Four families from across Yorkshire have signed up to help growing artisan ice cream producer Yummy Yorkshire after a competition to find community champions. The ‘Yummy Yorkshire Families on the Farm’ were chosen by the Huddersfield producer to help develop their products and the range of events they hold on the farm. Nearly 50 families […]
The Devonshire Arms Hotel & Spa have announced a Food and Wine Week from Monday 1st December until Sunday 7th December which I thought would be of interest to your readers! The Devonshire Arms Hotel & Spa, known to its friends as The Dev, will be joined by some of the UK’s most exciting chefs, […]
The owner of an East Cowick restaurant and deli will be given a real run for her money this month when she embarks on two half marathons, a nine-mile run and two incredible treks along the Great Wall of China ““ in just five days! Sam Mitchell, who runs The Peppered Pig restaurant and Pig’s […]
Kilnsey Park Estate has been awarded the Food Destination of the Year award at the Yorkshire Life Food & Drink Awards 2014. The Yorkshire Dales visitor attraction and fishing experience beat off competition from Holmfirth Vineyard and Lord Stones Country Park to walk away with the prestigious award. ‘It’s a real honour to receive the […]
TWO-WHEELED GINGERBREAD RAISES £400 FOR CANCER CARE! A bespoke biscuit bike, baked in honour of Yorkshire’s Grand Depart, has helped raise hundreds of pounds for terminally ill cancer patients. Lottie Shaw is donating a percentage of all of her limited edition, chocolate-topped gingerbread bike, sold at farm shops during and after the Grand Depart weekend, […]
A Huddersfield dairy farmer has signed up to walk on fire and jump out of an aeroplane within the same week for charity. Jeremy Holmes of Yummy Yorkshire will be taking part in a tandem sky dive on 5 October in aid of Brainwave, the national charity which aims to improve children’s mobility, communication skills, […]
If you thought Brie was the preserve of the French, then think again. That’s because one of the finest Bries to be found anywhere is not made in Paris or Provence, but in the Pennines. Barncliffe Brie, hand-made by Danny and Carole Lockwood at Shelley, near Huddersfield, is unique ““ the only Brie made in […]
Gourmet trail company Yorkshire Food Finder teamed up with tourism agencies Visit Britain and Welcome to Yorkshire last week, to organise a three day gastro tour for an international TV cookery show, thanks to its renowned, expert knowledge of local producers and chefs. Considered as the go-to ambassadors for Yorkshire food, Yorkshire Food Finder helped […]
Between whipping up tasty frozen treats on the farm, and organising a jam-packed summer of events, Yummy Yorkshire has scooped two new award nominations. The Denby Dale-based ice cream company has been announced as a finalist in the Yorkshire Post deliciouslyorkshire Taste Awards (in association with ASDA) for its Chocolate and Amaretti Biscuit ice cream […]
East Riding based Great Newsome Brewery is delighted to announce that Yorkshire supermarket chain Morrisons is to begin stocking its award winning bottled beers. World Beer Award winning ‘Frothingham Best’ will be available in 75 Morrisons stores throughout Yorkshire from early September. The East Yorkshire based family brewery clinched the order working closely with drinks […]
Drewton’s Farm Shop in East Yorkshire has picked up prestigious gold star ratings for two of its homemade products in the Guild of Fine Foods’ 2014 Great Taste Awards. The popular farm shop’s Traditional Pork Pie was given a gold star, which stands for ‘Simply Delicious’, and its Sticky Toffee and Date Pudding received two […]
Chef Tim Bilton of The Spiced Pear Hepworth has teamed up with the National Allotment Society, and is asking Yorkshire’s veg growers to donate their homegrown roots and shoots this month ““ so he can cook up a community feast for Harvest Festival on September 8th. The Spiced Pear has teamed up with National Allotment […]