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SmokeWorks, Cambridge
We recently had the pleasure of visiting SmokeWorks in Cambridge, as they had kindly invited us to come and check it out. So it was a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a trip to Cambridge to combine food and culture, who doesn’t love a trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum?
As many parents will know, it is always hard to find a restaurant that caters for everyone’s tastes. On this occasion, it was two adults and five kids, ranging in age from 7 – 14, with one veggie.
Networking why?
I am often asked why I started Grub Club Cambridge and the answer is simple. I was feed up of going to networking events that were full of life coaches and accountants (nothing against either of them). I wanted to go to networking events that served wonderful food and were specifically focused on the food industry. Having worked in the food industry for a number of years I felt that there was a gap in the market for our events.
Brampton Mill’s Stylish Refurbishment
We were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the stunning new refurbished at Brampton Mill. Not only that, we also got to sample the new seasonal menu. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it!
The refurbishment includes an extensive makeover of both the interior and exterior areas. The charm of the 500-year old pub has been retained with many of its original features, and of course, that eye-catching fully functioning mill wheel still takes pride of place. The new look is modern, stylish and contemporary, and has kept the same welcoming warmth, whether you’re visiting for a winter evening meal or a summer drink with friends.
Post-Event Round Up – Love Food, Love Networking
What a fantastic start to our networking year, with our first event at Provenance Kitchen’s new Brix & Mortar restaurant in Whittlesford. They only opened their doors on the 22nd of January, and it is not hard to see why they are already the talk of the town!
Putting Meal Boxes to the Test
With convenience on the rise, people have less time to spend in the kitchen cooking up nutritious meals. As a result, meal kits have grown dramatically over the last few years and are predicted to grow even further in 2019 as consumers become time poor, yet want to ensure they are eating well. Brands such as Hello Fresh have been in the market the longest, but we have recently seen the explosion of meal kits from other brands, with Waitrose launching their version in 2018. With this rising trend, we thought it was time to review some home delivery meal kits, ranging from meat, vegetable and vegan based meals. Read on to see which dishes really impressed.
Veganuary in and around Cambridgeshire
Right guys, it is time to down the mince pies, and attempt to follow some kind of vaguely healthy eating pattern again.
For a while now the craze of Veganuary has flooded through the nation, starting in 2014.
Following a vegan diet has become increasingly more popular, due to new generations wanting to follow a more sustainable lifestyle.
With this new wave has come new food vendors and establishments, particularly in Cambridgeshire.
Below we wanted to give you a few little tips of some great places we love to go and eat tasty vegan treats in!
Jersey’s Homegrown Food & Drink
The GCC team love to travel and explore, and funnily enough, food and drink are very much involved in these adventures.
Vhari has recently visited Jersey and thoroughly enjoyed exploring the island and trying the homegrown food and drink it has to offer.
If you are heading to Jersey be sure to pay these places a visit and sample the food and drink delights they have to offer.
Masons Gin
The lovely team at Yorkshire based distillery Masons, kindly sent us a bottle of gin.
With Grub Club Cambridge over the last four years, we have sampled a number of gins and as a team, are always keen to try another one as we are working our way through the 101 Gins To Try Before You Die by Ian Buxton.
September Event Round Up
What a fantastic evening we had at Bohemia in St Neots last Thursday, celebrating British Food Fortnight and our 4th Birthday. We devoured the 10-course British inspired tapas menu and sipped on a delightful Roundwood Gin as we networked with like-minded food-related businesses at our first ever standing event!!
Mayo just got even better….
We’ve been great fans of Foraging Fox for some time now – we love how their innovation in flavour really excites the condiments sector. Since launching the multi award-winning Beetroot Ketchups in 2015, Foraging Fox has gone from strength to strength, and 2018 has been a very exciting year as they launched their first range of three natural flavoured mayos.