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Saturday 12th - Sunday 20th September 2026
Celebrating East Devon's fantastic Food & Drink with events held across the area.

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Fancy joining us for the Taste East Devon Festival but coming from further afield? We’ve got you covered.From luxury man...
10/09/2026

Fancy joining us for the Taste East Devon Festival but coming from further afield?

We’ve got you covered.

From luxury manor houses to cosy self-catering cottages, there’s a perfect base for every kind of festival visit. A few of our favourites:

🏨 Lympstone Manor, Lympstone nr Exmouth: Michael Caines’ Georgian country house overlooking the Exe Estuary
🏨 THE PIG-at Combe, Honiton: restaurant with rooms and a 25 mile menu
🏠 Mazzard Farm, Ottery St Mary: self catering cottages set around a cobbled courtyard
🌊 Dukes Inn, Sidmouth: seafront rooms right on the esplanade
🍽️ The Salutation Inn, Topsham: boutique bedrooms in a 300 year old coaching inn
🏡 Higher Wiscombe, Sidmouth: luxury self catering for groups, with a pool and 52 acres to explore
🛏️ Southleigh Holidays & Underhill Barn B&B, Southleigh: boutique suites and a self contained cottage, with a locally sourced breakfast
🏕️ Lower Keats, above Axminster: safari lodge glamping with wood-burning stoves
⛺ Ladram Bay Holiday Park, Budleigh Salterton: right on the Jurassic Coast with its own private beach

And plenty more, from B&Bs to smallholdings to holiday parks, right across East Devon.

See the full list of places to stay and start planning your visit:
tasteeastdevon.co.uk/accommodation

Taste East Devon Festival is nearly here, running 12–20 September, and some events are already selling fast.Whatever kin...
09/09/2026

Taste East Devon Festival is nearly here, running 12–20 September, and some events are already selling fast.

Whatever kind of food lover you are, there’s a theme for you. Swipe through for tastings and sips, hands-on workshops, feasts and dining, farm and nature experiences, and social gatherings, all part of this year’s programme across the district.

📍 Across East Devon: Exmouth to Axminster
🗓️ 12–20 September 2026
🔗 See all events and book: tasteeastdevon.co.uk/events

09/09/2026

Rockfish founder Mitch Tonks is helping spread the word about this year’s festival 🎥🌊

Mitch has spent 25+ years championing British seafood, from opening his first fishmonger’s in Bath to building Rockfish into nine restaurants along the Devon and Dorset coast. As one of the most respected voices in UK sustainable fishing, he’s exactly the kind of local food champion Taste East Devon is all about.

Head to Rockfish in Sidmouth, Budleigh Beach or Exmouth during the festival for an exclusive Taste East Devon dish, created daily from the catch that’s fished and landed on the Devon Dorset coast.

📍 Rockfish: Sidmouth, Budleigh Beach & Exmouth�🗓️ Saturday 12 to Sunday 20 September 2026
Mention Taste East Devon when you visit.

*Some of our events are selling out so check the website and get booking!*

www.tasteeastdevon.co.uk

As part of the Taste East Devon Festival, spend a day getting hands-on with fish and shellfish at River Cottage 🐟Guided ...
08/09/2026

As part of the Taste East Devon Festival, spend a day getting hands-on with fish and shellfish at River Cottage 🐟

Guided by their expert chefs, you’ll learn to scale and fillet fresh fish, prepare bivalves like mussels and clams, try your hand at hot smoking and get a demonstration on picking and cooking crustaceans. The day finishes with a fishy lunch featuring the dishes you’ve cooked yourself, plus a recipe pack to take the skills home.

Ethically sourced, seasonal and full of flavour: this is a proper deep-dive into seafood cookery on the edge of the Axe Valley.

📍 River Cottage, Park Farm, Trinity Hill Road, Axminster, EX13 8SZ

🕕 Saturday 12 September, 10:00 am – 5:00pm
💷 £245 per person

Book via the link in bio or head to the River Cottage website for full details.

Make a day of it: River Cottage sits close to some beautiful stretches of the Jurassic Coast, so pair your course with a walk and a stop in nearby Lyme Regis, B**r, Colyton or Axminster.

Last night, Taste East Devon Festival 2026 officially launched at Darts Farm’s Pebblebed Vineyard , thanks to Darts Farm...
03/09/2026

Last night, Taste East Devon Festival 2026 officially launched at Darts Farm’s Pebblebed Vineyard , thanks to Darts Farm for hosting us. Speeches, a vineyard tour and w**e tasting set the tone for nine days celebrating the food, drink and people of East Devon.

None of this happens without our sponsors. Huge thanks to NFU Mutual Exeter, Tiverton and South Molton, Goosemoor - Food Service, Coreus Group, Clockwork Marketing, Sungift Solar and East Devon for backing the festival.

Thank you too to our steering committee, who shape and deliver the festival every year: Fiona Moores, Ruud Jansen Venneboer (Mazzard Farm), John Crouch (East Devon Excellence), Anthony Letcher (Southleigh Holidays) and George Dart (Darts Farm).

And a huge thank you to our festival ambassador, Michael Caines MBE DL MBE, for championing East Devon’s food and drink scene and helping bring this festival to life.

The festival runs 12 to 20 September, food is our common ground, a universal language, and there’s something for everyone across East Devon.

Full events list at tasteeastdevon.co.uk/events.

🐷🎶 The Whole Hog Feast with Live Music at Coldharbour Field KitchenSaturday 12 September | 5pm–10pm | Ottery St MaryGath...
01/09/2026

🐷🎶 The Whole Hog Feast with Live Music at Coldharbour Field Kitchen

Saturday 12 September | 5pm–10pm | Ottery St Mary

Gather under our stretch tent as the sun sets over the Otter Valley for a proper East Devon feast. On the menu: slow-cooked, locally reared outdoor-bred pork with all the trimmings, including sausage meat stuffing, crackling, apple & fennel slaw (apples from our own orchard!), Hawkridge Dairy cheddar mac & cheese, potato salad, charred corn and homemade apple sauce. Vegan option available on request.

From 7pm, live music from Sundog Slide (country-fried acoustic folk, pop & rock covers) sets the mood as the sky turns pink over the valley.

🎟️ £25pp / £15 under-10s
📞 Booking essential, call 07379 873931
🌐 Full details & booking: tasteeastdevon.co.uk/events/coldharbour-farm-hog-roast

Spaces are limited, don’t miss it! 🌅🍽️

What does it take to grow w**e on the banks of the Exe? As part of Taste East Devon Festival, Lympstone Manor’s Operatio...
28/08/2026

What does it take to grow w**e on the banks of the Exe?

As part of Taste East Devon Festival, Lympstone Manor’s Operations Director and Vineyard Manager Steve Edwards hosts a tour of the estate’s southwest-facing vines, followed by a three-course lunch in the Pool House Restaurant. It’s a chance to see firsthand how a stretch of parkland overlooking the estuary became one of the county’s most talked-about vineyards.

The morning starts with tea, coffee and biscuits, moves into the vineyard tour, and finishes with a glass of Lympstone Manor Classic Cuvée before lunch.

📍 Lympstone Manor, Courtlands Lane, Exmouth EX8 3NZ
🕥 Wednesday 16 September, 10:15am to 3:00pm
£105 per person, with additional drinks and extras charged on the day. Book via the Lympstone Manor website.

Explore more East Devon: is a short drive away for local produce and artisan makers, and The Salutation Inn in Topsham is worth a visit for fresh, locally caught fish.

As part of Taste East Devon Festival, we’re heading to Clinton Devon Estates for an evening with Wildlife Ranger Tom Gar...
26/08/2026

As part of Taste East Devon Festival, we’re heading to Clinton Devon Estates for an evening with Wildlife Ranger Tom Garner, learning how deer are managed across the estate.

You’ll start in one of the Estate’s woodlands, where Tom talks through the realities of deer management: the challenges, the responsibilities, and what it takes to keep a healthy population. From there it’s on to the deer larder in Colaton Raleigh, where he’ll explain what happens after deer are culled and how the venison is processed. There’s a chance to buy some locally sourced venison before you head home.

Two hours, outdoors, so come dressed for it: walking boots or wellies recommended.

📍 Rolle Estate Office, Budleigh Salterton
🕕 Wednesday 16 September, 6pm to 8pm
£10 per person, booking via the link in bio

Make a day of it: fuel up beforehand with lunch at Lympstone Manor Hotel, Restaurant and Vineyard’s Pool House Restaurant, or afternoon tea at the The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth. Or stay over and pair it with Rachel’s kimchi workshop at Darts Farm and a Darts Farm’s Pebblebed Vineyard vineyard tour. Full details for all of these on the festival website, link in bio.

25/08/2026

“We’re far stronger when we share our collective voice.”

As festival ambassador and chef/patron of Lympstone Manor, Michael Caines MBE knows exactly what makes East Devon’s food and drink scene special: the people behind it. From farmers and growers to w**emakers, producers, chefs and hospitality businesses, Taste East Devon Festival exists to bring that community together and celebrate it as one voice.

Two Michelin stars for 18 consecutive years, a Michelin star at Lympstone Manor within six months of opening, an MBE for services to hospitality: Michael’s credentials speak for themselves. But it’s his belief in East Devon’s producers and growers that makes him the perfect ambassador for this festival.

12–20 September. Nine days celebrating the people who make this region taste the way it does.

As part of Taste East Devon Festival, we want to take a moment to say thank you to Darts Farm.From championing local pro...
21/08/2026

As part of Taste East Devon Festival, we want to take a moment to say thank you to Darts Farm.

From championing local producers to supporting festivals like ours, Darts Farm has long been a cornerstone of the East Devon food economy, bringing the very best of the region to shoppers and food lovers across the county.

Their support has helped bring this year’s festival to life, from backing key events to championing the local producers and businesses that make Taste East Devon what it is.

Darts Farm’s Pebblebed Vineyard, part of the Darts Farm family, will be running vineyard tours throughout festival week, including two tours on Saturday 12 September (one at 11:30am to 1pm) and another on Thursday 17 September. Booking via the link in bio.

Darts Farm is also hosting workshops during festival week, including a Kimchi Workshop with fermentation expert Rachel de Thample on Thursday 17 September.

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