After a long night of partying, there’s nothing better to cure that Champagne hangover than some comforting Brunch.

With a Bloody Mary menu featuring the house Beetroot Bloody Mary, the Mary-terranean inspired by sunnier times and a Green Bloody as well as health giving shakes and smoothies to replaces those essential vitamins, GAF's Hangover New Year's Day Brunch looks well worth the effort.

January 1 2017, 10am - 3pm www.gafoxford.co.uk

Good news for the Jericho Kitchen! It is being joined forces by Mariella Bliss Italian Food in January 2017 and have secured a building for a cookery school in central Oxford! Watch out for details of supper clubs, community events and much much more that will be happening in the new venue!

Currently putting together a comprehensive list of classes for the first part of 2017, our latest recruit is Christine Wallace, Great British Bake-Off Quarter finalist in 2013 who recently successfully arranged the first Didcot Food Festival.

Also from London an old friend Carolina Catala-Fortuny who will be teaching, extremely enthusiastically!, a variety of Catalan dishes and also the most mouthwatering Tapas!

Plus Donato from The Eatalian Job (theeatalianjob.com) here in Oxford who will be bringing wine tasting, regional Italian cookery classes and Italian Evenings - more to follow! www.jerichokitchen.co.uk

Christmas is just around the corner and Carluccio’s festive pop-up shops are appearing across the country, including one in Oxford's Clarendon Centre (52 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3JE). Enjoy bestsellers including Carluccio’s Panettone Tradizionale (£16.95), Italy’s iconic Christmas cake made from with candied fruit, sultanas and finished with a hazelnut icing; Or enjoy Carluccio’s Menu Festivo in the Little Clarendon Street restaurant, until January 8, £17.99 for two

courses, £19.99 for three courses. www.carluccios.com

Blenheim Palace has announce a new range of dining options in its iconic Orangery Restaurant in the New Year. Guests can look forward to a royal occasion when dining at The Orangery during the weekend choosing from a new brunch menu with fortnightly jazz brunches, Saturday special pies and delicious weekend roasts. www.blenheimpalace.com/planyourvisit/restaurants-and-cafes.html

Thaikhun in Oxford's George Street is offering a fabulous 40% off our its la carte menu for diners in January from Sunday – Thursday. All they need to do is book a table online with us! www.thaikhun.co.uk which should help see its customers through the miserable month of January!