Exmoor Food Fest

Welcome back to The Beach Hotel, Minehead

14^th February will see the grand opening of the new Theatre Kitchen at The Beach. They’re so proud of their young chefs down at The Beach they don’t want to hide them behind closed doors. You will be able to watch your dish being created and plated up in front of your eye, it will be truly amazing for diners and chefs. The updated menu is looking incredible!

The Exmoor Food Fest deal will be available for lunch from Monday, 20 February to Thursday, 24 February.

For further details, please contact The Beach Hotel on Tel. 01643 704765

Taste of Exmoor Awards 2017: The voting has begun

All restaurants participating in this year’s Exmoor Food Fest are eagerly awaiting your vote. Choose your favourite dining experience, the best taste, ambience and service – and the Exmoor Chef of the Year and the Exmoor Host of the Year will be crowned on 27 March 2017 at an Awards Ceremony in Butlins.

This is the first time we are running a Taste of Exmoor Award, and we are looking forward to receiving your votes!

The Café at Porlock Weir: Here is the ExFF17 menu!

EXMOOR FOOD FESTIVAL 2017 at The Café at Porlock Weir

Available Friday, Saturday Lunch
Friday, Saturday, Sunday Dinner

2 Course £10.00
3 Course £15.00

Butternut squash soup, parmesan cream, truffle oil
Fish cake, buttered spinach, warm tartar sauce
Beetroot salad, goats cheese, goats curd, baby leaves, confit tomato, onion, aged Balsamic

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Steamed steak, kidney & red wine suet pudding, roasted winter vegetables, creamed potatoes

Risotto of wild mushrooms, baked artichokes, wild rocket

Roasted gurnard, braised fennel, charred courgette, Bouillabaisse juices

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Coconut rice pudding, mango pureé, lemongrass sorbet

Lemon possett, orange jelly

Cheese,
Cropwell Bishop Stilton
Wookey Hole Cheddar
Vulsombe goats cheese
grapes, celery, chutney, biscuits

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

PLEASE MENTION EXMOOR FOOOD FESTIVAL WHEN BOOKING

ANY DIETARY REQUIREMENTS, 48 HOURS NOTICE IS REQUIRED

Fancy reading a bit more about Chef Andrew Dixon? Then pop over to the Somerset Cool website.

Exmoor Food Fest deal available at the Rest and Be Thankful

The Rest and Be Thankful Inn and restaurant in the centre of Wheddon Cross, the highest village on Exmoor. The Inn originally a staging post for travellers on their way between Dunster and Dulverton, and you will still find a warm welcome, good food and extremely comfortable accommodation awaiting you there today, almost 200 years later.

Our restaurant has firmly established itself as the place to eat when visiting the moor, or to pop in for a light snack when out for a ramble. We take pride in our traditional home-cooked pub meals in the heart of Exmoor, using local produce in and around Wheddon Cross Exmoor whenever possible. Great care and attention is taken in the cooking and presentation of each dish.

The Exmoor Food Festival menu is available Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings (except Tuesday 14^th February) 6pm – 9pm beginning the 2 February 2017.

Voting for the Taste of Exmoor Awards starts today

This year, all restaurants participating in the Exmoor Food Fest are automatically entered in our very first Taste of Exmoor Awards.

For one month, customers can vote for their favourite dining experience on our website. On 27 March, the Exmoor Chef of the Year and the Exmoor Host of the Year will be crowned in an Awards ceremony at Butlins in Minehead.

Lowtrow Cross Inn joins the Exmoor Food Fest for the first time

Three #ExFF17 restaurants listed among the Top 50 Gastropubs

Today, in the Top 50 Gastropubs Awards, three Exmoor Food Fest gastropubs found out their ranking: We would like to congratulate The Swan, Bampton, Tarr Farm Inn and The Mason Arms for making the finals of these prestigious industry awards.

The Swan came in on rank 50, Tarr Farm rank 27 and The Mason Arms on rank 15. We are very proud that these outstanding restaurants are part of the Exmoor Food Fest. While The Mason Arms have now sold out all #ExFF17 places, get in touch with The Swan and Tarr Farm before they are booked out as well!

Here is some background info on the Top 50 Gastropub Awards:

The “Estrella Damm” Top 50 Gastropub Awards are voted for by top foodies and hospitality experts. These include gastropub operators (who can’t vote for their own pubs), food writers, pubco catering development managers and executive chefs, celebrity and top hospitality industry chefs, pub guide editors, industry chiefs and food operators. The voting criteria ensures the list really is decided by the industry.

To find out more, please have a look at the Top 50 Gastropub Awards website.

The Mandala Pizza and Salad Emporium have joined the Exmoor Food Fest

The Mandala brings the best of Exmoor into a fresh new venture in Porlock that combines the traditions of freshly made good pizza, by our pizza king (chef) Kosta, with the freshest ingredients and local produce. We understand that times and diets are changing but wanted to create a place where everyone could enjoy a good meal, be they meatetarian, vegetarian, vegan or gluten free, everyone is included in our menu. So if you want a pizza with wild boar and venison salami topping your peperoni we can do that along side a gluten free base with vegan cheese and everything in between.

We also have a range of fresh salads brought from the traditions of our owners home recipes. They are different and delicious and definitely not what you are expecting.

We are open Thursday to Sunday 11am to 9pm, with a full menu between 12 and 2pm and 5 and 9pm. Outside of these times we have a tasty array of cakes and lighter snacks.

Check out our Facebook page or our Clubs, Classes and Loyalty page for offers, specials and competitions.

The Exmoor Food Fest deal is available from 9 February, Thursdays till Sunday
Lunch & Dinner

The Mandala Pizza and Salad Emporium, High Street, Porlock, TA24 8HJ

Tel. 01643 863023

Exmoor Food Fest launches today!

Tonight, award winning chefs from Exmoor will be serving up a seven course meal at the Luttrell Arms in Dunster to officially launch the 2017 Exmoor Food Fest. Olivier Certain (Clavelshay Barn), Paul and Donna Berry (The Swan), Andrew Dixon (The Cafe at Porlock Weir) and Ellis Pannell (Pyne Arms) are joining Head Chef Barrie Tucker in the kitchen for a truly outstanding menu.

From 1 February, many restaurants across the region will be offering a special Food Fest deal: customers will be able to dine out for as little as £10 for two courses, even at Michelin starred and multi-Rosette restaurants.

Have a look at our map to see all the restaurants signed up so far!

Tour the Miles Tea & Coffee Roastery in Porlock

Discover the art of coffee roasting during the Exmoor Food Festival, there will be a chance to view the two roasters and talk to our production team. Miles is an award winning company recently independently ranked 2nd in the UK tea brands, products have also won Taste of the West and Great Taste awards. We warmly invite you to visit our refurbished factory shop at Porlock (Vale Yard, TA24 8PU) we are open Monday-Friday 08:30-5pm.

This tour on Thursday 16th February at 10:30am is a rare opportunity to view the production areas Miles Tea & Coffee. The buildings here are also of note as this used to be the old Porlock ‘Tannery’.

Space is limited for the tour and pre-booking essential. Event not suitable for children under the age of 18.

To book your place please email sam.burton@djmiles.co.uk, the tours are pre-book only and limited to small groups.

Discover our range online at www.djmiles.co.uk, our products are also stocked in shops across the West Country including some supermarkets. Contact our sales team to find a stockist near you on 01643 703993 or on info@djmiles.co.uk