food

Buckland Abbey Christmas Craft & Food Fair returns

Buckland Abbey, Garden and Estate near Yelverton is hosting its popular Christmas craft and food fair between 10.30am and 4.30pm on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 November.

Taking place in the Abbey’s Great Barn and Small Barn, the fair will include 40 stalls of the finest crafts, food and drink from around the West Country. Over the weekend there is also festive entertainment from the...

A taste of Little Italy

Venue: 
Drake Circus, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 11:00 to Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 18:00
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Shoppers can get a taste of Little Italy as the Italian Food Market returns to Drake Circus 21 – 25 October.

The Medfood London Italian Market will provide a number of mouth-watering treats including olives, nuts and dried fruits, baklava, Italian biscuits, Italian breads, nougat, fudge, liquorice, Turkish delight and salami.

Medfood London originally started as a business operated by two brothers, preparing Mediterranean food during the evenings and selling them during the day, and is now a successful rapidly growing company.

They also participate in large food...

Plymouth University awarded cash to help transform lives in Africa

Plymouth University has been awarded more than half a million pounds of Comic Relief funding to help transform thousands of lives in rural Africa.

Academics and students from the Futures Entrepreneurship Centre will work in partnership with the Farm Shop Trust, to help the organisation develop a sustainable and commercially viable supply chain for agricultural inputs across its network...

Tamar Grow Local partner with Saltram to celebrate local food, drink and crafts

Tamar Grow Local and Saltram House will be celebrating the summer in true English country fete style on the weekend of 26th and 27th July in the grounds of the beautiful 18th century estate in Plymouth.

Over 50 food producers, artists and makers will be heading to Saltram over the weekend for the Summer Fete which will showcase local food, drink and crafts made in Cornwall and Devon.

There will also be masses of family entertainment on offer including traditional fete games, juggling workshops, a programme of talks taking place in Saltram’s Grade II listed Orangery with...

Launch of Ocean Crescent: Plymouth’s new lifestyle destination

Plymouth property hunters are invited to the launch of a landmark apartment building at the heart of the city, which is currently undergoing a £1 million revamp following a buy-out by luxury property developer Burrington Estates.

The building, which is located opposite the Pavilions and close to the Millbay regeneration area, also benefits from 9,000 sq ft of space on the ground floor. Burrington Estates is in discussions with various synergistic prospective tenants from the leisure and retail sectors, including gym and business centre operators.

“This was an amazing...

Foodie Fun at launch of The Food Shop

South Devon is a hub of food and drink producers, enthusiasts and aficionados. It’s bursting at the seams with wonderful, local produce which offers the ultimate taste sensation. Reflecting this, the spectacular newly positioned and tripled in size ‘The Food Shop’ at The Shops at Dartington will officially launch on Saturday 15th March. The launch promises to be a fun packed, gastronomic day out for all the family with lively demonstrations, entertainers, live music and an opportunity to meet some of the producers and their products!

‘The Food Shop’ will provide inspiration whether...

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...

Plymouth Foodbank thank Plymouth residents

The Plymouth Foodbank is so grateful to the thousands of Plymouth people who responded to requests for food and or money over the Christmas period. We were able to give out over 5 tonnes of food in December to individuals and families who would have had a bleak time without this help. Typical of the responses we received: "My 10 and 14 year old children cried when they saw how generous...

Get up close and personal at River Cottage Canteen

River Cottage Canteen Plymouth is introducing a series of cookery demos, based on the River Cottage HQ’s cookery classes.

The taster sessions, starting in February 2014 will feature some of the classics, with chocolate, bread and fish all on the menu.

Guests will be treated to coffee and tasty samples as they watch the chef at work, learning the basics from how to perfect their...

RSPCA campaign for slaughter labels

The RSPCA has launched a new campaign to change the law on how labels on meat show how an animal was killed

The campaign began in response to a proposal in the European Parliament which on labelling that will indicate if an animal was stunned before death.

The society is calling for its supporters to contact MEPs to add their signature of support for the proposal. The RSPCA...

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