# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Dine with Martin Hesp
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 pm – Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 02:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Highly acclaimed journalist and columnist with over 50 years of experience in the media industry, specialising in authentic food, drink, and culinary travel narratives across the UK and internationally.

From 2010 to 2020, Hesp served as the Food and Drink Editor for the Western Morning News, where he developed an unparalleled reputation as the "voice of Westcountry food and drink." His writing, which continues in regional papers, champions local producers, sustainable foraging (especially seafood and wild ingredients), and experiential cooking (e.g., beach picnics).

Martin’s extensive food writing is underpinned by decades of global travel, exploring and documenting diverse food cultures. Recent Hesp Out West features (which appear every weekend in both the Western Morning News and Western Daily Press) include culinary deep dives into the Dordogne region in France and the Algarve in Portugal, where he covered a traditional chestnut roasting festival and profiled a high-quality olive oil producer. He continues to share his regional and global discoveries on his personal journal, Hesp Food and Travel and is a member of both the Guild of Food Writers and the British Guild of Travel Writer

Ticket includes Lunch.
Please let us know of any dietary requirements.

£26

Booking details: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/words-in-watchet/dine-with-martin-hesp-adventures-in-traveling-food-and-drink/e-dlobpj
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/minehead/dine-with-martin-hesp/200029555318837
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/words-in-watchet/dine-with-martin-hesp-adventures-in-traveling-food-and-drink/e-dlobpj?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=minehead-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Minehead
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Spice Merchant, Watchet
- **lat**: 51.182710281289
- **long**: -3.3320727093158
- **full address**: The Spice Merchant, Watchet, 14 Market St, Watchet TA23 0AN,Watchet, Minehead, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Words in Watchet (https://allevents.in/org/words-in-watchet/23473015)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 12:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Spice Merchant, Watchet, 14 Market St, Watchet TA23 0AN,Watchet, Minehead, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Words in Watchet
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, festivals, trips-adventures
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Dine with Martin Hesp ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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