A Galaxy cookie crumble cookie and a Ferrero Rocher bun? Yes, please! After discovering Halima at the Headington market a few months ago, I had the pleasure of speaking to her one on one to find out more about the business and her passion for baking. Halima set up the business in 2017 and began baking around 2014. She bakes all sorts of delicious sweet treats including … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes at: Lula’s Ethiopian & Eritrean
When did Lula’s first open? The restaurant opened in October 2021, but we’d been doing catering at the Gloucester Green market and other places for over three years before that. Lots of our customers at the market always said it would be lovely to have a place where they could sit down to enjoy the food instead of having it as takeaway or delivery. And thanks to Oxford … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes at: Table 13
We're kicking off our new 'Behind the Scenes' interview series and where better to start than with legendary Georgia, who opened Table 13 during the pandemic. When did Table 13 first open?Table 13 was a project that I have been working on for the past year, throughout lockdown, that came to fruition in 2021. Over the year, I had hosted some soft openings with friends and … [Read more...]
Ethical Eats: The Handlebar Cafe
Another eatery in Oxford taking exceptional strides towards becoming more eco-conscious is The Handle Bar. Celine, the owner, has worked in the hospitality industry for upwards of twenty years. She was helping start and manage other restaurants before she was approached to do some pop-up food in what was previously Zaplins. These went down a storm, and not long after, … [Read more...]
Grilled: a chat with Tess Taylor at Tap Social – with beer to win!
Let's face it COVID-19 has been a right d*** for the hospitality industry. For breweries, it's taken a lot to adapt while still earning a living, or even surviving, in some cases. I had a catch up with Tess Taylor, Founder & Director at Tap Social, to see how they've coped; and to talk about the brighter, redesigned, future. Let's start with some basics. Tap Social … [Read more...]
