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16 May 2025
A melting pot of Japanese cuisine, KIBOU Cambridge serves up authentic fare with an emphasis on sharing, sushi artistry, and premium ingredients
16 May 2025
Cambridge flammekueche brand Amelie arrives in Suffolk - taking up alfresco residency at Wyken’s The Leaping Hare. . .
02 May 2025
Planning to dine out this weekend? Cambridge blogger One Two Culinary Stew shares her five favourite restaurants in the city
02 May 2025
Hannah Gregory, Velvet’s resident recipe writer, shares her latest stroke of culinary genius: turning sweet, nutty, vanilla-y horchata into ice cream
18 April 2025
Look no further for a crowd-pleaser of an Easter menu: a fresh veggie-filled main and side, followed by a chocolatey bread and butter pud
18 April 2025
Eat an Easter egg from Ely social enterprise Harry Specters and you’re not only treating yourself, you’re doing a little good in the world. . .
04 April 2025
Cambridge welcomes the perfect riverside pub, an all-new Food & Drink Week and two tasty Easter events
04 April 2025
Easter would be incomplete without chocolate. Velvet puts a dozen of this year’s top trending treats to the taste-test
28 March 2025
The ribbon has been cut on our super-sized Velvet Food & Drink Awards for 2025. Time to meet the judges
28 March 2025
As spring brings fresh produce to the table, Cambridge Cookery MD Tine Roche embraces the turning of the culinary year
21 March 2025
Bag of sad salad leaves in the fridge? Turn them into a peppy pesto, writes food sustainability advocate Waste Not Rowen
14 March 2025
From dining out for a fiver to a four-day party weekend, these are the foodie offers and events not to miss across Cambridge and Suffolk
28 February 2025
This could be the cutest (and most British) collab ever: Bird & Blend has cut the ribbon on a Mr Men and Little Miss tea collection
14 February 2025
One Two Culinary Stew’s Pina finds five of the city’s best sandwiches – each inspired by a different (and delicious) food culture. . .
07 February 2025
Proof food can be delicious *and* good for both your gut and the planet, Ferment & Feast comes to Cambridge this month
28 January 2025
The Velvet Food & Drink Awards are back and twice the size: we’re running two sets of awards this year, one each for Cambridgeshire and Suffolk
23 January 2025
With a new head chef trained by Marco Pierre White and mentored by Albert Roux, expectations are high for a visit to Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge
17 January 2025
Don’t let their humble appearance fool you: root veg are the stars of the culinary show in mid-winter. Bury chef Waste Not Rowen gets cooking
10 January 2025
Here’s a date for the diary: the fourth Cambridge Chocolate Festival is confirmed for February 15
10 January 2025
As Cambridge Cookery MD Tine Roche explains, the benefits of eating a plant-based rainbow are boundless