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Ding dong merrily on high the Christmas bells are beginning to ring. There's no better place to get into the spirit of Christmas this year than at The Shops at Dartington. To help create that sparkly festive feeling, on Thursday 10th December there's a special late night shopping event and then on the 19th and 20th December it's the much loved The Shops at Dartington Christmas Fair. The Shops are packed with stylish gifts which will make your shopping this Christmas easy, from toys and toiletries to handbags and hampers – bespoke of course!  'The Food Shop' is bursting with local delicacies and treats, 'Devon Drinks' has something to tempt all including local beers, ciders, wines, DAPPA and this year's favourite artisan gins and vodkas - perfect for savouring on their own or for making into your cocktail of choice.  The Christmas shop, has classic and quirky decorations, cards, wrap and essential party games! On Thursday 10th December all...

Cheshire Food Festival "does" Christmas at Arley Hall 13th December 2014 to  14th December 2014 Join us for our fantastic Christmas Food Festival at Arley Hall & Gardens, on 13th & 14th December. Arley Hall is bursting with character & charm & will set the scene for a wonderful winter wonderland. There’s fun for all the family with local producer stalls, free Chef demos, free foodie talks, Men v Food Challenges, Cake off’s, craft stalls for the perfect christmas gift, Junior cookery classes and plenty more. If all that’s not enough, grab yourself some delicious hot food & mulled wine whilst enjoying the enchanting tones of the live choir & bands in the stunning setting of the nostalgic Arley Hall. The perfect foodie recipe to rekindle the Christmas spirit! Location,  Arley Hall and Garden, Website  http://www.cheshirefoodfestival.com/ Taste! Food & Gift Festival 13th December 2014 to 14th December 2014 A fun ...

The Ambrette's Dev Biswal to show case own-brand Premier marinades at local food festivals. Visitors to Kent's food festivals this Autumn will have the opportunity to learn how TV chef Dev Biswal, patron of The Ambrette restaurants, creates his unique dishes, when he gives live cooking demos in Canterbury and Broadstairs. Dev, whose third restaurant has been fully booked most days since it opened in Canterbury at the end of July, will be taking a stand for the first time at the Canterbury Food and Drink Festival, 26th to 28th September 2014. He will also be putting in his regular appearance at the Broadstairs Food Festival from 3rd to 5th October. Visitors will also have the opportunity to buy Dev's own brand 'Biswal's Premier' marinades used in his restaurant kitchens in Canterbury, Margate and Rye. There are three marinades in the range – for chicken, lamb and fish. The marinades have been introduced in response to customers asking the ...

SOME of the North East's finest craft ales and ciders will be on offer at a special festival being held at Cullercoats this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday (August 30 & 31), the Sandpiper, at Farringdon Road, will host its first ever beer and cider festival amid a weekend of family fun and entertainment. The venue – owned by Newcastle-based leisure company The Malhotra Group – has joined forces with Wylam and Cullercoats breweries; Firebrick Brewery, at Blaydon; Anarchy Brew Co, Morpeth and Matfen-based High House Farm Brewery. Each will be showcasing three ales at the festival and there will also be a trio of ciders, along with food and family-based activities over the course of the weekend. On Saturday (August 30) there will be a bouncy castle and face painter, followed by a barbecue from 4pm to 9pm. And, on Sunday (August 31), there will be a magician, a carvery from 12 noon to 4pm, free curry from 6pm to 9pm and live entertainment throughout the ...

Following the unprecedented success of its debut last year, the hugely popular Apple & Cider Weekend is set to return to The Shops at Dartington on Saturday 27thand Sunday 28th September.  With free entry (10am – 4pm) this celebration of the West Country's much loved tipple is set to be a fantastic weekend for all, brimming with family fun.  Throughout the two days Pomona, the mobile apple press operated by theatre group Common Players will be pressing locally grown Devon apples, with visitors able to purchase the mouth-watering fresh juice from the pop-up cider bar.  There'll be plenty to keep the whole family amused, with enjoyable apple themed games and competitions including treasure hunts for the children, children's entertainment, jugglers, a bouncy castle and live music all planned for the weekend. Talented local crafts people will also be demonstrating their skills and running hands-on activities such as learning how to throw a pot with Crazy About...

Street food night market / Free Entry Location: Euro Car Parks 162-175 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6HU Time: From 5pm to Midnight Urban Food Fest will be every Saturday night for 3 months (no event 13th September) We invite you to join us for a Red Hot Chilli Peppers themed street food fest. There will be delicious exclusive culinary delights on offer: including Korean spicy pork kimchi burgers, Greek spicy chickpea & halloumi wraps, German pulled pork burger with chilli sauerkraut, English spicy goats cheese & honey toasties, Austrian bratwurst chilli dog, Chinese spicy jian bings & sticky Sriracha wings, Asian mushroom skewers with chilli glaze, French chilly cheese duck confit brioche burger, Portuguese salted fish cakes, Jamaican “pepper pot” jerk chicken and in the “V corner” vegan chilli sauce burgers & chilli oil corn. Desserts include chocolate salami, chilli tarts and chilli & chocolate French creme brulees. The Urban Food ...

Newcastle chef Gareth Kyle is hoping to add the title of record breaker to his list of achievements as he attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chef demonstration as part of NewcastleGateshead Initiative's food festival, EAT! ( www.eatnewcastlegateshead.com ). At 6am on Friday 15 August, Gareth 31 from Sunniside in Newcastle upon Tyne, will begin his mammoth 40 hour challenge that will see him cooking and commentating throughout EAT! NewcastleGateshead's Food Heroes Festival weekend. Members of the public will have the chance to support Gareth by tucking into some of the 150-plus tasty dishes he will be preparing during the 40 hour challenge.  A special dining table will be set up in Newcastle city centre for people to pull up a chair and enjoy some of the mouth-watering food that will be flying out of the kitchen, day and night. Gareth's world record attempt is in support of The People's Kitchen, a charity for homeless and disa...

Lovers of craft ales and ciders are expected to flock to two festivals being held in the North East next month. Over two weekends in August, customers at The Runhead Bar and Grill, Holburn Lane, Ryton and the Sandpiper, Farringdon Road, Cullercoats, will be able to sample a wide range of real ales and ciders from the region's finest craft breweries. The Runhead Beer and Cider Festival will take place from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 August while the Sandpiper Festival will be held on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 and Newcastle-based Malhotra Group, which owns the venues, hopes they will become annual events. The Group has joined forces with Wylam and Cullercoats breweries; Firebrick Brewery, at Blaydon; Anarchy Brew Co, Morpeth and Matfen-based High House Farm Brewery, each of which will be showcasing three ales at each festival. There will also be the opportunity to try five ciders at the Runhead festival and three at the Sandpiper event with each festival also ...

A huge variety of over 70 events, including behind-the-scenes tours, farm and seaside walks, hands-on workshops, special dinners and much more, will be held throughout Suffolk. The Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival Fringe runs for two weeks, from 27 September to 12 October, following the main Festival weekend 27-28 September. A diverse range of local producers, food businesses, pubs and restaurants, have signed up in their numbers to be involved, many of them having enjoyed the experience in previous years. Peter Osborne, General Manager of the White Lion & Brudenell Hotels in Aldeburgh said: “Each year we embrace the Food & Drink Festival and its fringe events more and more. The value of getting involved is incomparable to any other festival given the industry we work in. I would recommend local suppliers and restaurants get involved and shout about the success of Suffolk's produce and its people.” High House Fruit Farm have supported the Fringe for a...

Dubbed the “revelation of the festival” in 2013 ‘Trevethick’s Pastys’ are sending 6,000 of their pasties with local catering company Downright Delicious to Festival Interceltique in Lorient, Brittany, as part of the food and drink element of the Cornwall exhibition.     The annual  festival ,which runs from 1st – 10th August, celebrates multi-cultural Celtic nations including Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Galicia, Asturias and the Acadie region of North East Canada. With 600,000 visitors over 10 days the festival is a fantastic opportunity for Trevethick’s Pastys to reach with a new audience. France is famous for its sweet delicacies, and Breton in particular is famous for its beurre salé which is rolled into pastry and is mostly sweet, so tasting a peppery Trevethick’s Pasty is a sensation that the French festival goers wouldn’t necessarily expect.     Ian Trevethick says, “It is a great honour to send our pasties over...

From the  26th to the  27th July 2014 Jimmy’s Farm will explode onto the festival scene on 26th and 27th July with an energetic weekend of great food, popular bands and family friendly activities. BBC chef Valentine Warner will be cooking up a storm on the demonstration stage with co- founder of the restaurant chain LEON and television chef Allegra McEvedy. Over 100 different types of beer and ale will be served in the farm restaurant which will be transformed into a Tyrolean beer keller with long tables, oompah music and a menu offering a range of Jimmy’s Farm meaty sausages. The ‘truck stage’ will be headed up by X factor winner and chart topper Matt Cardle and popular rock band Dodgy. The action packed Chipolatas Kids Zone is full of surprises with street dancing, circus skills, puppet shows, music jams and high wire challenges. http://jimmysfarm.com/event/sausage-beer-festival/ For recipes follow this link Chef Wise Recipes Page ....

From the  26th to the  27th July 2014 This summer, food lovers from across the Midlands will get the chance to sample some of the region’s best cooked dishes and tastiest treats, as Cosford holds its annual food festival. Following on from the success of last year’s event, local businesses, including many delicious award winning brands, will be exhibiting some of the region’s finest food and beverages. With everything from organic produce to handmade indulgences and thirst quenching beverages, there is sure to be something to suit everyone’s taste buds. Taking place on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July, this food festival with a twist will take place outdoors with the Hercules acting as a backdrop for the food market. Suppliers from across Shropshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands will be exhibiting a wide range of exquisite local, fresh and handmade produce not available from your average supermarket store. With cooking demonstrations, live music,...

Great Indian Food Feast at The Dolls House, Hoxton    Date: 24th & 25th July Time: 7:30pm till late Location: Dolls House, 35 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NN Tickets: £25 Book:  http://billetto.co.uk/raj Get ready for a night of indulgence at The Great Indian Food Feast, a gastro adventure crafted by food writer and pop up guru, Urban Rajah. The Indian chef will be in residence at the Doll's House Hoxton, located in an old textile factory overlooking the historic Hoxton Square. Whilst its exterior may look like any other East London warehouse, inside you are transported to a different era and on the 24th and 25th July a different world, one filled with wondrous spice. Urban Rajah will spin you across the Indian subcontinent dishing up 4 courses inspired by the terrain of God’s own country. From Safalle (chicken dumplings) from the snowy Himalayas, to Lamb Shammi Kebabs fit for Mughal princes from the magical desert kingdoms of Rajasthan, ...

Falmouth’s Events Square will again play host to one of Cornwall’s biggest and best loved specialist food festivals, Falmouth Oyster Festival, from Thursday October 9 – Sunday October 12.     The annual festivities celebrate the start of the oyster dredging season and the diversity of Cornish seafood, with four days of feasting, cooking demos, live music and craft stalls. The last remaining traditional fishery in Europe, the Port of Truro Oyster Fishery is the only one still to be fished using the traditional methods of sail power and hand-pulled dredges. Katy Davidson, The Oyster Lady will help kick start the event with a cookery masterclass as part of the Grand Opening Bash. Demoing for his very first year will be Michelin starred Cornish chef Chris Eden, alongside TV personalities James Strawbridge of ITV’s Hungry Sailors and Thom Hunt of 3 Hungry Boys and 7th Rise. Over 38,000 visitors to the festival, now in its 18th year, flock to the festival ma...

Taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, the Festival will be the perfect summer treat, offering opportunities to sample the delights of the BBC Good Food Festival while visiting the historic Palace and its glorious gardens. Packed with producers and showcasing delicious food, drink and ingredients to try and buy, visitors to the Festival can explore taster dishes from some of the finest local restaurants or create the perfect summer picnic from a selection of artisan creators. Some of the country’s most celebrated chefs will also be on hand to give their top tips in the Summer Kitchen demonstrations. In addition, Historic Royal Palaces’s food historians will be preparing Georgian recipes in the Palace’s historic kitchens, as part of Hampton Court’s Glorious Georges season. Laura Biggs, Managing Director at River Street Events comments, “We are honoured and excited to run the first BBC Good Food Festival in partnership with Hampton Court Palace. The Palace is ...

London’s largest outdoor beer garden is gearing up for summer and to celebrate this we are giving you the chance to experience summer the right way with our Street Food & Craft beer festival. For one day only on the 19th July kicking off at 11am  right through until 10pm experience food from the corners of the globe  whilst  listening to live music and entertainment  and of course the British summer favourite Pimms whilst gorging on award winning street food Featuring 20 craft beers including some special editions from the legendary crate brewery in Hackney Wick.  Hosting a huge selection of stalls from tantalising Alabama smoked ribs to spicy Indonesian street food and vegetarian delights to tasty cakes and fresh ice cream. Experience this unique free eating extravaganza with the number one view of London… all at Ally Pally’s onsite pub. FOOD AT THE FESTIVAL TOASTIES ‘Norbitons cheese company’ will be offering freshly baked sou...