As a roving writer on the country fine dining scene in and around Oxford, The Killingworth Castle in Wootton near Woodstock has been a consistent favourite of mine for the last two years. Finally "The Killy" has been rightly recognised on the biggest stage of all for the UK gastropub world. The Killingworth Castle has this week just been named the top pub in Oxfordshire .... … [Read more...]
Interview: Halima the baker
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...]