Welcome to the Bicknoller Inn

We are delighted to welcome the Bicknoller Inn to the 2025 Exmoor Food Fest!

The Bicknoller Inn is the 10th venue to officially sign up to our 10th anniversary in February. Chef Sophie-Jane Rogers is also going to be in charge of a course (cold desserts) at our Celebratory Dinner on 15 October 2024 at Croydon Hall.

Here is what they say about themselves:

Nestled at the foot of the Quantocks in an idyllic location in the village of Bicknoller.

This is a historical thatched pub, following in the footsteps of local poets Wordsworth and Coleridge, you enter and walk across the flagstone floor into the bar with an open fire, snuggle down in the Quantock room and experience real home cooked food in our open plan dining area.

All our meals are homemade wherever possible with the majority of our products being sourced locally

Location

32 Church Lane
Bicknoller, TA4 4EL

Welcome to the Farmers Arms, Combe Florey

We are excited to welcome back the Farmers Arms in Combe Florey!

The pub is a firm favourite of Exmoor Food Fest fans. Headchef Joe Roach (who will be cooking at the “10 chefs – 10 courses” event on 15 October).

A charcoal fired Josper oven in the kitchen is used for producing the most succulent steaks and fish dishes. Even the charcoal is produced by the Farmers Arms.

A garden of thatch-covered tables with heaters for when the weather turns cold and an outside tiki-style bar provide a fabulous atmosphere. The popular wood fired pizza oven is in operation on Friday evenings and all day Saturdays.

The Farmers Arms is well-known for the variety of real ales and exclusively local ciders as well as an exciting range of lagers and craft beers. The wine list is also extensive.

Make sure you follow our blog or subscribe to our newsletter to get all the latest updates on what’s happening at the 2025 Exmoor Food Fest. Did I mention that we are going to celebrate our 10th anniversary??? Excited much!!!!

Tickets are now available for the “10 Chefs – 10 Courses” dinner

Early bird tickets have just been released for the exclusive dining event of the year where 10 outstanding local chefs will be vowing you with 10 amazing courses at the beautiful Croydon Hall near Minehead.

The dinner on 15 October 2024 features chefs who have played a significant part of the Exmoor Food Fest’s 10-year-journey plus a few newbies who’ll be joining ExFF for the very first time. We are looking back at 10 successful years of promoting our region’s outstanding hospitality and are counting down the days to the launch of the 10th Exmoor Food Fest in February 2025.

The first tickets have been released at an Early Bird price – once they are gone, they are gone, so better be quick.

Tuesday, 15 October 2024
7pm for 7.30pm
Croydon Hall, TA24 6QT

Early Bird tickets: £75.00 (available till 15 September)

10 outstanding local chefs are going to vow our guests with 10 amazing courses throughout a very special evening.

Amongst the chefs are award-winning Olivier Certain (headchef, Bittescombe Inn), Tim Zekki (Zekki’s), Chin and Choo Taylor (Ziang’s), Miguel Tenreiro (Hotel Porlock Weir), Joe Roach (Farmers Arms) and Anita-Clare Field (La Petite Bouchée). We are excited to also showcase one of the students from West Somerset College, Lucy Bowden, who took part in the launch of the very first Exmoor Food Fest in 2014 and now runs her own in kitchen at a venue in Cornwall.

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Here are the restaurants signed up so far to our 10th anniversary!

The 2025 Exmoor Food Fest will take place throughout February 2025 across Exmoor and a bit beyond. We are hoping for at least (!) 40 venues to join us – but wouldn’t it be fun to make it to 100?!?

If you are interested in taking part (producers and accommodation providers are also welcome!), then head to the bottom of this page where you’ll find the sign-up link.

La Petite Bouchée

The Hotel Porlock Weir

Zekki’s

Bittescombe Inn

The Swan, Bampton

The Anchor Inn

The Bridge Inn

Shoulsbarrow Farm

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Shoulsbarrow Farmhouse join the 2025 Exmoor Food Fest

The tenth anniversary of the Exmoor Food Fest in 2025 continues to attract new exciting participants:

Welcome to Shoulsbarrow Farmhouse B&B in Challacombe who have joined us for the very first time to take part in the 2025 Exmoor Food Fest.

Amanda and Gary will host a number of exclusive dinners at their beautiful farmhouse, serving their own meats and produce. These will be ticketed events – so keep your eyes peeled on our website (or, even better, subscribe to our newsletter) to make sure you are one of the few lucky ones to experience this.

Check out the Shoulsbarrow Farmhouse here.

Shoulsbarrow Farmhouse
Shoulsbarrow Farm
Challacombe
Devon
EX31 4TS

New Cooking Retreat Collab in Devon

La Petite Bouchée are delighted to announce that they’ve teamed up with the amazing Stoodleigh Court Coach House to launch a series of exclusive cooking retreats designed with heart and soul at the centre. You don’t have to be the most experienced cook, you just need to have lots of passion for food and flavour! Each retreat will be led by Anita-Clare Field, Chef Patron at multi-award winning Witheridge based La Petite Bouchée.

Thuy Hoang – 2023 Masterchef Quarter Finalist

They’ll be launching their first retreat on November 29th and going on a three day adventure exploring the world of Vietnamese Cuisine. Offering a mixture of hands on cooking peppered with the occasional demonstration. Cooking a selection of some of Vietnams most iconic dishes including, Pho, Summer Rolls and Bành Mi and they are beyond thrilled to welcome Masterchef UK 2023 quarter-finalist Chef Thuy Hoang to Devon to share her family recipes and extensive knowledge for a day of cooking on December 1st. Thuy will be joining the group on November 30th for dinner and to introduce her day. On the evening of the 1st December Thuy and Anita-Clare will be cooking supper. One not to be missed !!

Beef Phô

Throughout the retreat you’ll be staying at the luxurious Stoodleigh Court Coach House, less than 6 miles from Tiverton. The peaceful, tranquil setting makes it the perfect location for a rejuvenating and deeply restorative break to get away from it all and enjoy your time on the cooking retreat. When you’re not cooking, there are stunning walks or if you fancy, a dip in the hot tub !

By the time you leave you’ll be ready to impress your family and friends with your newly learnt skills together with a complete set of recipes.

Wonton Soup

There will only be up to 10 residential places and very LIMITED day passes available so and early booking is highly advisable. For prices and availability please click the button below.

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The Bridge Inn, Dulverton, have joined ExFF25

We have a newcomer to the 2025 Exmoor Food Fest! And it’s no other than The Bridge Inn in Dulverton who have just signed up for ExFF25.
We can’t wait to see what they will have on offer for you in February…

The Bridge Inn is a country pub in Dulverton – the gateway to Exmoor.
Expect great ales, craft beers huge selection of gins, lovely wines, coupled with great modern British food. In the summer you could be sitting on the terrace overlooking the river with a cold glass of Sauvignon and a Devon crab cake salad, or on a cold winter day sat in front of the fire with a pint of porter and a local pheasant & pork pie.

The Bridge Inn are the 7th venue to join the 2025 Exmoor Food Fest – with more than six months to go until our month-long celebration of our region’s finest hospitality they will be joined by many more amazing venues on and around Exmoor. At the beginning of August we’ll start preparing the website for 2025, so keep checking back! We’re having some surprises for you, too….

Fancy Saturday Lunch?

Zekki is a small 30-seat restaurant in the heart of Wiveliscombe, West Somerset. Owned by chef Tim Zekki, the concept is inspired by his childhood memories in the town of Karmi, Northern Cyprus. There, at his father’s restaurant, Kismet, friends and family would gather to share long and happy meals of dishes packed with flavour under the shade of vine leaves. Listed as a ‘hot newcomer’ in this year’s Hardens, described as a ‘gorgeous and charming flavour bomb of a place’ by Telegraph restaurant critic William Sitwell.

The restaurant is now open for Saturday lunch – a perfect time to discover the range of amazing sharing dishes now served at Zekki.

Tim Zekki is known to many of you – he has been part of the Exmoor Food Fest as guest chef at events and of course as chef/owner of Duende in Wiveliscombe. He enjoys pushing the boundaries of food, such as the challenge of inventing an amazing beef-based dessert course for Exmoor Food Fest’s Celebration of Beef.

With the refurbishment of the premises came the change in menu. Now you find an exciting range of sharing dishes which invite you to spend time with friends and just enjoy the food.

Here is a sample menu:

Zekki: 4 High Street, Wiveliscombe, United Kingdom

To book, email Hello@zekki.restaurant

Opening hours:
Thursday 6.30 till 11pm
Friday 6.30 till 11pm
Saturday lunch 12.00 till 4.00pm
Saturday evening 6.30 till 11pm

The Bittescombe Inn joins the 2025 Exmoor Food Fest

We’re excited to be welcoming Head Chef Olivier Certain and the Bittescombe Inn in Upton to the 2025 Exmoor Food Fest.

Olivier has been a firm favourite of ours for many years, and we can’t wait to see what offers he’ll create at the Bittescombe Inn who are new to the Exmoor Food Fest circuit.

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Win a Golden Ticket for 2!

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La Petite Bouchée in Witheridge turn 10 in August – and you have the chance to join in the invite-only celebrations on 8 August.

All you have to do is to click the link to enter the competition which will run till 28 July. The winner will be notified by 1 August.

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