Food & Drink

The Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival is Back: A Guide to the UK's Finest Brews and Ciders
The 45th Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival is set to go ahead, and it will be the first time back to normal after COVID.  Organiser Anthony McMullen from Seaton Burn started as a volunteer at the Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival seven years ago and is now pulling all the punches...
Dalemain World Marmalade Awards
The Competition and Festival has been running for 18 years at Dalemain Mansion, Pooley Bridge, Penrith, Cumbria. It has raised £270,000 for Hospice at Home in this time. The 2023 Marmalade Festival will be on Saturday 22nd of April It is an international festival with entries to the competition coming from...
Lovage at St George’s Terrace, Jesmond is the brainchild of chef and part-owner, Kleo Tabuku, who has finally fulfilled his life-long dream of owning his own Mediterranean style bistro. And now the restaurant – at the former Sale Pepe site – is open for business, with a menu which draws...
September 3rd at the Jam Jar and the Bridge Tavern: end of message, see you there. No, wait, there's doodling involved, because that's something that grown-ups do in pubs now. Beavertown is celebrating National Doodle Day on September 3rd by inviting Geordies to pay for their pint with a doodle...
A historic and much-loved Newcastle cafe is set to re-open for the first time since the lockdowns. Tyneside Coffee Rooms in Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema, which has been shut since 20 March 2020, will open again on Wednesday 7 September 2022. Tyneside Cinema Interim Chief Executive, Simon Drysdale, explains: “Tyneside Coffee Rooms...
A BBC MasterChef finalist is cooking on gas with his new role as Cookery School head chef for Blackfriars in Newcastle. Anthony O’Shaughnessy has returned to his hometown to help thousands of people in the region to improve their cooking skills with weekday and weekend classes, private parties and corporate...
A Blyth couple are celebrating the success of their spirits business by encouraging others to shop local and support the hospitality sector with a Blyth to North Shields Treasure Trail Martin and Julie Summers run Clarence Spirits selling gin and other spirits under the brand of St Mary’s Premium Spirits,...
It is the sixth year of the competition, aimed at young chefs aged 17-23 years, who are either in education or starting out in their professional careers. Entries are open until 1st December 2022. Entrants are asked to produce, photograph and tell us why they selected their risotto dish, and...
New Pop-Up Bar Launched At The Market lane For The Festive Season
One of Newcastle’s most historic venues is in the Market for Christmas – with the launch of a pop-up bar specially for the festive season. Malhotra Group plc – which owns bars, hotels and leisure outlets across the city – has announced that this year its Christmas pop up bar,...
Newcastle's "My Dehli" Named Nation's Best Street Food Restaurant
My Delhi, an Indian street food restaurant in Newcastle, has been crowned the nation's Best Indian Street Food Restaurant of the Year at the English Curry Awards. The city centre restaurant fought off stiff competition from 9 prestigious eateries around the country. My Delhi offers curry connoisseurs a unique dining experience...

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