NEW MEMBERS SHOUT OUT #6   Onto our next four new members… we’re delighted that these fabulous businesses have joined Food Drink Devon recently. ✨FROBISHERS JUICES From a freshly-pressed apple juice back in 1969 to a range of drinks available in pubs and restaurants across the country, the Frobishers brand has always stood for quality. Acquired by a new team in Exeter in 2009, it has evolved now offering 20 products across juices, pressés, sparklers, cordials and fusions. Create your own bundle or shop their curiously curated discovery boxes, all sustainably packaged. @frobishersjuices ✨BEST DEVON TURKEYS Turkeys at Rosamondford Farm, Aylesbeare are allowed to roam the pastures and are fed on the finest locally-produced ingredients. They’re dry-plucked and hand finished and fully prepared for the oven complete with giblets. This traditional method of rearing and preparing helps to deliver a good old fashioned flavour and texture, a world away from mass produced birds. @bestdevonturkeys ✨FARRS FARM Farrs Farm, in the Taw Valley, has been in the May family for three generations. A family run micro dairy, it has a herd of 18 mixed-breed dairy cows which are milked just once a day and spend the rest of their time on species rich grassland, or rape and kale fields. Cows keep their calves until weaning at around 4-5 months old. Milk is pasturised on site, and bottled in glass bottles which are collected and reused. #farrsfarm ✨RUSTY TRACTOR FARM CAFE Cafe at the Countryman’s Choice Farm Shop, just off the A38 near Ivybridge, serving Voyager Coffee and delicious meals using local ingredients. They boast some of the best (and possibly the biggest!) breakfasts around using meat from the butchery next door. Taking the kids? Visit their play park and friendly farm animals and learn all about their pigs, sheep, alpacas, pygmy goats and chickens. @rustytractorfarmcafe More tomorrow!

COSY ROAST ALERT | Sunday roasts are back at Bayard’s Cove Inn so you’ve a whole week to book a table - and maybe plan a long walk to earn your hearty lunch at this beautiful, waterside Dartmouth eatery. @dartmouthbayardscoveinn

✨This week’s TASTERS in the Food Drink Devon Christmas Chalet at Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market! Meet the makers and sample delicious Devon artisan food and drink, perfect for a special gift or your festive table… with lots more to browse and buy. We’re also welcoming to our line up from Mon 27th ✨New beer… @ivybridgebrewingco. ✨New gin… @thunderflowerltd Don’t miss out. Come and find us along the side of the Cathedral. Mon-Wed 10am-7pm Thurs-Sat 10am-9pm Sun 11am-5pm . . #madeindevon #christmasgifts #devonfood #devondrinks #fooddrinkdevon #exeterxmasmarket #exeterlife #exeterchristmas #giftsfromdevon #supportsmallbusiness #supportlocal #supportindies

SUNDAY SAMPLES from Lucy of @huxbear_vineyard and Nicky of @sharphamcheese. Open until 5pm in the Food Drink Devon Christmas Chalet at Exeter Cathedral Christmas Market. Come on down a taste some wonderful produce, and explore everything else in the shop from @figgyspuddings to @bluegoosecoffee, @salcombedairy to @bfkdevon sauces and @ebbtidesseaweeds to @inyamabiltong and more besides!

🏆 CHARITY PRIZE HAMPER | The lovely team at InkREADible Labels have put together a very special festive hamper, with donations of treats from their many food and drink customers. YOU could win this amazing hamper in the grand @inkreadiblelabels’ prize draw simply by donating to Rowcroft Hospice before 13th December via the special JustGiving page. 🎩 Each person who donates any amount (where details have been provided) will go into a big InkREADible hat and the lucky winner will receive a hamper worth over £200! @rowcrofthospice helps over 2,000 people living with life-limiting illnesses in South Devon every year and relies heavily on donations to provide vital services. Visit @inkreadiblelabels for the JustGiving link. Good luck!

NEW | Flapjackery SIDMOUTH opens its doors. Boat crew from Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat officially opened Flapjackery’s new shop in Sidmouth this month, its ninth shop. Located at 14 Fore Street, the new store offers sweet treats including its signature chunks of flapjacks, chocolate clusters, fudge, chocolate bars, honeycomb, chocolate beans, and Turkish delight.

NEW MEMBERS SHOUT OUT #5 Our next four members who we’re delighted have joined our community. ✨GREENDALE FARM SHOP Family-run farm shop between Exeter and Sidmouth with in-house butchers, fishmongers, deli and café. Greendale is bursting with fresh, locally-sourced produce. If they can’t grow it on their farm or catch it from their fishing boats, they buy from carefully chosen suppliers. Browse the Greendale food hall and you’ll many Food Drink Devon members’ products. With pop-up shops, free tasting events and even a summer fete and dog show, there's plenty going on. @greendalefarmshop ✨COUNTRY CHEESES If you love cheese and live in Devon, the chances are you’ve come across this legendary cheesemonger with shops in three of the county’s most beautiful towns – Tavistock, Totnes and Topsham. Established more than 30 years ago, it is now owned by long-time staff member, Bex Jenkin. Country Cheeses is a huge supporter of local cheesemakers, with 150 different varieties, varying with the seasons. Their ethos?Appreciate what’s created on the doorstep and minimise the miles from dairy to cheeseboard. @countrycheeses ✨SOUL PIZZA TRUCK Soul Pizza was created out of a love for human interaction and damn fine pizza. Sam and the team serve fresh, hand-stretched, log-fired Neapolitan-style sourdough pizzas from a converted Vauxhall Movano and 1978 Chevrolet pick-up at sites around Dawlish, Buckfastleigh, Bovey and Chudleigh - with pop-ups, weddings and parties in between. See Facebook for locations. Putting people, product and environment ahead of profit, they’re proud to be slowly navigating business the way they want to do it. @soulpizzatruck ✨SMALLACOMBE ORGANICS Certified by the Soil Association for over 20 years, Smallacombe organic farm in Dawlish produces delicious milk from their happy ‘Coastal Goats’, kefir and organic high welfare chickens, plus slow grown lamb and hogget – all of which you can order online for delivery. Stay on the farm in a secluded luxury bell tent and dine during summer months in the Meadow Kitchen, a unique outdoor organic dining experience in a wildflower meadow. @smallacombe_organic_farm Believe it or not… more tomorrow!

COMPETITION | Just a few days left to enter our November comp to win a limited edition South Hams boozy truffle collection from @salcombedairy. The bean-to-bar chocolate truffles are all crafted in Salcombe and decorated by hand. The selection of South Devon alcohol in the truffles includes cassis from the @calancombewines Estate, spiced rum from @devonrumco @salcombegin, mulled cider from @heron_valley_drinks, Devoncello from the @devon_distillery and sparkling wine from @sandridgebarton. ENTER at the link in our bio.

🎄SATURDAY SAMPLES 🎄at @exexmasmarket Come and taste the @baysbrewery range (get your Jingle Ale while stocks last!) and sample @hattiers_rum three stunning rums. This is your LAST CHANCE to buy Bays Brewery beers and lagers in the Food Drink Devon Christmas Chalet, as on Monday we will welcome @ivybridgebrewingco on the beer shelves instead! 🔗Find out about all of the artisan, Devon products on our website. Link to the full list in our bio.

NEW MEMBERS SHOUT OUT #4   Onto our next four new members… we’re delighted that these fabulous businesses have joined Food Drink Devon recently. MEADOWLAND SMOKERY (Devon Eel Co) Located in the East Devon countryside, Meadowland Smokery is a family-owned business first established as Devon Eel Company in 2017 by Neil Fuzzard, but with a growing product list they decided it was it was time for a new name. Smoked eel has a distinctive flavour and their delicate method, which is a trade secret, has been celebrated in over 50 Michelin Star restaurants in the UK including Le Gavroche, Gordon Ramsey, Scotts and Simon Rogan. @devoneelcompany THE CHEESE LARDER A cheese shop and deli owned and run by Steve and Lynn Tickner in the beautiful town of South Molton, North Devon. In The Old Dairy on Broad Street, you’ll find a treasure trove. Specialising in Westcountry cheeses and lots of delicious local produce including chutney, jam, apple juice, cider, charcuterie, pies, milk, bread, beer, local gin and lots more. @cheeselardersouthmolton SPINDLE WOOD FARM Olivia and Will run Spindle Wood Farm, an agro-ecological farm near Totnes, raising a beautiful herd of Boer goats and happy, pasture-fed chickens for meat. They also make BBQ charcoal from their woods and have working horses aka. The Dartmoor Horse Loggers. Non-certified organic, their aim is to farm regeneratively, to regenerate the soil, grassland, woodland and support wildlife. @spindlewoodfarm COPPLESTONE FARM SHOP Run by Lucy Babb and Michaela Bundy in the mid-Devon village of Copplestone near Crediton, this small, friendly farm shop has a firm focus on championing local suppliers and producers. They offer customers a varied range of fresh and seasonal fruit and vegetables, meats, cheeses, bread, cakes, honey, jams and much more. Open Monday to Saturday 8am - 5pm and Sunday 10am - 3pm. @copplestonefarmshop More new members tomorrow!

NEW MEMBERS SHOUT OUT #3   Onto our next four new members… we’re delighted that these fabulous businesses have joined Food Drink Devon recently. SANDFORD ORCHARDS With the ethos CIDER DONE RIGHT, independent, family-owned Sandford Orchards is based in the UK’s oldest working cider mill, in Crediton. Led by owner and Head Cidermaker, Barny Butterfield, they take a natural, low impact approach which combines tradition and innovation, creating an award-winning range of session, traditional, fine and fruit ciders - including the world’s best tannin-led cider, The General. @sandfordorchards EXE CHOCOLATE Nicola Knight, a one-woman tiny chocolate factory based in Exeter, specialises in making single origin bars with a distinctive and outstanding flavour that’s true-to-bean. Using only ethically and sustainably sourced cacao, she’s collaborated with Ebb Tides Seaweed and Two Drifters rum for her ‘Made in Devon’ range, and shares her expertise in workshops and her Chocolate Tasters Club. @exe_chocolate TICKLEMORE CHEESE DAIRY Cheesemaker Ben Harris produces artisan blue cheeses near Totnes. Established in the 1970s by cheese pioneer, Robert Congdon, Ben’s cheese dairy makes Beenleigh Blue (sheeps’ milk), Harbourne Blue (goats’ milk) and Devon Blue - a delicious cows’ milk cheese which won Super Gold at the World Cheese Awards in 2022 and 2023, putting it firmly in the top 16 cheeses globally. @ticklemore_cheese_dairy COMBE FARM SHOP A family-run farm shop, on-site butchery, fishmonger, bakery and eatery just outside Honiton on the Combe Estate, a 4000 acre rural estate in the heart of East Devon. Run by owners, the Marker family, the farm shop is known for its excellent customer service and is chock full of local suppliers from vegetables and coffee to rum, vodka and wine. @combefarmshop More tomorrow!

THURSDAY TASTERS | At @exexmasmarket today you’ll find Lex from Blue Goose Coffee - and @barbicanbotanics sampling their delicious spirits in our Christmas chalet! Coffee and rum - that’s a beautiful pairing right there. Snap up an award winning @bluegoosecoffee Nespresso compatible advent calendar while stocks last! Open 10am - 9pm for late night festive shopping. See you there!