Food and drink Festival

minxtress

Hi does anyne know of any good food and drink festivals? An old work colleague went to one last year wher she just tasted good food and wine all weekend, and it sounds like our kind of weekend!!! I dont work with her anymore so cant get any info, I think it was abou Oct time? Or even just a wine tasting event would do, just omething nice to suprise my OH with as he always booking trips away for me.

Stew68

Hi,

Don't know where you are in the UK but I go to the Abergavenny Food festival every year, this year its the weekend of the 13th & 14th September. I go for the purchasing of many varied foods, my brother though goes to lots of the talks and tastings, (he thinks the whisky one was quite good, he just can't remember!!)

Stew

oramgepekoe

Ludlow is a foodie town and has a food and drink festival 12-14 September.

http://www.ludlow.org.uk/fooddrink.html
http://www.foodfestival.co.uk/

Pottermuss

Ludlow is good in September.

blue_haddock

Before i had seen any of the replies on here Ludlow had already lept into my mind. Lovely food festival and a really nice town to visit.

JennyB

Though I've never been, I hear that the West Dean Gardens Chilli Fiesta is great:

http://www.westdean.org.uk/cms.cgi/site/gardens/events/chilli.htm

... assuming you like chillis that is!

tummy_tank

have you tried the sunday times wine club. we are going to the wine festival in london 18th,19th april. they also do regional events throughout the year, good evening out.
http://www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk/xsite.aspx?xsite=vf08.xml&otbprefix=HP_T1_STATIC_SUB_EVENTS&navid=abouttheclub&mscssid=1955A88A688F417D99E8DAD8751380ED

petshopgirlemma

It is a way off yet (September) but The Soil Association's Organic Food Festival is held in Bristol every year and is really good. Brilliant for freebies and discounts too. http://www.soilassociation.org/festival

If you join the Soil Association you get a free entry tcket too: http://www.whyorganic.org/involved_joinSA.asp

They tend to have an offer for the first so many new members per month which will comprise of some goodies. I got a lovely bag of ethical cosmetics in January when I joined.

feclmum

nantwich food and drink festival is always on in october,which is a well known one and i must say really good,not very expensive either last year you could get a weekend pass for under a tenner and there are loads of samples of food and drink.lots of the pubs and restaurants also have events on that weekend,and there is a farmers market in the square.nantwich is a gorgeous place to go to anyway! if you need any advice with hotels etc pm me

petshopgirlemma

Oh and the one in Wirral is a bit rubbish, went there once. It was some tents in a field.