01 June 2019
Indie food writer and former TV MasterChef finalist Saira Hamilton on the ingredients that make for a tasty food festival
24 May 2019
James Morrison and Jools Holland concertgoers will be able to dine on Cook Love dishes
22 March 2019
Tim Allen, who took over in early 2018, is taking part in celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park festival when it comes to St Albans.
18 March 2019
Furneux Pelham residents Lucy Bonner and mum Ebe decided only in October to take on their local, the Brewery Tap – and boy have they worked wonders!
15 March 2019
New attractions at this year’s event include The Open Fire BBQ Stage, hosted by online hit Christian Stevenson, aka DJ BBQ.
01 September 2018
Each fortnight in the Indie, in his column entitled Fit To Eat, Mike Williams, owner and personal trainer at MW Fitness at Wickham Hall, samples Bishops Stortfords restaurant and cafe scene to produce a guide to guilt-free eating out. This week it was the turn of Coffee Corner
27 July 2018
Herts and Essex Community Farm is bringing people together once again with its fifth annual festival.
06 July 2018
Get out in the sunshine and sample delicious food and drink to raise money for Grove Cottage at the Festival of Flavour on Sunday (July 8).
18 June 2018
Down Hall Hotel and Spa, Bishop's Stortford's most local stately home, is set in 110 acres of woodland, parkland and landscaped gardens with an intriguing royal connection.
03 March 2018
A beer, cider and food festival is coming to Bishop's Stortford this spring bank holiday.
14 February 2018
Food writer Saira Hamilton, the 2013 TV MasterChef finalist from Sawbridgeworth, has come up with a Valentines Day three-course meal especially for Indie readers (two at a time, of course) thats both light and easy to pull off
20 January 2018
Celebrity chefs James Martin and John Torode are on the menu for the Essex Fine Food Show.
06 January 2018
Three siblings, who were once fussy eaters, have uncovered their talent for creative cooking, thanks to their three-year-old French bulldog, Freddie.
29 November 2017
Festivities commence in Bishop's Stortford on Saturday with the return of the annual Christmas fayre.
28 October 2017
Autumn is a great time of year for food lovers. Most chefs will say it is their favourite time of year, because of the wonderful variety of ingredients that are in season: apples, squash, celeriac, kale, wild mushrooms, chard, parsnips, cabbage, Brussel sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes and, the chef's most precious commodity, truffles.
03 October 2017
Full control of Bishop's Stortford's historic market is finally set to be granted to the town council.
