Rock Oyster Festival 2012: Competition
Food festival fever is about to hit Cornwall for the summer: if there’s a food in season, guaranteed there’ll be a festival in hot pursuit. Be it asparagus, oysters, mussels or the big players such as the Porthleven food festival,...
Blend 71: Truro’s coolest underground lunch stop
From the cobbles of Lemon Street into an underground tube stop; Blend 71 captures the city chic and asserts itself as the definitive place to get a good take-away breakfast &...
Benedict Quinn: Heads-up Eating
“My earliest food memory is of my mother making yoghurt on the Aga with milk from our own goats. It was a very normal part of our life back...
Port Eliot Festival 2012
One of the best festivals to go to this summer is Port Eliot Festival. An evocative mix of music, poetry, film, dancing, fashion, food, and literacy set in the gorgeous grounds of Port Eliot House in St...
A Right Royal Regatta
Where can you catch street carnivals, yachtie totty and the Red Arrows? The Fowey Royal Regatta. No ordinary sailing regatta, this historic event isn’t all about the spectacle of boats skimming the ocean crests under sail. Throngs of...
binTasting for Festivals: Jen from binTwo, Padstow
GCG chats once more to Jen from binTwo in Padstow to get the low-down on wines for the festival season. Words by Jen...
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Finisterre on Tour: Saturday 31st March
After the fab furore and awesome time the Fini crew had over in Polzeath – they have brought the pop up spectacular back to Wheal...
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A Baker’s Dozen: Jamie Oliver head’s up the graduation of Fifteen Cornwall’s sixth cohort….
Congratulations to the newest grads of Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen! Tonight they celebrate their year of hard graft and foodie tutelage...
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Grumpies of Cornwall – Serious About Food
Wheal Kitty had a bit of a pie fest last week. Grumpies of Cornwall delivered 6 beautifully packaged pies to HQ and we decided we...
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Best ice cream on the Cornish scene
As you would expect, the verdant grassy fields of Cornish land lend themselves to some of the best ice cream in the country. When in...
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A PIT-STOP TOUR TO POLZEATH
Surf’s up, sandy beaches beckon and views come with a side order of gastronomic delights. Polzeath and its surrounds aren’t just for...
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Benedict Quinn: Heads-up Eating
“My earliest food memory is of my mother making yoghurt on the Aga with milk from our own goats. It was a very normal part of our life...
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Gone Fishing: Totally Hooked
Andy Howell is a professional sea dog. Clocking up around 25 years in saltwater, firstly in the Navy and latterly as a dive boat skipper...
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COMPETITION: Scrum down with Boutique Retreats, St Agnes Barbarians & London Wasps Legends
Saturday 12th May celebrates the 40th Anniversary of GCG’s hometown Rugby Club with the London Wasps jetting down for a game of...
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Barefoot Soundwave Festival: Competition
The Barefoot Kitchen, a cool and quirky foodie hangout, are creating the ultimate this Easter weekend. A festival with food fit for a...
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Vintage in a Tea Cup
Saturday 10th December in St Agnes Methodist Church from 10.30 – 4.30 will be another glorious morning poring over hand-crafted...
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Pentewan: Beaches, Adventurers, Foodies
Cornwall is a county brimming with many hidden treasures, secret coves and little hidey-holes... and Pentewan is most definitely one of...
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