Welcome to the 2023
We’re delighted to have you join us at this year’s Cheese & Chilli Festival. From the moment you arrive, you’ll be welcomed with an array of tantalising tastes and flavours.
This is a great opportunity to get together with family and friends, as we have plenty of free activities lined up for everyone. Plus, don’t forget to take advantage of the vouchers in this programme – they come with some amazing discounts.
Be sure to sample the chilli sauces with caution –some of these products here are amongst the hottest in the world! If you’d like to be a judge of our sauces be sure to visit our Taste Tent as we have a selection of the best sauces on site for you to try and score.
If you are feeling really brave, why not enter our chilli eating competition or our Verses Chilli Challenge! – these are always a highlight of the event. You can do this via our Information Point.
Please visit Chilli Olly and Chilli Dave in our Cooking Theatre who will be entertaining you throughout the day with a jam packed programme (see Entertainment Schedule).
The aim of this event is for everyone to have a good time and sample different tastes. So please take
your time, enjoy yourself, and don’t hesitate to ask our staff if you need anything.
So don’t be shy and take this opportunity to get to know new people, try something new, and just enjoy. We want everyone to leave with a smile on their face!
Thank you for coming and we hope you have a wonderful time.
Let's have some fun!
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TRADER DISCOUNT STALLS
look out for in red boxes
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Saturday timetable
Cooking Theatre Music Stage Family Zone
10am Gates Open
11.20am Chilli Olly & Chilli Dave’s Cheeky Chilli Cheese Poppers with Bacon & Ranch
11.40am Spicy Sauce Workshop
1pm Chilli Olly & Chilli Dave’s Double Trouble Chilli Cheeseburger with Guacamole
1.30pm Vs Food Challenge Spicy Ramen Showdown Emerald Falls
2.15pm Guest Chef Demo Punch & Judy Show
2.30pm Emerald Falls
2.35pm
Chilli Olly & Chilli Dave’s Chilli Cheese Fritters with Sweet and Spicy Sauce
2.45pm Circus Fire Show
3pm Borrowed & Blue
3.10pm Chilli Cocktail Hour with Chilli Olly & Chilli Dave
3.15pm Story Telling
4.15pm Chilli Eating Competition Punch & Judy Show
6pm Gates Close
Circus Skills | Face Painting | Free Crazy Golf | Henna Tattoos Planet Axe | Fun Fair | Treasure Hunt | Stilt Walker | Walkabout Musicians
10.30am Circus Skills Workshop
11am Guest Chef Demo Punch & Judy Show
11.30am Story Telling
12pm Guest Chef Demo Johnny Phillips Giant Bubble Show 12.30pm Circus Fire Show
Winchester Acappella Choir
1.15pm Story Telling
ALL DAY ACTIVITIES:
Circus Skills | Face Painting | Free Crazy Golf | Henna Tattoos Planet Axe | Fun Fair | Treasure Hunt | Stilt Walker | Walkabout Musicians 10am Gates Open 10.30am Circus Skills Workshop 11am Guest Chef Demo Punch & Judy 11.20am Chilli Olly & Chilli Dave’s Cheeky Chilli Cheese Poppers with Bacon & Ranch 11.30am Story Telling 11.40am Spicy Sauce Workshop 12pm Guest Chef Demo Jim Hammond Giant Bubble Show/ Meet the Mascot 12.30pm Circus Fire Show 1pm Chilli Olly & Chilli Dave’s Double Trouble Chilli Cheeseburger with Guacamole Jim Hammond 1.15pm Story Telling 1.30pm Vs Food Challenge Spicy Ramen Showdown Emerald Falls 2.15pm Guest Chef Demo Punch & Judy 2.30pm Anchoiring Voices 2.35pm Chilli Olly & Chilli Dave’s Chilli Cheese Fritters with Sweet and Spicy Sauce 2.45pm Circus Fire Show 3pm CS Fly 3.10pm Chilli Cocktail Hour with Chilli Olly & Chilli Dave 3.15pm Story telling 4.15pm Chilli Eating Competition Punch & Judy 5pm Gates Close
Sunday timetable ALL DAY ACTIVITIES:
Cooking Theatre Music Stage Family Zone
Chilli eating competition
Are you up for the challenge?
The chilli eating competition takes place at the end of each day and is not for the faint hearted. Contestants battle it to see who can take the heat of some of the world's spiciest chillies. Starting with chillies at the lower end of the scoville scale the rounds rapidly jump up in heat as they progress to find out the ultimate chilli eating champion. If you are interested in taking part in the challenge, entries are now being taken. Spaces are limited so make sure you get your name down early.
if you simply want to sit and watCh this hilarious event, grab and drink and enjoy!
Cooking theatre
Chilli Sauce Competition
A number of cooking demonstrations and talks will be offered by professionals from the cheese and chilli industry. Many sessions will be hosted by the famous Chilli Olly but we will also have many guest speakers. See the schedule for further details. The Demonstration Theatre will also host the popular Hot Food Challenge, Ready Steady Cook interactive cooking session plus much more.
taste tent
Chilli Sauce Competition
Traders will compete for the coveted Cheese & Chilli Festival Sauce Awards. Entries for mild, medium and hot sauces will be available for those attending the event to judge.
everyone is able to select their preFerred sauCe and the winning sauCes will be aWarded the prizes at the closing ceremony on sunday.
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At shows we are already offering 30% off our website prices
10% off when you spend £20 or more
are purchased together
2023 Cheese & Chilli Festival | 13 Find these traders in the festival grounds and claim your discounts on products.
you enjoy all these great disCounts on oFfer
Discounts Callaloo Corner Ltd 10% off RRP Hogmoor Distillery We do gin or rum schools at £105 per person purchase a voucher at the show for £90 Mae Jum 10% off our Bundles (6
Butternut Box 25% off
Drinks
IRYDIUM UK Discount voucher 15% off Somerset Chilli Garden
The Custom Spirit Co. 10%
products
Jethro's Marinades & Sauces 4 100ml bottles for £10 Cakes By Maze 10% off your purchase. Mad Mikes Chilli Jam & Field of Cheese 10% discount Wiltshire Chilli Farm £1 off all purchases over £15 Tear out each voucher to claim your discount!
We hope
trader
packs of pastes)
your first two boxes Hormony
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Abingdon Distillery Ltd
Achoiring Voices
Adrianos Gelato
Bambi’s Bakes
Bratwurst UK Ltd
BRC PROMS LTD
Bubble Tea
Bubbles Toyshack
Butternut Box
Cakes By Maze
Callaloo Corner Ltd.
Carrington Foods
CATS PROTECTION
Charity Link / Guide Dogs
Chef Bernie
Cherry Tree Preserves
Chilli Olly
Chock Shop Berkshire Ltd
Costco (Southampton)
Crackerdash Ltd.
Crazy Golf
Deelicious Chilli Jam
Dimples Diner Catering
Dine In Sauces
Dorset Artisan Cheese
Dorset Chilli
Downton Brewery
Drt Group (Pty) Ltd
English Spirit Distillery
Flint and Flame
Gail Ann Jewellery and
The Silver Hut
Glastonbury Cheese
Godminster Cheese
Gorilla Spirits
Great British Cheese
Henry & Jenkins
Hettie Hen
Hogmoor Distillery
Hormony Drinks
Ichhita Chaubal
In House Stretch Pub
Inkyjinks
IRYDIUM UK
Jaded Jewellery
Rapple Catering
Rays Indian
Really Awesome Coffee
Ripping Yarns Distillery
Riverford Organic Farmers
RSPB
S and K Leisure
Samurai Collection
Silent Pool Distillers
Simon Chainey
Smithy Bar
Soleluna Pizza 3 Ltd
Somerset Chilli Garden
The Gourmet Crepe
The Island Box
THE OLIVE ARCHITECTS
THE SHED HOSPITALITY LTD
The Weston Biltong Company
Three Cuts Burger & Tap
Top Gun Catering ltd
Touch For Health
Kinesiology
Traffic light sauces (mabs sauces)
Weymouth 51
Wiltshire Chilli Farm
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