Food & Drink

Devon woman helps launch nationwide Big Lunch Recipe Search

The Big Lunch is back and has just launched a nationwide search to unearth hidden culinary gems and the stories behind them with the help of celebrity chefs including Ainsley Harriott and Dame Prue Leith. Mandy Harding from Devon is preparing to submit her entry and is encouraging other people...

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Plymouth Seafood Festival is back!

The popular Plymouth Seafood Festival will return to the Barbican and Sutton Harbour at the end of the month, but this year with a Plymouth Gin twist!

Located on Southside Street in the heart of the Historic Barbican, the local gin brand joins Brittany Ferries as this year’s sponsors of the event which is organised by the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership Business Improvement District...

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Food & Drink Devon Awards Shortlist

After months of blind tasting, deliberation and judging, the shortlist of finalists for the 2015 Food & Drink Devon Awards have been announced, with the winners revealed at a ceremony in Exeter on Monday 5th October. Entries from across the county included 144 products, 38 producers, 41 hospitality and 6 retail establishments judged by experts from the industry.

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Meet the Plymouth taste team!

The Bamford family from Plymouth have been appointed as one of twelve Family Tasting Teams for Table Table pub restaurants.

The Bamfords were invited to spend the day at the Whitbread Skills Academy in Swindon where they were able to learn from top Whitbread chefs and getting the chance to try their hand at making some of their favourite dishes, as did TV star and Table Table brand...

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Craft and Food Market to add festive sparkle to Plymouth

Plans to introduce a brand new kind of Christmas market are underway in Plymouth following the success of Flavour Fest.

In partnership with Miss Ivy Events and Taste of the West, Plymouth City Centre Company are investing in a Christmas Craft and Food Market that will provide a different kind of produce than previous years.

50 stalls of independent businesses and food...

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Country hungry for Devon Restaurant Month

This year's Devon Restaurant Month, which took place in June, was a resounding success. Over 30 establishments across the county participated and the feedback from all was 'outstanding'. Next year will see the fifth Devon Restaurant Month and it promises to raise the bar even higher and bring even more custom into the county's bounty of eateries.

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Rugby World Cup comes to Walkabout

With the World Cup not far away, the big question everyone’s facing is ‘where’s the best place to catch all the action?’ And if you didn’t get a ticket to the game then there’s only one answer – Walkabout. For the ultimate rugby experience, great food and drinks deals, and an awesome atmosphere, look no further than Walkabout on Union Street.

The pinnacle of rugby tournaments will see...

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Healthier Fish and Chips at Harbourside

Harbourside Fish and Chips, named as the South West’s best Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year in the National Fish and Chip Shop Awards for 2015, is on a mission to prove fish and chips can be a healthier dish.

Co-owned by Sarah Lock and Philip Thompson since 2009 Harbourside focuses on fresh, sustainable seafood, and aim to provide good quality tasting dishes using...

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Plymouth fish frier up for top award

Andrew Hillier of Harbourside Fish & Chips, Plymouth has been named as one of the UK’s top six fish friers after he was shortlisted for the Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year Award as part of the 2016 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish.

Andrew will now have to compete at the highest level as he goes up against the five other contenders ‘fishing’ for the top...

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Harbourside staff make UK’s Top 10 Fish Friers list

The UK’s Top 10 Young Fish Friers in the Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year Award, have been announced with two of the ten finalists from Plymouth’s Harbourside Fish and Chips.

The shortlist, as part of the 2016 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish, has recognised the talents of Andrew Hillier and Lisa Lishman, both of Harbourside Fish & Chips on the Barbican’s...

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Summer's End Cider Festival returns

Plymouth's ‘Summer’s End’ Cider Festival returns to see off the Summer in style!

Diaries at the ready, Saturday 5th September, the city is getting ready for another fantastic Cider Festival at Plymouth Pavilions, the third trip to the quaint village of ‘Summer’s End’ where the cider always flows, the music plays and we dance long into the night.

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