The team at Café Beam, Gosforth is back in full swing. Run by North East-based charity Smile for Life, the café offers work placements to young people with learning difficulties and disabilities, helping them into the world of work. The ...
Artisan bakery Kennedy and Rhind, at Jesmond’s Holly Ave West, has launched a new menu and extended its opening hours. Following the introduction of a new breakfast menu, co-owners David Kennedy and Murray Rhind will be extending their café’s opening ...
Food and its ability to bring people together will be essential ingredients in County Durham’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2025. The idea of food as an expression of cultural identity will be explored through the People’s Food ...
A collaboration between Northumberland Archives and November Club performing arts charity will shed light on the pioneering work of 18th Century cookery book writer Hannah Glasse, with three films set to be screened at Forum Cinema Hexham as part of ...
The Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed its finalists for the prestigious Young National Chef of the Year (YNCOTY) competition with 10 chefs – including Owen Connell, chef de partie at Träkol – in the running for the top award. ...
Turtle Bay, the Caribbean restaurant and bar group, has started work on a new 4850sqft venue at Durham Riverwalk. The two-storey restaurant and bar is scheduled to open in October, creating 50 new hospitality jobs in the city. Phil Dukelow, ...
The UK’s most celebrated chefs and restaurateurs have been recognised in the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2021. Newcastle’s Michelin-starred House of Tides placed fourth in the UK, while Hjem in Northumberland was ranked 25th. Meanwhile, The Raby Hunt featured ...
Restaurant Week, which showcases the best places to eat across Sunderland, is set to return September 25-October 3. Organiser Sunderland BID is looking for restaurants, pubs, bars and cafés which want to sign up to take part. In previous years, ...
Top television chef, presenter and judge John Torode will headline the Bishop Auckland Food Festival this autumn. The John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen and MasterChef co-host is the first guest to be announced ahead of Bishop Auckland Food Festival’s return ...
WL Distillery has set its sights on further growth after moving into Stack Newcastle. The distillery, which has benefited from substantial developments since opening last year, will open a shop unit at Stack on August 14. Based at unit 20, WL Distillery ...
