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Afternoon Tea: Three tiers of bliss and fine fairway views at The Belfry

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:01:00 GMT

APART from the championship golf courses, there is an attraction at the Belfry which the chef has got down to a tee.

Birmingham Mail Top Ten: The city's favourite foods

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:47:00 GMT

Here is the Birmingham Mail's Top Ten foods traditionally enjoyed by people in Birmingham. The list was compiled by food critic Paul Fulford. Do you agree with his choices? What has he missed?

Chef at Birmingham restaurant Lasan named UK curry chef of the year

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:24:00 GMT

A Birmingham chef has been named Chef of the Year at the British Curry Awards.

How to raise money while eating Birmingham's 5,000 calorie breakfast in Kitts Green

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Mail food writer PAUL FULFORD finds his eyes are bigger than his tummy when he takes on the mother of all fry-ups

Food and Drink: Michelin-star standards at Purnell's bar

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:39:00 GMT

THE intricacies, invention and craftsmanship displayed by Glynn Purnell’s food at the restaurant that carries his surname is what’s earned him his Michelin star.

Food and Drink: Chef Aaron thinks outside the box

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:32:00 GMT

YOU’VE just been handed a box of mystery ingredients and been given 15 minutes to invent an eye-catching dish that will impress a veteran chef lecturer, a food marketing expert and a restaurant critic.

Food and Drink: The team of blind chefs with a secret or two

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:13:00 GMT

IT’S the most unusual pop-up restaurant of the year – staffed by blind chefs.

Food and Drink: Aktar's all set for People's Banquet

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:14:00 GMT

WHEN it comes to TV cooking competitions, Birmingham’s Aktar Islam can’t stop winning.

Food and Drink: Waiting is over for fine dining at Weston

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:00:00 GMT

THE stately home of Weston Park on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border is renowned for the handful of times a year it serves up food in its historic dining room.

Food and Drink: Thank cod! We've got plenty of dab

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:33:00 GMT

CAN the humble dab save the fish world from extinction?

Food and Drink: Full of beans after coffee pilgrimage

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:35:00 GMT

SOPHIE Highfield does not do things by half.

Food and Drink: New service is hot on halal curries

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:04:00 GMT

DELICIOUS “home-style” halal curries are being prepared at the first catering outlet of its type in Birmingham.

Food and Drink: Claire makes Villa top of the chocs

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:24:00 GMT

ON the face of it, a starter of salmon and white chocolate sauce would appear to be so wrong, on so many levels, that any sensible diner would reject it.

Food and Drink: If we cooked the royal banquet...

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:17:00 GMT

Cornish crab, spring lamb, a luxury biryani... and perhaps a trifle with Birmingham-made chocolate to finish.

Food and Drink: Ladies swapping cocktails for ales

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:51:00 GMT

REAL ale. Two little words, but pretty potent ones all the same, conjuring up images of hirsute men nursing pints of super-strength ale in a spit and sawdust pub.

Food and Drink: Chef Martyn is to the manor born

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:31:00 GMT

WHEN Martyn Pearn first arrived at the once grand home created on Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel’s estate, it resembled a building site.

Food and Drink: Make a fuss over huss, for cod sake

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:20:00 GMT

I AM being served a delicious banquet of Mediterranean-style dab, roast coley with a shrimp butter and a fragrant curry made from whiting.

Food and Drink: Who could resist a Cocky Blonde?

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:34:00 GMT

HAVE you ever found yourself in a pub drinking Moonshine with a Cocky Blonde?

Food and Drink: Gould sets gold sandard at NEC

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:27:00 GMT

FROM pop princesses to royal princesses, Paul Gould has cooked for them all.

Food and Drink: Culinary greats in meeting of minds

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:10:00 GMT

THE roar from the competition hall is ear-splitting, the cheers accompanied by claxons, whistles and hooters.