Taste East Devon

25/09/2025

✨a 9 day celebration of the best food and drink in East Devon ✨

Taste East Devon Festival brought together the very best of our region - from bread making experiences to apple pressing to beer tours, Michelin starred feasts, flavours of the landscape and chilled local rose by the river. THIS is how Eadt Devon shows off what we produce 🙌

22/09/2025

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20/09/2025

19/09/2025

It’s Festival Friday!
3 events in beautiful settings to choose from: by the river at Colyton, on the terrace looking over the valley, or in boutique chic at the Pig, all are FREE entry.

🎶Music at The Folly
⏰6-9pm
📍The Pig at Combe, Gittisham

🔥Rum & Reggae
⏰6-9pm
📍Coldharbour Field Kitchen, Ottery St Mary

🍾Sundowners
⏰5.30-11pm
📍Finn’s Deli, Colyton

17/09/2025

Wednesday:
📍Fishermen’s Mission Dinner

5 courses of beautiful seafood from our Jurassic coast, plus a talk all about the Fishermen’s Mission, a charity that supports this industry

Thursday
📍Fire School

Experience cooking on the open fire in the woods of this boutique estate. Feast under the canopy surrounded by the trees.

📍Nicola’s Chocolate factory tour and tasting

An afternoon eating chocolate. Heaven!

Friday
📍Lily’s Farm Vineyard

Take a tour of the vines and gain knowledge about why just now is the perfect time for the grape harvest in East Devon.

📍Pebblebed vineyard tour and tasting
Tour this single estate vineyard, one of only a few in the country, and sample some of their wines in their ancient barn.

And many more experiences on offer! Visit our website, use our responsive map to discover what’s on near you.

16/09/2025

📣Big Thank You to Goosemoor Foodservice for sponsoring Taste East Devon Festival 2025!

ℹ️Who are Goosemoor?
🗣️1957 - Colin Dart started as a wholesale fruit and veg merchant and Geoff Pritchard joined a month later.
🗓️1970 - 5 local farmers handed together to supply supermarkets
⭐️1978 - Dart Fresh / Goosemoor Foodservice became the business name
👬1984 - Geoff brought his son John on board
📘2020 - George, John’s son joins the team
⭐️2022 - Dart Fresh Ltd became Goosemoor Foodservice due to growth and diversification

📣Today the business has many arms (and family members) offering premium food service to trade, home and the education sectors throughout the south west.

16/09/2025

Orange wine anyone?

It’s harvest time in East Devon. The grapes have ripened early this year, and the balance of acidity and sweetness is just right to bring them in and begin the process of turning g them into award winning wines.

Join one of our vineyard tours this week to discover more about the east Devon terroir and what makes the wine produced here unique.

📍Lympstone Manor vineyard tour and lunch
17 Sept

📍Pebblebed Vineyard Tour
18 Sept

📍Lily Farm vineyard tours
19, 20 & 21 Sept

📍Lyme Bay Winery wine and cheese pairing
16, 17, 18, 19 Sept

📍Finn’s Deli Friday sundowners
19 Sept

Bookings via our website.

13/09/2025

Sadly have to cancel their seaweed foraging experience due to the strong winds forecast this Sunday 14 September.