{"id":150010,"date":"2025-06-01T17:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150010\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T17:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:37:17","slug":"welsh-coastal-holiday-hotspot-dubbed-a-hotbed-of-culinary-wizardry-by-the-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150010\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh coastal holiday hotspot dubbed a \u2018hotbed of culinary wizardry\u2019 by The Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a vast selection of culinary venues, Ceredigion has been praised by the leading newspaper\"PizzaPizza Tipi, Cardigan(Image: Pizza Tipi)<\/p>\n

One Welsh county has been celebrated for its abundance of delicious food venues by leading newspaper, The Financial Times. Ceredigion<\/a> was hailed a ‘hotbed of culinary wizardry’ <\/a>by the newspaper after they visited the county in west Wales, finding a mix of local food and drink hotspots.<\/p>\n

The account highlighted the plethora of top class options available in the county as well as the dining scene in and around Cardigan town, including bakeries Crwst and Bara Menyn, the Brat supperclub at Ffrorest Ffarm, Caws Teifi and also Llys Meddyg, just over the border in Newport<\/a>, Pembrokeshire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Attributing the Michelin-starred Brat resdidency at Fforest to the quality of local produce, farmers, fishermen and growers that exists in this part of Wales,’ writer Ajesh Patalay says: “”Parry\u2019s residence is testament to the quality of local produce, farmers, fishermen and growers that exists in this part of Wales.<\/p>\n

“It also speaks to the vibrant dining scene that\u2019s grown up in and around Cardigan over recent years.”<\/p>\n

Hailing from Anglesey<\/a>, founder of Brat, Tomos Parry, served up cockles and laverbread, sweetbreads and leeks at Fforest farm in Cardigan earlier this year, and he’he’s back for the Brat x Mountain x Fforest supper club in September. For the latest restaurant news and reviews, sign up to our food and drink newsletter here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"ChefChef Tomos Parry runs the Brat restaurant in Shoreditch and now Soho’s Mountain restaurant as well(Image: Brat)<\/p>\n

His London restaurant, Brat, that was once named amongst the world’s 100 best restaurants<\/a> and he’s also behind Soho venue, Mountain.<\/p>\n

Cardigan is also home to an award-winning caf\u00e9 and popular brunch spot, Crwst, that has been open since 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AfterAward-winning Crwst’s sweet treat(Image: Portia Jones )<\/p>\n

Crwst, founded by husband and wife Osian and Catrin Jones, serves fresh baked goods as well as signature dishes including their seaweed hash browns.<\/p>\n

The caf\u00e9 serves a wide selection of fresh doughnuts made at an offsite bakery on Bath House Road in the heart of Cardigan.<\/p>\n

Nearby is Bara Menyn, opened by Aberystwyth-born writer Jack Smylie Wild with his family ten years ago. He told The FT<\/a>: \u201cWhen we opened Bara Menyn in 2015, people thought we were crazy: \u2018You can\u2019t open a sourdough bakery in Cardigan: they do good bread in Aldi.\u2019 Now people drive all the way from Aberystwyth<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The caf\u00e9 is still serving fresh baked goods after a decade of the Ceredigion native opened the location a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Also praised in the piece were Pizza Tipi, Michelin and Good Food Guide beloved, Yr Hen Printworks<\/a> and Templebar Cafe and Farmshop in Nevern.<\/p>\n

Not only does Cardigan have a great supply of culinary establishments it is also known for its rich history, art and culture. You can read about the best way to spend 48 hours in the buzzing town here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Read The Financial Times’ full piece, here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a vast selection of culinary venues, Ceredigion has been praised by the leading newspaperPizza Tipi, Cardigan(Image: Pizza…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,14136,1150,786,4884,280,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-150010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cardigan","10":"tag-ceredigion","11":"tag-food-and-drink","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-restaurants","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114609326986421097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}