Christine Wallace - My home is in Didcot Oxfordshire and I started my love of baking at the tender age of 6 by watching and learning from my wonderful grandmother. Since then I have always enjoyed shutting myself in the kitchen and creating all kinds of culinary delights! My first love has always been cake making and especially the finishing and decorating, having taught myself the art of piping and sugarcraft. Because of these skills it then, of course, fell to me to bake for all the special family occasions and I was persuaded (and bullied a little!) into applying for The Great British Bake Off 2013 series. I had no expectations of getting through so was totally overwhelmed when I received the phone call from the film company and then made my way through the audition processes to be eventually selected as one of the programme bakers, especially as 15000 people applied!! I was amazed and thrilled to get as far as the quarter finals.... I met some wonderful people, had fun and stress in equal measures and made 12 friends for life in my fellow bakers. I am now deriving huge enjoyment from all my post Bake Off activities, judging charity baking events, giving talks, attending the Food Shows, demonstrating, recipe compilation and some work with one of the Shopping Channels. I am also now resident cook with BBC Radio Oxford and enjoy working there with a great team of lovely people.
Wiltshire Cure - Not so long ago, the town of Calne was synonymous with Harris’s very many pork products and with the closure of the Harris factory in the 1980s the town seemed to lose its identity for a time. What was not appreciated then was the culinary legacy that the Harris brothers left behind, in the revolutionary wet curing process they developed for ham and bacon – the Wiltshire Cure. Whilst the factory closure was many years ago, Wiltshire cured products continue to be favoured by ham and bacon aficionados throughout the UK, something that Calne can indeed be very proud of. On what better occasion to celebrate Calne as the Home of the Wiltshire Cure than at its Food and Drink Festival 2015. Visit the Wiltshire Cure stand to find out more.
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Saturday 5th September 2015 10am to 4pm Calne Town Centre & Town Hall Special Guest Great British Bake Off 2013 Quarter Finalist Christine Wallace Fairtrade Cafe & Craft Stall 9.30am to 12.30pm Calne Community Hub Street Stalls and Entertainment will be on offer free of charge for the day. The White Hart Hotel Presents:- The Beer Festival in the Town Hall. Come and sample the special Calne Cure Ale, courtesy of Arkells Brewery. Artemis Olive Ltd RSPB Kennet & Avon Brewery The Treen Workshop The Marden Bakery Circle Cider Wiltshire Bee Centre Auntie Caroline’s Pickled Onions and Chutneys
Stainswick Farm Oil Henry Symonds Catering UK Bratwurst Co. Ltd Jacqui’s Sweets Pete’s Ices The Pampered Chef Raffaele’s Ice Creams The Wiltshire Chilli Farm Plus lots, lots more
How to get here Bus - Stagecoach 55 and APL Travel 33/X33 Car - Calne is located between Marlborough and Chippenham on the A4 Bike - Sustrans route 403 passes through Calne
Brochure Designed by Stacey Mercer
For more information please contact Calne Town Council on 01249 814000 or visit our website www.calnefoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk
Competitions 12 Years and Under - Design a child’s dish for the White Hart Hotel - the winning dish will be produced for the winner and friends at the White Hart Hotel.
Wiltshire Cure Stall Talk at 2.30pm
13 Years to 17 Years - Bring in your dish that includes honey as an ingredient - the winner will receive a Wiltshire Bee Centre Basket. 18 Years + - Produce your ‘Cake for Calne’. Bring in the cake and recipe on the day or drop into the Farmhouse Deli in Phelps Parade. The winner’s cake will be produced and sold from the Farmhouse Deli and receive a gift voucher for the Farmhouse Deli.
Demonstrations in the Town Hall ÆÆ The Flying Pig Emporium: Cupcake Decorating - 11am ÆÆ Slimming World: Slimming Plan & Healthy Eating - Noon ÆÆ Wiltshire Wildlife Trust: How to Use Those Leftovers - 1pm ÆÆ HACCA: Healthy Active Children In The Community Area - 2pm ÆÆ Christine Wallace: Demonstrating her “Bake Off” talent - 3pm ÆÆ Christine Wallace will be announcing the Competition Winners -
3.30pm
ÆÆ Wiltshire Cure Talk at the Wiltshire Cure Stand 2.30pm with Sue
Boddington ÆÆ Arkells Brewer talk during the Beer Festival, in the Corn Exchange of the Town Hall ÆÆ Sainsbury’s will be doing taste testing outside the store for the duration of the festival
Sainsbury’s Food Tasting Food & Drink Stalls Town Centre 10-4pm
Town Hall Cookery Demo’s Free Admission Town Hall Beer Festival Presented by The White Hart Hotel Free Admission
Calne Town Council Information Centre 10amNoon