This table could be yours…
Join us in celebrating the 2026 Exmoor Food Fest with our Grand Final Gala Dinner:
6 outstanding local chefs.
5 courses (vegetarian options available).
Welcome Drink (Wicked Wolf Gin)
Digestif (Scape Goat Rum).
17 March 2025
Croydon Hall, Felons Oak, Rodhuish, Minehead TA24 6QT
£89.00 per person regular price.
£71.20 per person for MIBs (20% discount)
We’re delighted to confirm that Werner Hartholt will be the sixth chef involved in the Gala Dinner which is the Grand Final of the 2026 Exmoor Food Fest. Werner hosted the very Exmoor Food Fest launch when we started in 2015, and is now working as a Freelance Chef and Culinary Consultant.
Fancy joining us on 17 March as a group? We have a couple of tables available at a special discount. If you book a table of 8, tickets per head are only £72.00.
And for those who want to treat the woman in their lives with an evening out: Use code MOTHERSDAY in the checkout!
Join us for an Exmoor Indulgence – 5 courses, prepared by six Exmoor chefs, complete with welcome drink, digestif and entertainment.
17 March 2026 | 7 for 7.30pm | Croydon Hall |
5 courses | Welcome drink | £89.00 per person
(10% discount if you book with coupon MOTHERSDAY)
🔥Special offer: Book a whole table of 8 for £576.00 – that’s £72.00 per person) 🔥
Welcome Drink
Sponsored by Wicked Wolf
Amuse-Bouche (Werner Hartholt)
Starter (Olivier Certain)
Exmoor venison carpaccio, plum, celeriac
Fish (Carla Jones & Aidan Forward, Farmers Arms)
Appledore cod.
Cod caramel – hazelnut fricassee – Castlefranco sauce
Main (Luke Nunn)
Creedy Carver duck breast, rhubarb ketchup and orange buttered fresh chicory leaves, finished with a rich chicken jus
Vegetarian option
Broham cauliflower risotto, walnuts
Dessert (Jade Shorney)
Orchard Amble & Cyder_
Somerset apple, west country Cyder, hedgerow berries, honey and oat.
Digestif
Sponsored by Scape Goat Rum
Join us for an Exmoor Indulgence – 5 courses, prepared by Exmoor chefs, complete with welcome drink, digestif and entertainment.
17 March 2026 | 7 for 7.30pm | Croydon Hall |
5 courses | Welcome drink | £89.00 per person
(10% discount if you book before the end of 28 February with coupon EARLYBIRD)
Welcome Drink
Sponsored by Wicked Wolf
Amuse Bouche
Starter (Olivier Certain)
Exmoor venison carpaccio, plum, celeriac
Fish (Carla Jones & Aidan Forward, Farmers Arms)
Appledor cod.
Cod caramel – hazelnut fricassee – Castlefranco sauce
Main (Luke Nunn)
Creedy carver duck breast, rhubarb ketchup and orange buttered fresh chicory leaves, finished with a rich chicken jus
Vegetarian option
Broham cauliflour risotto, walnuts
Dessert (Jade Shorney)
Orchard Amble & Cyder_
Somerset apple, west country Cyder, hedgerow berries, honey and oat.
Digestif
Sponsored by Scape Goat Rum
The Exmoor Food Fest turns 10 in February 2025, and we’ll be marking the start of the 100-day-countdown with an exclusive dinner at the beautiful and recently refurbished Croydon Hall near Minehead.
There are only a limited number of tickets left, so better be quick to avoid missing out on what’s going to be a truly unique event.
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
7pm for 7.30pm
10 outstanding local chefs are going to vow our guests with 10 amazing courses throughout a very special evening.
Chefs confirmed so far:
We are excited to also showcase one of the students from West Somerset College, Lucy Bowden, who took part in the launch of the very first Exmoor Food Fest in 2014 and now runs her own in kitchen at a venue in Cornwall.
It has just been confirmed that students from Foxes Hotel will be joining us as well – they are in charge of the pre-dessert and they will also assist with Front of House!
There are only a couple of tables left. Get your tickets here:
