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Essex Life Food and Drink Awards 2024

2024 Essex Life Food & Drink Awards: the winners revealed
With 11 categories and dozens of shortlisted eateries, Essex Life readers voted for the very best of the best.

Homes and Gardens

Barnes Mill, Chelmsford

See inside a Grade II-listed converted mill on the market at £1.795m
Grade II-listed £1.795m Chelmsford home has historic features and stunning ground

Back - The backside of the home

Back - The backside of the home

Imposing Edwardian home in one of Colchester's top areas on the market at £1.25m

On market - the renovated water tower

On market - the renovated water tower

Former south Essex water tower with 'Willy Wonka' lift on sale for under £1m

What you should know if you are selling your home this Christmas

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Things to do

Hedingham Castle in winter

Hedingham Castle in winter

50 Christmas events in Essex during the 2024 festive season

Christmas at Kew has been running since 2013 and is now a much anticipated fixture of London's festive calendar.

Christmas at Kew has been running since 2013 and is now a much anticipated fixture of London's festive calendar.

Kew's magical Christmas light trail is London's biggest and best

GLOW at RHS Hyde Hall. Credit: Lee Charlton

GLOW at RHS Hyde Hall. Credit: Lee Charlton

Everything you need to know about Christmas in Essex this year

Widgeon by John Humble

Widgeon by John Humble

RSPB Rainham’s Winter Wonderland

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Travel

WIN

Stark has become a foodie Mecca over the past eight years.

Win a luxury short break in Essex worth £345
Win a Michelin star six course dinner at Stark and a luxury Mersea Barns stay worth £345

Is it time for a relaxing break?

Is it time for a relaxing break?

5 of the best spa breaks across Essex and Hertfordshire

The 18-hole Championship Martello Course (with the iconic Martello Tower by the 17th hole) is a challenge – particularly when the wind is up (Copyright Anglia Picture Agency www.angliapictureagency.co.uk)

The 18-hole Championship Martello Course (with the iconic Martello Tower by the 17th hole) is a challenge – particularly when the wind is up (Copyright Anglia Picture Agency www.angliapictureagency.co.uk)

A golfing getaway to savour on the Essex/Suffolk border

Estuary views from the balcony

Estuary views from the balcony

A short break at The Pier at Harwich on the Essex coast

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Food and Drink

Jamie Oliver’s roasted veg with camembert fondue.

Jamie Oliver’s roasted veg with camembert fondue.

3 new Jamie Oliver recipes to make this autumn

Pie and mash could become a dish with protected status if the campaign is successful

Pie and mash could become a dish with protected status if the campaign is successful

Pie and mash could be given protected status as campaigners push for change

Anurag Aggarwal Credit: Ahsan Shoikot

Anurag Aggarwal Credit: Ahsan Shoikot

Anurag Aggarwal on his MasterChef UK journey and food favourites

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People

Credit Mark McGee

Credit Mark McGee

Joe Pasquale on growing up in Essex and his favourite places in the county

Lucy Benjamin talks soap-opera snobbery and parenting teenagers

Careers Convention Southend High School for Girls in 1961- newsquest image

Careers Convention Southend High School for Girls in 1961- newsquest image

Essex school photos from the past

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Lifestyle

Greenstead Hall

Greenstead Hall

The fascinating history of a Georgian manor in Halstead

What should be in your summer wardrobe?

What should be in your summer wardrobe?

Tips on how to look cool when it’s hot

The bathroom in the Shakespeare suite

The bathroom in the Shakespeare suite

A delicious country escape near Colchester

Here's how to style the trend for both cool and countryside chic ensembles

Here's how to style the trend for both cool and countryside chic ensembles

Great British Life - National

How to wear the tartan trend this season

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