Top 10 Money-No-Object Feasts" for Channel 4 Food

"Whether suspended 100ft up, overlooking the great vineyards of Rioja or showcasing the genius of Ferran Adria at the El Bulli Hotel, the ultimate money-no-object feasts are out there. Craig Butcher packs his suitcase for 4 Food"


To read the full article "Top 10 Money-No-Object Feasts" to accompany the new Heston Blumenthal Feasts television series currently airing for Channel 4, which includes the El Bulli Hotel in Spain, Moto in Chicago and La Pergola in Rome, by freelance journalist Craig Butcher for the Channel 4 Food website, the UK's biggest food website, click here.

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Features coming out soon

The Sunday Times Travel magazine have commissioned a hotel review feature for their March 2010 issue. The monthly magazine from the UK's best-selling Sunday Times newspaper will be available in the first week of February 2010.

The Channel 4 Food website have commissioned several new features for January 2010. The number one food website from Channel 4 have commissioned a healthy eating feature for the new year, as well as a drinks feature also for January 2010.

The website for the UK's leading quality men's monthly magazine, GQ, have commissioned several features for January 2010, including a Burn's Night feature, a London restaurants feature including restaurant reviews, as well as a hotel lifestyle feature. The Burns Night feature will be available on the GQ website ahead of the 25th January. The restaurants and hotels features will be available in early February.

Links to all these news stories and features will be added to the Craig Butcher website and to this blog when they become available. Click here to read more about Craig Butcher, freelance food, drink and travel writer at the Craig Butcher website. Read More......

Latest news and features from Craig Butcher

It's been a quiet Christmas and New Year on the blog, but plenty of news and features behind the scenes. I've had my first commission for The Guardian website on their food blog pages:

"From black garlic to coconut water, two top trendspotters tell Craig Butcher what they see in their crystal balls. Is there anything in it or do you think it's all a load of old cobblers?"

To read the full article "Food Trends 2010" for The Guardian Food website, by freelance food and drink journalist Craig Butcher, click here to go to The Guardian Food website.


My feature "Bean Around The World" has also published in print. It surveys different tastes for coffee around the world for leading US coffee trade magazine Roast Magazine in their January / February 2010 issue. It includes comment from well known roasters Monmouth Coffee, James Hoffman from Square Mile Coffee Roasters and PTs coffee in the US:

"Bean Around The World: How roasters are responding to customer demands and changing tastes".

To read the full article by freelance food and drink journalist Craig Butcher click here for the PDF. Note, it's a large file and may take some time to download.

Click here to read more about Craig Butcher, freelance food, drink and travel writer at the Craig Butcher website. Read More......

Forthcoming features

In the past I've routinely just linked to food and drink features I've already written which are live on the web and available to read. But with the changing of the seasons I thought now would be a good time to highlight what's coming up over the next few months with various outlets for Autumn. Unfortunately I can't be particularly specific as features editors rarely enjoy their stories being aired to competitors, but here's what's coming up:

1) An Italian food feature for men's magazine website GQ.com due online in November.
2) A food and drink matching feature, also for GQ.com due online in October.
3) A drinks feature for Esquire magazine in the UK, coming out in the November issue which will be on the news-stands in early October.
4) An Icelandic travel and food feature for Foodtripper.com, online in October.
5) A Scottish travel feature for The Specator / Scoff, online in late September.
6) An Autumnal feature for the delicious. magazine website, online in late September.
7) A restaurant feature for Channel 4 Food, online in early September to accompany the Jamie Oliver American Road trip TV series.
8) A coffee feature for US coffee magazine Roast, available in their January/February 2010 issue, out early January 2010 I think.

Keep checking the Craig Butcher website which will have links for all the features above once they've gone live. Read More......