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Preston Candover's Purefoy Arms named Good Food Guide Readers’ South East Restaurant of the Year
12:00am Tuesday 14th May 2013
Win a copy of the new book from Great British Bake Off winner John Whaite!
12:00am Thursday 9th May 2013
LAST year, John Whaite was a law student who spent his spare time baking.
REVIEW: La Tasca, Festival Place, Basingstoke
12:00am Monday 22nd April 2013
National award for Hampshire's Gilbert White's Tea Parlour
10:05am Monday 15th April 2013
MasterChef's Greg and John present their Easter favourite - roast lamb
12:00am Monday 25th March 2013
REVIEW: The Bowler's Meatball Cookbook, Jez Felwick, Mitchell Beazley, £16.99
12:00am Monday 18th March 2013
SICK of the same old type of cookbook? Then this fun and innovative tome might be for you.
Queen of home cooking Delia Smith praises the power of baking as therapy
10:59am Wednesday 13th March 2013
REVIEW: Nando's, Festival Place, Basingstoke
12:00am Monday 11th March 2013
Nando’s, Festival Place, Basingstoke, RG21 7BB, 01256 335 477, Nandos.co.uk.
BOOK REVIEW: Paul Hollywood's Bread, Bloomsbury, £20
12:00am Monday 25th February 2013
THERE’S only one master baker - and doesn’t he have the perfect moniker for stardom?!
Michel Roux Jr talks to Diana Pilkington about souffles, his new cookery school, the horsemeat scandal and the revival of the BBC's Food and Drink
12:00am Monday 25th February 2013
Yotam Ottolenghi returns to TV screens at the weekend
1:05pm Wednesday 20th February 2013
REVIEW: The Clandestine Cake Club Cookbook, Quercus, released February 14
3:02pm Monday 11th February 2013
REVIEW: Red Lion Hotel, Basingstoke
12:00am Monday 4th February 2013
The Gazette's Helen Morton is more than satisfied by her hearty lunch in the Top of the Town venue.
REVIEW: Zizzi Ristorante, London Street, Basingstoke
1:00pm Wednesday 30th January 2013
CHIEF reporter Emily Roberts samples the fare in Zizzi on a busy Friday night.
Vaughan Collins earns An Honest Crust as an artisan baker
10:35am Monday 21st January 2013
A FORMER engineer, sailing instructor and carpenter has launched a new business as an artisan baker.
Basingstoke trio's new FlavaS pop up restaurants are proving a big hit
2:05pm Wednesday 21st November 2012
A NEW Basingstoke “pop-up” restaurant is proving incredibly ‘pop’- ular.
REVIEW: Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi, Ebury RRP £27
1:47pm Wednesday 21st November 2012
REVIEW: The Conservatory Restaurant, The Hilton Hotel, Black Dam, Basingstoke
6:30am Monday 8th October 2012
REVIEW: Turrmeric's, The Bramley Inn, The Street, Bramley
12:00am Monday 1st October 2012
Turmeric’s, The Bramley Inn, The Street, Bramley, RG26 5BT, Tel: 01256 882506, Turmerics.co.uk
REVIEW: The Plough Inn, Longparish, Hampshire
12:00am Monday 3rd September 2012
The Plough Inn, Longparish, Andover, Hampshire SP11 6PB. Tel: 01264 720 358. www.theploughinn.info
REVIEW: Little Frankie's, Basingstoke Leisure Park
2:33pm Tuesday 28th August 2012
REVIEW: Cafe Rouge, Winchester Street, Basingstoke
12:00am Monday 20th August 2012
THE Gazette's leisure editor samples the fare at the Top of Town French chain.
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