Food & Drink

Cornish pasties are a well-known and a favourite amongst both locals and visitors. Although a humble food source, they are an essential part of the Cornish holiday experience for many holiday makers. You can’t leave Cornwall without sampling a tasty pasty.

But where did they come from? Well, they originated as portable lunches for miner...

It is hard to beat a delicious Hot Chocolate, one of our favourite things about Cornish winters is the prospect of a guilt free hot chocolate, after all it is cold, and you need the comfort a delicious hot chocolate brings. What is better than snuggling down in a cosy café or walking the coast with a steaming cup of hot chocolate, it’s like a w...

There is no shortage of excellent places to eat in the towns and villages of Cornwall. One area that has really improved and evolved over recent years is the humble food trucks.

No longer are they offering sub-standard food, these days they are innovative with healthy and homemade dishes.

Food trucks are located throughout the co...

The award-winning Cornish Food Box allows you to sample the very best of Cornish produce, from more than 200 local farmers and producers. What’s even better is they offer a direct delivery service to your holiday home. The perfect addition for an authentic Cornwall holiday.

You can choose from a great selection of fresh and seasonal Cor...

Here in Cornwall, we love nothing better than an event that brings us all together and amongst our favourites are food festivals.

The fact we possess some of the choicest food in the country if not the world and it is only right that we celebrate and champion this. These festivals celebrate our home-grown produce and local specialities...

A real highlight of ours on a pleasant summer’s day is sitting in a beer garden sitting over a cold drink and simply relaxing and taking in your surroundings. There is nothing better than a good beer garden, especially if they are a sun trap. They are where most people want to be on a hot day.

Our spring, summers and autumns are so much...

Charlotte and Jess are the charming proprietors of the delightful Blue River Table Restaurant, a floating restaurant housed in a traditional Cornish fishing boat offering a very unique and engaging dining experience.

We love the idea of the intimate dining experience offered onboard that is further enhanced by the fact that you cruise a...

It can be difficult enough to get good vegetarian choices in a restaurant and practically impossible to eat out if you are vegan, although restaurant proprietors are taking onboard this change in peoples ethical and dietary demands. Menus are continually improving and making changes to cater to diners changing needs. Well that is certainly true...

We recently had the opportunity to catch up the ever busy Chef Fiona who never seems to keep still, from running her own business to growing her own fruit, vegetables and herbs, foraging, looking after her chickens and making her own wines and ciders. We were delighted she found the time to talk with us.

Chef Fiona has an illustrious wo...

We have certainly been through strange and unprecedented times and are now starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are starting to emerge from our cocoons in the knowledge that things just will not be the same as they were before.

Many businesses are having to adopt major changes and rethink business practices to move for...