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A group of people around th etable on one of the Best Food Tours in the U.K. Guests are enjoying tapas on Chester on a Plates Food Tour

Food Tours Chester – UK Mini-Breaks

The Best Food Tours In The U.K. 📌SAVE THIS FOR YOUR NEXT UK FOODIE MINI-BREAK Summer is officially here, and if you’re planning a weekend getaway, we’ve just sorted your itinerary. Meet B.I.T.E (British Independent Tours for Eats)—a collective of passionate, independent food tour owners across the UK who believe the best way to discover […]

Chester Racecourse with the horses racing off around the bend photographed from behind. Chester races is a wonderful spectacle and there are lots of places to eat and drink after watching your horse and jockey first past the finish post

Restaurants Near Chester Racecourse 2026

Where Will You Eat Before and After Chester Race? Chester races is a real occasion, so find the best restarants near Chester racecourse before they book up! Chester Racecourse is the smallest in the UK with a wicked left-hand bend. It brings the crowds from far and wide and has now well and truly kicked […]

Grosvenor Open Air Theatre 2026 the image shows the Chester outdoor theatre in the round which has the stage centrally surrounded by deckchairs and the wooden steps for seats.

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre in Chester 2026

A Summer to savour – Open Air Theatre in Grosvenor Park 2026 Every year I look forward to the Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre in Chester. It’s been an institution since 2010 when the Chester Performs Theatre Company first put on Much A Do About Nothing in the Grade 2 Green Listed Grosvenor Park. In […]

Elegant table set with fine dining for Mother’s Day at a restaurant in Chester.

Mothers Day 2026 – Mother’s Day in Chester

Things to do this Mother’s Day in Chester There is no shortage of superb restaurants to treat your mum to this year in Chester. Mother’s Day in Chester will be awash with special deals making everyone’s mum feel special. I’ve booked at Greenhouse in Rufus Court (free glass of fizz). I’m not working on March […]

An image of a silver bowl holding various bottles of sparkling wine, sold by Black Dog Wine agency at the Taste Chester Food Fesrival in 2025. It sits on the serving counter and in the background the co-owner Dave stands inside the gazebo. They will be at the Cheshire and North Wales Food and Drink Festival in Chester

New Cheshire & North Wales Food and Drink Festival

Get your ticket to a world of fabulous food The Taste Cheshire Food Festival has run for decades in Chester, bringing some of the finest food and drink suppliers to our city. The racecourse and Chester castle have both been Chester Food Festival locations. With the new management and a fresh start for this family […]

An image from A Chester on a Plate Food tour's 'Get a Taste of Chester' Food Tour stop. In the photo a spoon can be seen slicing through some delicious looking food in a prestigious independent in Chester. There is a plate of bread in the background and this is a new food tours UK Chester food stop. Maray is also involved in Chester Restaurabt Week in February in Chester

Chester Restaurant Week – Come and Get It!

Fabulous Food, Very Good Value, Incredible Independents – Help Celebrate Chester Restaurant Week If you’re a food lover in the Northwest, you’ll be glad to hear Chester Restaurant Week is back from Sunday 16th to Saturday 22nd February. The very best independent food & drink venues in Chester have come together to show you what they can […]

The image shows a man and woman side by side chinking beer glasses. They are both smiling at the camera. The man is on the right of the photo and wears a cap, he has a white beard and a jacket still zipped up in olive. Next to him his wife has long dark hair and wears a black cardigan with a white blouse with long collara. They sit at a wooden table in a pub ready to eat a mini pie and drink their craft ale on the Chester on a Plate food tour' Get a Taste for Chester' with the upgraded Drinks package. Above them there is a mirror with the word Chester engraved on it. The pub is CAMRA's 'Best Cheshire Pub' 2025 and is based in Chester UK

The Best Pubs in Chester

Winter months in Chester – Head to the best pubs in Chester and get cosy January and February screams pub, and that is something we do not lack in Chester. Whether you’re thinking traditional boozer, modern gastropub, taproom or a quiet place, we have it all in this city. Here’s a whistlestop guide to some […]

The perfect cheese board. The image shows a cheese board in a dimly lit room, it has the background of what looks like a bar behind it and on the cheese board are 3 excellent cheeses including a Cheshire Cheese from Mrs Applebys. The photo was taken before The Cheese and Wine Tour guests on Chester on a PLate's tour were able to eat it and there is a pot of chutney plus a small bunch of green grapes to enjoy, everything is illuminated by a light shining from a lamp

Putting a Spotlight on Local Produce at Christmas – Say Cheshire Cheese!

The New and Old Cheeses of Cheshire I have been so lucky over the years to work with such Cheshire icons as Carole Faulkner, founder of The Cheese Shop Chester. Carol was a farmers daughter and cheese maker since her youth. The first times I saw her easily turning over an enormous round of Cheshire […]

A young snow leopard cub walks forward across a rocky path, its pale fluffy coat covered in dark rosettes. The cub’s blue-grey eyes look directly at the camera with a curious, determined expression. It is framed by stone walls and small green plants growing between the rocks

What’s New at Chester Zoo 2025

New Life, African Adventures & Festive Lights: Chester Zoo 2025 If you’re planning a visit to Chester this year (having booked onto one of our Chester on a Plate Food Tours), I beg you, head over and look at what’s been happening at Chester Zoo. There’s no doubt 2025 has been a landmark year at […]

A group of food tour guests, ten in all, are standing dressed in winter clothes smiling at a camera. They are standing in front of the Eastgate arch under the Eastgate clock in Chester. The Chester Half Day Food Tour goes up onto the Chester Walls and looks down on the cobbled streets.

A Long Weekend in Chester – Eat, Drink and Explore

A Mini Break in Chester – Activities, Experiences and Things To Do in Chester There’s definitely something special about Chester. It has character, it’s almost more like a village than a city. It used to be for the charm and mystery of the Roman walls, unique Rows and cobbled streets that tourists came flooding in. […]

The photo shows four people standing next to a huge christmas tree in a medieval style pub. There are two men and two women, all slight and in their late 30s. They are in the middle of a Christmas in Chester food tour

Things to Do in Chester Christmas 2025

Food Experiences, Activities, Exhibitions – There Are So Many Activities in Chester this Christmas I’m going to start by saying that this year Chester is the place to visit! I have family coming to stay and one of them is under ten, so we have to to the Christmas activity itinerary seriously! You will not […]

A selection of cheeses in a fine dining restaurant, part of the Chester Evening Food tour with Chester on a Plate tours. The last stop on this tour. A beautifully arranged alongside crackers andhomemade chutney and quince. The cheese board has the waiter's finger pointing at the cheeses whilst he explains to Chester Food Tour's evening guests what the cheeses are.

The Chester Cheese and Wine Tour

Cheese & Wine & Chester – The Best Combination in the World This October, I ran our first tasty, varied, fun and informative Cheese and Wine Tour in Chester. Planned for a long time, finally it happened! I feel so lucky to live in a county producing tremendous cheeses. Take traditional cheeses such as the […]