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Taste of the West Product Awards 2021 – First Results Announced

South West food and drink producers have once again excelled themselves, and this week Taste of the West has had the honour of awarding the first phase of Gold, Silver and Commended awards in the 2021 Product Awards scheme.

New food hall championing local and independent chefs to open on Bristol’s harbourside next summer

Award-winning dining, retail and leisure operators BOXPARK, are opening a brand-new food hall on Bristol’s harbourside.

Still In Cask, a brand new global platform, is set to revolutionise the way whisk(e)y & cask aged spirits can be sold to the consumer

Still In Cask is a brand-new global platform that, for the first time, will give consumers around the globe the opportunity to buy shares in a cask of spirit directly from a distillery.

Wiper and True to open new brewery and taproom in Bristol

Renowned Bristol brewery Wiper and True are planning to open a third site in Bristol. They have submitted a licence application to Bristol City Council for a massive new brewery and taproom in Easton.

You’re invited to the Source trade show next week!

The Source food & drink trade show, at Westpoint, Exeter on 8th & 9th June, is a great opportunity for you to restock, discover new products, and meet new and existing suppliers.

New for 2021 – Speciality & Fine Food Fair Awards!

Recognising and celebrating the individuals and businesses driving excellence and innovation in the fine food & drink community, the Speciality & Fine Food Fair Awards champion all that make our industry such an inspiring place.

Watershed arts centre in Bristol opens new outside bar

Bristol media centre Watershed is opening a new outside bar called Undershed. Located under their main building on the Harbourside walkway in Bristol city centre it will serve drinks from what was the Tourist Information Centre.

Love Brownies bakery comes to Bristol

Bakery brand Love Brownies opened its 13th café in Bristol on Monday 17th May. Set up in 2009 in the Yorkshire Dales by Chantal Teal, they specialise in individually hand-baked brownies made “using the best ingredients we can get”.

Butcombe Brewing Co opens its very first taproom – the Whitmore Tap

A new addition to Bristol’s thriving food and drink scene has opened its doors. Butcombe Brewing Co has opened the Whitmore Tap, its very first taproom.

Bristol hoteliers call for support from newly-elected mayors

Hoteliers in Bristol are urging the two newly-elected mayors to give a firm show of support for the city’s hospitality industry now that they have been sworn in.

Boston Tea Party set to open massive new café in Bristol this summer

Café chain Boston Tea Party is preparing to open a huge new coffee shop in Bristol, the city they started in.

Food marketplace Gourmet 4 is bringing its multi-brand food halls to the South West

Food marketplace Gourmet 4 is planning its first two openings in the South West.

Temple Quay food market makes a welcome return

The popular street food market at Temple Quay in Bristol is set to return on Thursday 15th April.

‘Slow cooked fast food’ barbecue restaurant coming to Bristol

A new barbecue restaurant called Low and Slow is opening in Bristol next month. Housed in the former Boston Tea Party site in Whiteladies Road, it will be the city’s first fast food barbecue restaurant.

Shops and outdoor dining prepare to re-open at Wapping Wharf, Bristol’s harbourside community

Many shops, restaurants and cafes are preparing to re-open from Monday April 12th onwards at Wapping Wharf.

Bristol’s Breaking Bread pop-up restaurant village to reopen

The pop-up tipi village of restaurants called Breaking Bread will be reopening on Bristol’s Downs on Thursday, April 15th 2021.