MAY

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BEST OF KENT ® 14 BEST OF KENT ®- May

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT 17 in The Diary 26 PREVIEW: The Chanel Collection, Catherine Southon Auctioneers 28 Kent Artist Profile:

Kimmy McHarrie

SPECIAL FEATURE: Festival Season in Kent 32 Kent’ s Unmissable

2026 Festivals 40 WIN! Tickets to Kent County Show 42 Delphinium Festival:

The King’ s Favourite 43 The Kent Wellness Festival 44 American SpeedFest at

Brands Hatch 46 Festival Theatre at Hever Castle 47 Whitstable Rocks Oyster

Festival Returns for 2026! 48 St Edmund’ s Festival on the Hill: Creativity, Community and Celebration

50 The Sacconi Chamber Music Festival Returns! 52 Biddenden Tractorfest

KENT STAYCATION
57	The insideGUIDE to Deal
62	inFLUENCED By …
Ryan Jacovides
64	Castles, Caves and Curiosities
68	Dog Days with Florrie

KENT ICON 70 inside ICON: 20 Years of British

JAZZ™ Apples

SPECIAL FEATURE:
The Food Issue
74	The insideKENT Food Map 2026
82	Algar Lodge Farmshop
83	Award-Winning Asian Flavours
at Kumquat
84	Provenance & Seasonality at
Broadditch Farm Shop
85	Woodchurch Wine
86	Wildshark Vineyard
88	REVIEW: THE PIG-
at Bridge Place
91	Taste Trails
100	Family Foodie
105	Produced in Kent

106 REVIEW:

Mon Ami, Sittingbourne 108 Chef’ s Kiss Recipes 118 in the KITCHEN with Kieran Golding, Head Chef, POMUS Folkestone

122 REVIEW: Wine Tour Experiences at Gusbourne Estate

125 inside STORY:

Food & Drink News 126 On the Grapevine 127 WIN! Tickets to Wine Garden of

England’ s Summer Celebration

TRAVEL: Michelin Milan
128	Hotel Principe Di Savoia
131	Acanto
132	Ristorante Berton
133	Ristorante Veramente
134	Andrea Aprea
135	Sine by Di Pinto
136	Remedy Bar
136	Da Vittorio Café Louis Vuitton

LONDON 138 REVIEW: The Capital Hotel,

Apartments & Townhouse

HEALTH + WELLNESS 140 March of the Matcha

FASHION + BEAUTY 146 Brights & Stripes

HOME + GARDEN 152 inSPIRATION:

The Summer Kitchen Edit

162 inside Real Homes: The Northfleet New Build by ShuttersUp 166 inTERIORS: Softly Spring 170 How To … Curate Your Outdoor

Dining Space 174 This Month in the Garden with

Hever Castle

EDUCATION 178 Eltham College

FINANCE 180 Azets: Capital Allowances Relief for Business Property