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Where to take a gourmet minibreak in the East Midlands – five stunning options

3rd February, 2020

Advertisement feature The East Midlands isn’t top of many mini-breakers’ lists. But it should be. Great Food Club’s home turf (we’re based in Melton Mowbray) contains pretty Rutland, the stunning Vale of Belvoir, the unsung beauty of Leicestershire’s Bradgate Park and the rugged Derbyshire Peak District. It’s also home to pies and Stilton, many special […]

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Editor’s Blog: Sheffield hits the spot

20th December, 2019

With our 2020 guide book finished, printed and posted, yesterday we rewarded ourselves with a food & drink tour of Sheffield. We do these self-guided walking tours every month and they’re brilliant fun, as well as being an education. We started with a pork pie and a pint at the Sheffield Tap next to the train station. […]

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Everards MD Stephen Gould is officially one of the UK’s kindest business leaders!

14th November, 2019

Everards of Leicestershire‘s managing director Stephen Gould is officially one of the kindest leaders in the UK! He was recognised in a list of ’50 Kind Leaders’ announced on World Kindness Day (November 13). The list was created by the Women of the Future Programme to recognise the contribution kind leaders give to business, the […]

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Leicester’s NORTH42 Gin lands exclusive partnership with Selfridges

12th November, 2019

A new brand of craft gin, created by two female entrepreneurs from Leicester, is to launch exclusively in Selfridges Birmingham. And it’s all down to a chance remark made at a women’s business event. Sally Davis, who is behind Leicester-based North42 brand, told a Birmingham audience at the launch of Back Her Business, a Treasury-led […]

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Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

1st November, 2019

Winner House of Feasts, Eye Green, Peterborough Finalists Hitchen’s Barn, Oakham, RutlandBoboli, Kibworth Harcourt, LeicestershireBar Iberico, Nottingham The winner is House of Feasts in the village of Eye Green near Peterborough, which impressed with its take on modern Polish cuisine. Chef-patron Damian Wawrzyniak shows drive and passion to showcase a largely unknown and underrated European […]

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Great Food Club Awards 2020: The Results

1st November, 2019

The Winners Fine-Dining Restaurant of the Year – full details & picturesThe Hammer & Pincers, Wymeswold, LeicsLast year’s winner: John’s House, Mountsorrel, Leics Casual-Dining Restaurant of the Year (new category) – full details & picturesHouse of Feasts, Eye Green, Peterborough, Cambs Dining Pub of the Year – full details & picturesThe Wheatsheaf, Greetham, RutlandLast year’s […]

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Fine-Dining Restaurant of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

1st November, 2019

Winner The Hammer & Pincers, Wymeswold, Leicestershire Finalists The Jew’s House, LincolnHambleton Hall, near Oakham, RutlandPrévost, Peterborough, CambridgeshireAscough’s, Market Harborough The winner is The Hammer & Pincers in Wymeswold, Leicestershire. This restaurant has evolved into something special. The food hits all the right notes via a unique style of cooking that the kitchen here has […]

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Farm Shop of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winner Farndon Fields Farm Shop, Market Harborough, Leicestershire Finalists Welbeck Farm Shop, Welbeck, NottsMarch House Farm Shop, Great Dalby, LeicsHackwood Farm Shop, Radbourne, Derbys The winner is Farndon Fields Farm Shop of Market Harborough. It started with a farmer selling a few spuds direct from the field out of his garage. Some 36 years later, […]

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Drink Producer of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winner Round Corner Brewing, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Finalists Brentingby Gin, Melton Mowbray, LeicestershireRothley Wines, Rothley, LeicestershireWitham’s, Grantham, Lincolnshire The winner is Round Corner Brewing of Melton Mowbray for its outstanding, well-balanced beers, relentless energy and policy of teaming up with other food and drink independents. Round Corner was founded by two Irishman who met in […]

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Food Shop of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winner The Melton Cheeseboard, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Finalists Just So Italian, Market Harborough & StamfordWigston News & Deli, Wigston Magna, LeicestershireBarrowden & Wakerley Community Shop, Barrowden, Rutland The winner is The Melton Cheeseboard. This small shop in the centre of Melton Mowbray is packed to the gunnels with over 150 cheeses. The local selection is […]

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Butcher of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winners The Snobby Butcher (Johnny Pusztai), Nottingham – Butcher of the YearPrice & Fretwell, Tibshelf, Derbyshire – Catering Butcher of the Year Finalists Hambletons, Oakham, RutlandThe Artisan Butcher, Market Harborough, Leicestershire The inimitable Snobby Butcher (aka Johnny Pusztai and his hard-working team) win our Butcher of the Year Award for their commitment to local sourcing, passion […]

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Bakeries of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winners Small Food Bakery, Nottingham – Sourdough Producer of the YearHambleton Bakery, Exton, Rutland – Cake Baker of the Year Finalists Bisbrooke Artisans, Bisbrooke, RutlandBakery Cottage, Melton Mowbray, Rutland The winners are Small Food Bakery of Nottingham for its sourdough, and Hambleton Bakery of Rutland for its cakes. This category was judged via a blind tasting, […]

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Asian Restaurant of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winner Sanctua, Oadby, Leicestershire Finalists Sarpech, Oakham, RutlandGurkha Lounge, Peterborough, CambsHerb, Leicester Sanctua is the winner for its stunning vegan cooking. We ordered Sanctua’s vegan banquet, which combined extraordinary flavour combinations. The main – ‘A Celebration of the Sweetcorn Harvest’ – comprised smoky, charred lime, herb-and-chilli butter corn on the cob with peanut-butter curry, coriander […]

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Dining Pub of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winner The Wheatsheaf at Greetham Finalists The George at Alstonefield, StaffordshireThe Queen’s Head at Belton, LeicestershireBells Kitchen at The Bell, Finedon, Northamptonshire The winner is The Wheatsheaf at Greetham. There are fewer pub classics than you might expect on the menu at The Wheatsheaf. Instead, you are presented with a choice of more ambitious dishes […]

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Producer of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winner Elms Farm, Costock, Leicestershire Finalists Vine Farm Dairy, Great Dalby, LeicestershireKingarth Farm Dairy, Burton Overy, LeicestershireHome Farm Produce, Grove, near Retford, Nottinghamshire The winner is Elms Farm of Costock. Elms Farm is run by the Brown family, who have a long heritage of managing farms. As a family, they are passionate about sharing their way of […]

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Classic Pub of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winner The Black Horse at Aylestone, Leicestershire Finalists The Green Man at Ropsley, LincolnshireThe Geese & Fountain, Croxton Kerrial, LeicestershireThe Stamford Arms, Groby, Leicestershire The winner is The Black Horse at Aylestone. It’s a wonderful surprise when The Black Horse suddenly appears when you walk around a suburban corner in Aylestone. The joy continues when […]

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Food Hero of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

The winner of this special award is Pratik Master for his work transforming his family shop, Wigston News & Deli in Leicestershire, into a unique and special food and drink business. Throughout 2019, Pratik, also the owner of Leicester restaurant Lilu, has transformed his much-loved family corner shop in Wigston Magna, into a local food hub, […]

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Café of the Year: Great Food Club Awards 2020

31st October, 2019

Winner The Larder, Oakham, Rutland Finalists Lambert’s, Stamford, LincolnshireThe Harley Café, Welbeck, NottinghamshireAll Mine Cakes (By The Lake), Southwell, Nottinghamshire The winner is The Larder in Oakham. Its wall-mounted roll of brown paper showcasing the regularly-changing menu features lots of interesting and tempting options. Soups and bowls include the likes of smoked mackerel chowder with […]

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Burleighs Gin smashes investment target in crowdfunding campaign

25th October, 2019

The month-long Crowdcube raise saw Leicestershire-based distiller, Burleighs, eclipse its £250,000 target, raising just under £500,000. The business, currently valued at £4.1 million, attracted more than 291 investors, with sums varying from £10 to £250,000. Burleighs now plans to use the investment to accelerate its global drive by expanding its distillery, hiring more team members […]

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“It’s been one hell of a ride!” Owners of The Lighthouse and Boboli in Kibworth celebrate 20 years of restaurant ownership

8th October, 2019

This month, Sarah and Lino Poli celebrate the 20th anniversary of their life as independent restaurateurs in Kibworth, south Leicestershire! The couple run The Lighthouse in Kibworth Beauchamp and Boboli in Kibworth Harcourt. Sarah says: “We moved in August 1999 and within two months had turned around the old David Snelling Violins shop into our […]

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Everards celebrates 170 years

4th October, 2019

Iconic local business Everards of Leicestershire celebrates its 170th anniversary this month. On October 5, 1849, William Everard bought Everards’ first brewery in Leicester with Thomas Hull, a local maltster. Today, the brewery is owned by the fifth generation of the Everard family. Over the years, Everards has operated five breweries, with its sixth well […]

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The Olive Branch in Rutland: The Story Continues

30th September, 2019

This year, The Olive Branch of Clipsham – one of the UK’s original gastropubs – celebrates its 20th birthday. The past 18 months have provided some of the toughest but most rewarding moments in its history. The Olive Branch in Clipsham, Rutland, celebrates its 20th birthday later this year. The founding trio of Ben Jones, […]

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Everards’ partnership reveals opportunities for others

11th August, 2019

Ambitious independent food & drink start-ups might be interested in this. Everards of Leicestershire is continuing to invest in cafes, bakeries, microbreweries and more. Most recently it has bought an old bank in partnership with Titanic Brewery of Stoke on Trent. This former bank in Trentham, Staffs, is now called ‘Bod’ and is branded as Titanic’s own café-bar. […]

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Jenno’s Coffee House to open at Everards Meadows in Leicester

26th June, 2019

Jenno’s will open its second coffee shop in summer 2019… Jenno’s Coffee House is to open a café at the new Everards Meadows development. Having operated a shop in Blaby, Leicestershire since 2016, the Everards Meadows outlet will be Jenno’s second. An independent family business, Jenno’s is known for its friendly service, excellent coffee and […]

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“This will be my 36th Fathers’ Day at The Bull’s Head”

14th June, 2019

In 1983, Paul Hodges – then 14 years old – moved into The Bull’s Head in Cosby with his family. His Dad, Brian, had become the new landlord of the popular Leicestershire community pub. In June that year – more than three-and-a-half decades ago – Paul and his Dad celebrated Fathers’ Day together while living […]

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14 award-winning Midlands pubs to try out

5th June, 2019

Fourteen Midlands pubs have won Everards’ ‘Make A Difference Awards’. Check out the list below, or read on to find out more… Your local landlord or landlady doesn’t often get to be on the other side of the bar. That’s why every year Everards invites the business owners who run its 175 pub estate to […]

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Food & drink stroll: Melton Mowbray to Great Dalby in Leicestershire

13th May, 2019

Walking from Melton Mowbray to Great Dalby in Leicestershire is a beautiful foodie affair. The three-mile stroll (one way) takes in three independents that we recommend. First, just before reaching the village of Great Dalby, you hit March House Farm Shop & Cafe. This is an exceptional family-run shop and its adjoining café serves teas, […]

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Bath Soft Cheese triumphs in 2019 Artisan Cheese Awards

8th May, 2019

Bath Soft Cheese Company has been declared Supreme Champion at this year’s national Artisan Cheese Awards for its eponymous Bath Soft Cheese. Bath Soft Cheese Company also won Gold in the ‘Organic’ category for its Bath Soft Cheese and was judged against more than 400 cheeses from across the British Isles at St Mary’s Church […]

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Controversy as London ‘pub’ bans drinkers

1st April, 2019

A ‘pub’ in Shoreditch, London, has banned all drinkers of alcohol from its premises. ‘The OJ’, which offers a 100% vegan, organic menu and serves only fruit juices, uses a simple skin test to check if customers consume booze. On entering, they are asked to place a finger inside a thimble-like device connected to a […]

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Round Corner Brewing wins gold at the International Brewing Awards 2019

13th March, 2019

A little more than three months since the launch of its brewery-taproom in the heart of Melton Mowbray, the East Midlands’ own Round Corner Brewing has walked away with a gold medal in the 2019 International Brewing Awards for its iconic black lager, Gunmetal. It also won a silver medal for its Frisby Lager. The […]

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