Live life alfresco
this summer

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25^th Gastro Alfresco

June 8^th- August 8^th 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...

Classic Chicken Ciabatta

This is a long-time Barbi favourite. Seemingly easy but can be deceptively difficult to get perfect! A fruity, slightly exotic recipe that I created following a somewhat rambling tour around Tuscany - one too many Sangiovese’s and you’ve burnt the Ciabatta!

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Today’s Alfresco dining Hot-spot

It’s a Heatwave’ Official!

With all the great sunny weather the UK has been hitting Heatwave territory with +30C being reached across the South of the UK and in parts up the East Coast. All of which is great news fro alfresco eating & entertaining, with the sunny weather being the prefect host for…

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.

August 3, 2026

Ah bien, we lost, but at least we beat the Argies at Rugby (again!!)

England tried their best and played fairly, shame the same couldn’t be said for their opponents, but still the game went against us, with some questionable ref decisions, and some truly awful post match tactics by Argentina – Ah bien!...

August 3, 2026

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...

July 15, 2026

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Live life alfresco this summer

The 25th Gastro Alfresco has now finished but the 26th event will return for 2027 in....

25th Gastro Alfresco

June 8th- August 8th 2026

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