Festival-goers may recognise Ben Quinn’s gourmet approach to mass catering from the banquet tent at Oxfordshire’s Wilderness Festival. It would have been easy to think that he was idealistic at best, or deluded at worst, to set up a restaurant in an old mining complex outside his hometown in rural Cornwall. Canteen Cornwall, however, has been a roaring success and garnered fame across the county, attracting working professionals and hungry locals alike with delicious, simple dishes. There is no menu, just one meat and one veggie/vegan dish, served up lovingly four days a week. The canteen stays open until everything goes (spoiler alert: this doesn’t take long). Our favourite lunch spot in Aggie.

People travel for miles to get their hands on Fiona and Tim Barton’s handmade pizzas, each one paying homage to a Cornish mine. Carnivores love Wheal Plenty, topped with Cornish ham; dairy aficionados enjoy the three-cheese selection of the appealingly named Wheal Friendly. You’ll feel as though you’re touring the county through your taste buds as you work your way through this menu. Veggie and vegan options available.

At lunchtime, seemingly the entire population of the village appears to form an orderly queue snaking up the hill to one unassuming-looking bakery. Loosen your belts; food here is heavy, carb-laden and delicious. The menu is extensive but generally depleted by 2pm. We particularly recommend the pasties, or the rolls that the bakery is famed for. Plenty of vegan and vegetarian options are available.

Suzy Lowe runs an impressive one-woman show from an industrial park just outside the village, producing enough baked goods to supply nearby cafés, postal orders and hungry passing motorists. There is a limited number of savoury dishes available to take away, but the cakes are the big pull here. If you’re without a car or don’t fancy trekking up the hill to the industrial estate, Suzy’s baked goods are also on sale at The Sorting Office in town. We particularly recommend the brownies.

If you’ve had your fill of pasties, cream teas and saffron buns, and fancy something a little more refined, Taste will welcome you with Scandi-chic decor, lobster thermidor and fresh crab sandwiches. Service is always warm and friendly. Grab the crab sandwiches to go if you’re in a hurry.