7th annual World's Original Marmalade Awards & Festival signals the start of National Marmalade Week 2012

The first ever National Marmalade Week will take place from 25th Feb to 2nd March 2012 thanks to the boom in the number of people making their own marmalade. The inaugural awareness week has been created by the organisers of The World's Original Marmalade Awards & Festival beignheld at the historic Dalemain Mansion in the Lake District on 25th & 26th February 2012.

For more details visit: www.marmaladeawards.com

Fairtrade Fortnight is a nationwide campaign encouraging consumers to buy goods bearing the Fairtrade mark. This year is the 19th annual event.

For more information visit: http://step.fairtrade.org.uk/

The sixth annual Bacon Connoisseurs' Week takes place from 19 -125 March 2012.

The week has been established to communicate to consumers that 'Not all Bacon is the same".  The week also aims to highlight to consumers our rich heritage of Bacon curing and how many different varieties of premium bacon are available. Under the theme 'Red, White & Bacon'  we will be undertaking a plethora of PR activity in the run up to the week and during the week itself to promote the availability and range of quality bacon such as that produced under the Red Tractor logo.

However, one of the first activities is the hotly contested competition, which this year is called the "Red, White & Bacon Awards". The first round of judging will take place between 9th & 10th Feb. All winners will be announced at the Bacon Connoisseurs Week launch day event on 19 March 2012, in London.

Any queries please contact Keith Fisher, Butchery New Product & Development Manager at BPEX Marketing on 0247 647 8809 or email: baconenquiries@bpex.ahdb.org.uk or visit www.lovepork.co.uk

Organised each year by the Meat Trade Journal. For more details visit www.meatinfo.co.uk

Want a delicious, all-natural, genuinely fresh local loaf of Real Bread? Then it's time to give some love to the bread maker.

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The Real Bread Campaign has announced it will be organising the first ever National Real Bread Maker Week from 1-9 May, to encourage people to re-engage with home baking and to dust off one of the nation’s most neglected kitchen appliances.

The National Real Bread Maker Week website will be launched in March for people to view and share bread machine recipes, tips and photos with the chance to win a VIP pass to The Real Food Festival on 8 May. Also, a big bake-off will be judged by an expert panel of master bakers and celebrity chefs.

Meanwhile, as part of National Mills Weekend 8-9 May, traditional wind and water mills around the country will be inviting visitors to picnics, classes, competitions and other activities to help get the best out of locally milled flour bread machine loaves.

For more information visit www.sustainweb.org/realbread/national_real_breadmaker_week

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British Tomato Growers Association's annual promotional event is British Tomato Week which runs from 21st May 2012.

For more information visit: www.britishtomatoes.co.uk or email Julie Woolley on tga@britishtomatoes.co.uk; tel: 01243 554859.

For more information visit www.englishwineproducers.com or call julia Trustram Eve on 01536 772264 or email: julia@englishwineproducers.com

British Food Fortnight moves from its traditional autumn slot to run at the same time as the London Olympics (27 July to 12 August) making it one of the largest participation events taking place during the Games. Operating under the banner ‘Love British Food 2012’, it is a national celebration of the diverse range of food that Britain produces. Patriotic food promotions are planned in 40,000 shops, pubs and restaurants and Family Feasts are being organised across the country as part of the London 2012 Festival.
 
Love British Food 2012 POS packs are now available! The packs will give you everything you need to run a really strong promotion in your establishment - balloons, shelf barkers, posters and bunting, all enclosed in a special Love British Food 2012 pack with advice and top tips on taking part. The standard charge for one pack is £10 inc. post plus VAT (total £12) and can be purchased via http://www.lovebritishfood.co.uk/taking-part/promotional-material/pos-love-british-food-2012/.  The closing date for orders is 11 May and packs will be distributed later that month in time for the Diamond Jubilee. You can see a preview of all the material on the website. 
 
Danielle Faulkner
Organiser, Love British Food 2012 (27 July - 12 Aug)
Bringing the best of British to the world
Tel: 020 7840 9292
Email: info@lovebritishfood.co.uk
See: www.lovebritishfood.co.uk
 
Follow us on Twitter @theBritFFgirls and if you love British food use #BritFF when you tweet!
 
Love British Food 2012 is sponsored by ARAMARK and is supported by a large family of organisations
 
 

Fundraising events across the UK organised by RABI - Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. have fun with the theme and create an event involving wellies!

For more details contact Melanie Moughton tel: 01865 724931 or email: melanie@rabi.org.uk or visit www.rabi.org.uk  or Bob Archibald, Regional Officer, email: bob.archibald@rabi.org.uk

If you would like to join us in celebrating real chocolate and take part in Chocolate Week or Chocolate Unwrapped, then we'd love to hear from you...

Get in touch by emailing kate@chocolate-week.co.uk

A Chocolate Event runs at the Southbank Centre, London during national Chcolate Week. Please refer to our Events Page for more details.