Category: FOOD&DRINK
MOONSTOCK BEER FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR ITS FIFTH YEAR
MoonStock Beer Festival is in it’s 5th year now and has been providing real ales, real food, real music and a real good time for people who like the festival atmosphere in a Pub. They usually have around 30 Real Ales from around the South West, Hog Roasts, BBQ’s and the best bit…entry is free! [...]
SAILOR JERRY OPENS ITS FIRST EVER MUSIC VENUE IN LONDON
Sailor Jerry will open its very own London venue later this month bringing rum, clothing, music, film and the original art of tattoo master Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins to Soho. Opening on Thursday 19th April, Hotel Street at 120-125 Charing Cross Road is named after Honolulu’s infamous Hotel Street District where Collins’ made his name. [...]
REVIEW: LOVE FOOD SPRING FESTIVAL, BRISTOL (31/03/12)
Outside of the usual music side of things, I have to admit this is a guilty pleasure. Personally I blame the TV and newspapers for the scare stories and opening our eyes to how the food is really made before it hits the supermarket shelves! Buy local, natural foods, treat animals with respect before you [...]
FIFTEEN CORNWALL SPRING FARMERS’ MARKET AT WATERGATE BAY
Spring is in the air at Fifteen Cornwall. To celebrate the very best of the season’s produce the social enterprise restaurant is hosting another of its popular Farmers’ Markets on Saturday 24 March. The team at Fifteen Cornwall is delighted that cornishfoodmarket.co.uk, specialists in delivering locally produced food and drink to Cornish homes, has come [...]
PLYMOUTH STUDENTS UNVEIL CRISP PACKET FASHION FOR LADIES’ DAY AT CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE
Plymouth College of Art fashion students have been exploring a unique and truly inspired way of recycling old crisp packets – by creating an outfit out of them to take to the races! A fabulous dress and matching accessories have been designed and assembled by talented young students Billie Cox, Alice Smyth, Jessica Dyer and [...]
APPLETON ESTATE RUM BARTENDER CHALLENGE HITS BRISTOL
The Appleton Estate Bartender Challenge returns this January calling all bartenders, for the chance to be crowned UK finalist before being flown all expenses paid to Jamaica to represent the United Kingdom in the world final in October 2012. The Appleton Estate Bartender Challenge will be the ultimate test of skill and ability of the [...]
HOTEL CHOCOLAT TEAMS UP WITH EXETER PICTUREHOUSE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
Luxury chocolatier and cocoa grower, Hotel Chocolat, is appealing to romantic, chocolate-loving filmgoers across the UK with the launch of a limited edition chocolate to celebrate Valentine’s Day and the release of the quirky romantic comedy, ‘Romantic Anonymous’ . Indeed the chocolate has been specially created to celebrate the release of the film, and is [...]
PIEMINISTER BRISTOL LAUNCHES THREE CHRISTMAS PIES
Everyone’s favourite pie shop, Pieminister, has brought back it’s delicious Christmas pies. The Christingle pie features honey roast parsnips, cheddar cheese and chestnuts in white port while the Deer santa pie has British venison, Cotechino sausage, outdoor reared smoked bacon, puy lentils, winter vegetables, juniper, thyme and port. There is also a Three kings pie [...]
BATH KOMEDIA CANTEEN GETS SOIL ASSOCIATION’S GOLD FOOD FOR LIFE AWARD
Komedia Canteen is the first restaurant in the City of Bath to achieve the Soil Association’s Gold Food for Life Catering Mark for serving fresh and healthy meals made with local and organic ingredients. The Soil Association Food for Life awards scheme endorses establishments who deliver fresh food, free from undesirable additives and promoting high [...]
WIN BROTHERS PEAR CIDER
They are generous guys, those Brother’s cider lot. Not only are they sponsoring the DeluxX Boardmasters closing party again: August 14, at Fistral Blu, Newquay (if you’re going to Boardmasters don’t miss it, it was rad last year) and the LUM Beach Party on 3rd Sept in the same location, but they’ve given us a [...]
REFRESHING SUMMER DRINKS
There’s nothing better than chilling out with mates after work/college with a few drinks. As the summer days get longer and warmer, there are few things nicer than having an alcoholic beverage with the sun shining down on us. The summer months bring us lots of opportunities to have a drink or three! Barbecues, parties, [...]
RESTAURANT: CIAO ITALIA
If you have an in-depth knowledge of bizarre pasta shapes and drink espressos to get you through the day then it’s fair to say you’re probably down with Italian Cuisine. In which case today’s offer at Ciao Italia could definitely interest you, or anyone who appreciates a good pizza! With a selection of homemade fresh [...]
FOOD REVIEW: MARKET, BATH
If you want to go out, enjoy a burger and some beers and just have a relaxed and fun night out with your friends, there’s only really one place to go in Bath – Market. It’s the very definition of cool. Unpretentious, relaxed, chilled out staff and great food, the kind of place that doesn’t [...]
FOOD REVIEW: THE BURGER JOINT, COTHAM, BRISTOL
I challenge you to find a better burger venue in Bristol than The Burger Joint on Cotham Hill. Dan Bekhradnia’s restaurant’s website promises “an outstanding dining experience for an outstanding price”, and the reality doesn’t disappoint. Almost everything is made fresh on the premises – not just the burgers (beef, lamb and mint, grilled or [...]
SMALL NATIONS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES MINORITY CULTURES IN WALES
Small Nations festival has announced their full line up for the event, taking place on the 8th until the 10th of July. Based in the beautiful Glangwenlais farm in Carmarthenshire, the festival aims to support minority cultures and languages with a celebration of music, food, drink and stalls. This year’s festival will feature singers and [...]
VEG FEST UK 2011 HITS BRISTOL THIS WEEKEND
VegfestUK is set to return to Bristol for its ninth year running, taking place from May 21st to May 29th. Once again, the festival will welcome vegan and vegetarian food producers from around the world to offer their veggie and vegan delights to the public. The festival has also introduced a new ‘Fringe Week’ to [...]
EDEN SESSIONS CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH BIGGEST EVER GIGS
The Eden Project celebrates ten years of Sessions concerts this year with one of its strongest line-ups yet. The project will hit another musical landmark too, as the Fleet Foxes gig on July 1 will be the 50th Eden Session. Each date on the Sessions calendar sees a full day of festival-style live music and [...]
FIFTEEN RESTAURANT IN CORNWALL TURNS FIVE
Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen restaurant near Newquay, Cornwall celebrates it’s fifth birthday on Wednesday 18th May. This pioneering social enterprise on the north coast at Watergate Bay is throwing open its doors for a night of food and fun and the general public is invited to come and party. As always, the evening will showcase the [...]
EXETER ROOTS MUSIC & CIDER FESTIVAL 2011
May day Bank Holiday Sunday will see an amazing multi-floored event packed with live music, DJs and of course, cider – in the Exeter Roots Music and Cider Festival! Headlining the event is Black Slate, a Reggae band who originally formed back in 1974 and quickly became one of the most prominent names in the [...]
CELEBRATE ST PATRICK’S DAY IN BRISTOL AND PLYMOUTH
We all like an excuse for a few cheeky beverages and good ol’ Irish craic. Today is St Patrick’s Day, which means it’s time to drop the nation’s Great British reserve and party Irish-style. Guinness have teamed up with Patrick Kielty to make St Patrick’s day the friendliest day of the year, with a new [...]
