Exmoor Food Fest 2020

If you love food, cooked by amazing chefs, served up in beautiful settings in restaurants and pubs, then the Exmoor Food Fest should definitely be on your calendar for February 2020.

For the sixth year running, restaurants across Exmoor and beyond will be offering special deals for 2 and 3-course-menus throughout February. It will all kick off with a luxurious launch dinner at Kentisbury Grange where head chef James Checkley will be joined in the kitchen by a number of outstanding Exmoor chefs.

As a first in 2020, the learners from Foxes Hotel in Minehead will be joining in the fun of taking part in the Exmoor Food Fest. In addition to the ‘meal deal’ offer, the learners will also be offering specially themed events.

Foxes Hotel is a very special hotel indeed. From the kitchen to the serving of the delicious food and the cleaning of the rooms, all jobs are being done by young people aged between 16 and 24 under the guidance of their teachers.  For many of the learners it is the first time they are away from home.

They come to learn how to live independently while gaining job qualifications at the same time. Foxes is the UK’s only fully operating training hotel for young people with learning difficulties.

All participating restaurants will be revealed on the website www.exmoorfoodfest.com in January 2020. Anyone wishing to plan their gourmet trip across Exmoor will be able to look up restaurants on a map and see what will be offered when and where.

Foodie fans should also look out for special events.  One event that is going to be quite different is the Winter Feast at Horner Farm on the Holnicote Estate on Exmoor. It will be a rustic dinner in one of the barns, with a chance to try meat from Dexter cattle and sheep raised on the farm.  This will be a unique experience where amazing food will be served at a very unusual location.
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There will also be a ‘Best of Games’ dinner at The Anchor Inn in Hillfarrance - other events are going to be announced in January.

“For the sixth year running, restaurants across Exmoor and beyond will be offering special deals for 2 and 3-course-menus throughout February.” ​

“The Exmoor Food Fest celebrates the best food and our amazing chefs in our region.”

On the final weekend in February (29 Feb/1 March) a Taste Exmoor Food & Drink Festival beckons:  Traders and local producers will be putting up their stalls at the Porlock Village hall.

The Harbour Cafe & Gallery - who will also be offering special deals throughout February at their premises at Porlock Weir -  will be running a cafe over this weekend, and there will be ample opportunity to try (and take home) lots of delicious food and drink from our region.
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Information about the Exmoor Food Fest is available via the website www.exmoorfoodfest.com - there is still time for restaurants and producers to sign up to this foodie event. All links are available via the website.

Word Gets Around Magazines are proud to be partners of Exmoor Food Fest 2020.
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