In business since 1999, which makes them quite old in gin terms, Martin Miller is in fact three friends, Andreas Versteegh, David Bromige and Martin Miller. They create the spirit in the Black Country before shipping it off to Iceland for dilution and bottling.

Is blended whisky necessarily worse than single malt? What types of whisky go into a blend? Alex Ozga attends a whisky blending workshop to have his questions answered.

Marcus attends a dinner with wine expert Olly Smith at the Hotel du Vin, and finds his warm eccentricity just as enjoyable as the wine.

Alan Kingsbury gets caught up in ‘tapas frenzy’ during the week of the Spanish National Tapas Competition in the gastronomic city of Valladolid.

The Loving Excellence website is a drool wish list,  online ordering is straightforward and there’s still time to take delivery and have a very excellent Christmas. We take a taste.

How does one go about the daunting task of reinventing a 120-resturant business from the ground up? Alex Ozga has lunch with Theo Randall and the bigwigs of ASK Italian to find out.

Deepest Highgate was darkest too that night. And rainy and shot through with the kind of cold winds that are fantastic help if you ever wish to forget you have a nose and toes, but pretty unwelcome assistance if you’ve any other goal in mind. This was the first time a vineyard had invited me to its birthday,

Ever wondered what really goes on in the Saturday Kitchen? Nick Harman gets an invite to watch from behind a camera and finds a show that really is as fun as it looks.

Do you lust after James Martin? Does seeing how fast your favourite chef can make a three egg omelette make you squirm with excitement? Cactus Kitchens, who produce BBC One’s Saturday morning primetime food show, have opened their studios up to normal punters like you and I for their Taste of Saturday Kitchen experience.

His name is spoken with a tone of hushed reverie amongst the culinary cognoscenti. On Sunday, the acclaimed Rene Redzepi, founder of the two Michelin star Noma in Copenhagen, was in Islington’s Almeida Theatre to give a talk about his new book.