The best places to eat, stay, shop and visit in the South West

FOOD Lifestyle – Winter 2025/2026

Issue 207
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FOOD Lifestyle Winter, the beach house

Features

The gift edit

Festive finds for your nearest and dearest.

Tastemakers: Emily Harmon 

The MD of The Collective at Woolsery on her most ambitious role yet. 

Food Lifestyle Awards 2025

Meet your winners and finalists.

The fermenter: the art of patience

The alchemy of turning salt, cider and estate-raised meats into extraordinary charcuterie.

Eating out

Restaurant reviews

We visit Crave, Àclèaf, Blue Ball Inn and Petty Fours. 

Trencherman’s hot picks

Highlights from the latest edition of the dining guide.

Travel

Cool places to stay

Fabulous places to escape to this winter. 

Tried and tested: The Beach House

A stunning getaway spot in ‛Hollywood‑on‑Sea’. 

Tried and tested: Pedn Olva

Dip your toe in the water at the newly transformed seaside inn.  

City guide: Exeter

The cheat sheet on the Devon capital’s coolest finds.

The full works: Budock Vean Hotel and Spa

A sanctuary of tranquility on the Helford River. 

Weekend cooking

Chocolate source

Exploding Bakery founder Oliver Coysh on sourcing high-grade cocoa.

Ultimate chocolate fudge cake 

A nostalgic cake dressed up for modern tastebuds.

Chocolate marquise

The Greenbank Hotel’s recipe for a wicked dinner-party dessert.

Drinks

Jane Rakison’s drinks diary

Our drinks expert reveals joyful finds for Christmas sipping.

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