Food & Drink

The passion and success of the South West food and drink industry was clear for all to see at the Taste of the West Awards’ Ceremony on Tuesday 15 October. The ceremony took place at The Bristol Pavilion, the home of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, and saw the 166 Gold award-winning products competing for the 22 ‘Best Of’ category awards and prestigious ‘Champion Product’. Six of these...

Plymouth’s Il Pezzetino succeeds in the second annual Bertolli Spread Olive D’Oro Awards

Plymouth's Il Pezzetino has been awarded a Bertolli Spread Olive D’Oro Award, which recognizes the nation’s best Italian delis. In a national poll, the deli in Plymouth came third in the Best Customer Service category.

Il Pezzetino is a family run deli café with a well stocked Salumeria...

It was the battle of the seafood restaurants as Mitch Tonks of RockFish and Ben Squire of The Boathouse Cafe took part in the inaugural Ecover Blue Mile Fish SUPper Challenge in Plymouth to raise money for the Marine Conservation Society .

Ben and Mitch raced over a 100m sprint course in front of the Mayflower Steps in a best of three contest. And the Champion for 2013 is Ben, who came...

Plymouth pub wins best food award in national competition.

The Treby Arms in Sparkwell, was named as Britain’s Best Food Pub in the Great British Pubs awards in London last night.

The pub is run by husband and wife team by Clare and Anton Piotrowski , who accepted the award at a ceremony at the London Hilton last night

Head chef Anton who also won BBC’s MasterChef...