack of participation in its latest Supermarket Seafood Survey by some of the UK’s most well-known retailers is keeping consumers in the dark when it comes to choosing sustainable seafood.

MCS says if supermarkets aren’t being transparent about where and how their seafood is being sourced and sold then it’s hard for consumers to have...

Shake your wake up!

Farmhouse Breakfast Week celebrates the most important meal of the day and is organised on behalf of UK cereal farmers and producers, who grow and make the foods we enjoy at breakfast.

TV chef and breakfast lover Dean Edwards is supporting Farmhouse Breakfast Week, encouraging the nation to tuck into breakfast for a healthy start to the day. Dean has developed a brand new breakfast...

Harbourside Fish & Chips are high fryers

Plymouth fish and chips business Harbourside Fish & Chips is frying high after being crowned with a national industry award at the 2014 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish.

Harbourside Fish & Chips in Plymouth, Devon, who’s Tom Hughes was also shortlisted for the ‘Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year Award’, was crowned winner of the ‘Staff Training and...

Marmite 'unfit for sale' in Canada

Bad news for Canadian anglophiles as the Canadian government suddenly declares several popular Britsh foods unfit for sale.

Products such as Marmite, Lucozade, Penguin Bars, Bovril and Ovaltine are all apparently enriched with too many vitamins and minerals, while other products, such as beef stock and canned soup, contain too much animal product.

The move has affected...

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