Taste

Cornwall is now known as an exciting food-lover's paradise where even the toughest critic is satisfied. Fresh locally sourced produce graces the tables of our Michelin chefs and our budget conscious cafes with simple but innovative recipes cooked to perfection to tempt the palate.

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Devon has a wide range of food and drink produced in the county, with unique breeds, recipes and products from chillis to venison, wine to ostrich! 

The whole county is brimming with opportunities to try for yourself with foodie events including the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink and Devon Wine Week.

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Our rich seafaring heritage provides magnificently: trout, pilchards, herrings and mackerel, succulent lobster, crab and oysters to name but a few. You could even take a fishing trip and catch some yourself!

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There are literally thousands of beers, ales and ciders produced in the region as well as some quality wines. For the tee-total we have some really special fruit juices and lemonades too.

Smooth yellow Devonshire butter, the country's finest milk, thick gloopy clotted cream, scrumptious varieties of cheeses, fruity yoghurts, and award winning ice-creams await you!

Try traditional classics such as pork sausages and prime beef from Red Devon Cattle or some more unexpected meats such as venison and even ostrich!

A must for food lovers - rub shoulders with top chefs, pick up some tips at a cooking demonstration and find all sorts of tasty surprises amongst exhibitor's stalls.

Food festivals in Cornwall
Food festivals in Devon

Resident celebrity chef, Rick Stein, is leading a brace of high quality local restaurants in beautiful Padstow offering everything from fish and chips to fruits de mer.

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Purchase the freshest baked, grown, smoked, pickled and preserved goods directly from the people who produced them.

Farmers' markets in Devon 
Farmers' markets in Cornwall

If you're after fine dining then check out the Trencherman's Guide - a collection of the best restaurants in the South West. All businesses invited to be included in the guide must meet strict quality criteria.

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Cosy and rustic - take shelter by an open fire and sample delicious farmhouse scrumpy, real ales and beers and some great gastro dining.

Cornwall has a wide variety of gourmet places to stay. Whether you want a boutique hotel with a fab restaurant and great views, a traditional hotel serving the best local produce or your own luxury holiday home, perhaps where the owners have taken the initiative with the ultimate pleasure of a fabulously filled luxury hamper prepared ready for your arrival.

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Choose your ingredients and choose your view! Whether it's a beach BBQ or picnic - eating outside is a must.

On the west side of Devon's beautiful Exe Estuary, nestling in the foothills of the Haldon Hills, lies Kenton Vineyard. Wines can be tasted and bought at the vineyard shop, and can also be enjoyed on the decked sun lounge looking out at the vineyard.

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Thousand of delicious and fantastically named cheeses are produced across the South West: Cornish Yarg, Cave matured Truckle Cheddar, Dorset Blue Vinney and Gloucestershire's Stinking Bishop! 

What better way to enjoy our local produce while on holiday than to pick some new culinary skills on a cooking course?

Cookery Schools in Bath

From crumbling home baked scones, Cornish Saffron Cake and Bath's world famous Sally Lunn Buns to savoury treats such as pies, pasties, and speciality breads.

Celebrating 25 years in 2010, The Pudding Club in Gloucestershire was founded to prevent the demise of our great British puddings - and very tasty they are too!

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