Devon


<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/rosemoor/food-drink/the-garden-restaurant">The Garden Restaurant</a>, RHS Rosemoor, Great Torrington</h2>



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<p>No self-respecting RHS garden is without a tonne of homegrown produce and RHS Rosemoor is no exception. The Garden Restaurant&#8217;s menu changes every two weeks, using fruit and veg freshly picked from the greenhouses, fruit trees and bean-covered wigwams of their kitchen gardens. On the menu for autumn? Exmoor beef brisket with caramelised garden shallots and port jus on local roasted squash, Salmon and prawns with a creamy garden spinach and white wine sauce with crunchy cheddar and hedgerow cobnut crumb and roasted pumpkin roulade for the veggies. Seasonal and some.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://heron-farm.co.uk/vineyard-kitchen/">Vineyard Kitchen</a>, Heron Farm Vineyard, Honiton</h2>



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<p>Not content to stop at a grape harvest, here they source much of the produce on the menu fresh from their kitchen gardens. Thanks to their plentiful orchards they also grow a huge range of their own nuts, apples and soft fruits. Go for afternoon tea, Sunday lunch or book a vineyard tour (until end October) for a tasting of their award-winning wine.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-riverford-field-kitchen-buckfastleigh"><a href="https://fieldkitchen.riverford.co.uk/about-us/">Riverford Field Kitchen</a>, Buckfastleigh</h2>



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<p>Devon’s best known organic farm and veg box purveyor serves up organically grown veg from polytunnels just a few feet from its contemporary eatery. Tuck into veg-centric sharing plates of seasonal salads and veg, on long tables next to rustic walls decked out with sheaves of dried flowers and Riverford books. Food is made to order to avoid waste, so booking is essential. Now&#8217;s a great time to go, when you can sit on a sunny terrace with your homemade lemonade or zingy shrub before you&#8217;re called in. Plus, it&#8217;s a chance to get tips the Riverford chefs &#8211; and head gardener Penny Hemming runs regular workshops and courses here. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.rivercottage.net/kitchen-store">River Cottage Kitchen &amp; Store</a>, Axminster</h2>



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<p>Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s new daytime kitchen located at his Axminster HQ replaces the town centre eatery in a lean-to barn with a large terrace overlooking the Blackdown Hills, perfect for soaking up the sun. The menu channels the campaigning chef’s wel-known foodie passions, including home-grown organic food, reducing meat intake, sustainably caught fish and healthy eating. Buy their home-grown honey straight from the HQ apiary in the store. You can&#8217;t view the gardens unless you&#8217;re here to do a course, but you can walk the grassy slope for a view of the iconic white farmhouse down in the valley. <a href="https://devon.muddystilettos.co.uk/eat-out/restaurants/review-river-cottage-kitchen-store-axminster/">Read the Muddy review</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.lewtrenchard.co.uk">Lewtrenchard Manor</a>, Okehampton</h2>



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<p>A fine dining flavour of the West Country served up in a historic, family-run manor on the edge of Dartmoor. Head chef David works with head gardener Martin Ashley to create a daily-changing three-course Table d’Hote or Tasting menu, such as quail with butternut squash and and spelt for starters, followed by Devon venison with beetroot gnocchi. You can also make a stay of it in a luxury rooms with four posters or a sleigh bed, and countryside views over the gardens, hills and woodland. They also host themed events, from an Autumn Jazz Lunch on 26 Nov to Christmas wreath workshops.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.thepighotel.com/at-combe/">The PIG at Combe</a>, Gittisham</h2>



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<p>Considered by local gardeners to be the best of the bunch, The PIG at Combe has three walled kitchen gardens you can wander around with your pre-dinner cocktail. They grow a whopping range of veg and herbs, including some you won&#8217;t have heard of, to serve up in their 25-mile menu which also includes fish from the nearby coast, local-reared meats and Devonshire cheese. Don’t miss The Walled Garden Wanderings&#8217; free kitchen garden tours &#8211; every last Friday of the month at 11am (book on 01404 <a href="mailto:540400/events@thepigatcombe.com">540400/events@thepigatcombe.com</a>). </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://outside-devon.com">Outside Devon</a>, Bantham</h2>



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<p>This quirky new daytime cafe and skate park, close to the iconic Bantham beach, are raising homegrown salads and veg in their embryonic veg garden and polytunnels, and using only trusted local producers for everything else. The world-inspired menu of brunch and lunches changes regularly, according to what produce is growing on the farm. Read the <a href="https://devon.muddystilettos.co.uk/eat-out/cafes/review-outside-devon-bantham/">Muddy review</a>, open Weds &#8211; Saturday only.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.gidleigh.co.uk/events-diary">Gidleigh Park</a>, Chagford</h2>



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<p>If you fancy taking things up a notch, Gidleigh Park has newly snaffled a Michelin Star thanks to Head Chef Chris Eden&#8217;s inspired use of ingredients grown in the grounds of this Tudor-style hotel. Expect seasonal, flavour-driven dishes, including Vulscombe goat cheese and spelt Agnolotti, garden salads with heirloom tomato rounded off with “Thunder and Lightning” tart, saffron jelly and ginger beer. For the full homegrown works, spoil yourself with a stay in one of their luxury rooms, each named for the local Dartmoor tors.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.dartsfarm.co.uk/eat-drink/the-farm-table">The Farm Table</a>, Clyst St George, Topsham</h2>



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<p>A real farm-to-table dining experience, Darts Farm’s newest eatery is all about taking food from the farm and into the fire, celebrating the simplicity of beautiful ingredients grown, reared, caught and crafted right on their doorstep. The menu changes regularly to reflect the seasons using what is bountiful in the fields, and if it’s not from their own farm it’s from their vibrant community of like-minded artisan food producers, farmers and fishermen who share their passion for seasonality and sustainability. Harvest delights include Grilled Crown Prince Squash with Graceburn Cheese, Roasted Darts Celeriac or Damson Polenta Cake.</p>


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