As with many successful businesses, Ashgrove Kitchens really grew as a result of personal recommendation. In 1987 Andy Davis had set up a small business in Crediton to supply kitchen units to other trades, such as kitchen designers and fitters. But local people got to hear about it and word of mouth led him to start producing designer kitchens for retail customers.
The kitchens units are individually made at their factory in Crediton by skilled craftsmen, many of whom have been with the business since the beginning. As the company grew they expanded into making other interior fittings...
Soon the people of Exeter will be able to enjoy the YO! Sushi experience both in and out of the new restaurant (due to officially open on 22nd November), as it is set to offer a take away option.
As these photographs show, the world-renowned sushi chain is nearing completion in time for an eager clientele. YO! Sushi’s dishes are freshly prepared on site daily by its nifty kitchen ninjas, whether to dine in or for takeaway. Although sushi is at the heart of YO! Sushi's concept and brand, you can choose from over 80 Japanese-inspired items, including delicious soups, rice or...
Leaves whirl off the trees, darkness comes early, the briefly lighter mornings darken too. The sun rises closer to the south, and at noon gets lower every day. A walk through the woods is a walk through lots of leaves, before they start breaking down to leaf litter. The last of the apples come off the trees, a rich cider smell rises, reproaching us for the apples we didn’t pick. I saw a robin, bold and curious, with that intensely sweet song, sitting on the wall in a watery gleam of sun, king in his own territory now the noisy summer visitors have gone. The fallow deer finish their rut,...
An Exeter butcher has pleaded guilty to misleading customers by claiming his Danish gammon steaks were ‘local’.
Devon County Council prosecuted Mr Kevin Hollamby (aged 56 of Cherry Gardens, Exeter) after their trading standards team found he was passing off smoked and un-smoked gammon steaks on sale at his Hartnell Fresh Foods store on Longbrook Street, as ‘local’ when in fact they were supplied by the Danish Bacon Company and were of Danish origin.
Enquiries with My Hollamby’s suppliers also revealed no evidence of ‘local’ gammon being supplied or ordered in the last three...
Book review: Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese home cooking , Fuchsia Dunlop, Bloomsbury Press, 2012. £25
Fuchsia Dunlop may be known to some of you as the first western woman to train at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine in China, as told in her lovely memoir Shark's fin and Sichuan pepper (Ebury Press, 2008). Her first book Sichuan Cooking (Michael Joseph, 2001) is an insightful guide to the cooking of Sichuan province, known for the spicy nature of its food and perhaps unknown to many Westerners used to Cantonese cooking which tends to dominate Chinese take aways in the UK...
Quickes Traditional Cheeses is delighted to announce our #namethatcheese competition. Win a visit to the dairy where you can help us make our award-winning cheese and take home a beautiful hamper of superb Westcountry foods. The Quicke family have been farming at Home Farm, near the village of Newton St Cyres in the South West of England for more than 450 years.
Thirty years ago Sir John Quicke and his wife Prue built the dairy, where Sir John’s daughter Mary continues to produce outstanding award-winning cheese today. All our flavours have our hallmark creamy complex...
An Exeter restaurant is offering members of Devon charity Devon in Sight a tasty 25 per cent off the cost of their meals.
Buffet City in George Street is also extending the offer to members’ friends, family and carers as long as they eat at the same time.
Andy Lin, manager of Buffet City, said: “Since we opened three years ago we have always supported local charities, as a local business we like to give back to the community.
“If everyone did the same the world would be a better place! We’re always delighted to be able to support local...
The price of meat and vegetables is soaring according to a survey by the MySupermarket price comparison website.
It says 251g packs of British diced chicken sold by Sainsbury’s are up by 50 per cent in a year to £2.50, while its own-label thick pork sausages rose 42 per cent to £1.19. At Asda, the price of rump steak is up by 22 per cent to £11 a kilo.
A whole leg of Waitrose West Country lamb of around 1.8kg is up 13 per cent to £23.38, while at Sainsbury’s a 600g Taste the Difference Outdoor Reared British Pork Shoulder with bramley apple stuffing is up 8 per cent at £4....
Nobody understands relaxed global home cooking in quite the same way as the Giraffe Restaurant chain. So we asked the Exeter branch to offer some tasty ideas for your supermarket shop on the way home from work.
Firecracker sesame chicken and egg noodle stir-fry
Mix and matching is very Giraffe. Fantastic noodles, crunchy chicken. Delicious. An Eastern-inspired promise delivered.
Exeter's Real Food Store and Cafe is celebrating on hearing the news that they have reached the final stages in this year's Food and Farming Awards in the Best Local Food Retailer category. This unusual project was started by a group of enthusiastic food lovers who upheld values of sustainability, locality and seasonality. This team also had a wealth of experience in bringing about enterprises that positively impact on both members within the immediate community and non-members alike. The nomination said, “Excellent customer service with knowledgeable staff, and high quality food which...
