Eat-the-midlands

Chefs Table’ Restaurant ~ Returns to Ludlow food Festival - “Bigger & even better!”
The popular ‘Chefs Table Restaurant’ will this year return to the Ludlow Food Festival on 10th-12th Sept.
Held in the grounds of the stunning Ludlow Castle, the “Chefs Table” will showcase some of the regions best local produce, in dishes [...]

Glynn Purnell, celebrity Michelin star chef and owner of Birmingham’s Purnell’s restaurant, has put his name behind one of the UK’s leading cancer charities.
Glynn, whose restaurant has a reputation for bold and innovative food, is to sponsor Midlands-based Cure Leukaemia, the charity which funds the centre for clinical haematology at University Hospital Birmingham.
It was at [...]

The Resurgence of the British Pub
Pub closures in the West Midlands have slowed significantly in recent months and across the country, over 50% of pubs are in growth as the UK as the pub is once again seen as the venue of choice, according to Staffordshire-based Punch Taverns.
These findings, although distinctly positive, would appear to [...]

Opus Restaurant is now offering its popular Market Menu to lunchtime diners with a complimentary glass of champagne throughout August, as the celebrations for the restaurant’s fifth birthday gather pace.
Priced at just £30 per person, the three course Market Menu features two choices per course together with a glass of Champagne.  Available from Tuesday to [...]

Taste Birmingham was a roaring success, with thousands of Midlands foodies converging on Cannon Hill Park where they were treated to 3 days of gourmet indulgence. Taster dishes were provided from some of the regions finest chefs, offering samples of their signature dishes from top restaurants including:
City Inn Hotels’ City Café which offers food on [...]

Philippe Boucheron finds Birmingham’s City Café, Beyond Expectations
What do I expect from a place called City Café? Good coffee, if I were in Vienna perhaps a newspaper on a stick and a slice of chocolate cake, but sophisticated cocktails and great food – no way.
So imagine my surprise to be sampling an exquisite trio of [...]

I first came to this fair city some 44 year’s ago, writes wine and food journalist and broadcaster  Philippe Boucheron.  In those far-distant days there was a Chinese restaurant of doubtful pedigree at the top end of Islington Row, the Plough and Harrow in the Hagley Road and the White Horse beside the old New [...]

Taste of summer with City Café at Taste of Birmingham
City Café, City Inn Birmingham’s AA rosette award winning contemporary destination restaurant, is the sole sponsor of the exclusive VIP area at 2010’s Taste of Birmingham event held at the city’s Cannon Hill Park from 16 to 18 July.
VIP ticket holders at Taste of Birmingham can [...]

SAFFRON WINS THUMBS UP FOR GOING LOCAL

Award-winning Indian restaurant Saffron in Oldbury, Birmingham has won the support of its discerning customers for its commitment to supporting local food producers.
More than 80 guests tucked into an innovative special menu featuring fresh seasonal ingredients ranging from fruit and vegetables to chicken and lamb, as well as sustainable [...]

Last week saw thousands of the regions foodies and keen gardeners visit the NEC BBC Good Food Show 2010, where they were treated to 100’s of stalls, serving innovative food creations, kitchen appliances, tasty creations from all over the world including olives from Spain, and Greece, artisan meats from Italy and Portugal, and of course, [...]