The Prince of Wales to judge cheese competition at Great Yorkshire Show

The Great Yorkshire Show is an event that takes place in July every year and it is a time for the producers of dairy and cheese to show off their products. There is also a competition where the best cheeses are ranked and this year entries have come in from all across the world. The [...]

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Actress Hattie Hayridge to open this years Cucumber Festival

The Cucumber Festival is going to take place on 12 May this year and it has just announced that Hattie Hayridge is going to be opening the event. Ms Hayridge is an actress who is most well known for having a role on the sci-fi show, Red Dwarf. She’s a particularly appropriate guest to open [...]

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Top restaurant calls on organic gardeners to take part in new Lancashire food events

Top restaurant calls on organic gardeners to take part in new Lancashire food events

Twelve, the restaurant and lounge bar in Lancashire has called on all organic vegetable growers who are growing with nature to be their own kitchen garden for a new Taste Lancashire Produce event which is to take place on the evening [...]

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Flavour Taster food festival gives us a taste of things to come

The inaugural Flavour Taster food festival has confirmed its full events programme. The festival, which will take place over the May Bank Holiday weekend, 4th-7th May, will be at various venues right across Dumfries and Galloway is the south west of Scotland. Flavour Taster will be encouraging people to discover the artisan food and drink [...]

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London Coffee Festival offers tasty treats for all

Over the three days of the London Coffee Festival you can expect samples galore of food and gourmet coffee, demonstrations from world leaders in coffee, live music and a comprehensive programme to educate even the most discerning of coffee drinkers.

Visitors will also get the chance to learn about the various different ways in which coffee [...]

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Chilli production in Scotland takes great strides thanks to a mother and daughter

A mother and daughter from Fife have recently made a great step in the production of chillies in Scotland. They have been part of an initiative that is being run by the Dundee Food Festival and they’ve encouraged chilli producers to display some of their products at the event. The first event had a great [...]

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St Georges Day is also the start of the asparagus season

The vast majority of asparagus grown in the UK comes from the West Midlands, ans there is more than 3sq miles of the Worcestershire countryside dedicated to this crop. The UK consumer demand for asparagus is increasing by 12-14% per annum, and production in the UK is rising yearly by around 7%. None of the [...]

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Arden Food Festival attracts the best of Worcestershire

Products from all over Worcestershire are going to be coming together at the Arden Food Festival which is going to be taking place in mid-May. The event has already signed up many attendees and there are said to be over 100 food and drink producers from the local area attending.

The chairman of the festival is [...]

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New Devon Bear Festival looks set to be a huge success

The Kingswear Bears have just announced that they are to host a brand new teddy bear fair at the Newton Abbot Racecourse on Sunday 15th April 2012. The Devon Bear Festival is at a great location with easy access courtesy of the A38 and the A380, which is just off the M5, and the venue [...]

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2012 Big Sussex Market hailed as a great success

Big Sussex Market is an event that has recently taken place and has drawn nearly 60,000 people, which has meant that the event is a great success. Visitors have come from such faraway destinations as Italy, Spain and France.

At the event there were many attractions and the director of the festival, Nick Mosley has commented, [...]

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