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Congleton Food and Drink Festival

Sunday 20th - 26th June 2010

Tasty Town Week

20th June is the Grand Food Festival Day, Father's Day and the start of….

Tastytown Week - a full foody programme of special events at restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs throughout the town - including exhibitions, brewery tours, food foraging, teddybears' picnic, pie tasting, sizzling summer BBQ, wine tasting, Bollywood Night, Beartown Banger Competition.

 

 

 

Download the complete 18 page, full colour guide to everything that's going on....

Everything from venues to stalls, competitions, fun events, times of food demos, local eateries that are taking part, prizes, tastings, top chefs - and lots more.

Check www.foodanddrinkfestival.net  for further details

 

D&G Bus Service 38 will be operating a faresaver deal from West Heath just 50p each way on the Sunday. Buses run 7 mins past the hour from 10am-10pm into town and 5 mins to the hour back out.

Free parking in town on Sundays.

The High Street will be closed from 8.30am - 5.30pm

Sunday 20th June

Festival Food and Farmers' Market - 10.30am - 4.30pm

Food stalls throughout the town centre.

Local cheese producers, chutney makers, pie bakers, beer brewers, pig breeders, beef rearers, bee keepers, cake makers, olives and oils, pickles and puddings, European, Asian, Turkish and Tibetan titbits.

Jazz entertainment, street theatre, kids activities.

 

Fun in the Community Garden – Lawton Street

Plus Dane's resident chef cooking demos throughout the day, food advice and free local produce to taste.

Abundance Project - Congleton Sustainability Group, selling Congleton apple juice, jams and chutneys. Find out about the Abundant food exchange. Love Food, Hate Waste and Master Composting stalls with games, free seeds and recipes.

Face painting, art workshops and music.

 

Town Hall Taste Theatre - 11.00am - 4.00pm

  • Ongoing 'Foodie Fun' - pit your skills against our award winning chefs.
  • Food demos on the hour from 12.00 - 3.00pm
  • Black Rock Lava Stone Demos
  • Mixology Bartender Contest
  • Local schools Cook-off competition