Browns Hotel - Dartmoor Devon Visitor Information

Coming soon..........

Welcome to Browns Hotel Food School

After much consideration and huge amounts of planning we are pleased to announce a series of fabulous courses to be held at Browns Hotel – Tavistock. We are aiming to be more than just a cookery school, we want to tell the complete story of food.........

We are delighted to be offering a series of cooking, gardening and foraging courses, as well as bread making, charcuterie and other artisan skills. Join us for demonstrations, tastings, talks and full-day classes.

Artisan Cookery Skills - Charcuterie, Bread Making, Bottling and Preserving, Cheese making.
Fish and Shellfish - A collection of classes teaching you how to buy, prepare and cook the fabulous array of fresh fish and shellfish available from around our shores and rivers
Seasonal Cooking - Our signature series is Inspired by the changing seasons and what is delicious to cook, eat and enjoy right now. These are full on, hands on classes.
World Class Food - Thai, Italian, Spanish, Middle Eastern, Greek.......... Exotic and wonderful, be inspired by cooking from around the world
Talk Eat Drink – Kitchen suppers - Our informal evening demonstration classes include a tasting supper and loads of inspiring tips from our chefs.
Dinner Party Menus - These short day demonstration classes focus on a seasonal three course meal, ideal for easy, tasty entertaining.
Country cooking for Children - Designed not only to teach children how to cook, but to give them an insight into how food is grown and produced.
Basic Cookery Skills - A range of classes teaching essential skills and kitchen confidence.
Call of the Wild “Foraging” - Explore nature's wild larder with our resident forager and wild food expert and cook,
Gardening Series - A range of practical classes and lectures which will lead you through the year, what to sow and grow, when, where and how.

Wine Tasting Supper Events

Wines of Argentine and Chile Thursday 21st July, 2011 at 7pm

The wines of Chile and Argentina have now firmly established themselves, not only wines of great quality, diversity and dependability but also very food compatible. The perception of wine South America is that their style falls between the often restrained elegance of the classic European wines and the slightly more exaggerated and dramatic ‘New World style’ combine this with their amazing value and one can see how they are starting to dominate in a very competitive market.

To that end we are delighted to have secured the highly knowledgeable and very enthusiastic skills of Johnny Bingham of Jackson Nugent Wine Agencies. Johnny will not only guide us through the wines of Chile and Argentina, but also offer a fascinating insight into current developments of wine making trends in South America.

The evening will start at 7pm prompt for a pre-dinner extensive Tutored Wine Tasting followed by a sumptuous four course set dinner accompanied by further compatible wines.

Booking is essential as the word is out already!

Price £45.00 per person
Price Inclusive of VAT, excluding Service Charge

An Evening with Jo Caulfield

It's more good news for fans of comedy in Devon……………………..

All-round funny women Jo Caulfield will be bringing her latest tour, to Browns Hotel – Tavistock Joe’s trade mark musical interludes, observations and stories of the road, with barely contained rants about celebrity……

Renowned as “one of the finest female comics at work” (The Observer), where you will be served the culinary delights Browns Hotel is renowned for enjoying a seasonal three course meal with flights of wine all for only £45.50 per person.

Jo Caulfield is best-known for her legendary one-woman shows, and has recently been nominated as “the best female Stand-Up in the country” (Chortle.co.uk). She is also Graham Norton’s head writer. “She is, quite simply, a damn funny woman” (The Scotsman). “Many of the points Jo Caulfield makes about the human condition would have sociologists stroking their beards in admiration, but her audience tend to be laughing too much to notice. Do not miss her.” (The Times).

Seating for the three course set supper accompanied by flights of wine which have been selected to compliment the cuisine commences at 19:30hrs Tickets are now on sale – book online now

The Best South West Restaurants

Browns Hotel is listed in The best South West Restaurants in the Trencherman's Guide.

The Trencherman's Guide 2011-2012 is now out, and packed with all you need to know about eating at the South West's top restaurants. We are delighted to have received a listing in this year’s prestigious Trencherman’s Guide. A “who’s who” of restaurants in the South West the guide lists

Described by The Sunday Telegraph's Stella restaurant critic Zoe Williams as, 'Your trusty satnav: utterly accurate and bang up to date,' it's the only dining guide that's dedicated to eating in the South West and that restaurants can't buy their way into.

Entry's by invitation only, and restaurants have to meet a strict criteria to be included. Known as the "insiders' guide", the Trencherman's Guide is highly-respected within the industry. Now in its 19th year, it's been developed in recent years under the expert eye of two-Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines.

This year's guide is better than ever, with over 100 restaurants featured, and a new section for up-and-coming restaurants.

We would like to say an enormous "thank you" to all the team here who's hard work has made this possible. To view our listing in the guide please click on the button below.

Al Fresco Wine Tasting Supper Events

Browns Hotel & Charles Steevenson Wines - Wine Tasting.

Taking place in The Courtyard - summer supper, extensive wine tasting & music Thursday 11th August 2011 at 7pm.

The weather for August is looking promising, and our Al fresco music suppers are commencing. Join us 11th August 2011 at Browns Hotel in Tavistock for an extensive yet casual tasting of seasonal wine followed by a delicious light summer supper, the first of what we hope will be many Al Fresco Wine Club events, with live music from Daniel Kemish and an al fresco summer supper in our walled courtyard.

Browns Hotel - Tavistock and Charles Steevenson Wines have teamed up, keen to organise a series of casual wine and food evenings, A golden opportunity to sample the latest Charles Steevenson latest arrivals and new vintages in the most congenial surroundings with a chance to taste some excellent light summer dishes paired with stunning wines, without the stuffiness normally associated with a wine dinner.

Over the coming summer months, we will be organising a variety of wine evenings, always keeping it casual and fun, but letting our passion for food and wine shine through. Steevenson Wines will be accompanied by visiting winemakers, as well as Charles being around for informative and entertaining chats about the wine, and their combinations. We welcome constructive feedback and suggestions for future events - let us know what you would like to eat / taste!

All the above dishes will be starter size, or large tapas size. The cost for the evening will be £20.00 per person, including all food,wine and entertainment.

Booking is essential as the word is out already!

Make the most of Browns Hotel and 22 Mill Street Restaurant
this Summer

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