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WELCOME

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Welcome to the essential guide for Towcester Food Festival, taking place on June 10 and 11. We’ve added new attractions to the show this year – and you can read all about them here.

There’s the 185 Watling Street Cocktail Masterclasses, our Foodies Lounge where you can hear talks from local food heroes and the David Baker Steak School – all new for 2017.

We are always striving to keep the festival fresh but the one thing we would never change is its relaxed atmosphere. It is a place where you can spend time with friends and family, saunter among the stalls, hone your cookery skills and enjoy some fine food and drink.

One of the local businesses that will be represented this year is Blackpit Brewery, based in Silverstone and the newest brew house in the county. The three pals behind the business will be offering free samples of their beer, just one of the sampling opportunities on offer during the festival weekend.

Our ever popular wine tasting sessions will be back, although this year with a slightly different twist. Find out more about that later in this programme. As will the chef demo stage, live music and cookery classes for children.

A huge thank you to everyone who came last year. It is always fantastic to see so many people supporting small, artisan food and drink producers. Thank you also to our wonderful band of volunteers, without whom, it simply would not be possible to put on this festival.

Having launched in 2014, Towcester Food Festival is now in its fourth year and, with your support, we are very proud of what we have achieved. On the back of the success, we launched a new festival last year – the

Northampton Winter Food Festival – which was well received and we’re looking forward to running that show again in November.

Between them, the events have raised almost £4,000 for good causes locally and last year, we gave nearly £500 to help fund the Christmas lunch for the Northamptonshire Association for the Blind (NAB). It seemed appropriate that we should help those less fortunate than ourselves to enjoy some good food and drink at a time of festivity!

We are very grateful to South Northamptonshire Council who support the festival as part of its commitment to encourage tourism and the local economy and to our patron William Sitwell who freely gives up his time to support the festival.

This guide is full of information about the show, including the schedule of the chef demos, timing of the talks in the Foodies Lounge and the stallholders who are exhibiting. Please keep it and bring it with you on the big day.

With very best wishes for another great festival, Crispin Slee Founder, Towcester Food Festival.

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EAT, DRINK AND MAKE MERRY Towcester Food Festival is a celebration of artisan food and drink - a day out where you can eat, drink, shop and make merry.

It’s the perfect place to unwind and spend time with family and friends, sauntering by the stalls or soaking up the atmosphere on one of our live music lawns.

The festival’s street food market offers a world of flavour from South Africa to Mexico, Thailand to the Caribbean.

The festival takes place in the parkland setting of Towcester Racecourse on Saturday June 10 and Sunday June 11.

You can enjoy a cup of fresh-brewed coffee on arrival; take in a chef demo; feast at the street food market; sip a glass (or two) of something cold on one of our two live music lawns in the afternoon; and take in one of the talks in the Foodies Lounge which is new for 2017.

The racecourse provides the perfect venue for the festival, with plenty of free parking and views over Towcester and surrounding countryside.

There will be 100 food and drink stalls at this year’s festival, along with free chef demonstrations, foodie talks and a free family circus.

One of the biggest draws is the free tasting sessions where you can sample wines from small, artisan producers and gin made in Northamptonshire.

This year, the wine tastings will focus on food matching, with the perfect selection for a BBQ, fish and a summer supper.

As ever, we have an amazing array of artisan producers, from Northamptonshire and further afield, including award winning local cheese, ale and cider.

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If you’re bringing the kids, they can spend time in the family circus; take a turn on the bouncy castle; get their faces painted; or take part in one of the cookery classes.

The exhibitors who are coming to the festival are listed at the back of this guide on pages 54 onwards.

You will find them all located in the marquees and covered stalls which surround the top and bottom lawns behind the two stands.

If you need help finding your way around, please ask one of our wonderful volunteers, who are on hand to help and make your visit a memorable one.

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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Tickets Buying your tickets in advance saves you money.

Tickets can be bought online from the Towcester Food Festival website at: towcesterfoodfestival.co.uk, or at the gate on the day. Tickets are £6 in advance for adults, with no booking fee, and £8 on the day.

Children aged 10 to 17 are £3. Children under 10 are free. A family ticket for two adults and up to three children bought in advance is £16. On the day, a family ticket is £20.

Parking Towcester Racecourse has lots of free parking. Your car will be quite literally right on the doorstep so you can come and go to stow your purchases if you wish.

The entrance to the main car park is at the rear of the racecourse, accessed via the Shutlanger Road.

There will be road signs directing you to the venue and marshalls will be on hand to direct you to your parking place. The gates on the A5 will be shut.

There will be disabled parking and a disabled dropoff beside the pedestrian entrance. The full address is: Towcester Racecourse, London Road, Towcester, NN12 6LB.

Opening Times Towcester Food Festival is open from 10am to 6pm on Saturday June 10 and 10am to 5pm on Sunday June 11.

William Sitwell Masterchef judge and food critic William Sitwell is Patron of Towcester Food Festival. William will tour the stalls on Saturday morning seeking out the best local producers.

Dogs Sorry but we are unable to accommodate dogs at this year’s festival because there will be greyhound racing during the event.

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WHAT’S ON?

WHAT’S ON? Blackpit Brewery

New for 2017, Blackpit Brewery, the newest brew house in the area, will be setting up shop in the middle of the festival and offering samples of their beer in order to promote their fledgling business.

Set up by three friends, the brewery’s focus is quality session ales, hand-made in Buckinghamshire, best enjoyed with friends and family.

185 Watling Street Cocktail Masterclasses

New for 2017, learn how to shake like a pro with the mixology team from 185 Watling Street in Towcester.

You get to make two cocktails – one to drink in class and the other to take away. It’s a recipe for great fun with a couple of friends. See page 40 for more details.

Foodies Lounge

New for 2017, we are hosting a series of talks from local food heroes on subjects from foraging to cheese-making. These talks are free and take place throughout each day. Just pull up a seat and enjoy. If you’re lucky, you might even get some free samples!

See page 20 for timings and speakers.

Steak School

New for 2017, award-winning butcher David Baker will run a Steak School in the Foodies Lounge on both days. David will dissect the part of the beast that contains four of the best known steaks and explain how each gets its characteristic texture and flavour. See page19 for more details.

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Located between Silverstone and Stowe, Blackpit Brewery overlooks a beautiful lake in the original hunting grounds of the Stowe Estate. The brewery is having an opening party on Saturday June 17 – check out their website for more details: www.blackpitbrewery.co.uk

Tasting Sessions

The free tasting sessions go down a storm every year. Supported by Catchpole Cellars and Warner Edwards, they will be back in 2017. They run during each day of the festival and take place in the tasting marquee, located by the family circus.

Dennis Kingshott from Catchpole Cellars will host the free wine tasting sessions. He will guide you through a perfect flight of wines for a summer supper, a BBQ and some superb wines to go with fish. Tom Warner, from Northamptonshire’s award winning gin distillery Warner Edwards, will host the gin talks. He will reveal the secrets of gin making and offer some free tasters from the Warner Edwards range. For more details about the free tasting sessions, see page 28.

There’s no need to book as it’s first come first served but do get there early as numbers are limited to just 40. The tasting sessions will take place at the following times on both days of the festival 11.30am – Wine 12.30pm – Gin 13.30pm – Wine 14.30pm – Gin 15.30pm - Wine

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WHAT’S ON?

WHAT’S ON? Food and Drink

There are more than 100 food, drink and craft stalls.

Meet the artisan makers and sample their fare. Our street food market has flavours from around the world – from South Africa to Thailand, Mexico and Spain – from wood-fired pizza to chocolate and churros.

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Family Circus

The renowned Panic Family Circus will be back at Towcester Food Festival this year. It’s great entertainment for kids – big and small! – and everything is free! Professor Panic and his team will be putting on clown shows, Punch and Judy shows and storytelling sessions.

There’s also a chance to learn how to walk a tightrope (at low level of course), ride a unicycle, twirl a hoola-hoop and make giant bubbles. Panic Circus will be open throughout both days. Look out for the stilt-walkers. Timings of the shows will be on blackboards outside big top.

Chef Demos

As ever, we’ve got some fabulous chefs on the chef demo stage. They’ll be sharing their skills throughout the weekend. The demonstrations take place hourly, from 11.30am on Saturday and noon on Sunday, and are free. There’s no need to book just turn up and bag a spot in the marquee.

All the chefs will wear microphones and the demonstrations will be streamed live on large TV screens so that you can see every detail of their art.

Learn from the experts as they share hints and tips about everything from baking to the best pub grub.

For the full line-up, please see Pages 30 – 34

Cookery Classes for Children

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Other Things for Kids

As well as cookery classes the free family circus, the Kidz Painting Party Company will have a stall where will kids can paint pottery and have their faces painted, and there will also be a bouncy castle.

The kids cookery classes will run over both days and will be led by Rachel Wilson from Cookery Doodle Doo in Silverstone. There are two different recipes and kids can learn how to make either a Summer Snack Bowl or Berry Nice Sundae.

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The classes run for 30 minutes and cost £5. They are suitable for children aged three and above. Under fives require supervision and please can you advise if your child has any food allergies. For timing and

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During the weekend, there will be live music on our two music lawns. Bag a table or spread out a picnic rug and sit, eat, drink and lap up the atmosphere.

Check our website for updates and news about the festival: towcesterfoodfestival.co.uk

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COOKERY CLASSES AT THE FESTIVAL

Do your kids hang around your apron strings in the kitchen, asking what you are doing and wanting to join in?

Cookery is one of life’s greatest skills. Feed their culinary interest by enrolling them in one of our children’s cookery classes. And while they’re making themselves something delicious to eat, you can enjoy a little bit of time to yourselves!

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Our cookery classes are run by Rachel Wilson of Cookery Doodle Doo cooking school in south Northants. At the last show, the classes all sold out so please book in advance to avoid disappointment.

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buy tickets. Cost per session for the children’s classes is £5. Maximum number of 12 per class.

Your children can learn how to make either a summer snack bowl – a salad of watermelon, tomato and feta brought to life with a balsamic dressing – or a berry nice sundae – a delicious sweet summer treat of berries, creme fraiche, yogurt and honey. Both can be taken away and are ready to eat.

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The classes last for 30 minutes and will run at the following times:

Saturday

When you book, please take care to advise Rachel if your child has any allergies, intolerances or special needs. The kids cookery classes take place on the second floor of the Grace Stand. (See map)

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Rachel is a mum herself, who worked in the food industry before launching her own cooking school, and works patiently with the children to nurture and guide them. Her classes are suitable for children aged three and above, although under fives will need to be accompanied please. There is a choice of two different courses.

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David Baker knows a thing or two about meat. A fourth generation butcher from a fabled farming family, he grew up among livestock.

During holidays from Harper Adams agricultural college, he rolled up his sleeves to work in the family abattoir. With his father and nephew, he now rears his own cattle on the family farm at Onley Grounds near Rugby, carefully nurturing the best beasts. His Onley Oak cattle are grain fed on a special home mix diet, using cereals grown on the farm.

David’s beef is a favourite with Michelin-star chefs and graces the plates of top London restaurants and famous cruise ships. He earned an even greater accolade last year when he won a Silver Medal at the World Steak Challenge in London, arguably ranking his sirloin as the second best on the planet. No other English producer appeared in the top 30.

David will be sharing his knowledge about beef in his Steak School at this year’s Towcester Food Festival. He will butcher a so-called roasting - the piece of the animal which runs from the fore-rib to

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THE SCHOOL OF STEAK! the rump and which contains all the best-known steaks - the rib-eye, sirloin, fillet and rump.

As he dissects each steak, he will explain what gives the meat its own particular textures and characteristics, and what you should look for when you shop. He said: “People will be surprised to see just how little steak comes from quite a large piece of the animal.”

As well as sharing his knowledge, David and wife Lizzy will be selling their beef at the Onley Ground Farm Shop stall at the festival.

Do you know what a paddywhack is? No! Well you will find out if you go along to one of David’s sessions which will take place once each day in the Foodies Lounge.

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BECOME A FESTIVAL MAKER!

BECOME A FESTIVAL MAKER!

Your local food festival needs you! We are seeking volunteers to join our wonderful band of Festival Makers who help run the event.

You need only give up a few hours over the weekend of the festival and as a thank you we’ll give you free tickets and some free nosh. In the vein of Olympic ‘Gamesmakers’, our Festival Makers play a key role at the festival. They are the smiling face of the festival, helping to greet and guide visitors and make their visit as enjoyable and memorable as possible.

The volunteers come from all walks of life, many return each year and over time have become a festival family. We’re always looking for new recruits so if you want to join in, there’s still plenty of time.

Please email our festival manager Louise Ward: louise@towcesterfoodfestival.co.uk Louise was our first ever volunteer and she was so great, we gave her a job! As well as the pleasure of being involved, Festival Makers get two free tickets to the festival, a free food voucher and a branded ‘Festival Maker’ T-shirt.

Our most prodigious family of volunteers are the Findells – mum Sarah, dad Malcolm, and their sons, Ross and Tom, have all volunteered. Tom works in a busy emergency control room and brings an air of calm to our two-way radios. He said: “I find it hard to find time to volunteer due to work but it’s a pleasure helping out at the food festival. It’s such a great local event.

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“It’s two days where I can get out in the sun (fingers crossed), meet some great friendly people and generally have an enjoyable time. It’s great to feel valued and part of something Towcester can really be proud of!”

Sarah Findell, who lives and works in Towcester, said: “It’s our way of contributing something to the local community. The weekend is great fun and a way of meeting new people - being part of something always makes you ‘feel good’!”

Crispin Slee, founder of the festival, said: “Our Festival Makers are fantastic. People are always so complimentary about them. We really couldn’t do it without them. We ask our volunteers to do either a morning or afternoon session at the festival. Some give up their whole weekend! Please help if you can.

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FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD Eating is one of the great joys of life. There are few things so satisfying as a good meal, washed down with a glass of something fine.

But how much do we really know about food. Do you know your Granny Smiths from your Brown Snouts?

Do you know your sirloin from your tenderloin?

along with a host of other goodies. He is turning the shop into a must for foodies with tastings and pop-up dining events.

Or does the shopping trip to the supermarket run on auto-pilot, a mission of expedience over experience?

Laurence will be Talking Spirits, revealing the tricks of the distillers’ trade and his penchant for using unusual ingredients to make hooch.

We’re hoping to expand your minds. As well as having plenty to eat and drink on offer, we’re running a series of free foodie talks over both days of the festival.

RICHARD MAWBY, FORAGE FROLICS

Richard is a selftaught forager.

He lives off raw milk and the wild plants he finds while out foraging.

Dandelions, clover, daisies, thistles and nettles – the kind of things the most of us regard as weeds, Richard regards as staples.

The talks are designed to be fun, yet informative, and will be led by some of our local food heroes.

They will be informal and take place in our Foodies Lounge. Expect some free samples, but space is limited and seats are first come first served.

Our speakers will be:

He runs foraging workshops in a private nature reserve near where he lives in South Northants and hopes to lead a foraging walk around the racecourse after his talk. Richard will be Talking Foraging.

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JOHN EVANS, TOWCESTER MILL BREWERY

The son of a brewer, John is one third of the triumvirate who launched Towcester Mill to the rapture of local drinkers. The tap room has six real ales and as many real

John will be Talking Beer, revealing the different characteristics malts add to ale, with samples of the Mill’s best-selling beers Black Fire, Mill Race and Bellringer.

PHIL SAXBY, SAXBY’S CIDER

His first cheese - Cobblers Nibble cheese – quickly became a local legend. It is a hard cheese made traditionally by hand with milk from a Northamptonshire Fresian herd. He has gone on to make a soft cheese Cobblers Nibble Gold, made from pasteurised cows’ milk and washed in Guilsborough Gold beer from Nobby’s brewery in Guilsborough and a Northamptonshire blue.

Gary will be Talking Cheese, and providing some free

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ciders on the go at any one time. Not that John manages to sample much – he has to drive home to Northampton.

samples.

A local farmer and scion of the Saxby’s pork pie dynasty, Phil is the man putting Northamptonshire on the cider-making map.

From small beginnings, Phil now makes a range of award-winning ciders, including a rhubarb version which is heaven on earth.

Phil will be Talking Apples, revealing the varieties of apples he uses and their individual and very different qualities, along with tasters to bring the flavours to life.

DAVID BAKER, ONLEY GROUNDS FARM SHOP

David is an award winning butcher and part of a fabled farming family. On each day of the festival, he will run his Steak School in the Foodies Lounge.

GARY BRADSHAW, MAKER OF COBBLERS NIBBLE CHEESE

Gary turned his back on life as a deskbound Mac operator to launch Hamm Tun Fine Foods, the only cheese maker in Northampton.

He will butcher a so-called roasting – the part of the beast that runs from the fore-rib to the rump and includes every well-known steak – rib-eye, sirloin, fillet and rump.

As he goes, he will explain what gives each piece of meat its characteristic texture and flavour and tell you what you should be looking for when you shop for beef.

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HANNA SILLITOE, MYGOODNESSRECIPES.COM

Hanna suffered for years with a painful skin condition for which doctors said there was no cure.

After nearly 20 years of suffering with hot, scaly, angry, blotches all over body, she decided to change her diet.

Within two months, the rash had completely disappeared and she has gone on to write a bestselling book ‘Radiant’, which features a range of skin-friendly recipes. Hanna will talk about her journey in the Foodies Lounge on Sunday and will also demonstrate one of her recipes on the chef demo stage.

BILL HULME, FLEURFIELDS VINEYARDS Bill is a rarity – a wine-maker in Northamptonshire, and an award-winning one at that. He grows his grapes in Brixworth, in a vineyard which overlooks Pitsford Reservoir.

Bill will be Talking Wine, how to grow grapes and the secret to making stuff that is good quality.

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FREE TASTING SESSIONS The joy of wine isn’t just in the drink itself, or the heady feeling you get after a glass or two, but the fact that wine can lift the flavour of food and vice versa.

So this year, rather than simply offering a collection of wines to sample, you can try a flight of four wines designed to accompany a particular summer meal.

Each session kicks off with a taster of Veuve de Lalande, a sparkling wine from France to match Champagne and the perfect tipple before a meal with friends.

Dennis Kingshott from Catchpole Cellars will host the free wine tasting sessions. Each wine is from a small, artisan producer, the kind you will be hard pushed to find in a supermarket. The following sessions will take place on both days of the festival:

11.30 – WINES FOR A SUMMER SUPPER

Veuve de Lalande Blanc Brut, Loire Valley, France Comte de la Boisserie, Chenin Dry, Loire Valley France Brindisi Riserva, Puglia, Italy La Villa Real Moscatel, La Mancha, Spain

13.30 – WINES FOR A SUMMER BBQ

Veuve de Lalande Rose Sec, Loire Valley, France Tierra Alta Sauvignon Blanc Reserva Especial, Casablanca Valley, Chile Penhill Saw Edge Peak, Nuy Valley, South Africa Buller Muscat, Rutherglen, Australia

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15.30 – WINES FOR A FISHY SUMMER LUNCH

Veuve de Lalande Blanc Brut, Loire Valley, France Chateau Haut Pougnan, Bordeaux, France Torrent Bay Pinot Noir, Nelson, New Zealand Marta’s Vinyard Torrontes Reserva, Mendoza, Argentina Catchpole deliver cases by mail order. So if you try something you like, you can arrange for a supply to be delivered after the festival.

Tom Warner, co-founder of the award-winning Warner Edwards distillery in Northamptonshire, will host the free gin tasting sessions. He will take you on a journey into the world of gin, it’s history and explain the different methods that make one gin so different from another.

There will be a chance to try some free samples from the Warner Edwards range, which includes their Harrington Dry, Harrington Sloe, Elderflower Infused and Victoria’s Rhubarb gins.

The talks also take place in the tasting marquee, at 12.30am and 2.30pm on each day and last for 30 minutes. Again, places are limited to 40 people for each session so please get there early to reserve your seat.

At Onley Grounds Farm Shop we specialise in all quality meats and artisan foods. The shop features a large butchery and is well known for its award winning Northamptonshire Grain Fed Beef. All our cattle are reared on our farm located just off the A45 between Dunchurch and Daventry.

As well as supplying high quality meats to the public, well known local establishments and michelin star restaurants, our Grain Fed Onley Oak beef can also be found on the famous Cunard Cruise liners.

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At this years Towcester Food Festival, David Baker, our very own farmer/butcher will be presenting a steak school demonstration on both days. This provides a fascinating insight for all steak lovers to discover where the cuts of meat come from on the animal and why the characteristics of different steaks vary. It will also be a chance to understand what to look for when selecting your perfect steak.

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CHEF DEMONSTRATION STAGE Cooking is a pleasure borne out of hard won experience. To ease the journey, take a seat in our chef demonstration marquee and learn from some of the area’s most celebrated gourmands.

We are delighted to welcome some wonderful local cooks to our chef demo stage this year who will share the benefit of their knowledge throughout the weekend. The chef demonstrations take place hourly and are free. All the chefs wear microphones and the demonstrations are shown on large TV screens so you can see everything close up. They concentrate on using fresh, seasonal produce to prepare their signature dishes. Simply pull up a chair and enjoy!

Taken over in 2014 by Victoria and Sam Tendall, it is an integral part of the village and has established itself as one of the best places to eat in the county. Luke graduated from Northampton Catering College in 2010, during which time he had already been working at The Church Restaurant in Northampton, later moving on to Sous Chef at The Lamplighter.

Luke has been at The Wheatsheaf with Victoria and Sam since the beginning, sharing their passion for quality local, seasonal produce with every single ingredient tracing back to a local producer and in many cases, right outside their door to their extensive allotment.

Katie Johnson from Wot’s Cooking hosts the demo stage. Katie is a farmer turned broadcaster and writer, who worked as a presenter and producer for the BBC for 15 years. The running order for 2017 is:

Saturday 12.30PM: FIONA SCIOLTI SCIOLTI BOTANICAL CHOCOLATES An award winning artisan chocolatier and national food judge, Fiona has demonstrated her skills from London to Bangkok and has featured in Channel 4’s Secret Supper Club, and ITV’s Alan Titchmarsh Show.

She was also the face of a national TV campaign for the Potato Council!

11.30AM: LUKE MCENROE THE WHEATSHEAF IN DALLINGTON Luke is head chef at The Wheatsheaf Pub and Dining Room in Dallington, a beautiful old building, built in distinctive Northamptonshire stone situated opposite the village’s ancient church.

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She specialises in demonstrating easy to prepare, thrifty recipes, using natural ingredients and is always passing on handy hints and tips for the home cook.

Her feedback say it all - she frequently inspires her audience to go home and have a go themselves. www.scioltichocolates.com

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1.30PM: CARMELA SERENO HAYES CARMELA’S KITCHEN IN NORTHAMPTON Rapidly establishing herself as Queen of the Italian cookery scene, Carmela was born in Bedford to Italian parents who settled in the UK in the late 1950s. Today, half of Carmela’s family have made their way back to Italy, where they carry on the local traditions and cooking styles.

This remains a constant point of reference for Carmela, an Italian food writer and cookery teacher who holds her heritage close to her heart, teaching her ‘Cucina Povera’ cooking style at her classes and workshops.

Carmela’s mantra is to cook simple, inexpensive, flavoursome food with good quality seasonal ingredients. 2014 saw the release of her first cookery book ‘Southern Italian Family Cooking’ and Carmela has followed that success with further titles. Her passion is the family, especially her four children, and making pasta!

2.30PM SPENCER OLLINGTON EAT WITH SPENCER Spencer is an award winning chef with a passion for creating fresh, nutritious dishes and on a mission to make mealtimes tasty again.

The Milton Keynes ‘Chef Of The Year’ has spent 23 years working in kitchens, including as Executive Chef at ‘Bistro Live.’

Spencer now runs his own ‘Eat with Spencer,’ offering bespoke catering for all occasions, corporate events and hospitality, ‘pop up’ restaurants, sports nutrition courses and holidays, and his show stopper fine dining experience which means you can relax and entertain your dinner party guests whilst he does the shopping, cooking and cleaning!

He is also a judge at the MK Food and Leisure Awards and recently cooked at their gala awards ceremony. Away from the stove, he is a keen marathon runner and charity fundraiser.

Find him on Social Media: @eatwithspencer

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CHEF DEMONSTRATION STAGE 3.30PM: JUSTIN LEFEVRE THE RED LION IN CULWORTH

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Justin has been creating wonderful food for over 25 years, learning his craft at ‘The Wentworth Hotel’ in Aldeburgh before moving on to manage a very successful and popular gastro pub in the county for 10 years, before opening his own establishment at ‘The Red Lion’ in the lovely village of Culworth in 2009.

Between them, Justin and his wife Bronni, have developed a substantial loyal following of diners who enjoy his keenly priced contemporary style food, sourced locally wherever possible and always with attention to freshness and seasonality.

Seafood is a great favourite at The Red Lion and daily deliveries from Brixham provide plenty of inspiration for the specials board alongside the regular mouthwatering menu. Justin’s keen interest in food extends to keeping his own pigs and chickens, and picking up inspiring ideas from his travels abroad.

It’s not all about food though as playing golf and following Formula One racing play a big part of his life too!

12PM: MILTON KEYNES COOKERY SCHOOL Milton Keynes Cookery School offers inspiring and practical cookery courses in their purpose built kitchen on the edge of Milton Keynes. Spilt into two brands, Inspired Gourmet offers Cookery Classes, Kids Cookery, Private Parties and Corporate Team Building.

Mountain Chefs teaches the skills needed to become a chalet chef / host, and gives all the support needed to secure a Seasonaire role. Whether you are looking to do a cookery class, private party or cooking event, they offer memorable experience, and are passionate about food and cooking.

1PM: LOUIS MYHILL HEAD CHEF OF NELSON STREET TOM HUMPHRIES HEAD CHEF BINN SMOKE HOUSE Louis Myhill and Tom Humphries grew up together in the small, historic, market town of Buckingham.

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3PM: HANNA SILLITOE AUTHOR OF ‘RADIANT”

A few years later in 2012 they opened Nelson Street with another friend Mike Norris which was a huge success and serves a fine dining experience. Now the team have just opened a smokehouse in the town centre focusing on smoked meats and more relaxed eating.

Hanna burst onto the health food scene in 2017 with her best-selling book ‘Radiant’. It tells the story of her life-long battle against the vicious auto-immune disease that made her skin flare up into hot, scaly, angry red sores which eventually covered her whole body.

Told by doctors that there was nothing they could do, Hanna cured herself by radically changing her diet. Hanna will demonstrate one of the dishes that appears in Radiant, which is full of skin friendly recipes.

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After going their separate ways to craft their trade.

Tom and Louis headed to London to work at iconic establishments like Petrus and the famous Ivy.

2PM: ANITA CHIPALKATTY HOBBY COOKS IN NORTHAMPTON Anita is a chef, teacher and mother who has a passion for Indian cuisine. She runs ‘Hobby Cooks’ in Northampton, passing on her knowledge of authentic Indian cooking, gathered from her upbringing and travels as an adult.

Anita is on a mission to inspire and teach the cooking of practical, interesting and delicious meals using fresh produce. “There is no need for complicated ingredients when you have such great spices for taste and aroma,” she says.

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VINO, VIDI, VICI

VINO, VIDI, VICI Bill Hulme sounds like the ultimate husband. Every morning, he gets up at 6am, takes the dogs for a walk, and then returns to bed with a cup of tea for wife Flora.

And when Mrs Hulme fell in love with Tuscany and asked hubby if she could have a vineyard of her own, Bill obliged.

Most men would have coughed and spluttered and put it on the list of jobs that never get done, but Bill reacted like an whippet – he was straight on the case.

It helped of course that he had a field in his ‘back garden’ that was perfect for the job, but he didn’t realise that straight away.

First, he trawled the UK for potential spots. He even looked as far a field as France and Italy, but being a practical man, he realised none of them were viable.

Then he looked closer to home. The couple own eight acres of pasture land around the farmhouse in Brixworth which has now been their home for 35 years.

Part of the land is sloped and south facing. Bill investigated. The soil was well-balanced and freedraining – perfect for growing vines. Bill and Flora had found their vineyard right on the door step.

Bill, with help, put in 235 posts and one and a half miles of wire. He bought 1,000 vines and planted them lovingly by hand.

This was back in 2000 when Bill was in his early 50s and still working full-time as management consultant and refereeing rugby at weekends.

The vines took three years to bear fruit. In 2004, they harvested 699 bottles, in 2005, 2,400 bottles and in 2006, in 4,500 bottles.

The next year disaster struck. Bill had never sprayed the vines to protect them and disease ravaged every plant. cont...

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VINO, VIDI, VICI Undaunted, he went on a formal vineyard management course and was able to restore each plant to full health. He has never looked back.

Bill said: “I love every day. It’s hard physical work but that keeps us both fit and you get to meet some lovely people.”

The couple now grow enough grapes to make 5,500 bottles of wine a year, including a sparkling white and a pink fizz, and have won countless awards.

They are a success story which has its roots, quite literally, planted in Northamptonshire. He’s not the first person to discover the hidden wonders of the county’s land however - the Romans very likely grew wine here 2,000 years ago.

The vineyard is called Fleurfields, named after the breed of sheep that used to graze the field before it was ploughed up for vines.

The couple host tours of the vineyard and will be selling all five of their wines – including their sparkling varieties at the Towcester Food Festival.

Bill will also be talking about growing vines and wine making at the show, as part of the free line-up of foodie talks. Please see page 26 for timings.

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COCKTAILS

COCKTAIL ANYONE?

Do you want to put some more mojo in you Mojito? Is a Singapore Sling your thing?

Or do you want to update your Old Fashioned?

Well, we have just the thing for you at this year’s Towcester Food Festival – the 185 Watling Street Cocktail Masterclass.

Famed for its range of cocktails and mixology, 185 Watling Street has established itself as a prime spot for food and drink in Towcester.

A new addition to the festival in 2017, the classes will run throughout the day and last for approximately half an hour.

You will be able to learn how to make cocktails like a pro under the watchful eye of a professional mixologist.

The classes start at 11am and run every hour until 3pm on each day. Tickets cost £10 per person (excluding booking fee) and you will get to make two cocktails.

Both are for you to drink - one during the class and the other for you to take away and drink at your leisure.

Crispin Slee, founder of the festival, said: “We’re always looking for new things to add to the festival and we think this is a real winner. It’s a great thing to do with a couple of friends and we’re delighted to be working with 185 to deliver it.”

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It offers informal dining in a relaxed environment and as well as cocktails, serves a range of wines, beers and real ales.

To buy tickets to the masterclasses, please visit www.towcesterfoodfestival.co.uk and click on the ‘Cocktails’ page where you will find the relevant link.

There will be a limit of 20 people per session so please book early to avoid disappointment.

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HANNA SILLITOE Looking at Hanna Sillitoe now, you’d never guess that she’s spent most of her life covered in painful blotches and overweight.

From the age of 15, she had been plagued by the debilitating skin condition psoriasis, an auto-immune disease which causes the skin to flare up. At it’s worst, she was covered from head to foot in a thick, red, scaly, hot rash.

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Hanna said: “All of the doctors and dermatologists I saw told me there was no cure.”

Not only do people with psoriasis have the physical discomfort to contend with, the pain – and how their body looks - has a knock-on effect on mental health.

Perhaps to compensate, Hanna lived for the moment – partying, boozing and eating a lot of junk food. “I was a real party girl. I loved doughy pizza and wine.”

But when, three years ago, after suffering for 20 years, doctors told her they were going to put her on a course of chemotherapy, Hanna took fright.

“Not only was there no guarantee it would work, but one of the potential side effects was liver failure. I just thought to myself – no way.”

Now, she is the picture of good health. Long flaxen hair, skinny and tanned, she looks the epitome of a Californian beach babe.

You could almost say she is positively radiant, which is quite apt because she has just released her first book, appropriately called Radiant.

HANNAH SILLITOE

T-shirts, low-cut dresses were a no-no. Hanna had to cover up to hide the angry rash that covered her body. She even resorted to wrapping herself in clingfilm to stop clothes rubbing against her painfully raw skin.

In it, Hanna tells her story and provides a collection of skin-friendly recipes, from juices to soups and salads, and main meals and desserts.

Hanna will be telling her inspiring story in the Foodies Lounge at Towcester Food Festival on Sunday (June 11). She will also be signing copies of her book.

Find out more about Hanna’s experience online here: mygoodnessrecipes.com. She is on Instagram @ mygoodnessrecipes and Twitter @HannaSillitoe.

And if you can’t wait until the festival to get a copy of her book, you can buy it on Amazon here: http://amzn.eu/h6tjN1t

Years before, Hanna had dabbled into research about links between diet and disease, now she attacked it with gusto.

Finding two compelling stories online about how others had healed their auto-immune conditions through diet, she transformed her diet – ditching alcohol, sugar, gluten, dairy and meat and began a juice cleanse.

For two weeks, she got worse, then something remarkable happened.

“I had given myself 30 days to see if it worked. On the 14th day, I woke up and somehow felt different.

I had slept better and my skin was less angry. From then on in, I kept getting better.”

After 30 days, the rash had gone and her skin had healed. “I went out in a T-shirt for the first time in 20 years.” After 60 days, all trace had gone. Hanna was converted and went on to shed almost four stone.

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FORAGING

Have you ever popped out into the garden to find your lunch? And we’re not talking about cultivated plants from a vegetable patch.

Well Richard Mawby has. And he does so on a regular basis. First stop is the herd of goats for a spot of milk, which he drinks as nature intended – raw and unpasteurised.

And then it’s off for a spot of foraging. Clover, dandelions, dock leaves, bitter-cress, ground ivy, garlic-mustard, sorrel, nettles, thistles, plaintains – the kind of things that most of us regard as weeds, Richard regards as staples.

Richard, a 26-year-old bachelor, said: “Thistles are delicious. After you remove the spikey leaves and skin the stems – it can be eaten, just like celery.”

In the spring, cleavers – that sticky plant that you could have so much fun with at school, sticking it to someone’s back - are a firm favourite, along with wild garlic.

He said: “Cleavers are a healthful plant. You can pop them in your smoothie with milk/water or boil them up for tea. They are a great spring herb for cleansing your lymphatic system.

“Wild garlic is a short-lived wonder. You must be quick to harvest it early spring or it will be gone until the following year! Unlike cultivated garlic bulbs, you use the leaves, stems, and buds leave the small bulbs in the ground. It is great for salad.”

Richard is a self-taught forager, partly inspired by the nature reserve his father created 40 years ago in South Northamptonshire which used to be his childhood playground and which now serves as his larder.

His journey started two years ago when a tooth went bad. He didn’t want it cured by traditional means so he started researching alternative cures.

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shoots? Or wild alexander and three-cornered garlic pesto washed down with a little birch sap?

To complement his troglodyte diet, Richard also sports caveman good looks – a thick beard and long tousled, rich brown hair.

He continues: “Now the major part of people’s diet is potato, pasta, rice and bread – heavy carbohydrates.

He organises foraging walks for people wanting to reconnect with nature and ‘re-wild’ themselves and will be giving a talk on foraging in the Foodies Lounge at 11am on each day of the festival.

“On the other hand, during our past as hunter gatherers, we had access to, and thrived off a diet of possibly hundreds, if not thousands in variety of different vegetation, fruit, animals and insects. It was incredibly diverse and accompanied with this was a vast spectrum of microbes of which our bodies are designed to house.”

Richard’s primary food source is raw goat’s milk, or when that is not available, raw cow’s milk, rich in nutrients and full of butterfat.

He supplements this with wild plants and only eats meat when he feels that his body needs it, and he usually hunts avoiding intensively farmed sources, buying grass-fed, organic and preferably local.

His dishes sound delightful. How about wild garlic and lamb meatballs with lesser celandine, wild chervil and lightly steamed common hogweed

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He discovered that teeth, with exception to the enamel, can heal themselves with the right diet and gradually switched to what he calls a primal diet, the kind of food we use to eat before the agricultural age.

He also hopes to be able to lead a foraging walk around the racecourse, although this will be confirmed on the day.

To find out more about Richard’s foraging workshops, please visit: http://www.richardmawby.com/foragefrolics or www.facebook.com/foragefrolics

PLEASE NOTE: You need to be absolutely certain of what you are picking before you begin foraging for wild plants to avoid toxic varieties. Please refer to foraging guidelines, widely found on the internet, or book a course with Richard so you are in safe hands as you take your first steps into wild food!

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OUR EXHIBITORS BLACKS CHEESE Manchester

Award winning cheeses

www.blackscheese.co.uk

BOB’S CURRY HUT Birmingham

Vegetable samosas and spinach pakoras (vegan and gluten-free)

BRADGATE WOODCRAFT

Barrow Upon Soar, Nr Loughborough

Hardwood boards, wine racks, knife blocks, door stops, feeders & lamps

www.bradgatewoodcraft.co.uk

BROCKLEBY’S

Asfordby Hill, Nr Melton Mowbray

FOOD, DRINK AND CRAFT STALLS

Savory, fruit and game Melton Mowbray pies

BAGLIO

CAPE LEKKER

Wendover

Wines from Sicily and Piemonte

www.baglio.co

BAKER’S BANGERS

Desborough

Traditional South African boerewors and biltong

CAPON AND HARVEY Banbury

Pipewell, Nr Kettering

Locally made artisan sausages

Liqueurs, rare whiskeys and spirits, mustards and chutneys

BELINDA CLARK GOURMET CONFECTIONER

CASA DAS BOLITAS

Gourmet marshmallows

Freshly baked gluten, wheat and yeast free cheese dough balls

Hants

www.belindaclark.co.uk

BEN’S BILTONG Warwick

Artisan biltong and droewors made by hand in the UK

www.savannabiltong.com

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Wantage

www.bolitas.co.uk

CATCHPOLE CELLARS

Leicestershire

Personal wine tastings

www.catchpolecellars.co.uk

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OUR EXHIBITORS CHARLES TAYLOR

Leek, Staffordshire Outdoor seating

www.charlestaylortrading.co.uk

CHARLIE’S FISH Bedford

Fresh wet and smoked fish, ready to eat shellfish & fish paté

CHILLIBOBS

Nottingham

Chilli plants, chutneys and relishes

www.chillibobs.co.uk

CHIMOULIS

Irthlingborough

Chilli sauces and salted caramels

www.chimoulis.co.uk

COOPERS GOURMET Shrewsbury

Gourmet sausage rolls

www.coopers-sausage-rolls.co.uk

COSTCO

Milton Keynes Food display

www.costco.co.uk

DAILY BREAD CO-OPERATIVE Northampton

Ethical food co-operative

www.dailybread.co.uk

DANIEL’S DELIGHTS Stoke

Chocolate bars, chocolate lollipops, mallow bars, enrobed fruits and confectionery and handmade truffles.

www.daniels-delights.co.uk

DHANIYA

Milton Keynes

Authentic Indian pastes and spice rubs

www.dhaniya.co.uk

CHILTERN COLD PRESSED RAPESEED OIL Wilstone Green, Nr Aylesbury

Rapeseed oil, dressings, mayonnaise & BBQ sauces

www.chilterncoldpressedrapeseedoil.co.uk

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DONNALULU COOKS Thrapston

Sweet and savoury cakes and bakes, chilli jams and sauces

www.donnalulucooks.co.uk

SIMPLY STUNNING PET & COUNTRY PHOTOGRAPHY

To book contact Tracey now on 07788 524204 or email tracey@barefootphotographics.co.uk www.barefootphotographics.co.uk barefootphotographics

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OUR EXHIBITORS DOUGHNUTTERIE

GOOD TIMES CAFÉ

Donuts, pastries & continental breads

Artisan tea and coffee and griddled cheese sandwiches

Milton Keynes

EMILIA

Bletchley

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GUN DOG ALES

www.emiliauk.london

Locally brewed real ale

Italian cheese, salami and Prosecco

FLEUR FIELDS

Woodford Halse

www.gundogales.co.uk

Brixworth, Northampton

GUSTI DALL’ITALIA

www.fleurfields.co.uk

A selection of delicacies from Sicily

Award winning wines

Houghton Regis

FLOWER AND WHITE Shrewsbury

Cakes, giant meringues, muffins and tarts

www.flowerandwhite.co.uk

FOODYLICIOUS Oxford

Compostable coffee capsules and vitamin drinks

www.foodylicious.co.uk

FREE ME FOODS Warwick

Gluten free cakes, bread, pastries and cheesecakes

www.whenitssconeitsgone.com

FUDGEHEAVEN Bromsgrove

Fuffle bars – is it a fudge, or is it a truffle?

www.fuffle.co.uk

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Artisan cider and perry from Herefordshire’s Golden Valley

Westwell, Oxon.

Raspberry, blackcurrant, elderflower, sloe gin and sloe whisky liqueurs

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OUR EXHIBITORS HAMM TUN FINE FOODS

HERBS AND SPICES

Artisan maker of Cobblers Nibble – the only cheese made in Northampton

Unique blend of herbs and spices, additive and gluten free

Northampton

www.hammtunfinefoods.co.uk

Okehampton

www.herbs-spices.co.uk

HANDMADE TREATS

INCREDIBLE PIES

Sweet English vinegars and balsamics

Individual fruit pies

Stoke Hammond

www.handmade-treats.co.uk

Melton Mowbray

www.incrediblepies.com

JUST BISCUITS

Stoke Mandeville

Handmade sweet and savory biscuits

www.justbiscuits.co.uk

MAISON RUSTIQUE Churchdown

Handmade Spanish ceramics

www.maisonrustique.net

MERRIMEN BREWING Litchborough

Locally brewed cask ale

www.merrimen.co.uk

MKS FOOD

Hounslow

HARTINGTON CREAMERY Wymeswold

Artisan cheeses including Stilton, Peakland Blue and smoked Cheddar

www.hartingtoncreamery.co.uk

HEDGEROW PRODUCTS Blaby, Leics

Chutneys, preserves and condiments

www.hedgerowproducts.co.uk

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Olives, nuts, Turkish delight and baklava

MONKSHOOD COFFEE Buckingham

Speciality gourmet coffee and artisan tea

www.monkshoodcoffee.com

MUM’S CURRY SAUCES Northampton

Curry sauces and Indian chutneys

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OUR EXHIBITORS NATURAL GAME

PROFUMO COFFEE

Game, exotic meats, steaks, burgers and sausages

Freshly roasted coffee, cafetieres and coffee hampers

Uttoxeter

www.naturalgame.co.uk

Corby

www.profumocoffee.co.uk

NEAL’S YARD REMEDIES

QUEENS PARK PRESERVES

Organic health and wellness foods

Handmade jams, preserves and chutneys

Towcester

www.nealsyardremedies.com

Hinckley

www.queensparkpreserves.co.uk

NENE VIEW DAIRY

QUIRKY LAGENLOOK

Artisan goats’ cheese

Ladies linen and silk lagenlook fashion

Stanwick

www.neneviewdairy.co.uk

Wrexham

www.quirkylagenlook.co.uk

NIP FROM THE HIP Sittingbourne

Mouth-watering fruit liqueurs

www.nipfromthehip.co.uk

ONLEY GROUNDS FARMSHOP Rugby, Warwickshire

Locally reared beef, lamb and pork

www.onleygroundsfarmshop.co.uk

PERFECT TIPPLE Burntwood

Sparkling wine infused with edible 23 carat gold leaf

www.perfecttipple.co.uk

PIMENTO

Chesham

Pimento ginger beer, cocktails and Gallia beers

www.pimentodrink.com

POPTY CARA Lawrenny

Welsh cakes, Welsh cider cake, gingerbread, diabetic fruit cake, flapjacks, bread pudding and brownies

www.poptycara.co.uk

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REALLY AWESOME COFFEE Banbury

Gourmet coffee, tea and cold drinks

www.reallyawesomecoffee.co.uk/partners/richard/

REPLETE FLATBREADS Rushden

Delicious filled flatbreads inc. gluten free

www.repleteflatbreads.co.uk

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SILVER POD COFFEE

Authentic Thai curry paste

Barista coffee and tea

Mansfield

www.randgcurrypaste.co.uk

Walsall

www.silverpodcoffee.co.uk

RIVERFORD ORGANIC FARMS

SPRINGFIELD KITCHEN

Award winning organic fruit and veg boxes

Additive and gluten free chutneys, jams, marmalades and mustards

Peterborough

www.riverford.co.uk/sacrewell/

ROBERTS COUNTRY FAYRE Wrexham

Award-winning pies from Wales

www.robertscountryfayre.co.uk

RUTLAND CHARCUTERIE Braunstone, Leics

A selection of artisan charcuterie

www.rutlandcharcuterie.co.uk

Rugby

www.springfieldkitchen.co.uk

STAINSWICK FARM

Shrivenham, Swindon

Cold pressed rapeseed oil and salad dressing

www.stainswickfarm.co.uk

TEMPTING TEAS Stoke

A range of loose teas – black, green, fruit and herb – and tea accessories

SA SAUCES London

Sauces for fish, meat and pasta

www.sasauces.co.uk

SALTWATERGALLERY Shropshire

Interior design and handmade furniture

SAXBY’S CIDER Farndish

Artisan cider from Northants

www.saxbyscider.co.uk

SCIOLTI BOTANICAL CHOCOLATES

Daventry

Macarons, meringues, giant bourbons, decorated biscuit gifts

www.thebiscuterie.co.uk

Brigg, Lincs

THE CHEESECAKE EMPORIUM

www.scioltichocolates.com

Cheesecakes & rocky road bars

Award winning artisan chocolate and fudge

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Carnforth

www.lovecheesecakes.co.uk

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TOWCESTER MILL BREWERY

Salami, chorizo, pancetta, bresaola

Locally brewed real ale

Cirencester

EXHIBITORS

THE COTSWOLD CURER

Towcester

www.thecotswoldcurer.co.uk

www.towcestermillbrewery.co.uk

THE GOOD LOAF

WARNER EDWARDS

Beautiful, hand-crafted artisan bread and pastries

Award-winning artisan gin

Northampton

www.thegoodloaf.co.uk

Harrington, Northants

www.warneredwards.com

THE HARE IN THE SWEATER Polebrook

Cards, pints, ceramics and embroidery

www.thehareinthesweater.com

THE LITTLE GARLIC PLATE

Burton Green, Warwickshire

Colourful ceramic dishes for grating ginger and garlic

THE LOST FARM Rugby

Pure bred meat from forgotten breeds

www.thelostfarm.com

WILLIAMS HANDBAKED

THE ORIGINAL OLIVE OIL COMPANY

Preston

Hand baked biscuits

Broughton

www.williamshandbaked.co.uk

Olive oil and halloumi cheese

www.oliveolive.co.uk

YARTY CORDIALS

THE PIP STOP

Portsmouth

Handmade cordials, vinegars and dry rubs

Blakesley

Real lemonade – freshly squeezed lemon mixed with ice, sugar and water

YAU’S

TIGG’S DRESSINGS Hereford

Peterborough

Tigg’s famous dressings, marinades and sauces

www.tiggitup.co.uk

www.yartycordials.co.uk

Authentic Thai cooking sauces, rice and noodles

www.bonnieyau.co.uk

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OUR EXHIBITORS HOT FOOD

GOOD TIMES CAFÉ

63 ISLANDS

Artisan tea and coffee and griddled cheese sandwiches

Street food from the Caribbean

NOW NOW SOUTH AFRICAN FOOD CO

Birmingham

www.63islands.co.uk

AMERICAN WAFFLES Wrexham

American waffles topped with cream

BAJA CANTINA

Milton Keynes

Mexican street food

BAKER’S BANGERS

Pipewell, Nr Kettering

Locally made artisan sausages

CHURROS SUSANNA Birmingham

Churros and chocolate

www.churrossusanna.com

Bletchley

Little Harrowden

South African street food – bunny chow with South African curries, vetkoek, rotis, koeksisters

www.nownowfood.co.uk

THAI BANANA LEAF Worthing

Thai food – Homemade vegetable and duck spring rolls; chow mein: Thai green curry, Panang curry and yellow curry; Pork skewers and chicken satay; prawns on toast, prawns tempura.

THE LITTLE OVEN OF JOY Wolverton

Wood fired pizza

THE RUSTIC COOKS Wrexham

Speciality sausages including Polish Kielbasa

INFORMATION STANDS BEDS, CAMBS AND NORTHANTS WILDLIFE TRUST

Promoting local nature reserves, wildlife gardening and the children’s watch club

www.wildlifebcn.org

SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL DUCK’N’BITE

Tourism stand, with free information about recreation in the district

Shredded confit duck in ciabatta with baby spinach

SOUTH NORTHANTS RECYLING

Hertford

Information about recycling in the district

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