Isle of Wight food & drink

We find the island’s best food. Then we film it.

Good Grief is a bunch of friends — filmmakers and photographers — eating our way around the Isle of Wight and sharing the places genuinely worth your time, whether you live here or you’re just over for the weekend.

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Aerial view of the Needles and Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight

The latest films

Recently eaten, on camera

Taste testing £1,575.75 of food & drink at The Hut — was it worth it?

From sea to plate: catching, cooking and eating fish on the Isle of Wight

Brits try a South African braai for the first time

We’re not food critics. We’re passionate idiots who love our local food scene — and we’re going to shout about it.

A Good Grief presenter being filmed at an Isle of Wight food festival

Who we are

Friends who love their local food

A group of friends who love their local food and wanted to shout about it — not just to get hype online, but to connect people to local businesses and to change the lives of families and businesses here on the Isle of Wight.

And let’s be clear: we are not food critics. We’re passionate idiots with cameras who think the island’s food scene deserves shouting about — so that’s exactly what we do.

Fresh from the island

The good stuff we get to film

A can of Wight Knuckle Brewery unfiltered lager held up in Isle of Wight woodland A bottle of Wight Whisky standing in a barley field on the Isle of Wight A bottle of Wight Whisky held above the sea at golden hour

Coming soon

The Good Grief Local Guide

Every place we rate, on one beautiful map — with member-only offers, one-tap directions, and automatic entry into every competition we run. Join the waiting list and be first in.

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Preview of the Good Grief Local Guide app showing a map of the Isle of Wight

From the blog

Latest words on island food

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