Monday 15 – Sunday 21 September 2014 www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
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We hope you’ll join us to celebrate some of the region’s finest food and drink.
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elcome to Salisbury Food & Drink Festival. We would love you to join us in celebrating some of the region’s finest food and drink over a fantastic week of foodie events. The Festival runs from Monday 15 – Sunday 21 September, culminating in the ever popular Food & Drink Festival Market. The newly developed Market Place and Guildhall Square will host more stalls of local and regional produce than ever before, spreading into the Guildhall itself. Look out for street theatre company Wet Picnic’s explosive and eccentric take on afternoon tea, learn new recipes and tips from an exciting range of professional chef demonstrations, and relax and enjoy live music while sampling local and regional cuisine and street food.
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hroughout the week, we have an array of tempting events on the menu, with a visit from Thane Prince, who joins us from BBC2’s The Big Allotment Challenge, to share her tips for the perfect preserve; workshops, rambles and talks from Neal’s Yard; a food foraging walk and riotous cocktail hour with John Wright from River Cottage; a sparkling wine tasting at Cambridge Wines and a delicious film Chef at Salisbury Arts Centre. Look out for our Festival competition to design a new pancake filling, and take time to visit local cafés and restaurants offering special events and menus throughout the week.
Caroline Peacock Festival Project Manager and Associate Programmer Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival
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alisbury City Council is delighted to sponsor the 2014 Salisbury Food & Drink Festival. This week-long event offers a wonderful opportunity to sample the fantastic produce available in our local area and to support our local restaurants, cafés, pubs and food retailers. I hope you enjoy all that is on offer and I am sure this year will be a rich and varied celebration of culinary delights in our City.
Mayor of the City of Salisbury Councillor Mrs Jo Broom
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Food & Drink Festival Market Sunday 21 September
Crown Court Café
Don’t Miss!
Stalls: 10am – 4pm | Free parking: Culver Street – All day
Food & Drink Festival Market day
11am – 4pm Salisbury Guildhall Join us for tea and cakes in the elegant and relaxing Crown Court Café at the Guildhall.
Sunday 21 September, 10am – 5pm Salisbury Market Place & Guildhall, Free With more local and regional stalls than ever before, the Food & Drink Festival Market is set to be a bustling and eventful day of alfresco dining and international street food; street theatre and professional chef demonstrations; live music and a beer tent stocked with local beers, ales and ciders. Spreading out through the newly-developed Market Place and Guildhall Square, into the Guildhall itself, stalls will be offering a fantastic selection of produce including chutneys, luxury cheeses, artisan coffee, churros and a wide range of meats. It will be a delicious day out for everybody from the organics addict to the beer aficionado and the aspiring young chef.
HOW TO BOOK Online from 4 August at salisburyfestival.co.uk unless otherwise stated. We regret not all events are wheelchair accessible. Check online before booking.
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Time for Tea by Wet Picnic 11.30am, 2pm, 4pm, 30 minutes Market Place and Guildhall Square, Free Modern daily life is full of hectic stresses and strains. Everybody needs to take some time out, have a rest, share a moment and celebrate the simple things in life. Wet Picnic’s tea ladies sweep through the streets to supply an explosive and surreal teatime for everyone to enjoy! Your taste buds will tingle at the sight of this eccentric ensemble which is as fabulous and fruity as the cake that gets eaten.
Family Fun with Food 11am – 4pm Guildhall, Banqueting Hall, Free Bring your little ones along to have fun with food! Enjoy drop-in creative play activities and take part in food-themed workshops. Outside in the Market Place join in the ever popular egg and spoon race or, new for 2014, the Food Festival ingredients treasure hunt.
Super Food Sunday 11am – 4.30pm Neal’s Yard Remedies, 27 Market Place, Free
Music at the Market Sit back and relax to the laid-back sounds of acoustic musicians from Salisbury Arts Centre’s Live Lunch sessions, performing in the Guildhall Square and Crown Court Café during the afternoon. Visit Salisbury Arts Centre’s stall for more acoustic music and short video film screenings and look out for the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery who will be performing and offering workshops.
Join Neal’s Yard in the shop as it launches the latest addition to its range of Super Foods – Organic Greens! Try smoothies and treats packed full of ingredients that offer tremendous dietary and healing potential – Super Foods for a super Food Festival.
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Sunday Market Stallholders Around 80 Stallholders Including:
Abbey Stores
Lyburn Farmhouse Cheesemakers
Truly Scrumptious Treats
AOM’s Thai Kitchen
Mendip Moments
Utta Nutta
Bill’s
Miss Marshmellow
Varsity Coffee
Boston Tea Party
Mixing Bowl Preserves
Vaughan’s Kitchen
Bry’s Cupcakes
Mr Retrocool
Wiltshire Chilli Farm
Burton’s Best
Mr Roast Potato
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Butternut Baskets
MYO Pizza
Cambridge Wine
Newhouse Game
Casa San Francesca
Nutknowle Farm
WILTSHIRE FARMERS MARKET STALLS
Charter 1227
O’Hagan’s Sausages
Angel Cottage
Cherry Tree
Old Sarum
Artisan Bakeshouse/Tacada
Churtopia
Olives and Things
Crabbits
Circle Cider
Pampered Chef
Don Olivo
Cockle Man (Browns)
Pantry Partnership
Ham Street Farm
Cocoa Carters
Pig ‘n’ Pickles
Helen’s Preserves
Cooperative
Pop Floss
Hendersons
Demimed
Pure Punjabi
Honey Pot Farm
Dream Blue Trading
Riverford Organics
Jacqui’s Homemade Sweets
Eat Italian
Rose & Crown
Loosehanger Cheeses
Floating Millstone
Salisbury Arts Centre
Lovett Pies
Garlic Farm
Sarum College
Pete’s New Forest Butchers
Greatest Little Coffee Box
Secret Pizza Society
Springfield Dressing
Greenpeace
Shredded Meat Company
Stainswick Farm Oil
Hog ‘n’ Spit
Suzette’s Fresh Pancakes
Traditional Beef Company
Jimmy Bean
Tashi Lhunpo Monks
Unusual Pork Pie Company
Ken Leslie
Thai Orchid
Wessex Cider
La Mollina
Top Dog Cuisine
Wessex Sausage Company
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Professional Cookery Demonstrations Sunday 21 September • Market Place/Guildhall Square, Free
10.15am
Jeff the Chef – Local, Healthy and Affordable food
11am
Monica Price – Love Food Hate Waste recipes
12pm
Christine Wallace – Great British Bake Off finalist
1pm
John Tobin from the Rivers Edge Restaurant at the Rose & Crown
1.45pm
Jeff the Chef – Reasons to be Healthy 123
2.30pm
Christine Wallace – Great British Bake Off finalist
3.30pm
Peter Vaughan – Vaughan’s Kitchen and The Bistro, Devizes
4.30pm
Monica Price – Love Food Hate Waste recipes
Timetable subject to change. Demonstrations run for between 25 – 35 minutes.
Jeff the Chef
John Tobin
Jeff the Chef has just returned from a round the world gourmet trip and will be tempting you with tastes and tales from his travels. Jeff, who has been a professional chef for over 50 years and during his career has worked with a range of celebrity chefs including Jean-Christophe Novelli and the Roux Brothers, will bring his usual infectious enthusiasm for food and share with you his love of cooking.
Join chef Toby from the Rivers Edge Restaurant at the Rose & Crown Hotel where he has been cooking at the hotel for over 40 years as he reveals the recipe for his famous chicken and seafood paella.
Monica Price
Peter Vaughan
Professional nutritionist Monica Price is the national representative for the Co-operative’s ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign. She will be cooking delicious recipes from the Co-operative Food Magazine in her professional chef demonstration. Join her to find out easy and practical things we can all do to waste less food and discover tasty recipes to use up leftovers, benefiting both your purse and our environment.
Christine Wallace 2013 Great British Bake Off finalist Christine Wallace will be joining us to host a baking demonstration. Christine likes to put her own twist on traditional bakes but her real passion is for making and decorating cakes, especially using sugarcraft. Having baked with her grandmother since she was a little girl Christine still finds baking the perfect way to relax and she’ll have lots of tips and stories to tell from her time in the kitchen, especially from the Great British Bake Off.
Peter Vaughan trained with the elite of the culinary world, worked in Michelin star restaurants and completed a diploma in nutrition and herbalism to enable him to develop his ‘naturally balanced’ approach. This is at the heart of his restaurant, The Bistro, Devizes, and his cookery school Vaughan’s Kitchen. Peter also frequents the small screen on programmes such as Dinner Doctors and BBC Breakfast.
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Sunday 21 September
Sunday 21 September
11am – 1.30pm Neal’s Yard Remedies Studio, 27 Market Place, £25
2.30pm – 4.30pm Neal’s Yard Remedies Studio, 27 Market Place, £7
Rachel Heathcote, Medical Herbalist, takes you on a gentle walk through the beautiful Cathedral Close teaching about the medicinal plants which grow there as you walk. Heading back indoors at Neal’s Yard Remedies, you will then get hands–on making some simple remedies including elderberry syrup, lemon balm tincture, marigold macerated oil and herbal baths. There will be samples and recipe sheets to take home on the day.
Discover a way of eating that leaves you feeling vibrant, glowing with energy and bursting with vitality by consuming simple plant life, without cooking or preserving it. Jackie Matthews discusses how to prepare beautiful raw meals and experience what it is to truly love your food.
Plant Medicine – Walk & Workshop
The Raw and Living Food Lifestyle
Places limited to 12 Booking: online at www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Places limited to 12 Booking: online at www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Sunday 21 September
Food Festival Film – Chef 7.30pm (bar open 6.45pm) Salisbury Arts Centre Tickets: £7, £9.50 with a tasty Cuban cake (£6, £8.50 members)
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Jon Favreau | 2014 Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman 144 minutes | Certificate 15
Chef is a charming and funny story of a chef who returns to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen. Determined not to compromise his creative integrity, chef Carl Casper quits his job at a prominent restaurant and hits the road. Finding himself in Miami, he launches a culinary adventure with his ex–wife, his friend and his son. His Cubano sandwiches soon become an internet sensation. Expect your mouth to water in this delicious story of one man’s mission to rediscover his appetite for life. Booking: online at www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
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Food & Drink Festival Week Events Around The City
Tuesday 16 September
Foraging Walk with John Wright from River Cottage 12pm and 3pm River Bourne Community Farm, Laverstock SP1 2SR Meet in the Farmyard, £8, 90 minutes River Cottage’s foraging expert John Wright leads you on a foraging walk around the green rural spaces of River Bourne Community Farm, identifying edible wild foods with hints and tips on using foraged foods in your cooking. At the end of the walk join John at the Community Farm café where a selection of tasty treats from the Farm shop will be available to sample. Booking: online at www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Wednesday 17 September
Thane Prince’s Perfect Preserves 11.30am Fisherton Mill, 108 Fisherton Street, £8.50
Tuesday 16 September
Cocktail Hour with John Wright from River Cottage 7pm, The Cosy Club, College Chambers, 49 New Street, £25, 90 minutes, over 18s (includes minimum 2 cocktails and a range of tapas and canapés, plus a glass of wine, beer or a soft drink)
What better way to kick-start your evening than by drinking cocktails in The Cosy Club’s light and airy oak panelled dining room? John Wright will demonstrate recipes from his latest handbook, Booze, teaching you how to make your own seasonal infusions, from smoked sloe gin to sweet vernal grass vodka or gorse flower rum. The Cosy Club will serve up a tempting selection of tapas and canapés to complement the cocktails. Booking: online at www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Join Thane Prince, BBC 2’s The Big Allotment Challenge preserving expert, as she shares her knowledge from her new book Perfect Preserves and gives home cooks all the help you need to make delicious jams, pickles and chutneys. Cookbook author and cookery teacher, as well as cookery columnist for the Daily Telegraph, Thane will share recipes and tips for both beginners and more adept cooks. The event will take place in the beautiful, historic setting of Fisherton Mill, a stunning contemporary art gallery and muchloved café. During the event there will be an opportunity to sample some of the recipes. Booking: online at www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
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Thursday 18 September
English Sparkling Wine vs Champagne 7.30pm, Cambridge Wine Merchants, 5 Winchester Street, £15 (includes tasting and local cheese and pâté to sample) Explore in store the top end of English wine-making with three superb English sparkling wines pitched against their French counterparts. Who will win? Decide for yourself at this fantastic tasting event. Booking: contact Cambridge Wine Merchants on 01722 324486
Saturday 20 September
Each Peach Pear Plum 10.30am – 11.30am Salisbury Library, Suitable for all ages, Free
Friday 19 September
Unlock the secrets of Skype – with Anne Swithinbank and Peter Vaughan
Each, peach, pear, plum, I spy Tom Thumb! Fill up the kids’ weekend with some lovely storytelling. Our friends at the library will open up Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s book to make the most of its delightful interactive potential, followed by pie-making arts and craft. Booking: not needed
10am – 4pm Salisbury City Hall, Free Your online adventure starts here with Anne Swithinbank from BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time and local celebrity chef Peter Vaughan, who will host friendly and interactive sessions via Skype exclusively for those of you who are new to computers and the internet. Session times: Peter Vaughan: 10.30 – 11.30am Anne Swithinbank: 1.30 – 2.30pm Wiltshire Council’s digital champion volunteers will also be on hand throughout the day to talk to anyone needing help with the basics of computers, tablets or smart phones. Prospective volunteers are also encouraged to come along and find out more about volunteering with Wiltshire Online. Booking: Drop in at any point between 10am and 4pm or book your free place in advance. For more information and to book, please contact Wiltshire Online 01225 793349 or digitalinclusion@wiltshire.gov.uk
Saturday 20 September
Rowena’s Marvellous Medicine Lunch 11am – 2.30pm Neal’s Yard Remedies Studio, 27 Market Place, £35 (includes all food) Nutritional therapist Rowena Paxton explains the healing benefits of food, whilst preparing simple and delicious seasonal dishes and serving you a threecourse healing food lunch. Places limited to 8 Booking: online at www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
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EATING OUT Monday 15 – Sunday 21 September
Friday 19 September
Eating out - one night only Throughout the Food & Drink Festival week a range of local restaurants and cafés will be hosting special events and menus at their restaurants for one night only…or afternoon! Why not take a break from the kitchen and spend the week taking advantage of the tempting offers below…all at a special price for the Food Festival week. Monday 15 September
Wednesday 17 September
Bill’s
Nandos
Bill’s Salisbury is a gem of a restaurant. Situated in The Chough, the interior has been transformed to give Bill’s a warm and stylish atmosphere. For one day only Bill’s is extending the new Set Menu from 12pm all the way through the evening to kick-start the Food & Drink Festival. Enjoy two courses for £9.95 or three courses for £11.95.
Nandos is a great new addition to Salisbury. Situated just off the Market Square this restaurant is ideal for a quick bite for lunch or an informal dinner with friends. Look out for all sorts of exciting things happening in and around the restaurant all day, and come in from 6pm, spend £7 and get a half-chicken free!
Tuesday 16 September
Cosy Club Tapas Tuesday
The Cosy Club is located in the heart of Salisbury just a couple of minutes’ walk from the Cathedral. Behind the arts and crafts exterior of this elegant Grade II listed former arts college there’s a real surprise in store. Enjoy a selection of three tapas dishes and a glass of house wine for £11.50 any time from 5pm.
Eating Out – Throughout the Week
Cranes Wine CafÉ Five Course Special Wine Dinner Cranes is one of Salisbury’s premiere independent restaurants, with a strong emphasis on exceptional food and service. Begin your weekend in style with their Salisbury Food & Drink Festival Special Wine Dinner. Join them to sample signature dishes by head chef Liam Mason, in a five course tasting menu with wine pairings. £55 per person only available by reservation and mentioning the Festival offer. Full menu and contact details available on Cranes’ website. Saturday 20 September
Paella Night
The Refectory, Salisbury Cathedral
La Mollina is a popular familyrun Spanish Restaurant and Tapas Bar on Salisbury’s historic Market Place. In Spain, dinner is a social event that needs to be afforded some time and La Mollina provides the atmosphere to do just that. Why not transport your taste buds to Spain for the evening and choose from four delicious paellas at £8.95 per person?
Cream Tea for Two Visit the recently refurbished Refectory within Salisbury Cathedral with its stunning views of the spire or sit outside in the tranquillity of the cloisters. Treat yourself to a very traditional English cream tea with homemade scones, homemade fruit jam, clotted cream and the very best of loose leaf tea and enjoy a second absolutely free.
Boston Tea Party
The Rivers Edge
Boston Tea Party’s home is in the Old George Inn – a Grade I listed building dating back to the early 1300s. Its mission is to serve ethically sourced, affordable and excellent quality food and drink, made from scratch onsite every day. Try it for yourself with 10% discount on production of the 2014 Salisbury Food & Drink Festival brochure, for the duration of the Festival.
Waterfront Restaurant, Bar & Terrace at The Rose & Crown Hotel
Thursday 18 September
La Mollina
Join the Rivers Edge at the Rose & Crown for lunch or dinner, between 12pm and 9.30pm, during Salisbury Food & Drink Festival week and enjoy a free pudding when you order a starter and main course. Terms & Conditions apply www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
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Competition Create your perfect pancake! We’re looking for a brand new pancake filling to go on sale at the 2014 Food & Drink Festival Market. Get creative in the kitchen and send us a photo of your homemade pancake, or draw us a picture. The winning filling will be on sale at Suzette’s Fresh Pancakes’ stall all day on Sunday 21 September. Sweet or savoury, you decide! For more information including how to enter visit www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Diary of events Monday 15 September
Wednesday 17 September
Sunday 21 September
All day Bill’s - 2 courses for £9.95 or 3 courses for £11.95
11.30am Thane Prince’s Perfect Preserves, Fisherton Mill
10am Food & Drink Festival Market, Salisbury Market Place & Guildhall
All week Boston Tea Party – 10% off on production of 2014 Food & Drink Festival brochure
From 6pm Nandos - spend £7 and get a half chicken free
10.15am-4.30pm Chef demonstrations. See page 6 for details
All week The Rivers Edge Restaurant, Rose & Crown - free pudding when you order a starter & main course (12pm - 9.30pm)
7.30pm English Sparkling Wine vs. Champagne, Cambridge Wine Merchants
Tuesday 16 September 12pm Foraging Walk with John Wright from River Cottage, River Bourne Community Farm 3pm Foraging Walk with John Wright from River Cottage, River Bourne Community Farm
Thursday 18 September
La Mollina - paella for £8.95 pp Friday 19 September 10am Unlock the secrets of Skype - with Anne Swithinbank and Peter Vaughan, Salisbury City Hall Cranes Wine Café – 5 courses with wines for £55
From 5pm Cosy Club - 3 tapas dishes and a glass of house wine for £11.50
Saturday 20 September
7pm Cocktail Hour with John Wright from River Cottage, Cosy Club
11am Rowena’s Marvellous Medicine Lunch, Neal’s Yard Remedies Studio
10.30am Each Peach Pear Plum, Salisbury Library
All day Cathedral Refectory – buy 1 cream tea get 1 free
To book ticketed events Visit salisburyfestival.co.uk and book online any time from 4 August Salisbury Food & Drink Festival is produced by Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival in association with Salisbury City Council. Please visit the Festival’s website and register online to receive monthly email updates.
www.salisburyfestival.co.uk | 0845 241 9651 Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival next runs from 22 May – 6 June 2015
11am Crown Court Café, Salisbury Guildhall 11am Food Fun, Guildhall, Banqueting Hall 11am Super Food Sunday, Neal’s Yard Remedies 11am Plant Medicine - Walk & Workshop, Neal’s Yard Remedies Studio 11.30am Wet Picnic, Time for Tea 2pm Wet Picnic, Time for Tea 2.30pm The Raw and Living Food Lifestyle, Neal’s Yard Remedies Studio 4pm Wet Picnic, Time for Tea 7.30pm Food Festival Film – Chef (2014), Salisbury Arts Centre