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Gold Stars for FDD Members

Congratulations to all the Food & Drink Devon Great Taste Award Winners.................

New Loyalty Scheme for Dartmouth's Finest Restaurants

A group of the finest Food & Drink Devon Member restaurants in and around Dartmouth have got together to offer you a variety of mouthwatering experiences whilst rewarding you with some delicious goodies...................

How well do kids know their veg?

During the summer holidays we are finding out how well children know their fruit and veg, and which they like and dislike the most. This challenge is open to everyone...................

Latest News from Browns Hotel

Summer and Autumn Specials.................

Hotel Wins Top International Award

The Best Western Tiverton Hotel has received confirmation of winning an International Excellence in Quality award..................

Latest News from Manna from Devon

New Farm Shop Launch Success

Simply meat farm shop opened its doors this Sunday 27th June...................

Wimbledon and South Devon Strawberries

The start of Wimbledon, combined with the fantastic sunny June weather we are currently enjoying, has turned my thoughts to strawberries rather than tennis............

Seafood Supremo puts Fish & Chips on the Menu

Mitch Tonks whose name is synonymous with all that is good about British fish has opened his first family seafood restaurant dedicated to the great British favourite of fish and chips................

Latest News from South Devon Chilli Farm

Find out about the new farm shop progress and more..............

Bread Making Course for Accommodation Providers

Bread Making Course for Accommodation Providers at award-winning Manna from Devon In conjunction with Devon Tourism Skills Network....................

New Deli Offering at Churston Traditional Farm Shop

We are very pleased to announce to our customers that our new Deli Counters have been installed...................

FDD Members help Plymouth School Launch New Farmers' Market

Pupils from years four, five and six at Widewell Primary School in Plymouth have decided to start their own Farmers market especially for their local community..................

South Devon Crab Featured Sunday 6th June on Country File

South Devon Crab …cracks national tourism campaign...............

Return of the English Riviera Geopark Beer

Following on from its successful launch last year, the official beer of the English Riviera Geopark, will be returning for Occombe Farm Beer Festival this weekend..............

Riverford Farm Dairy Win First Prize for Clotted Cream

Congratulations to Riverford Farm Dairy.......................

Tor to Door Win Sausage Championship

Dartmoor's Only Fresh Meat Delivery Service; Tor to Door wins Sausage Championships at 2010 Devon County Show...........

“The Mysterious Murder of the Mighty Minister!”

The Murder Mystery walk developed specifically for the group by Treasure Trails Devon is designed to lead walkers around this idyllic village and to sample its delights........

Latest Mitch Tonks Encouraging Opening Seafood For All

Mitch Tonks’ mission to bring great British seafood to our plates continues in the South West with his latest opening of RockFish Seafood & Chips in Dartmouth............

Venus is Over The Moon Again

Everyone at West Country based Venus, the UK’s leading beach café and shop operator, is “over the moon, once again” with the news that the company is honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development 2010...........

Children In Need Auction Winners Learn New Skills with Manna from Devon

ON 6th April Ian, Margaret, Maddie and Jessie Stevens joined David and Holly Jones for a day cooking bread, pasta and gnocchi at the Manna from Devon Cooking School in Kingswear...........

New 'One Pot' Grow Your Own Chilli Kit

The kit contains all you need to grow a stunning chilli plant for the windowsill that can go on producing chillies for the kitchen for years to come......

Dartmoor Chilli Farm launch new chilli jam

The Proof is in the Pudding

Manna from Devon Cookery School in KIngswear, South Devon welcomed food royalty to their kitchens at the weekend as Simon Parkes presenter of the Radio 4 Food Programme recorded an interview with David & Holly Jones for their pudding programme..........

New Cranberry Crush from Luscombe Drinks

Luscombe Drinks continues to lead the way in the premium soft-drink sector with the introduction of Cranberry Crush........

New Product from the South Devon Chilli Farm

We are very pleased to announce a new product this month - Bhut Jolokia Chilli Sauce in our new 100ml bottle...........

Manna from Devon Win Rural Enterprise Catagory for South West in Rural Oscars

Manna from Devon Cookery School in Kingswear, South Devon are celebrating again having won top Rural Enterprise of the South West in the Countryside Alliance Awards 2009 otherwise known as the Rural Oscars................

Churston Traditional Farm Shop Wins Devon Life Award

Churston Traditional Farm Shop are proud to announce that they have been awarded the Devon Life award for Best Butcher/Meat Retailer 2009.............

South West Tourism Excellence Awards

Congratulations - Food & Drink Devon Members win South West Tourism Excellence Awards................

Churston Traditional Farm Shop wins the DEBI Food and Farming Award

Congratulations to Food and Drink Devon member, Churston Traditional Farm Shop, based near Brixham for winning the award, proving its environmental credentials and passion for local food...........

Manna From Devon Nominated for Four Awards

Manna from Devon Cookery School in Kingswear are celebrating not one but four regional nominations this week.......

Nonsuch House - Dartmouth's Best Kept Secret is Out!

The stunning Nonsuch House in Kingswear, Dartmouth, Devon is celebrating after receiving runner up for the Favourite B & B in the Alastair Sawday Reader Awards 2009 for the whole of the UK..........

Wembury Farm Shop Scoops Taste of The West Award

Moostone Meats Farm Shop from Wembury are celebrating success in the South West’s most prestigious food and drink awards having gained a silver in the recent ‘Retail Outlet’ section, one of only three to be awarded in the whole of Devon.

Devonia The Green Alternative

Devonia Natural Spring Water are reducing the carbon foot print by truly recycling its bottles.

Festival Set to Promote Local and Regional Business

The Dartmouth Food Festival, which runs from 21st to 25th October, will provide an out of season boost to business in Dartmouth and an opportunity for regional food businesses to sell and promote their products, according to Dartmouth Food Festival Chairman and Cooking School owner David Jones.

Dartmouth Food Festival Gets Bigger and Better

This year, the Dartmouth Food Festival organisers have really gone to town with new locations, more trade stalls, a wider range of events and big name celebrity chefs.

Film, Music and Art at the Dartmouth Food Festival

Music, Film, Art and of course Food & Drink. Come see, taste and experience at dartmouth Food Festival......

Manna From Devon Rise to the Occasion Again

Manna from Devon are celebrating two Taste of the West Gold Awards 2009 for their beautiful, handmade Focaccia and White Sourdough Breads. David Jones of Manna from Devon says. “we make bread as it should be made; with first class ingredients, lots of time and heaps of respect - sourdough, or naturally fermented bread, is making a comeback as people turn away from mass produced bread and look for something with unique flavour, interesting texture and greater nutritional value”

Riverford mini cucumber crowned best of all fruit and veg in Soil Association food Oscars

Praised as ‘delicate, sweet, melt in the mouth, fresh and crunchy’, on 12 September 2009 Riverford’s compact Cassim cucumbers won the Fruit & Vegetable category in the Soil Association Organic Food Awards. Riverford’s pointed cabbage was awarded Commended.

Manna from Devon Gold Haul Continues

Following Holly's two recent Golds for Brownies and Puddings at the Guild of Fine Food's Great Taste Awards, David has now added to the Trophy Cabinet with Two Golds, for White Sourdough and Foccacia Bread, at the Taste of the West Awards.

Tor to Door opens Farm Butchery in Exeter

We are delighted to announce that from immediate effect we now have an easy access Farm Butchery in Exeter for you to purchase all your favourite Dartmoor & Devon Meat from and much more ...

Devonia Water Launches New Fruit Water Range

Devonia Water has just launched their new Cranberry Sparkle & Elderflower Sparkle.

Award Winning Local Chef Goes Nuts

Local chef Anton Piotrowski has “spiced” things up at the Rose and Crown, Yealmpton, recently voted “Devon Pub of the Year” in the 2009 Good Pub Guide.

Manna From Devon Win 3 Star Gold Award in the 2009 Great Taste Awards

STOP PRESS!! – We have just won a 3 Star Gold Award in the 2009 Great Taste Awards for our Double Chocolate Brownies and a 2 Star Gold Award for our Sticky Toffee Puddings and we’re very excited indeed!!!

Supporting businesses with LEAF Funding

Food & Drink Devon have recently been awarded the contract to support food and drink businesses throughout Greater Dartmoor and the surrounding areas of West Devon, parts of the South Hams and Teignbridge.

Westcountry Spice Company launches the world's first organic Hoisin Sauce

IF SOMEONE told you a company based in an old mushroom farm in a South Devon village was making Hoisin sauce and exporting it to Hong Kong, you probably wouldn't believe them, writes Caroline Doughty. But this is exactly what the Westcountry Spice Company is now doing, thanks to its status as the only producer of gluten-free organic Hoisin sauce in the world.

Local industry turns out to support launch of new course

The launch night of a new University level course at South Devon College, the Foundation Degree in Events & Conference Management, proved to be a fantastic success with many dignitaries and members of the public in attendance.

We`re off to the Movies!!

Last month we were joined by FFP Productions, who used Langdon Court as a set location for Rosamunde Pilcher`s `Love against the Rest of the World`.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR MEAT COMES FROM ?

"Tor to Door" on Dartmoor is now officially recognised as the ONLY supplier of Beef from Dartmoor able to make claims relating to it's provenance ...

South Devon Chilli Farm - New Product Launch

The South Devon Chilli Farm has just released a new set of Dried Chilli products presented on 'clip-strips' with a hook-top to hang vertically.

Tor to Door Wins Best Pork Sausage at DCS

Dartmoor Farm Butchery Tor to Door Wins "Best Pork Sausage" at Devon County Show with "Chorizo" flavour...

Congratulations to our Western Morning News Competition Winners

Congratulations to the lucky winners of our fabulous competition to win a two nights stay at a luxury hotel in beautiful Devon. Food & Drink Devon teamed up with the Western Morning News and five of its prestigious hospitality members to offer these great prizes:

VENUS OPENS AT WATERGATE BAY

The award winning chain of West Country environmentally friendly beach cafes and shops has expanded with the official opening of a new Venus Café at The Hotel and Extreme Academy at Watergate Bay in Cornwall.

Cornish Pasty Award goes to Chunk of Devon

Chunk of Devon’ Steak Pasty voted Best Cornish Pasty

Venus Wins Gold Oascar

Venus is England's leading environmentally friendly beach cafe and shop operator and that's official!