We’re well and truly into festival season at the moment. The cut off shorts are on, the sun cream is always within arms reach, and cocktails in the beer garden/roof terrace/balcony/park/paddling pool are high on everyone’s agenda! With this weekend’s …
Category: Food Festivals, Markets, Street Food and Events
Barbecue Events To Go To This Bank Holiday Weekend in Brum
We love a Bank Holiday weekend in Britain, and seeing as it’s nearly (nearly) summer, pretty much every household will be barbecuing or cracking open a beer in the garden come rain or shine. There’s also a bunch of awesome …
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A Taste of Tokyo with Birmingham Whisky Club and Nikka
Japan is as famous for its Cherry Blossom as it is for its Whisky. ‘Hanami’ (or blossom viewing) is a beloved cultural pastime in Japan, where friends and family get together to enjoy the fleeting beauty of the changing landscape. …
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The Birmingham Whisky Club presents Whisky Women
This post contains some affiliate links When I first met Vicky from The Birmingham Whisky Club I emphatically told her that I didn’t like whisky. She assured me that I probably did, I just hadn’t found the right one yet. Since …
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Middleton Hall Food and Craft Market
Set in the relative countryside not far from Sutton Coldfield stands Middleton Hall: a beautiful Tudor property surrounded by walled gardens, orchards, and lakes. On the last Sunday of every month, it opens its rooms and grounds to an array …
Happy 1st Birthday Resorts World
I love a first birthday party as much as the next person. Cake, jelly and ice cream, party hats, they’re all amazing, but when I got invited to celebrate the first birthday of Resorts World Birmingham, I couldn’t help but …
Gin Festival Round Up
Last weekend saw The Bond Company in Digbeth quite literally flooded with Gin, as Gin Festival arrived in Birmingham, bringing with it a plethora of gins and gin liqueurs, some exclusive to the event. I was invited along on Saturday afternoon to …
Gin Festival Birmingham
Mother’s ruin or quintessentially English tipple, it’s hard to deny the seemily never ending popularity of gin. It’s refreshing mix of juniper and various botanicals makes it versatile as well as interesting, and has cemented its place as one of …
Opus In Conversation: Saving Bees in Birmingham
Birmingham’s most sustainable restaurant, Opus at Cornwall Street, is leading a campaign to save one of Europe’s most endangered species – bees. They’re well known for their focus on local produce, foraging, seasonal food and sustainable food production, so …
BBC Summer Good Food Show & Gardeners World Round Up
The BBC Good Food Show is a mecca for people in the food and restaurant trade. With a plethora of exhibitors from huge multinational brands right down to tiny independent producers, there’s a whole range of things on offer, as …
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