Category Archives: Duende

ExFF24 tasting menu throughout February at Duende

Come and join us at the newly refurbed Duende in Wiveliscombe, for a special Exmoor Food Fest menu, Friday and Saturday nights throughout February. The tasting menu is £55 per head, 6 courses, optional wine flight £40.  6 course tasting menu Amuse Bouche Roasted chicken dashi, cured egg yolk, sprouting lentilsPan roasted minus 8 glazed mackerel, sourdough andContinue reading “ExFF24 tasting menu throughout February at Duende”

Duende is open for bookings

Friday and Saturday nights throughout February £60 per head, optional wine flight £40.  Award winning Chef Tim Zekki believes great food begins with great ingredients; he seeks out the finest local suppliers, for the highest quality produce. He brings creativity and skills honed over 30 years as a chef, and a healthy obsession with food,Continue reading “Duende is open for bookings”

Share the chefs’ passion for flavours at the Exmoor Food Fest launch

Award winning Chef Tim Zekki believes great food begins with great ingredients; he seeks out the finest local suppliers, for the highest quality produce. He brings creativity and skills honed over 30 years as a chef, and a healthy obsession with food, including foraging, hi-tech techniques and fine ingredients. For this year’s Exmoor Food FestContinue reading “Share the chefs’ passion for flavours at the Exmoor Food Fest launch”

Launch nights to start off the 2024 Exmoor Food Fest

This year we are having two and not just one amazing launch night – hosted by Tim Zekki at his restaurant Duende in Wiveliscombe. Tim will be joined by guest chefs in the kitchen – and it’s different chefs and therefore a different menu on each night. Monday, 29 January 2024 & Tuesday, 30 JanuaryContinue reading “Launch nights to start off the 2024 Exmoor Food Fest”

It’s not over yet….

While the beginning of March is the official end of the 2023 Exmoor Food Fest, we still have some great offers and events coming your way! The Farmers Arms in Combe Florey will continue their popular Exmoor Food Fest menu throughout March. Then there are the following events which all promise a great night out:Continue reading “It’s not over yet….”

Menu revealed for Tim Zekki’s Tasting Dinner at Croydon Hall

Celebrated Somerset chef Tim Zekki is coming to Croydon Hall with an exquisite 5-COURSE TASTING MENU with matching wine flight that will set your taste buds alight. Tim first started to cook at his father’s restaurant in Cyprus, where he inherited a love of foraging, pickling, and preserving from his grandmother. He developed his skillsContinue reading “Menu revealed for Tim Zekki’s Tasting Dinner at Croydon Hall”

Steak Sunday at Duende

Fancy a relaxed Sunday chill out where you can explore three different cuts of steak, with zesty salas, deep umami flavours and the fluffiest, crispiest chips you’ll ever meet? Then quickly book your table at Tim Zekki’s restaurant Duende in Wiveliscombe. EXFF 3 course set menu £45 Chalk stream trout cured in Sheppeys’ cider, homemadeContinue reading “Steak Sunday at Duende”

Welcome to Tim Zekki at Duende, Wiveliscombe

Tim Zekki is chef patron of Duende restaurant in Wiveliscombe, Somerset. Tim first started to cook at his father’s restaurant in Cyprus, where he inherited a love of foraging, pickling and preserving from his grandmother.He developed his skills in restaurants in London, and his love of fine ingredients led him to open and run twoContinue reading “Welcome to Tim Zekki at Duende, Wiveliscombe”

A Celebration of Beef: Exmoor’s Food Heroes

Last Tuesday, The Farmers Arms in Combe Florey hosted a Celebration of Beef. And boy, what a celebration this was…..  six courses prepared by five outstanding chefs, accompanied by beautiful wines, wowed the lucky diners.                           Mike Griffiths, head chef at the FarmersContinue reading “A Celebration of Beef: Exmoor’s Food Heroes”