by Simone Sekers WHY it should be that this summer we have been trailing salt is just one of those coincidences. Salt is the one condiment I couldn’t do without and we eat far too much of it in this house. I don’t know if this is why we chose to go to two centres…
NORTH Dorset vineyard Melbury Vale is hosting regular Saturday afternoon talks to introduce drinkers to its Grace and Decadence sparkling wine. Winemaker Joseph Pestell will give talks, every Saturday at 3.30pm until mid-October on English sparkling wine and production, plus a tasting of the winery’s sparkling wines. The afternoon also includes a glass of your…
A NEW restaurant at the Orchid Hotel in Gervis Road, Bournemouth, is bringing Michelin-star cooking to Dorset, with a menu created by head chef Jean Gysemans. The Orchid was famously Bournemouth’s first boutique hotel, and the new restaurant, No34 reflects Gysemans’ distinctive use of seasonal and local ingredients. The official opening evening began with a summery…
LONGLEAT’s inaugural Food and Drink Festival proved a hit with visitors and foodies who visited the stately home over the weekend to sample interesting regional food and drink and enjoy the celebrity chef demonstrations. On the Saturday there were three cooking masterclasses with the 2015 Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain and on Sunday…
THREE fledgling food and drink businesses from the South West have been selected as part of The Seed Fund Academy’s Class of 2017 to benefit from an intensive educational summer programme. Hosted by a group of leading industry experts, this year’s Academy will include FIREPOT by Outdoorfood, makers of dehydrated meals for outdoor adventures from…
A SUNNY week in North Wales, staying on the seafront at Llandudno. Doesn’t sound much like hard work, does it? But when the Guild of Fine Food went to North Wales for three days of Great Taste judging it was a serious business for 20 food writers, chefs and food producers.. The Guild of Fine…
LYME Bay Winery has won five awards in this year’s Taste of the West Awards, for its traditional mead and range of luxury liqueurs. The East Devon-based winery won a gold award, a silver and three Highly Commended awards for its drinks, which are produced to traditional recipes. The top gold award went to the…
GIN is big news these days – it is World Gin Day on Saturday 10th June – and award-winning Somerset pub The Queens Arms at Corton Dehbam is getting together with the makers of one of the finest English gins, Sipsmith, for a Gin Discovery event on Saturday 24th June, from 6 to 8pm. From the…
THE Traditional Free Range Egg Company’s Dan and Briony Wood can really claim that their layers are “golden girls” as the ducks, hens, quails and geese have rambled, dabbled, foraged and waddled their way to Taste of the West Awards success The Traditional Free Range Egg Company scooped five Gold awards for its entire Free…
THERE is a great line-up of music, entertainment and more than 60 beers and ciders for the 37th annual Beerex festival at Salisbury Arts Centre on 16th and 17th June, organised in collaboration with CAMRA – Campaign for Real Ale and Salisbury Rotary Cogs. There will be more than 50 beers from microbreweries around the…