The Whitstable Oyster Festival (July 27th – August 2nd)

The town of Whitstable, nestled on the North Kent coast, has been synonymous with oysters for hundreds of years. Probably longer in fact. Two thousand-year-old oyster shells excavated in modern Rome have been traced back to this traditional seaside town and oysters remain a part of Whitstable’s character to this day. The Whitstable Oyster Festival is […]

2012 Sunday Times Food List

The best restaurant in Britain is Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles.  The Perth and Kinross establishment tops this year’s Sunday Times Food List, which will be published in The Sunday Times on October 28. Andrew Fairlie’s 50-cover restaurant has steadily risen in stature since he arrived at Gleneagles 11 years ago. The establishment came seventh in last year’s Sunday Times Food List, […]