The Pub That’s Bringing People Together
TESSA BOASE Ed Nash and Robbie Ormrod dreamed of creating a pub with community at its heart. Just five months in, the revamped Prince of Wales is proving that their […]
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Cafes, Castles and Community: How Bunka transformed Hastings’ high-up spaces
ELLA LOWDEN In 2024 the Hastings Independent met with Josh Levy, Tad MacDonald and Celia Farrar to discuss the beginning of Bunka, a collaboration delivering restaurant pop-ups across Hastings and St Leonards. […]
Small Plates Food Festival Returns to St. Leonards
The highly-anticipated Small Plates Food Festival is officially returning to St Leonards this summer on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June. Following previous success, the celebration of local flavours expands […]
A Taste of Hope
ELLA LOWDEN To celebrate this year’s Refugee Week, venues across Hastings and St Leonards are taking part in a food festival, organised by The Refugee Buddy Project. Recipes of Courage is […]
Feeding Hastings A Look at the Food Champions Series
JOEL CHESHIRE Looking back at previous issues, the Food Champions of Hastings & St Leonards series offers a useful indication of how HIP approaches topics of food, community and inequality. What […]
Food Champions of Hastings & St Leonards
Wil Hospon Head Chef and Owner of Coquina What do you do and what’s your mission? I am the head chef and owner of coquina at Hastings Contemporary. My mission […]
Seeds of Change: How Local Growers Are Transforming Hastings
Warrior Square is bursting with daffodils, the sun is finally rising just after 6.30am, and – whisper it if you like, but I’m more than ready to shout it – […]
New Tables, New Tastes
STEVEN SHORT When it comes to food and drink, Hastings and St Leonards continue to punch well above their weight. Times restaurant critic Charlotte Ivers ruffled a lot of feathers last summer […]
So Flippin’ Easy
EDWINA HUGHES It’s Pancake Tuesday on 17 February. If you always make pancakes then you’ll be bemused at my decision to share a pancake recipe – but I’ve seen pancake […]
Don’t Burn the supper
EDWINA HUGHES As the month draws to a close and we look for reasons to renege on all our New Year’s resolutions, we find the perfect excuse on Burns Night. […]