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Food & Drink Devon is delighted to announce that Barbara King, managing director of The Shops at Dartington, is taking over the role of chair from the beginning of July. With years of experience in retail, as well as working with food and drink producers from across Devon, Barbara’s fresh...

The Venus Company welcomes a new Executive Chef for the two Venus Cafes of Blackpool Sands & The Shops at Dartington.  Barry George will this week be implementing an informal counter service along with a new dinner menu at the Blackpool Sands Cafe.  An...

Its the 2nd 'National Cream Tea Day' on Friday 24th June - now that's worth celebrating. Of course, in Devon we make the most of the clotted cream by piling it on our scones first, topped then with a locally made jam.  Let's be honest though - whichever way you choose to eat it - it...

Taste Buds' are holding their first pop-up cookery school at Occombe Farm, Paignton this weekend.  Join Taste Buds chef Jody Spencer on Saturday 18th June 2016 to learn how to cook five tempting dishes for a dinner party, including crab risotto and vanilla strawberry cheesecake...

June is the glorious month when Devon restaurateurs come together to celebrate the amazing quality of the county’s food and drink with Devon Restaurant Month. To mark its fifth anniversary, Devon Restaurant Month are launching a special competition for customers to enter, treating one...

NEW ICE CREAM PRODUCER TO LAUNCH RANGE AT THE SHOPS AT DARTINGTON FOOD FAIR (29TH & 30TH MAY) The new and extremely innovative Dartington Dairy is set to launch at The Shops at Dartington Food Fair on Sunday 29th and Monday 30th May.  Recently featured on BBC 1’s Countryfile, for the...

On Monday 16th May, Food & Drink Devon is holding a morning workshop to help your Devon business grow. There will be talks on a whole range of key issues including the power of PR, marketing and retail, pensions and packaging and how to win grants and funding. To secure your...

          4 WEEK WORK PLACEMENT REQUIRED IN JULY/AUGUST FOR FRENCH UNIVERSITY STUDENT  Could you help Alexis complete his studies? He needs work experience in a small factory type setting. He is 18 but does not drive yet so would need either board and lodging...

  January 2016 The UK government have already billed 2016 as the Year of British Food and in this edition of Relish we look specifically at what we can expect to see in what is set to be a busy year within the sector.   Already this year we have had the launch of...

Peplows are delighted to be the appointed accountants for Food & Drink Devon and sponsoring an award at this prestigious event. Peplows specialise in providing tax, accounts and business support to this important and growing sector in the South West.  For profit improvement or tax...