Welcome to the 2018 Cheese and Chilli Festival
in BAsingstoke
Last years’ event was fantastic and we hope this years’ event will be equally amazing! We’ve done the sun dance, so fingers crossed we get the weather. Whether it’s your first time at the event or you’ve been many times, there will be plenty of new tastes for you to enjoy at the event. Why not buy some of the products so that you can continue to enjoy them after the weekend? As well as the food, there will also be plenty of entertainments for you all to enjoy from Live Music, Punch & Judy, Magic Shows, Falconry Display, Pig Racing, Treasure Hunts, Chilli Sauce Judging, Man V Food Challenge, Chilli Eating Competition plus much more. This year, we are proud to be supported by Encona Products and Mexicana Cheese. Encona is the UK's Number 1 best selling range of authentic, versatile, hot and spicy sauces from around the world. You’ll be able to taste them in our Taste Tent. Mexicana Cheese will be performing in our Demonstration Tent during the day and you can sample some of
their amazing cheese’s from their stand which is next to the Demonstration Tent. If you are thirsty, there are plenty of drinks available and some seriously good food to eat, which can be very hot. We are delighted to say that this year we are supporting two charities; the Breast Cancer Haven Centre who exist to improve the quality of life for people affected by breast cancer by providing personalised emotional, practical and physical support; and the Worldwide Veterinary Service who provide a sustainable veterinary resource to help animals all over the world, where veterinary aid and assistance is limited due to the expense and availability in the country they are based.
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Saturday Festival events
23 June time
what's happning
11am 11.15am 11.45am 12pm 12.10pm 12.15pm 1pm
where
time
what's happning
Growing Chillies
Sea Spring Seeds Demonstration Tent
3pm
Live Music Raizing Steam
Music Stage
Live Music Kitty's music
Music Stage
3.30pm
Pig Racing
Events Arena
Pig Racing
Events Arena
3.45pm
BySea masterclass: The art of Demonstration Tent great coffee – with a kick
Punch & Judy Everyday Cooking With Chillies Live Music Kitty's music
Punch & Judy
Demonstration Tent with Chilli Olly
Music Stage
Man V Food - Foot long Fire Hot Dog Demonstration Tent with Mexicana Cheese
1.15pm
South Coast Bhangra Performance
Music Stage
1.30pm
Falconry Display
Events Arena
2pm 2pm 2.30pm
Magic Show
Alfredo The Magician
Live Music Music Stage Raizing Steam Southeast Demonstration Tent with Dine In Sauces Asian Specialities
where
3.50pm
Chilli Sauce Award Ceremony
Music Stage
4pm
Punch & Judy
Punch & Judy
4.00pm
Chilli Eating
Music Stage
Competition
5pm
Event Close
All day Entertainment Treasure Hunt Balloon Modelling Face Painting
Henna Tattoos Tarot Reading Inflatables
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Sunday Festival events
24 June time
11am
what's happning
where
Growing Chillies
Sea Spring Seeds Demonstration Tent
time
what's happning
Live Music - Grizzly
11.15am & the Grasshoppers Music Stage 3pm Pig 11.45am racing Events Arena 3.30pm Punch & Punch & Judy 12pm Judy 3.50pm 12.10pm Everyday Cooking Demonstration Tent
Live Music The remedy
Music Stage
Pig racing
Events Arena
With Chillies
with Chilli Olly
- Grizzly 12.15pm &LivetheMusic Grasshoppers
Football World Cup
1pm
ENGLAND V PANAMA
Music Stage
4pm Demonstration Tent
Events Arena
2pm
Magic show
Alfredo The Magician
2pm 3pm
Live Music The remedy
Music Stage
Man V Food Demonstration Tent - Foot long Fire Hot Dog with Mexicana Cheese
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Chilli Sauce Award Ceremony Punch & Judy
Chilli Eating
Music Stage
Punch & Judy
Music Stage
Competition
4.15pm
Falconry Display
1.30pm
4pm
where
5pm
BySea masterclass: The art of Demonstration Tent great coffee – with a kick
Event Close
All day Entertainment Treasure Hunt Balloon Modelling Face Painting
Henna Tattoos Tarot Reading Inflatables
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festival attractions
pig racing
Six rare breed pigs, ranging from Tamworths to Gloucester Old Spots to Saddlebacks to Berkshires to Oxford sandy and blacks, will entertain you with their amusing antics. The handlers in country style outfits encourage them down the track by shaking a bucket of food and the pigs hurl themselves over the hurdles in their rush to be the first to the bucket.
Chilli Eating Competition
Falconry Display This year, we welcome GMG Falconry, Berkshires premier and original Bird of Prey Display. Established for over 30 years and featuring a diverse array of hawks, falcons and owls. Not only can you watch them perform their amazing skills, you can also handle them. 10 | 2018 Cheese & Chilli Festival
Along with the many different chilli offerings, there will be a Chilli Eating Competition at the end of each day. Not for the faint hearted! If you are interested in taking part in the challenge, entries are being taken now so contact us for an application form to guarantee a place. There is a limit to the number of places available. If you want to simply sit and watch the hilarious event, grab a drink and enjoy!
For Children There is so much for the children to enjoy at the event. Just being out with the family is often enough to thrill them but if they need something else, activities to keep the children entertained include, and what’s more, most of it is FREE:
Children’s Fun Rides PIG RACING Free Live music Face Painting Free Magic Shows Free Punch & Judy Inflatables Free Children’s Treasure Hunt Ice Cream
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Cheese to please The Cheese and Chilli Festival promises a great selection of cheeses and some award-winning ones amongst them. As well as the good old plain cheddars, you are likely to come across amazing flavours like Nibble Nose Cheese Company’s orange and whisky, cranberry, and of course chilli cheese.
Here are some tasty offerings to look out for from the Great British Cheese Company.
The Flagship Cheddar
Just like the HMS Victory under Admiral Nelson’s control in the battle of Trafalgar, this cheese is the Flagship cheddar. It is a great addition to anything!
Sticky Toffee Tastic
Cheddar with real toffee pieces, dates and raisins, which tastes exactly as good as it sounds. This award winning cheesecake style cheese has become famous even without its biscuit base. Great on a sweet digestive. This will excite your taste buds.
The Drunken Monk
You could really make a ‘habit’ out of this popular cheese. The careful blend of caramelised red onion, red wine with a hint of brandy creates a cheese and chutney effect. Another award winning fella you were not planning on taking home with you, but won’t want to leave behind, and won’t want to share!
Mature Cheddar with Chilli & Lime What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? Nacho Cheese! This cheese is also described as nacho cheese as the lime bursts out in strength until the chilli enters like the hero in a Spaghetti Western shoot out packing a punch! This will warm you up on the coldest of days and is amazing to cook with. It’s also great on nachos.
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All about chilli peppers
With at least 79 different chilli peppers to choose from it’s a bit of a minefield when deciding which ones to buy. The explosion of pungent qualities range from mild bell pepper to the fierce Dragon’s Breath. Here are a few chilli facts to help you get to know chilli peppers more intimately.
Why are chillies hot?
What is the Scoville scale?
Is eating chilli peppers bad for you?
How do I get rid of the burning sensation?
An odourless substance called capsaicin gives chillies their distinctive, hot taste. This chemical stimulates areas of the skin and tongue that usually sense pain and heat, and fools the brain into thinking they are burning. Signals are sent to the brain telling it you are eating something hot. The heat is found mainly in the seeds and the ‘ribs’ of chillies.
Not if eaten in moderation. In fact, capsaicin is used in anti-inflammatory creams, so unless you are allergic to chillies, you may well have already rubbed capsaicin onto your skin for relief from arthritis and other conditions.
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Chilli heat is measured on the Scoville scale. This was developed in the early 1900s by Wilbur Scoville, an American pharmacist, who developed his Scoville Organoleptic Test to measure the spiciness of various chilli pepers. It has now been standardised as the Scoville scale. See page 21 for more details.
If your mouth is on fire after eating a chilli, don’t reach for the water jug. Capsaicin is not soluble in water and it will have no effect. Instead try a bit of fat – drinking milk, eating yoghurt, ice cream or even peanut butter should help.
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By Chilli Olly | www.chilliolly.com
The Carolina Reaper is a cross between a Bhut Jolokia (Naga) and a Red Habanero breed by Ed Currie and is officially THE World’s Hottest Pepper based on the Guinness Book of Records. It was originally given the title of World’s Hottest Pepper in 2013 and recently The Reaper confirmed its top spot again with further testing in early 2018.
The record now stands at an average of 1,641,000 SHU, 71,000 higher than its previous record, making it that much harder to beat. The Carolina Reaper (also known as HP22B) has nothing normal about it, because it was bred for heat and that it is. Oddly enough The Reaper does have a sweet, fruity flavour but it doesn’t seem as fruity as the likes of the Dorset Naga, but perhaps that’s because the heat can hit you a little quicker!
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One unique feature shared by a few of the super-hot peppers is the ‘scorpion’s tail’ that is very well defined with the Reaper.
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Though perennials, chillies are generally treated as annuals in Britain. They are started from seed in much the same way as tomatoes, but require more heat and are slower growing, so must be sown earlier: January or February is ideal, although up to mid-March is fine for faster growing types. Seed should be sown, about 6mm deep, into seed trays or modules and germinated in a propagator maintaining a compost temperature between 25 to 30˚C. This temperature can be dropped down to 20-24˚C once the seedlings have emerged. In addition, though they can be germinated in the dark the young seedlings must be exposed to light as soon as they appear from the compost. The next stage is to prick out the young plants into small pots, around 8-10cm diameters. The exact time is quite flexible, but a general rule of thumb is after the first two true leaves are fully developed, but preferably later if there is no risk of overcrowding. Once pricked out, the young plants continue to need a heated environment. In addition, they should be kept in full light, watered regularly, and once the nutrients in the compost is used up, fertilised regularly.
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A chilli plant is ready for transplanting to its final growing place as soon as its roots have filled the pot. This is likely to be about eight weeks after sowing, but the time can vary enormously, depending on cultivar and growing conditions.
Up to this stage all chilli plants, irrespective of cultivar or intended use, are managed the same. However, at this point a critical decision – what pot size to use – must be made. Chilli cultivars range in stature from very small to over 2 metres tall, and for best results the pot size must match the needs of specific cultivars. However, final plant size is also greatly influenced by pot size; the smaller the pot, the smaller the plant. Generally, the bushy, compact cultivars do not need very large pots and will do fine in pots ranging from 1-3 litres in volume.
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For growers who do not have the facilities to provide the necessary light and heat, at a time of year when both are lacking, it can be difficult starting chillies from seed. However, there is an alternative. Many companies offer chilli plug plants that are sent out in the spring when they can be potted up into their final growing place. The choice of cultivar will be more limiting, but this may be a small price to pay for the convenience.
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Chilli plants need plenty of light and warmth throughout their lives. Consequently, the ideal place to raise chillies is in a greenhouse, polytunnel or conservatory, but a sunny windowsill or porch can also work very well. If the temptation to keep a plant outdoors is too great, then wait until peak summer, and even then keep it in a very sheltered suntrap.
Chillies sown at the right time will start to produce fruit by about June or July, depending on the variety. Like tomatoes, chilli fruit start an unripe colour, then when they have reach their mature size will ripen up. The ripening phase is physiological process that involves a colour change. The most common unripe colours are various shades of green, yellow and purple. Ripe colours are red, bright yellow, orange and brown. Chilli fruit can be eaten at any stage, immature or mature, ripe or unripe. However, the ripe fruit will have a sweeter flavour and will be hotter.
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Joy Michaud
Sea Spring Seeds www.seaspringseeds.co.uk
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Trader list 55 Above
www.55above.co.uk
Ichhita’s Henna Art
Aloma James
Josephs Amazing Camels
Annie’s Fudge
Karimix www.karimix.com
Appetite For Adventure
www.appetiteforadventure.co.uk
Apricot Sunset
www.apricotsunset.com
Authentique Bakery Ltd Bad Boy Biltong
www.badboysbiltong.com
Bam Foods
www.bamfood.co.uk
Ben’s Goodies Bokkie http://www.bokkie-foods.com/ Carrington Foods Ltd
www.carringtonfoods.co.uk
Charles Taylor
www.charlestaylortrading.com
Cheese Bomb
www.jacamels.co.uk
Lymn Bank Farm Cheese
www.postacheese.com
Mex Box
www.mexbox.co.uk
MHA Live at Home Basingstoke Morgan Samuel Catering
www.morgansamuelcatering.co.uk
Mr Hughs Mr Olive UK Nibble Nose Cheese Co
www.nibblenose.co.uk
Noodle 8 Co Oscar Pet Foods
www.oscars.co.uk
Ovenly
Cheese on Bread Chef Bernie’s Sauces
www.chefbernie.co.uk
Cherry Tree
www.cherrytreepreserves.co.uk
Passion Du Fromage Pieroth Ltd
www.pieroth.co.uk
Chimoulis www.chimoulis.co.uk
Pimento/Coles Trading
Chut the Cheese Up
Purbeck Ice Cream
www.purbeckicecream.co.uk
Costco www.costco.co.uk
Ray's Street Food Riverford Organic Farms
www.raysindian.com www.riverford.co.uk
Dimples Diner
RSPB/WWF www.rspb.org.uk
www.chutthecheeseup.co.uk
Cootealicious www.cootealicious.com
Dine In Sauces
www.nonyasecrets.com
Smart Bar
www.smartbarcompany.co.uk
Smoker Train
Dockwoods Dorset Artisan Cheese
Snezana
Dorset Chilli Shop
www.dorsetchillishop.co.uk
Snows Motor Group
www.snowsgroup.co.uk
Dorset Dog Delights
www.dorsetdogdelights.co.uk
South West Wildlife Fundraising
www.swwfl.co.uk
Downton Brewery
www.downtonbrewery.com
Ellie Bee Designs
www.elliebeedesigns.co.uk
Sporting Wholesale Ltd
www.sportingwholesale.com
Emilia Ltd
www.emiliauk.london
Studio 1314
www/studio1314.co.uk
English Spirit
www.englishspirit.uk
Fallen Angel Brewery
www.fallenangel-brewery.co.uk
Fatman Chilli
www.fatmanchilli.co.uk
Fin & Olly's
www.finandollys.com
Five Rivers Childcare
www.five-rivers.org
Flamin Grate Food Co
www.flamingratefood.com
Fruity Foods
www.fruityfoods.co.uk
Garlic Frowers
Texas BBQ The Culmstock Chilli Co
www.theculmstockchillico.co.uk
The Dog House The Melted Cheese Hut
www.themeltedcheesehut.com
The Wiltshire Chilli Farm
www.justchillies.co.uk
Traffic Light Sauces
www.mabssauces.co.uk
www.garlicgrowers.co.uk
Usborne Books
www.usborne.com
Utility Warehouse (MH)
www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk
www.gigglypig.co.uk
Viniak Native
Gifts From the Gods Giggly Pig
Sweet Evans
Vintage Pinup Studio
www.vintagepinupstudio.com
We Pop
www.wepop.co.uk/
GMG Falconry
Winchester Distillery
www.winchesterdistillery.co.uk
Great British Cheese Company www.gbcheese.co.uk Hawkins Bros Fine English Wine www.hawkinsbros.co.uk
Woodland Trust Worleys Cider
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk www.worleyscider.co.uk
Higher Spirits
Yum Yum Sweets
Gilly’s Glastonbury Dairy
Hot Pods Chilli Products
www.theglastonburydairy.com
www.hotpodschilliproducts.com
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Yvonnes Plants
www.yvonnes-plants.co.uk