Surf’s up, sandy beaches beckon and views come with a side order of gastronomic delights. Polzeath and its surrounds aren’t just for beach babes and surfer dudes; there are gems here for families, foodies and folk who simply want to...
The Cornish Arms – owned by Rick & Jill Stein – with St Austell Brewery is due to host a most fabulous festival of beer, music and mussels: Cornish perfection...
No lady could refuse an invite to quaff champagne in the company of gentlemen on a Friday night in the civilised and buzzy town of Padstow. Unbeknown to us, David, owner of binTwo the Independent Wine Merchant and Champagne Bar, was to...
The itch to shop has begun, Christmas songs are playing on the radio and the weather, well it is definitely winter! So where, oh where to stop by for some quintessentially Cornish craft and food pre festive...
The Love Cornish Food campaign is all over Twitter (#LoveCornishFood) and the local foodie’s lips (Mmm – no hash tag necessary). To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the British Food Fortnight there is a campaign raging across the...
Forget Heston Blumenthal’s touted Xmas puddings (reported being sold for £200+ on eBay & other black pudding markets) head on down to Falmouth this weekend to indulge in locally sourced and produced Cornish...
From 6 – 14 August, world class regatta racing, nine days of live music, events and excitement descend upon the cosmopolitan hub of Falmouth. At the same time, Paramount Pictures will be shooting World War Z, a Hollywood blockbuster...
There will be more than enough fish out of the sea in this year’s Fal Fish Fest at the end of May to satisfy any foodie’s passion for the silver slippery stuff. Cooking demonstrations from the best in the industry will encourage you...
Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall’s cherished chef and owner of the only two Michelin star seafood restaurant in the world, personally congratulated Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on taking home a BAFTA this week for his hard hitting Fish Fight...
March is the best month for mussels. Gorging on juicy mussel flesh plucked from beautiful blue shells and dunking fistfuls of perfectly fried fries into the mussel sauce – be it marinière or garlic & chilli – I am there with bib...
That Rick Stein loves food, especially fish, is a fact. That during An Evening With Rick Stein the food was rather incidental to the anecdotes is also...
Philippa was supposed to visit the gorgeous beans at Origin in Constantine. Every morning without fail she has a huge black coffee, and let me tell you that is just the tip of the iceberg. Still holding tightly on to her Chelsea days, a...
Cooking is not my forte, as several guests may tell you, but after a day on the Original Fish & Shellfish Cookery Course I may have an ace up my...
We are seated round a semi-circular banquette in the retro-relaxed upstairs cocktail and tapas bar at Rojano’s in the Square; Paul’s second restaurant in Padstow which re-opened its old familiar doors with renewed aplomb in spring...
A cookery school for grown-ups in the heart of ‘Padstein’ with glorious views out over the estuary; this was day one of a two day Friends for Dinner course and first day nerves had kicked in. ...
Adding to their empire and reinforcing the commonly held view that fish is the best dish in Padstow, Rick & Jill Stein have opened a new fishmongers next door to their fish ‘n’ chippy. Proffering fresh fish, shellfish and...
We, the three of us including Otis, are checking in overnight at The Seafood Restaurant. Otis, extremely excited with his red fleecy-to-keep blanket (a little present from the late, great Chalky) is somewhat nose-out-of-joint he won’t...
With the hustle bustle of a very lovely evening at The Seafood Restaurant already wrapped up in a whirlwind romance of shellfish memories, my morning after the night before was quite probably one of the very best breakfasts I’ve ever...
I know where I would like the master bedroom, and have decided that the dungeon would be great for the library – “Perfect, I declared, we could be on Grand Designs!” JT smiled indulgently, “I don’t think, Darling, that English...
It is with excited trepidation I push open the doors into Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, the only two Michelin Star seafood restaurant in the world. Not entirely sure what to expect, and with my foodie heart slightly in my mouth, I find him...
