Marking its 15th anniversary, the Food Drink Devon Awards brought together 420 guests at Sandy Park, home of the Exeter Chiefs, on Monday 5th October.
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Taste of the West and FareShare South West launch The Community Table Award
New award celebrates the charities, social enterprises and community organisations bringing good food to everyone across the South West
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Sustainability leaders to share practical insights at Devon hospitality event
Calling all senior hospitality professionals working in foodservice across the South West of England.
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Fishing for attention: New Wave creates its own Seafood Week
National Seafood Week has gone fishing – so New Wave is bringing it back.
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Pipers & Co launches Christmas range, championing better farming, better food and a better future
Ethical food shopping platform Pipers & Co has revealed its first full Christmas collection, bringing complete traceability to the festive table and an opportunity to support those farmers working with respect for the land and the animal.
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RAVE launches Variety Packs for the coffee fan who just can’t choose
Loaded with six different coffees and around 30 individual servings, the new Variety Packs from RAVE Coffee have been launched in response to growing demand from coffee lovers wanting to explore more before committing to full-size bags.
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Cornish-caught tuna takes centre stage at Gylly Beach
A spectacular line-caught Cornish tuna will take centre stage at Gylly Beach in Falmouth this September, as the beachfront venue hosts an intimate banquet celebrating one of Cornwall’s most exceptional catches.
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Innovation drive at voco Zeal Exeter Science Park
voco Zeal Exeter Science Park has continued to pursue its strategy of innovation in sustainability with a number of developments at the award-winning property.
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Food Drink Devon unveils shortlist for 2026 Awards
The countdown to the 2026 Food Drink Devon Awards has begun, and an outstanding list of finalists has been announced, showcasing the very best products, dining, retail and learning experiences the county has to offer.
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FŌDA, Bristol’s 2026 festival of food ideas, asks: Can we feed the UK?
Bristol’s festival of food ideas, FŌDA, returns to the Arnolfini this September with a symposium built on land, sea, forest and air, featuring guest speakers Gareth Ward, Xanthe Clay, Guy Singh-Watson, Anjula Devi, JP McMahon and more.
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Pipers & Co partner with Philip Warren & Son to build a more resilient local food system
Devon-based Pipers & Co has announced the launch of a landmark partnership for its new ethical food shopping platform, with renowned Cornish butcher, Philip Warren & Son, now joining the growing community of farmers and producers choosing to do things the right way.
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Pipers & Co launches new food platform to connect regenerative farmers with ethical shoppers
Created to close the gap between producers doing the right thing and consumers who want to support them, Pipers & Co is a new kind of food shopping platform.
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From work placement to national final – the Exeter independent backing the next generation of chefs
Exeter restaurant Crave is celebrating one of its student kitchen team reaching a national cooking final and is calling on other local hospitality businesses to follow suit.
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The Food WorksSW unveils new canning line to meet growing demand from drinks sector
The Food WorksSW, the South West’s leading food and drink innovation centre, has launched a new canning line in response to growing demand from food and drink producers looking to scale up production and trial new canned products.
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Dorset’s Sea Sisters hooks £78k to scale British fish cannery
A Dorset-based cannery dedicated to premium canned British fish is expanding thanks to a total of £78,600 in funding from the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme, with support from its partner SWIG Finance.
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Hospitality rallies behind bold new campaign for 10% VAT cut
Hospitality businesses, employees and industry organisations are being urged to get behind a new nationwide campaign calling on the Government to cut VAT for the sector to 10%
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