How two local pubs bucked the trend of permanent closure and reopened successfully and how a local cafe adapted and prospered. Increasing your enjoyment of cheese, tips from a local cheesemonger. Getting the best from prime fish, tips from fishmonger Ben Roberts. The forthcoming Tuna Nights at Fin Boys. Also, lots of local food and drink news, chef … [Read more...]

An extraordinary dining event coming up at two Cambscuisine restaurants; our pick of the exhibitors at the Cambridge Food and Craft Fair; Cambridge's orchards and ideas for onion dishes from Rosie Sykes and Tristan Welch … [Read more...]

Jams, crumbles, Pontack sauce, wine and vinegar! The humble blackberry & elderberry take the spotlight as we head into the fields with Steve Thompson the Foraging Chef. And we chat to a local team captain at Olio; the phone app that details free food available in your area. There's also a pick of the latest food news and jobs! Presented by Matt … [Read more...]

In this edition the team report on the opening of Kibou, the Japanese bar and restaurant on Jesus Lane, find out how restaurants choose their chefs, we hear about the new duty arrangements on alcohol and what they mean to you, meet the Vanderlyle chef who has won a place at the San Pellegrino Young Chef Awards in Milan, check out the new Chinese … [Read more...]

Discovering Cambridge's contemporary style coffees, and a new cafe. Market House one year on. Developments at Orlene's Kitchen. Malloys wet fish shop opens. Quick-to-cook fish ideas. Lots of food and drinks news, and our jobs roundup. … [Read more...]

Matt Bentman and Alan Alder explore the continuing increase in food and drink prices, from pizza to patisserie with the father and son team  behind the Amélie restaurant, the difference between a medieval and a Georgian salad, and what it’s like to be a volunteer at a community farm. … [Read more...]

Bringing you the winners of Velvet Magazine's food and drink awards; the superb masterclasses being run by Culinaris and Amphora; Cambridge Beer Quarter's beer festival and Steve Thompson's foraging tips, which include making a walnut liqueur. Plus all the local food and drink news and the jobs roundup. … [Read more...]