English wine has spent the past two decades proving it can rival Champagne. Now, a handful of ambitious producers are asking a different question altogether: can England make a genuinely great red wine for everyday drinking? Under a railway arch in the heart of Birmingham, Midland Press believes it can.

In 1917 The Ivy first opened its doors on West Street in London’s West End, and since then it's become synonymous with exceptional service and food. I remember when I worked in London meeting with colleagues for a quick bite to eat before going on to review a West End show.

The team at Yorkshire’s first single malt whisky distillery is celebrating its tenth anniversary by releasing a 10 year old single cask whisky. The single malt whisky is the first age statement whisky from the Hunmanby, North Yorkshire single estate distillery, Spirit of Yorkshire.

The Merchant Adventurers’ Charity Beer Festival will return to York this summer for the fourth consecutive year on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July. Celebrating the finest Yorkshire ales and the artistry of craft brewing, this year’s event is set to raise the bar with a stellar line-up of over 30 guest breweries.

Corrie legend Sally Ann Matthews, now touring with the official Steps musical Here and Now, admits her philosophy and ideas about food have kept changing.

Group Editor Andrew Palmer is taken to Rudy's by his niece Emma, a self-appointed ambassador for the Manchester-born pizzeria, and finds the enthusiasm thoroughly warranted. There is a particular tone of voice a niece reserves for the things she has decided her uncle simply must try. Emma has been deploying it about Rudy's for the better part of a year.

In Lamentation sits just off the High Street in Boston Spa, all quiet confidence and clean lines. You park across the road, wander in, and are gently ushered upstairs into a room that feels part alpine retreat, part modern gallery, all pale woods, soft lighting and the sort of seating arrangement that makes you sit up straighter than usual.

It’s Easter time, and like many other festivals, it's time to think about traditional edible treats. Mention Easter and we think Easter eggs – mostly the chocolate variety, which really didn’t come into fashion until the 19th century, but the egg has been a symbol of rebirth and fertility for many centuries.

For generations, the British cup of tea has followed a simple formula: strong black tea, a splash of cow’s milk, and nothing too experimental. But as National Tea Day (21 April) approaches, tea experts at Birchall, the nation’s most awarded tea for taste, are encouraging the nation to rethink what goes into their cup.

Quite often visitors to a city will make a beeline for somewhere to eat within its historic boundaries — in York's case, the famous walls. Yet a short walk beyond the centre can lead to some genuinely delightful discoveries, places that take quiet pride in both their hospitality and their food.

Lee Mead admits he “just loves eating”. Lee stars as P.T. Barnum, known as the 'world's greatest showman', in the UK tour of Barnum – the circus musical. “Food is a massive part of my life and always has been since I was a small boy.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine when I was a toddler and my mum used to lift me up to post letters to her friends in the large brass mailbox at the city’s main post office that one day, decades later, I would be dining inside that very building in one of the smartest restaurants in town.

With just a few spaces remaining, guests have the opportunity to savour dishes from five of the Northwest’s award-winning chefs, who are coming together for an exclusive fundraising evening on Tuesday, 24th March from 6.15pm at Lancaster & Morecambe College. The event aims to raise vital funds for local charity CancerCare, which operates four centres across North Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Descending the path, worn smooth from centuries of feet, and gently curling from street level into the restaurant, I’m sat at a table that has been custom built round a pillar supporting the vaulted ceiling. I sense the warm, calm purposefulness of the team. It’s disarming. Reading the beginning of the menu I notice my post “tough week at work” snark has already de-escalated by a good 85%.

Our wine reviewer Nathan Lane uncovers a supermarket steal from the Barossa Valley and finds solace in a richly textured Mediterranean blend from Stellenbosch that proved the perfect antidote to an Edinburgh winter.

“Wow” was the only word I could utter when I stepped into the foyer of the freshly renovated and fabulously reimagined Hotel Metropole, now known as The Met. My last visit to the hotel was as a small child in the 60s when, along with my mother, I was a guest at a relative’s silver wedding party.

Anne Hegerty sees food as a “treat” and “not just something to fuel the body with”. Known as The Governess in ITV’s The Chase, this Christmas Anne will once again be in pantomime this year, playing Fairy Rose The Good Fairy in Beauty and the Beast at Scarborough Spa Theatre.

The team at a North Yorkshire whisky distillery is celebrating after being named one of the top 50 spirits producers in the world. Hunmanby Single Estate, single malt whisky distillery, Spirit of Yorkshire, was awarded the accolade by the IWSC (International Wine & Spirit Competition) on account of its consistent quality, excellence and success in the last three competitions.

The team at Cumbrian bakery Lovingly Artisan, based at Plumgarths near Kendal, recently learned that they had been named Cumbria’s Best Bakery for the third consecutive year in the annual National Bakery Awards. They join 91 other county champions from across the UK in the annual Bakery Business Magazine National Bakery Awards.

Fresh from being noted as one of IWSC’s top 50 spirits producers in the world, distillers at Yorkshire’s first whisky distillery have revealed details of their annual Sherry Cask Reserve release. For 2025, the sixth release in this highly regarded series marries whisky that has been aged in ex-Oloroso Sherry Casks.

If a restaurant is filled with diners on a rainy Monday evening, it indicates high standards of food, ambience, and service; this is the case with The Ivy Asia. Since this opulently styled restaurant opened, it has become the hottest ticket in town to enjoy Pan-Asian classics with a twist, cooked with real passion and presented so beautifully.

Hotel Victoria is collaborating with Robin Hood’s Bay Vineyard to stage an intimate and relaxed wine tasting challenge on Thursday 27th November from 6.30pm. Local wine experts - Ian Sheveling, Owner of the Bay Vineyard and Ashley Howe, Winery Manager - will showcase a number of exquisite Yorkshire wines from small, independent or family run vineyards and wineries from across the region.