Blog entries

Easy Bean launches new Fairtrade Spanish Puchero

Rachel Creasy — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:58:10 +0100

Bean company Easy Bean is celebrating Fairtrade status for a third product – its improved recipe Spanish Puchero pot.

The Spanish Puchero Fairtrade white beans with Riojan chorizo, sweet red pepper and rich smoky pimentón – is marketed as a choice for lunch or served with cr...

Pieminister set to launch the Sebastian Cow pie!

Rachel Creasy — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:20:06 +0100

The Sebastian Cow pie is made with British beef steak and beans slow-cooked in a chipotle chilli and tomato sauce and is just the thing to serve the crowds as they cheer on Team GB - they’ll be available from 9th June so catch ‘em while you can! This follows the recent launch of their Lovely Jub...

Pasty Presto to stock The Cornish Crisp in outlets across the country

Rachel Creasy — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:25:39 +0100

Taste of the West member, The Cornish Crisp Company, is celebrating an additional 30 outlets across the country thanks to a new partnership with bakery chain Pasty Presto. Pasty Presto started with one shop in Mevagissey in Cornwall and now they have outlets from Chester to the Channel Islands.

Sue Wolstenholme, Managing Director for The Cornish Crisp Company said: ‘We identified Pasty Presto as a business we would like to work with a couple of years ago. We share the sa...

Stop Press: Deadline Extended!

Emma Grainger — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:41 +0100

Please note that the deadline for the South West Flavour Awards has been extended to 8th June! So there's still time to get your Hospitality and Retail entries in to Taste of the West!

Cafe at 36 supports UK Coffee Week

Emma Grainger — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:48:53 +0100

The Cafe at 36, St Thomas, Exeter is proud to support UK Coffee Week™ 2012, the nation’s largest charitable celebration of coffee being held from 23-29 April. UK Coffee Week unites coffee lovers and the industry to raise money for Project Waterfall, the charitable initiative delivering clean water projects in African coffee-producing countries in partnership with WaterAid.

Customers can join in the festivities by visiting Cafe at 36 and support the charity by adding a voluntary 5p...

New Cheltenham food & drink show

Emma Grainger — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:11:01 +0100

25% of stand space has already been booked at this new food and drink trade show, taking place 25-26 February 2013 at the elegant Town Hall, in the Edwardian spa town of Cheltenham.

Bringing UK fine food producers and members of three regional food groups: Taste of the ...

Torquay Food & Arts Festival

Emma Grainger — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:15:25 +0100

To kick off the May Bank Holiday Torbay Town Centres and Taste of the West are hosting a fabulous Food and Arts Festival in the heart of Torquay in the Union Square Shopping Centre.

At the centre of the show will be a cookery theatre, sponsored by Caterfood and hosted by Torquay’s ve...

Shaftesbury Feastival's Gold Hill run

Emma Grainger — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:50:02 +0100

This year's Shaftesbury Feastival was launched by recreating an ancient tradition – the Great Gold Hill Run. In medieval times local cheesemakers, brewers, millers and butchers used to race to get their most superior goods to the Abbey gates in order to have them chosen for the Abbess’s High Table and thereby gain ...

Location, location, location

Rachel Creasy — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:52:41 +0100

Devon’s only floating cafe re-opened on 1 April for the coming season. Situated in the middle of the River Exe Estuary, just off Starcross, the River Exe Cafe is a totally unique venue offering more than just a wonderful cafe and dining experience.

The cafe pride...

Rise and shine with Cafe at 36

Rachel Creasy — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:19:41 +0100

Love Pork! Cafe at 36 in Exeter are continuing to celebrate Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week and are raising the flag for red, white and bacon by adding some amazing new deals to their breakfast offers! For updates on news and offers check out their website and follow them on Facebook.

Olives Et Al adds new products to its range

Rachel Creasy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:12:26 +0100

Looking ahead to the Summer months and the celebrations taking place across the UK, Olives Et Al is launching new products for retailers and food service in time for menu planning and shelf filling.

New Very Deli Olives ar...

Lyme Regis Beer Festival 2012

Rachel Creasy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:42:54 +0100

After last year's huge success "The Three Brewers" are at it again. Town Mill Brewery and the Mighty Hop Brewery - both from Lyme Regis - together with ART Brew from North Chideock are joining forces to bring you an array of exciting, tasteful, wonderful real ales. The festival is on Saturday 31st March from 12pm until 11pm at the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis and will showcase some craft brews from local Micro Breweries, as well as some of the very best ciders from local producers. There is...

Bramley & Gage give their Budget views

Emma Grainger — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:45:05 +0100

Gloucestershire based family business Bramley & Gage has been asked by the BBC for their views on today's Budget. You can see them on BBC1 Breakfast from 6am tomorrow as they make their plum liqueur and talk about how the Chancellor's latest news will affect them.

Taste the Wild West

Rachel Creasy — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:43:57 +0100

BBQ experts California Rancher have launched an innovative range of meal kits that enable you to create classic American BBQ cooking at home. Whether it’s in your kitchen, on the BBQ or around the campfire, the kits bring out the Wild West in e...

Award-winning marmalades from Belgrave B&B

Rachel Creasy — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:13:37 +0100

Belgrave B&B in South Molton, Devon is enjoying the sweet taste of citrusy success after winning 1 Silver and 2 Bronze awards in the seventh annual World’s Original Marmalade Awards, held at Dalemain Mansion near Penrith, Cumbria.

Belgrave B&B received one of the marmalade world’s most prestigious accolades for its Lemon and Lavender marmalade which it entered into the B&B category, and scored high marks for its appearance, colour, consistency, aroma and flavour. Belgr...

Crunchyjack launches in the UK

Rachel Creasy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:06:10 +0100

A childhood favourite from South Africa, the ‘Crunchie', has been adapted for the UK palate by Puddings and Pies from Sherborne in Dorset.

It’s a crispier version of a traditional flapjack yet tastes remarkably different. Using wholegrain jumbo oats, cornflakes, butter and golden syrup together with a sprinkling of Dorset magic, Pudding and Pies believe they have created something quite unique in the slices market. Crunchyjack is just one of six, new, individually wrapped slices ...

Wildlife event at Otterton Mill celebrates the arrival of Spring

Rachel Creasy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:41:36 +0100

East Devon visitor attraction Otterton Mill is hosting a Celebration of Wildlife event on Saturday 31st March. This free event is run in association with wildlife partners the Devon Wildlife Trust and RSPB, and heralds the launch of the Mill's new Wildlife Shop.

Developed with guidance from wildlife experts, the shop offers wildlife lovers of all ages a unique range of habitats, feeds, feeders and educational materials with the aim of promoting appreciation and the conservation of...

World Marmalade Awards - Double Gold for Cranfield Foods

Rachel Creasy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:30:22 +0100

A day should start with marmalade, fresh and zesty, a miracle of citrus and sugar. Soft luscious strands of peel in an enticing jelly spread thickly on a piece of toast. If you make your own or have eaten homemade you know what it should taste like, but if you don’t have the time to make it yourself and no one has given you a pot, where do you go?

For those living in the South West or with access to Fortnum and Mason in London there is an answer, Devon-based artisan producer Cr...

Olives Et Al's Deli Of The Year 2012

Rachel Creasy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:16:26 +0100

Olives Et Al's Deli of the Year will be launched and open for nominations and votes on 24th March 2012 - following two successful years of running the competition, Olives Et Al is once again highlighting great delis, and actively supporting the best places to buy deli food in the UK.

With a simple purpose - firstly, to find the place and people with the best 'deli attitude' - not necessarily the biggest or smartest shop, but the place that exudes warmth, a love of great food and ...

Great Night, Great Cause

Rachel Creasy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:04:10 +0100

The Queens Arms in Sherborne are hosting a charity dinner, dance and auction in aid of Ataxia UK on Saturday 19th May 2012. The evening will include an amazing five course meal, half bottle wine, a live auction and entertainment by Soul 73.

The event is set in the beautiful surroundings of Corton Denham in Sherborne on the Somerset/Dorset border, and tickets are £50.00 per person or £450.00 for a table of 10 people. It is sure to be a memorable evening, while raising vital funds ...