Devon is a county entrenched in beautiful countryside, dazzling coastlines and fantastic food. Devon has become a destination for dining, with many of the UK's well known chefs based in the county, from Simon Hulstone to Michael Caines. Here are The Good Food Guide's top picks for dining in Devon.
After a day of exploring the great outdoors, here's our pick of great places in Dartmoor to enjoy a well-earned meal
The search for Britain's best local restaurants is back for 2024 and we've been reading thousands of your nominations as they flood in. Here's a glimpse of the restaurants topping the leaderboard at the halfway mark, but with nominations open until 22nd May, it's all to play for.
Not for nothing was Joyce Molyneux celebrated as a leading chef. Highly acclaimed by The Good Food Guide, and the first female chef in Britain to be awarded a Michelin star (1978), the restaurant she founded and co-owned was at the forefront of modern British cooking in the 1970s and 1980s. The Carved Angel’s very first appearance in the Guide in 1975 gave notice that this was an extraordinary restaurant and it went on to become one of the most famous restaurants in the UK. Joyce Molyneux retired in 1999.
Never mind the falling leaves and the bracing winds, the British seaside remains splendid in autumn. Josh Barrie picks six coastal boltholes from the Guide, each enveloped in fine views and expert cooking.
Exeter is a city encircled by tremendous rurality. Travel south, and there are prime scallops landed daily into Brixham. Head north, east or west, and you will soon arrive at rolling Dartmoor, find a small farm, or hit a keenly traversable coastline replete with cattle and sheep. It is, then, a place within easy reach of great ingredients, and in the city’s culinary landscape it is being increasingly turned into something memorable. Here, the West Country's Mark Taylor earmarks numerous establishments worth visiting.
