Cask Ale Week runs Thursday 25th September - Sunday 5th October 2014 and Punch Taverns is supporting this year's Cask Ale Week with a free pint promotion. Cask Ale Week is a celebration of Britain's National Drink and the home of cask ale - the great British pub. The Week is supported by thousands of brewers, pub groups and pubs who are proud to brew and sell Britain's National Drink.
The summer season's most stylish shopping event is almost upon us. Ready to refresh your holiday style, the look of your home and garden space the Spirit of Summer Fair showcases many new and emerging small UK businesses whose covetable products and designs simply cannot be found on the high street. Join in the Summer now from the 14th - 17th May 2014 at Olympia, London.
Taking place at Olympia, as the grand finale of Chocolate Week (13th - 19th October), 15,000 chocolate fans are expected to flock to the show to see the best UK chocolate companies exhibiting alongside exciting international brands, plus demonstrations, talks and hands-on workshops from the UK's top chocolatiers.
Launched by Ron Montero, Europe's last remaining rum distillery and taking place in the Andalusian city of Motril, Ron Montero Festival is the ultimate experience for rum lovers. Celebrating every aspect of the spirit, the Ron Montero festival will provide revellers with performances by The Monderos who tell tales of the rum harvests, live music around the city, an exhibition of giant 50th anniversary Ron Montero bottles, painting contests and cinema screenings as well as rum-inspired poetry and literature.
The award-winning Ambrette restaurants in Margate and Rye, hope to draw attention to the enormous amounts of edible food we waste in Britain, through two charity dinners. Chef Patron Dev Biswal will create a gourmet six-course tasting menu using ingredients commonly discarded by restaurants, supermarkets, butchers, fishmongers and domestic kitchens - with proceeds donated to provide humanitarian aid in South Sudan via the Red Cross.
Chocolate is getting into everything lately, especially with Easter and the Chocolate Festivals around the UK. So we were not surprised to see chocolate getting jiggy with the Baileys at the London Chocolate Festival - yet we were surprised to discover that is actually tasted so good. But curried chocolate from the 'Fifth Dimension'? Does that really work?
