Food and Drink

As we prepare for the festive season with a taste of bacon and sausage in a crisp, we look at some other delicious and doubtful Christmas crisp flavours we’ve been blessed with over the years.

Stamford is to get its own take on New York deli-style sandwiches when a new independent outlet opens later this month.

Beer is not as bad for you as you might think and has some health benefits according to a new ‘myth busting’ report which reveals it is one of the most misunderstood tipples around.

Sweet toothed diners have got restaurant boss Jim Trevor’s fundraising bid off to a grand start - swelling the coffers by £1000.

Celebrity chef and master baker Paul Hollywood will be turning up the heat at this year’s highly anticipated new-look Autumn Food and Country Fair in Peterborough.

The process of how food gets from the farm to the fork is something more and more people are buying into - both restaurateurs and diners.

Lovers of Turkish food in Stamford have been boosted by a second restaurant.

Takeaway meals aren’t always a fair reflection of what a restaurant has to offer.

City centre restaurants Clarkes and The Beehive kept their listings in the coveted foodie bible the Michelin Guide when the 2016 edition was published last week.

As popular BBC One show Great British Bake Off returns to our screens, a group of amateur bakers returned to their monthly meeting after a break.

A familiar face to many diners in Stamford starts a new venture at Rutland County Golf Club this weekend.

Intrepid restaurateur Jim Trevor will be swapping his menus for maps as he takes on one of the world’s greatest mountainous treks for charity next year.

It turned out to be first time lucky for Stamford chef Phil Kent who was crowned the 2015 CLA Game Fair’s Game Chef of the Year, held in association with The Field magazine at the weekend, at the first attempt.

Phil Kent, head chef at the William Cecil at Stamford, is gearing up to compete for Game Chef of the Year title at the CLA Game Fair, in conjunction with The Field magazine which takes place at Harewood House on August 1.

Stamford restaurant No.3 The Yard has announced plans for a Kadai fire bowl barbecue on the evening of June 11 – to showcase a new menu that will be running throughout the summer months during Sunday lunchtime service alongside the normal menu.

Pizza lovers are being called upon to help raise money for a good cause, Peterborough’s Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice Appeal – and all they need to do is tuck into a limited edition pizza!