Curry classes on the menu as new Indian restaurant launches to complement spice import business

A new Indian restaurant will open in Hull this week and launch a first for the region with ingredients sourced direct from India and cookery tuition from award-winning chefs. Tapasya Spices & Kitchen has been fitted out to the standards set by Mukesh Tirkoti and his teams at two other Tapasya restaurants in Hull. But the new venue is not connected to the previous ventures and has been set up...

Pint-sized beer garden pulls in the punters during lockdown

Is this the smallest pub beer garden in East Yorkshire? Or even in the UK? The cosy table for two has formed part of a lockdown lifeline for the Hop & Vine, with landlord Tony Garrett (above) welcoming customers – and dogs – by appointment only to the cellar bar in Albion Street, Hull. Delivery and collection services have kept things ticking over during the months when customers were unable...

City centre food hall project set for summertime launch

The community-driven HoH Food Hall project is progressing well, organisers have said, with the attraction set to open this summer, offering a vibrant mix of dining, organic grocery, retail, food, music and culture. The food hall will support local producers, growers, makers and bakers, and has been curated by food and beverage expert Des McDonald to deliver a dynamic and unique food-driven...

Tapasya Spices partnership helps Dee Bee kickstart food service

A new spice importing business has joined forces with a long-established food wholesaler in a distribution partnership that is gearing up to support the hospitality sector as it bounces back from lockdown. Tapasya Spices has added Dee Bee Wholesale to its expanding ranks of distributors as it works to deliver its exclusive range of spices, rice and pulses to retailers and hospitality businesses...

City centre sandwich shop keeping regulars well fed with lockdown recipe boxes

A sandwich shop that has been feeding business people and shoppers in Hull city centre for more than 20 years is set to expand its range of food after the success of its lockdown specials. Relish, which marked its 20th anniversary in Silver Street just before the first lockdown forced a temporary closure in March 2020, has been filling in the time with the launch of its Little Weighton Kitchen...