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Festive Food: Create cherished memories at The Fellows House this Christmas

Festive Food: Create cherished memories at The Fellows House this Christmas

Festive Food: Create cherished memories at The Fellows House this Christmas

09 December 2023

From indulging in festive afternoon tea to wreath making, get into the seasonal spirit at The Fellows House


Meet the Festive Makers: The Bakers

Meet the Festive Makers: The Bakers

Meet the Festive Makers: The Bakers

08 December 2023

Fitzbillies has been making Cambridge’s Christmas cakes for more than a century, as bakers Gill Abbs and Miriam Labita tell Velvet


Booking Now: The ultimate Sunday lunch at Parker’s Tavern - for just £19.50

Booking Now: The ultimate Sunday lunch at Parker’s Tavern - for just £19.50

Booking Now: The ultimate Sunday lunch at Parker’s Tavern - for just £19.50

08 December 2023

What’s better than a superb Sunday lunch with all the trimmings? Sunday lunch served in elegant surroundings to the sound of a harp playing


Chef Profile: Meet the man behind the menu at Milton’s Brewers Inn

Chef Profile: Meet the man behind the menu at Milton’s Brewers Inn

Chef Profile: Meet the man behind the menu at Milton’s Brewers Inn

08 December 2023

From his childhood in India to his award-winning career in the UK, Milton chef Mauli Dwivedi tells Velvet about his life in the kitchen. . .


WanderSups: Limber up for Christmas feasting with this spicy little taco

WanderSups: Limber up for Christmas feasting with this spicy little taco

WanderSups: Limber up for Christmas feasting with this spicy little taco

30 November 2023

For Velvet recipe writer Hannah Gregory, no Christmas menu would be complete without. . . a spicy sea bass taco


Food: Feast on a fabulous Festive Afternoon Tea at Bedford Lodge Hotel

Food: Feast on a fabulous Festive Afternoon Tea at Bedford Lodge Hotel

Food: Feast on a fabulous Festive Afternoon Tea at Bedford Lodge Hotel

29 November 2023

Velvet savours the decadent flavours of Christmas with a festive afternoon tea at Newmarket’s Bedford Lodge Hotel


On the Table: Be inspired by a Scandi Christmas and keep it simple

On the Table: Be inspired by a Scandi Christmas and keep it simple

On the Table: Be inspired by a Scandi Christmas and keep it simple

24 November 2023

“A Sunday afternoon Glögg is a lovely way to stay connected and shine some light on long, dark afternoons,” writes Cambridge Cookery’s Tine Roche


Recipe: The ultimate winter-warmer soup – and it’s vegan

Recipe: The ultimate winter-warmer soup – and it’s vegan

Recipe: The ultimate winter-warmer soup – and it’s vegan

24 November 2023

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for November: pea and potato soup


Five of the Best: Cambridge desserts for National Pud Day

Five of the Best: Cambridge desserts for National Pud Day

Five of the Best: Cambridge desserts for National Pud Day

10 November 2023

It’s National Pudding Day. An excuse, if she needed one, for Cambridge Food Blog’s Gracie Mills to seek out five of the city’s sweetest treats. . .


Ad Feature: Chestnut’s Philip Turner has transformed East Anglia’s pub scene

Ad Feature: Chestnut’s Philip Turner has transformed East Anglia’s pub scene

Ad Feature: Chestnut’s Philip Turner has transformed East Anglia’s pub scene

07 November 2023

Chestnut founder Philip Turner’s mission to reinvigorate the East Anglian pub scene began with buying his local


WanderSups: Why you just can't beat a baked potato

WanderSups: Why you just can't beat a baked potato

WanderSups: Why you just can't beat a baked potato

03 November 2023

As clocks roll back and temperatures drop, Hannah Gregory gives the spotlight to her ultimate comfort food


Festive Dining: The best tables to book and bottles to buy

Festive Dining: The best tables to book and bottles to buy

Festive Dining: The best tables to book and bottles to buy

30 October 2023

The run-up to Christmas is cue to pull out all culinary stops. Velvet finds the perfect food and drink for the festive season


Food: Take afternoon tea Japanese-style at KIBOU

Food: Take afternoon tea Japanese-style at KIBOU

Food: Take afternoon tea Japanese-style at KIBOU

27 October 2023

Love afternoon tea *and* Japanese food? Book now at Cambridge’s KIBOU Kitchen & Bar. . .


Good Cooking: Cambridge chef shares the perfect plant paella

Good Cooking: Cambridge chef shares the perfect plant paella

Good Cooking: Cambridge chef shares the perfect plant paella

24 October 2023

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares the perfect plant-based paella


Food: Chocolate slug? Skull? Severed finger? Read on. . .

Food: Chocolate slug? Skull? Severed finger? Read on. . .

Food: Chocolate slug? Skull? Severed finger? Read on. . .

20 October 2023

This Saffron Walden chocolatier is taking Hallowe’en treats to the next level, as Alice Ryan discovers


Coffee Week: 10 top Cambridge coffee shops to visit now

Coffee Week: 10 top Cambridge coffee shops to visit now

Coffee Week: 10 top Cambridge coffee shops to visit now

16 October 2023

It’s both International Coffee Day and National Coffee Week this month. Velvet’s Amelia Gargiulo raises a mug to 10 of Cambridge’s best coffee shops


Food News: Cambridge’s new street food van and bar/brasserie

Food News: Cambridge’s new street food van and bar/brasserie

Food News: Cambridge’s new street food van and bar/brasserie

13 October 2023

In with the new: Cambridge cuts the ribbon on a bar and brasserie, a street food van and a 0% drinks brand. . .


Wine o’Clock: Is this the world’s greatest grape?

Wine o’Clock: Is this the world’s greatest grape?

Wine o’Clock: Is this the world’s greatest grape?

08 October 2023

Velvet’s wine columnist Giles Luckett raises a glass to “the finest red wine grape on the planet”. . .


Food & Drink: Four of the best local cafes to visit in Coffee Week

Food & Drink: Four of the best local cafes to visit in Coffee Week

Food & Drink: Four of the best local cafes to visit in Coffee Week

01 October 2023

To mark International Coffee Day and National Coffee Week, we recommend four of the finest cafes from across the area


Good Cooking: Make the ultimate Bircher breakfast bowl

Good Cooking: Make the ultimate Bircher breakfast bowl

Good Cooking: Make the ultimate Bircher breakfast bowl

19 September 2023

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for September: a Bircher breakfast bowl