Feb

Work has started on a new and exciting, fine dining Indian restaurant in Mere Green. Formally Pier 39, the new restaurant located on Lichfield Road will be called Bhujon Cocktail Bar and Dining, and will open its doors in April 2012 creating 15 permanent jobs. A whopping £50,000 worth of investment has been injected into the new venue which is designed to...

Oct

Congratulations are in order for Rosie Clark, who has won the top prize in the hunt for the county’s signature dish with her Leicestershire Loaves. She says of the win: “I am delighted that my recipe is Leicestershire’s Signature Dish. It’s an absolute honour and I am so proud to have represented the county in this way. Leicestershire has so much to...

Jan

Celebrity Chef Alan Coxon shares one of his favourite Winter-warmer recipes with us. Served piping hot and full of spice and flavour these apples are gorgeous after a long walk with the dogs or after a hard day at work. INGREDIENTS: 4 small cooking apples 25g butter 50g sultanas (roughly chopped) 50g mixed dried peel (roughly chopped) 50g hazelnuts (roughly...