Eat-the-midlands

Shropshire Melons Fit for The Chefs Table
With the Ludlow Food Festival fast approaching this Friday - Sunday, James Day organiser of the Chefs Table Restaurant is selecting the finest local produce for their range of locally produced dishes.
“I heard that Caroline Lees, who grows much of the delicious asparagus from Shropshire, had been experimenting this [...]

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 [...]

TV Chefs Dave Myers & Si King,  The Hairy Bikers were full of praise for the regions’ producers, and the ‘huge range’ of produce available to foodies. This was the 123rd Shrewsbury Flower Show, held in the Quarry Park along the riverside in this picturesque town.
An estimated record crowd of over 40,000 visitors packed the [...]

This years’ Shrewsbury Flower will host not only the Hairy Bikers, who will be demonstrating throughout the two day event, but also ’local heroes’ Stuart Phillips, of the renowned Hundred House Hotel and restaurant, Nr Telford, and acclaimed Thai Chef Suree Coates of the King and Thai Restaurant in Broseley, near Ironbridge.
The team have [...]

This weekend sees some very special food demos at the 123rd Shrewsbury Flower Show. The Hairy Bikers, AKA Dave and Si are taking a break from roaming the roads of the world on their motorbikes in search of culinary adventures, to appear in the Marches Food Hall, on Friday [...]

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 [...]

The latest arrival to the Granary Grill’s team at Weston Park is
set to get the taste buds racing for diners this summer.
Dan Smith from Wolverhampton has joined the recently opened, bar
and restaurant, as the new Junior Sous Chef, working directly under
the leadership of Weston Park’s head chef, Guy Day.
The 22 year-olds first task has [...]

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 [...]