Modern & Traditional Dorset Food and Drink

Dorset is home to some of the finest, most delicious, first-class food you'll ever taste! With its reputation for freshly caught fish, organic blue cheeses, specialist breads, local ales, award-winning handmade chocolates and the sheer luxury of local, premium ice cream, Dorset food draws on centuries of expertise and learning, and has a reputation that’s well deserved.

Stock up on fresh, local and organic produce at one of our farmers' markets or head to a country pub for a ploughman's lunch served with crumbly Blue Vinney cheese.

If you're feeling peckish in the afternoon, find a village tearoom and indulge in some famous Dorset Apple Cake with a dollop of clotted cream.

Come evening, you'll find plenty of award-winning restaurants, some of which are run by the culinary stars of our TV screens, perfect for those special occasions – and not as pricey as you might imagine.

Why not sample some of Dorset's finest wine and ale? Both Hall & Woodhouse and Palmer's Brewery offer brewery tours or visit Furleigh Estate's lush West Dorset vineyards and join a wine-tasting tour.