Enough with 2010 already, what’s in store for 2011? We predict that the craze for burgers will finally die down and the next logical contender will step up – yes the Doner kebab. The ‘elephant’s leg’ in your local takeaway will be elevated to iconic status by the bloggerati and Twitter will be buzzing with people swapping tips on the best places get your fix.

Just because they are the highest restaurant in London, and now officially one of the best with their first Michelin Star, doesn’t mean Galvin at Windows looks down on the diner on a budget. Look at the ‘Galvin Giveaway!’restaurant manager Fred Sirieix explains to Nick Harman

Douglas Blyde was recently whisked to a Loire so frozen that Charolais cattle couldn’t break ice to quench their thirst. Back in an equally frozen Blighty, his task, from Monnières to Mosnes is to summarise summery wines sipped in foot numbing cellars…

‘Steak, what’s it all about eh? For me eating steak is like watching Miranda on the BBC – a large lump of meat that soon gets boring.’ Nick Harman recalls his favourite eating experiences of 2010. Not the ten best but the best fun. After all, eating out is supposed to be fun isn’t it?

Ready for your January Health drive? New Year, New You? Agua Spa at Sanderson is launching a new spa cuisine package this January where you can get a health-focused meal to complement whichever spa package you go for. Anita Pati went to try it out and found herself feeling a lot better, if still a litle hungry after

Alan King talks with Tony Laithwaite how his interest in wine began, the Laithwaites business and its development from modest beginnings to his becoming, other than supermarkets, the biggest sole wine merchant in the world.

Leiths School of Food and Wine, famed for training professional and amateur chefs alike, has recently launched a new series of evening tasting classes. Qin Xie went to its West London kitchen classroom to try some food and wine matches.

It’s the sixth annual all comers Tapas contest in Valladolid and Nick Harman has got a ringside seat. But as well as watching the three days of cook offs, he finds time to explore more of what this Spanish epicentre of small plate dining has to offer the food loving visitor.

‘When asked to cook something from Adam Byatt’s (Chef Patron at Trinity, Clapham) new book and describe the experience for Foodepedia ex -student Daniel Frank felt a sense of mixed emotions. On the one hand he likes cooking – he spent three years at university forcing experimental ‘soups’ on people – on the other he’s not very good at it.’ Well he certainly got that last bit right.

‘I took a leap of faith. I wanted to get back to my roots, get back to the land and get back to using my hands – so I became a chef”. So begins my chat with Georgia Pellegrini, whose gutsy move to quit her high-flying Lehman Brothers job has certainly paid off. Her much acclaimed first book, Food Heroes was published in September following her hugely successful blog. Foodepedia finally managed to catch up with her, minus her infamous shotgun, on her recent foray – or should that be forage – to Blighty.