food: your restaurant guide for south London and Surrey

Taste buds at the ready for Hampton Court Food Festival

6:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Former Blue Peter presenter and Celebrity Masterchef contestant Zoe Salmon will launch Hampton Court Food Festival this weekend.

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Come for the burger, stay for the scotch egg: Review of Ben's Canteen, Battersea

6:30am Thursday 16th May 2013

Ben's Canteen, in St John's Hill, Battersea, has fast gained a reputation for bringing delicious food to South London.

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Treats galore as Hampton Foodies Festival gets the taste-buds going

7:00am Wednesday 10th April 2013

A summer celebration of all things food and drink is set to return to Hampton Court for the fifth year running.

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Brilliant bangers

3:57pm Thursday 21st March 2013

Proprietor Ron Etheridge, is a man ahead of his time. For 18 years he has been making sausages on the premises of Villagers in Beckenham in full view of customers.

Great British pie

3:52pm Thursday 21st March 2013

Take the evening off and try the award-winning cheese pie nominated on Lorraine Kelly’s Show as Britain’s Best Pie. After a nationwide search of sweet and savoury recipes from viewers, The Shortcrust Pastry Apple, Stilton & Fig Pie was chosen. It’s now on sale at Waitrose. It costs £2.99 and serves one.

Nectar from the garden of England

3:49pm Thursday 21st March 2013

If you want the real taste and nectar from the garden of England then Beult (pronounced belt) House Bees brand is it.

Say cheese

3:44pm Thursday 21st March 2013

Winterdale Shaw is a wonderful cheddar made at Wrotham by the Betts family using super-fresh, unpasteurised cow’s milk from their own herd.

Creating a stir

3:36pm Thursday 21st March 2013

The Wooden Spoon creates the most marvellous condiments and preserves from its converted oasthouse at Wye.

Kentish sunshine in a bottle

3:16pm Thursday 21st March 2013

Chegworth Valley juices are made with tree-ripened fruit grown at Water Lane Farm, Chegworth.

'Dean ate anything and everything': New diner dedicated to fun-loving cancer victim

2:50pm Thursday 21st March 2013

A Norbiton man has opened a diner in Streatham, in memory of his fun-loving brother Dean Roberts who died last year.

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