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Phill Jeffreys who is the manager, of Peepo Pizzeria and Bar in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, is also an award winning mixologist.
Phill shares his knowledge with some of his favourite cocktails, including the Elderflower Martini, classic Cosmopolitan, and his unique Peepo Belini, great for any party and New Years Eve celebrations. More Cocktail Mixing Videos and [...]

Shropshire’s favourite Thai Chef, Suree Coates is celebrating the end of a very successful 2011
Clutching a string of awards for her innovative, creative and authentic cooking - self taught Suree Coates (pictured) who presides in the King and Thai Restaurant, in Broseley, just outside Ironbridge in Shropshire this year won ‘Best Curry Chef of the [...]

Walsall welcomes Five Rivers
 
Yesterday (10 December) a group of award-winning caterers launched Five Rivers à la Carte; a new fine-dining north Indian restaurant.
The owners are also behind

Matt Osborne at MPW Steakhouse Bar and Grill Birmingham

Birmingham boy Matt Osborne is the new executive head chef at Marco Pierre White’s new rooftop restaurant at The Cube which opened this week.
We joined him in the bar for a quick (and of course exclusive to ETM)  chat before the opening night.
Originally from Solihull, 37-year-old Matt [...]

Cote Birmingham

Cote Restaurant Christmas Menu Launch Birmingham
Last week Côte Brasserie in The Mailbox hosted a Champagne and Canapés Christmas Tasting Night for fans of French food. We were lucky enough to be invited along to join the great and the good of Birmingham to enjoy the opportunity to sample some highlights of their Christmas menu over [...]

BIRMINGHAM TOASTS ARRIVAL OF NEW CHAMPAGNE BAR
Birmingham’s most hotly anticipated leisure venue is to up the glamour stakes even further with the opening of a new £150,000 skyline champagne bar.
The sleek Laurent Perrier lounge will join Marco Pierre White’s new restaurant, offering stunning views of the city from the 25th floor of The Cube building [...]

British Culinary Federation Awards Simpsons Restaurant Chef, Young Chef of the Year
Midlands Culinary success was achieved once again this week with Kristian Curtis, junior Chef de Partie  of Simpsons Restaurant, Birmingham who won this year’s British Culinary Federation Young Chef of the Year 2011. Kristian who is 21, and has been at Simpsons for a [...]

The King and Thai in Broseley, Shropshire, are winners of prestigious UK Thai Eatery - Asian Curry Restaurant of the Year Award
At a star studded ceremony held at the London Lancaster Gate Hotel last night, over 400 restaurateurs, and industry specialists packed the opulent dining suite, to hear the nominees and lucky winners.
The King and Thai were [...]

FISHMORE HALL AWARDED 2 BRILLIANT ACCOLADES FROM THE AA
The AA has named Fishmore Hall in Ludlow, Shropshire as one of the Top Hotels in the British Isles.
The stunning, privately owned boutique hotel in the beautiful Shropshire countryside has been awarded an AA Inspector’s choice, with 3 prestigious red stars for outstanding accommodation, as well as [...]

Tonino Magno of Rossopomodoro Restaurant, Birmingham

Selfridges Birmingham is to get a taste of Italy’s most authentic pizza, in their new restaurant

This man is a  fourth-generation artisan pizza chef from Naples, who will be at the helm when Rossopomodoro launches its new restaurant in Selfridges Birmingham Food Hall in mid-August.
Tonino Magno, aged 36, whose great grandfather, [...]