Food Events

Dartmouth Food Festival celebrates tenth year

Dartmouth Food Festival in South Devon celebrates its 10th birthday and this year's festival runs from October 26th to 28th 2012 and the theme in our Jubilee and Olympic year is Great British Food.

Go ‘on tour with chocolate’ during National Chocolate Week

Chocoholics across the country are being offered more opportunity than ever to indulge their passion for their favourite treat by totally immersing themselves in the world of the chocolatier during national Chocolate Week 2013.

Celebrate National Cupcake Week with a sprinkle of Splenda

With National Cupcake Week just around the corner, (17th to 23rd September), it's time for a week-long celebration of all things sweet, colourful and cupcake!

New food festival presents an appetising autumn alternative

The inaugural Wild About Food weekend in Scotland’s Wester Ross (28th September-1st October) features a mouth-watering line up of events including foraging outings in the local woodlands, deer stalking with a camera and island boat trips including barbeque lunch.

Simon Rogan to cook Great British Menu at Taste Cumbria Festival

Praised for his technical brilliance and renowned for his use of unusual ingredients, combinations, styles and blending of tastes and textures, Simon Rogan has been called "one of the most innovative chefs in the country" by the Guardian

Enjoy a wine and cheese master class with Taylor Wimpey

House hunters looking for a stunning new home in a tranquil woodland location should visit the impressive Manor House at Taylor Wimpey’s Manor Oaks development in Tavistock, where a Wine and Cheese master class is being held to showcase the site.

Take your choice from a menu of autumn food festivals in Cornwall

Cornwall has one of the finest reputations for food and drink in the whole of the UK, which it celebrates in a feast of food festivals.

Brits beat post-Olympic blues by entering chocolate heaven

The drop in euphoria following the ending of the Olympic Games in London is having a beneficial impact on one tourism business in the capital, which has seen its enquiries and bookings boom as the spirit of the nation plummets.

The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show

Taste some of the finest, rarest and most expensive whiskies and enjoy a range of food pairings.

Dev Biswal to showcase sustainable cuttlefish at Hastings Festival

Horrified that local fisherman are discarding unwanted cuttlefish, Dev Biswal, chef patron of The Ambrette @ Rye restaurant – is to give live cooking demos of a specially created recipe throughout the Hastings Seafood & Wine Festival (15th and 16th September) to help boost its popularity.

Be quick off the blocks for tours built round Chocs

Escape the Olympics, or fill in time between your Olympic spectator slots, by giving in to your inner chocoholic and booking yourself on to a unique chocolate-focused, truly yummy experience with Chocolate Ecstasy Tours.

Eat the world at Global Feast, an Olympic dining experience

Global Feast is an exciting new food experience offering a different world cuisine each night of the Olympics, as diners sit round a giant sculptural model of the world - 15-metres long, 6-metres wide and over 2-metres tall – an installation doubling as both table and seating, just a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park, at Stratford Town Hall.