Kokova Magazine

Grilled, Blue, Goat's, Raw, Baked: the ultimate festival for Curd Nerds returns this Autumn, from the 12th - 14th October 2012, as London's Southbank Centre once again play host to The Cheese & Wine Festival. Celebrating the ultimate coupling of cheese and wine, this autumn's festival will not only feature Master of Wine Tim Atkin, who will be running tutored wine tastings, but also cheese guru Patricia Michelson and a host of chefs demonstrating their favourite cheese recipes and key note speakers.

John Penny & Sons have launched a new national campaign, The Meat Crusade. The aim is to put quality butchers meat back onto every dinner table in Britain by raising awareness in quality and taste and offering a greater understanding of how ethical meat operations work.

Three environmental projects are calling on support as voting determines the winners of this year's National Lottery Awards, which will be screened on national television later in the year. The National Lottery Awards is the annual search to find the UK's favourite Lottery-funded projects and recognise the positive impact that Lottery-funded projects - both big and small - make to local communities.

Vax, the UK's best-selling floorcare brand, will be opening up its staff sale (normally reserved for employees and their friends and family) to the public. The sale starts Friday 12th October and ends 5pm Monday 15th October. Customers can gain entry with the password STAFFSALE12 at www.vaxsale.co.uk

Movember, the month formerly known as November, is when brave and selfless men around the world grow a moustache, with the support of the women in their lives, to raise awareness and funds for men's health - specifically prostate and testicular cancer. Movember was established in 2003 by a few friends over a beer in a pub just outside Melbourne, Australia. The goal was simple - to create a campaign promoting the growth of the moustache among likeminded people and having fun along the way.

The top ten finalists of the Independent Takeaway Fish & Chip Shop of the Year Award at this year's National Fish & Chip Awards 2013 were invited to take part in an educational trip to Norway (1st-3rd October), hosted by the Norwegian Seafood Council. As guests of the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) the regional winners enjoyed a three day, all-expenses paid study trip to Ålesund in Norway.