Four generations of women from the same family to serve customers in the same pub on Mothers’ Day…
Animal welfare, profit margins and meat quality will rise if more farmers become retailers, says Matt Wright
The Olive Branch of Rutland’s new Wine Masterclasses are a brilliant way to spend a Saturday lunchtime, finds Matt Wright…
With four shops and one pie factory in Stamford and Rutland, local legend Nelson’s is still going strong…
A new craft brewery has opened for business in the sleepy village of Sible Hedingham, near Braintree in Essex…
The Greenhouse Café near Market Harborough offers plenty of home-cooked comforts, says GFC member Sarah Tattersall…
Joan Stephens ventures to the Fox and Hounds at Tugby, Leicestershire…
Lou is a star of Midlands farmers’ markets and makes some of the best sausages you’ll taste. Just ask any Northampton Saints player…
Alternative food blogger Ondine Barry returns with a new post, new recipes and a confession…
GFC member Diane Styles visits The Wheatsheaf pub in Greetham and enjoys Sunday lunch perfection…
Visit Original Patty Men’s railway arch restaurant near Birmingham’s Selfridges and find your true burger soul, says Lap-fai Lee…
Nemrut in north Birmingham is one of Lap-fai Lee’s favourite Turkish restaurants. He explains why…
Northamptonshire food and drink group Made In Northamptonshire (MIN) has celebrated its fifth anniversary…
Raja Monkey Cafe is the neighbourhood Indian restaurant that every neighbourhood needs, says Lap-fai Lee
GFC member Kath Cowlishaw visits The Duncombe Arms in Ellastone to find out why this pub was shortlisted in the Great Food Club Awards 2015…
Working every hour God sends in glorious isolation is not a long-term solution. Independent food and drink businesses would do better to form partnerships with each other. And they should start in the pub, says Matt Wright…
In 1997, two twentysomethings opened their first pub on a shoestring. They’ve since opened six more, all with their own trademark laid-back vibe, and had a great time in the process…
Reviewer Steve Hayward visits The Crossing in Burton on Trent and leaves a happy man…
Northants correspondent Carmela Sereno Hayes reviews a new British tapas restaurant in the centre of her patch…
The success of Derby Brewing Company in regenerating four ‘presumed dead’ venues is enough to warrant a celebratory pint of its beer…
If you love local food and drink this could be the perfect opportunity to turn your passion into something bigger…
Great Food Club now has over 7,500 members. Every time someone joins we ask them to recommend somewhere. Here are the top 50…
Derbyshire correspondent Sally Curme recommends the Three Horseshoes near Ashbourne and the Engine Shed House in Derby…
Leicester chocolate shop/producer Cocoa Amore expands and Charnwood-based gin distiller 45 West opens its own city bar…
James Goss, head chef and owner at The King’s Arms in Wing, gives more insight into the joys – and hard work – involved in running a food-obsessed village pub…
South Leicestershire free-range poultry producer Fosse Meadows has won a Good Housekeeping award…
This award-winning microbrewery and restaurant on a 4,000-acre farm near Lincoln ticks all the boxes for Matt Wright…
This year’s Luxury Welbeck Christmas Pudding made by The Welbeck Bakehouse in Nottinghamshire could well be Britain’s most local festive pud…
Northamptonshire correspondent Carmela Sereno Hayes suggests that this is one of the county’s best cheese shops and delis…
In a blog that will resonate with anyone who runs a hospitality business, especially a pub, Jay Cooledge, director of The Griffin in Swithland, shares some advice…
