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Review: Japanese Restaurant KIBOU launches stunning spring/summer menu

Review: Japanese Restaurant KIBOU launches stunning spring/summer menu

Review: Japanese Restaurant KIBOU launches stunning spring/summer menu

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


Eating Out: Cambridge flammekueche brand Amelie arrives in Suffolk

Eating Out: Cambridge flammekueche brand Amelie arrives in Suffolk

Eating Out: Cambridge flammekueche brand Amelie arrives in Suffolk

16 May 2025

Cambridge flammekueche brand Amelie arrives in Suffolk - taking up alfresco residency at Wyken’s The Leaping Hare. . .


Five Global Flavours: The best Cambridge restaurants to book now

Five Global Flavours: The best Cambridge restaurants to book now

Five Global Flavours: The best Cambridge restaurants to book now

02 May 2025

Planning to dine out this weekend? Cambridge blogger One Two Culinary Stew shares her five favourite restaurants in the city


Recipe: Heatwave causing ice cream cravings? Make your own

Recipe: Heatwave causing ice cream cravings? Make your own

Recipe: Heatwave causing ice cream cravings? Make your own

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


Recipes: Make the ultimate Easter feast

Recipes: Make the ultimate Easter feast

Recipes: Make the ultimate Easter feast

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


Easter Eggs: Behind the scenes at Ely’s change-making chocolate factory

Easter Eggs: Behind the scenes at Ely’s change-making chocolate factory

Easter Eggs: Behind the scenes at Ely’s change-making chocolate factory

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. . .


Food & Drink: Cambridge’s new riverside pub, food festival and Easter events

Food & Drink: Cambridge’s new riverside pub, food festival and Easter events

Food & Drink: Cambridge’s new riverside pub, food festival and Easter events

04 April 2025

Cambridge welcomes the perfect riverside pub, an all-new Food & Drink Week and two tasty Easter events


Tried & Tested: Velvet's verdict on this Easter’s trending chocolate

Tried & Tested: Velvet's verdict on this Easter’s trending chocolate

Tried & Tested: Velvet's verdict on this Easter’s trending chocolate

04 April 2025

Easter would be incomplete without chocolate. Velvet puts a dozen of this year’s top trending treats to the taste-test


Food & Drink Awards: Meet our expert judges from Suffolk and Cambs

Food & Drink Awards: Meet our expert judges from Suffolk and Cambs

Food & Drink Awards: Meet our expert judges from Suffolk and Cambs

28 March 2025

The ribbon has been cut on our super-sized Velvet Food & Drink Awards for 2025. Time to meet the judges


On the Table: Tasty ways to bring spring into the kitchen

On the Table: Tasty ways to bring spring into the kitchen

On the Table: Tasty ways to bring spring into the kitchen

28 March 2025

As spring brings fresh produce to the table, Cambridge Cookery MD Tine Roche embraces the turning of the culinary year


Waste Not Rowen: Saggy salad leaves? Whip up a pesto

Waste Not Rowen: Saggy salad leaves? Whip up a pesto

Waste Not Rowen: Saggy salad leaves? Whip up a pesto

21 March 2025

Bag of sad salad leaves in the fridge? Turn them into a peppy pesto, writes food sustainability advocate Waste Not Rowen


Food News: Dine out for a fiver, book a banquet and join a party. . .

Food News: Dine out for a fiver, book a banquet and join a party. . .

Food News: Dine out for a fiver, book a banquet and join a party. . .

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


Launch: Cambridge turns into Tea Town for Bird & Blend collab

Launch: Cambridge turns into Tea Town for Bird & Blend collab

Launch: Cambridge turns into Tea Town for Bird & Blend collab

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


Five Global Flavours: One Two Culinary Stew shares Cambridge’s best sandwiches

Five Global Flavours: One Two Culinary Stew shares Cambridge’s best sandwiches

Five Global Flavours: One Two Culinary Stew shares Cambridge’s best sandwiches

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. . .


Food: Learn and dine at Cambridge's Ferment & Feast pop-up

Food: Learn and dine at Cambridge's Ferment & Feast pop-up

Food: Learn and dine at Cambridge's Ferment & Feast pop-up

07 February 2025

Proof food can be delicious *and* good for both your gut and the planet, Ferment & Feast comes to Cambridge this month


Nominate Now: Velvet Food & Drink Awards return for 2025

Nominate Now: Velvet Food & Drink Awards return for 2025

Nominate Now: Velvet Food & Drink Awards return for 2025

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


Eating Out: Velvet dines at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge

Eating Out: Velvet dines at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge

Eating Out: Velvet dines at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge

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


Cooking the Seasons: It’s time for root veg to take centre-plate

Cooking the Seasons: It’s time for root veg to take centre-plate

Cooking the Seasons: It’s time for root veg to take centre-plate

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


Event: Cambridge Chocolate Festival is back! Here’s what you need to know

Event: Cambridge Chocolate Festival is back! Here’s what you need to know

Event: Cambridge Chocolate Festival is back! Here’s what you need to know

10 January 2025

Here’s a date for the diary: the fourth Cambridge Chocolate Festival is confirmed for February 15


On the Table: Want to eat well? Put a rainbow on your plate

On the Table: Want to eat well? Put a rainbow on your plate

On the Table: Want to eat well? Put a rainbow on your plate

10 January 2025

As Cambridge Cookery MD Tine Roche explains, the benefits of eating a plant-based rainbow are boundless