Eat-the-midlands

See Will Holland on BBC’s ‘Great British Menu’ Starter Episode 1 HERE
Episode 2) Fish Course…HERE
Episode 3) Just Desserts HERE
Episode 4) Final Judgement Day HERE
Michelin Event Review, with Will Holland:
Wednesday 14th April saw a great team success at La Becasse Michelin Restaurant, Ludlow. The brigade on the night, created an exemplorary 7 course tasting menu, each complemented [...]

La Becasse Michelin Star Restaurant, Ludlow ~ Chateauneuf du Pape, and Michelin Menu Selection Evening
Wednesday 14th April 2010, 7.30pm

“Wine from Châteauneuf brings courage, melody, love and joy”
Frederic Mistral - poet, author and Nobel Prize Winner for literature.

Gourmet-Life Midlands Lifestyle Dining Club are delighted to be associated with this exceptional event hosted by our very own [...]

Philippe Boucheron

To many people the mere mention of Port conjures up images of crusty old colonels sitting in their clubs, falling asleep over their after dinner glass of Taylor’s ’63.  A very great vintage that had been ceremoniously decanted that morning by the Club secretary.

In fact Port is slowly but surely undergoing a [...]

Old Rec, New Chef ~ Putting the Fun back into Eating Out

Three rousing cheers for Matt Denwood who has put much-needed Fun back into eating out in Worcester. There is nothing the least bit snooty-nosed about his simple dining bar and restaurant beside the river Severn.

The bar offers an international range of beers [...]

The popular Feathers Country Inn at Brockton, near Much Wenlock, Shropshire hosted an evening of Art, food and wine, in association with acclaimed artist Kerrie Rogers whose exhibition focused on ‘Falling Feathers’ as her centrepiece. Kerrie commented last night “My pieces involve movement and texture, using acrylic on canvas to give a feel [...]

By way of Introduction …..Wine is a way of life for Philippe Boucheron.
For some 35 years Philippe  has been writing on the subject. In 1987 he began broadcasting, organising tastings and even taking groups from the Sunday Times Wine Club and other organisations to vineyards as far a field as Champagne and the Cape.
He was [...]

HOTEL du VIN GOURMET NIGHT WITH WINE TASTING
~ THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER
Organised by: Hotel du Vin, Classic Wine Direct and Journey’s End Vineyards in association with Eat-the-midlands.co.uk & Gourmet Life Midlands Dining Club
Luxurious wine hotel, Hotel du Vin, Birmingham,  would like to offer an invitation to an evening to celebrate fine wines, from Journey’s End wines of [...]

British Food Fortnight concluded with the cream of the Midlands Chefs hosting a sell out British Food Fortnight ‘Taste the Midlands’ regional celebration on Thursday 1st October. The Elms ‘Von Essen’ Hotel , in Abberley, Worcestershire saw  some of the region’s most accomplished 2 AA Rosette chefs, prepare a 5 tasting course [...]

Journeys End Wines South African wines are becoming very popular in the Midlands due to their round of Wine and food matching dinners being held in the Shropshire area.
Owner Rollo Gabb is well known in the Midlands, and world wide following the success of their ‘Kumula Wine’ range, which was part of the extremely successful [...]

Spend three Wednesday evenings with our wine buff, writer & broadcaster Philippe Boucheron this autumn, discovering about wine from the vine to the glass.
Find out how to taste like the professionals. Let Philippe introduce you to some affordable easy-drinking wines from the South of France and Italy, and suggest some different wines for Christmas and [...]