* Wilderness Cookery School is collaborating with Daylesford this year, based on its love for organic food and artisanal skills and its ability to create stunning, seasonal dishes. The August festival weekend will again be brimming with a programme of talks, demonstrations, workshops and practical cookery sessions.
Here is a glimpse of what’s to come: Food To Make You Happy, The Footprint Of Food, Under-16’s Healthy Food, the DIY Feast, Selecting And Cooking The Perfect Steak, Smoke, Cure, Hang with Ole Hansen, Artisan Bread Making, The Market Garden, The Secrets Of Cooking, Hydrating drinks, plus Great British Surf And Turf: Venison And Crayfish.
wildernessfestival.com/programme/wilderness-cookery-school
* The Fishes in North Hinksey is introducing its spring Menu Tasting on Tuesday, priced £35pp. Head chef Mathias, will talk you through each of the dishes and share some of his secrets so you can even practise them yourselves at home. Includes a three-course tasting menu with wine pairings.
Or get down there for Mother's Day on March 15 for brunch until 11am, or the Sunday lunch Mother’s Day set menu: £22 for two courses, or three courses for £26. To book, call the Team on 01865 249796.
* Turl Street Kitchen’s head chef won a bidding auction for the first bunch of asparagus, paying £230 for the privilege, which goes towards St Michael’s Hospice in Hereford. The restaurant was also awarded three stars by the Sustainable Restaurant Association or the SRA, the highest accolade.
* The Rickety Press has officially begun the breakfast shift. The doors will now be open from 9am daily, serving breakfast and brunch until midday. Also on offer is the option to take away some awesome Malawi wood-roast coffee and a choice of gluttonous breakfast burgers and buns available from the new breakfast menu.
For the last two weeks of February, the Jericho pub is also offering 50 per cent off the entire breakfast bill. This half-price deal celebrates the introduction of what should quickly become one of the best places to get breakfast in Oxford.
The Rickety Breakfast stays true to the traditional Full English; boasting Gloucester sausage, streaky bacon, eggs any style, smoky baked beans & sourdough toast. Or enjoy the breakfast burgers & buns section.
Diners in search of something a little more virtuous can enjoy poached eggs on toast, homemade granola or muesli.
01865 424581 or thericketypress.com
* Orwells in Shiplake, near Henley-on-Thames, has been shortlisted for an award by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA).
Run by chefs Ryan Simpson and Liam Trotman, winners will be announced in February.
The award shortlisting comes only months after Orwells achieved a three-star rating – the highest possible from the SRA.
Simpson said: “To reach the finals of their awards is the icing on the cake.”
* The Royal Oak in Woodstock Road is offering a special burger and a beer for just £9, available all day every Wednesday.
Choices include:- West Country beef burger with crispy pork belly & black pudding, three-cheese beef burger, pork & chorizo burger, and chicken, smoked bacon & avocado burger, among others.
All, of course, are served with onion rings, burger sauce and fries.
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