Food&Drink

An award-winning distillery and cocktail bar is opening at Sunny Bank Mills, the iconic Yorkshire mill complex at Farsley between Leeds and Bradford. John Robert’s Botanic Request is moving into the mill’s historic Twisting building, which is currently being comprehensively renovated. The cocktail bar, called the Test Bar,

Yorkshire-headquartered brewery Zapato is anticipating its highest performing year to date – having invested a £30,000 sum across the business, growing its workforce, and carrying out an extensive refurbishment of its headquarters in Marsden. Boasting its very own tap room, beer garden and ‘Zottleshop’ at the Huddersfield HQ – along with

After an incredible opening summer which saw Green Room fast become the place to be in central Leeds, the award-winning independent bar and social space is poised to unveil its brand-new Winter Garden. Opening on Friday 21st October, the launch coincides with the release of an expanded menu created to

Bradford’s Green Street has secured funding to trial a returnable cups and food packaging scheme in the city, working in partnership with local cafes and restaurants. One of the UK’s leading champions of sustainable retailing, Green Street was awarded a six-figure grant from the £1.4m Bring It

A new collaboration which aims to reduce the city’s carbon footprint through food has been announced by Leeds City Council, the University of Leeds and FoodWise Leeds. Around 10% of the UK’s carbon emissions can be linked to the food we eat or waste, with every part of

The owners of the Wild Swan, the historic 19th century inn at Minskip, near Boroughbridge, have hired one of Yorkshire’s most talented chefs. Alex Bond and Stephen Lennox, who bought the Wild Swan last year, have heralded the arrival of chef Paul Murphy as the start of a new

Whitby Distillery, the producers of the award-winning Whitby Gin, have underlined their commitment to the planet with a £5,000 donation to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The donation will support the Trust’s Give Seas A Chance campaign, which seeks to protect and restore Yorkshire's incredible seascape. Yorkshire Wildlife