Food and Drink

The Ambrette’s Dev Biswal to host dinner at Thanet College
Dev Biswal, patron-chef of Margate’s highly acclaimed Ambrette Restaurant, is leading a team of students in serving a 6-course meal at Thanet College’s Bay View Restaurant in Broadstairs on Tuesday 18th October.

Gallu’s crowned the ‘Taste Trail’ winner!
Gallu’s has been crowned the winning restaurant of the hugely popular ‘Taste Trail’, organised as part of the recent Royal Leamington Spa Food & Drink Festival.

Hertfordshire's only Michelin star restaurant
Executive Chef Phil Thompson and his team have good reason to celebrate after retaining their position in the culinary bible.
How to make Banoffee Caramelised Crisped Rice and Confit Grapefruit
How to make Banoffee with Caramelised Crisped Rice and Confit Grapefruit featuring Fred Ponnavoy, the head chef at Gü Chocolate Puds.
Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2012
The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2012 is now available in bookshops, priced at £14.99 (€17.99 in Ireland).

Best of British are top choice at gastro pub The Pheasant Inn
Proving that we can’t resist a traditional British dish, the five-star Pheasant Inn in Cheshire – crowned Chester’s Best Loved Business earlier this year by members of the public in a Best of Chester campaign – reports that British favourites remain the top choice for diners.

British favourites are top choice at The Bear’s Paw
Proving that British really is best, The Bear’s Paw, an AA award-winning character inn situated in the picturesque village of Warmingham, has revealed that British dishes are top choice amongst its diners.

Additional date for sell-out Gala Dinner for Thackeray’s 10th Anniversary
Celebrity chef Richard Phillips is hosting a third Gala Dinner to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Thackeray’s on 30th November.

Le Mistral hopes for a ‘joyeux noël’ with party menu
Le Mistral, the award-winning bistro with sites in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, has unveiled a Christmas menu packed with traditional favourites, continental classics and a few festive surprises.
Unwrap real chocolate at Vinopolis
This October sees the return of Chocolate Week, an indulgent seven-day celebration of fine chocolate which culminates in Chocolate Unwrapped, a fabulous chocolate show at Vinopolis London on 15th and 16th October.
A taste of France in the New Forest
Stanwell House Hotel – a delightful boutique hotel, located in the fishing town of Lymington on the southern tip of the New Forest – is staging a decadent black-tie evening of Fine French Food and Wine on Wednesday 23 November.

T'is the season... for mushrooms
It's a not-so known fact that October is the perfect time to enjoy one of the UK's favourite and healthiest vegetables - the mushroom.

Vegetarian Festival at Malaysian restaurant Awana
Fine-dining Malaysian restaurant Awana is launching a unique Vegetarian Festival running from 3rd October to 16th October. The restaurant has used only the freshest ingredients to create a mouth-watering menu – which will appeal to vegetarians and meat eaters alike due to the wide variety of dishes.

Free memberships for first 1,000 sign ups to dinnerfriends.co.uk
A new dining club dinnerfriends.co.uk has been launched to bring together like-minded individuals, with a shared interest in good company and great food.

Sugar Dough made with natural colours
Sugar Dough is perfect for all your cake decorating projects and is now available in a range made with natural colours.