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25th Gastro Alfresco

June 8th- August 8th 2026

Celebrating the very best in at-home
alfresco eating & entertaining...

After a hot and damp’ish Spring, The summer has truly arrived with multiple heatwaves, absolutely perfect for alfresco eating & entertaining, so enjoy! And now that the main summer sporting events have also now finished including the Commonweath Games and the World Cup you can still eat around the world alfresco with our 

Barbi around the World recipes.

Alfresco eating & BBQ a perfect combination!

This year the Gastro Alfresco and National BBQ Week events are combining into one summer-long celebration of awesome alfresco eating, entertaining & get-togethers.

Today’s Gorgeous Gastro Alfresco recipe

We’ll be featuring one of our favourite alfresco & BBQ recipes every day, and today that's...

Best-ever Burger with Pancetta, Avocado & Blue cheese butter

Best-ever Burger with Pancetta, Avocado & Blue cheese butter

go back Best-ever Burger with Pancetta, Avocado & Blue cheese butter How the humble burger has grown-up, so discount it at your peril. Food snobs may try to decry, but I think a properly made and grilled burger, with proper add-ons is just about unbeatable – and for me the…

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Check out todays Alfresco Living weather

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Today’s Alfresco dining Hot-spot

Sunset Pier – Key West, Florida Keys

Sunset Pier – Key West, Florida Keys

Somewhat touristy, and part of a large resort, but still a great venue with amazing views, so make sure you get close to the pier end especially for Sunset and they have live music. Cocktails are great, food not so much, but still an incredible place to chill.

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How life alfresco has changed over the years!

Just look what a difference ’50’ years makes!

Our Gastro Blog

It’s another Heatwave!

So we have another heatwave and yes its proving to be the hottest. driest summer since records began. But at least its perfect for alfresco eatinmg and entertaining, so enjoy.

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And again, this time v. Norway!

Although it was a tough, and different match against Norway, at least there were none of the ‘Dark Arts’ that England have previously been faced with, even the Norwegian rowing didn’t seem to help and Harlaand, well he was a...

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