For more details visit: www.norfolkfoodfestival.co.uk

The Suffolk Autumn Garden Show, which takes place at Suffolk Showground, (Trinity Park)  has a reputation as the largest Garden and horticultural event in the region and returns in 2010 with an explosion of colour and design.

The show will once again bring the creativity and passion of the regions top floral and landscape designers to Suffolk, delivered in stunnings displays as well as strong environmental message for gardening in the climate we live in.  Coupled with an extensive array of garden and floral retail products, great food and entertainment for the whole family.

The Suffolk Garden Show is a celebration of  Suffolk lifestyle and the great outdoors.

Free Parking

For further details visit www.aztecevents.co.uk

The North Norfolk Business Forum Agriculture Round Table is pleased to announce the first North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival.

This celebration of all that is best about food that is grown, reared, caught or made in North Norfolk, will take place in the Courtyard of Holkham Hall, home of the Earl of Leicester, on Saturday and Sunday, 4th and 5th September 2010.

During the Festival, up to 60 of North Norfolk’s finest food producers will be offering tastings and goods for sale. An added attraction is a rolling programme of cookery demonstrations, talks and demonstrations from local producers, advice from eminent North Norfolk chefs and celebrity cook-off challenges using local produce, all of which will take place in a Food Theatre with a large plasma screen to aid visibility. There will also be opportunities to meet the owners of a number of the region’s popular gastro pubs.

There is no entry charge, but Holkham Hall will charge a car parking fee of £2.50 per car.

BE THERE – you’re in for a treat!

For more details visit www.nnbf.co.uk

Admission FREE. Normal admission charges apply to Waddesdon Manor Gardens

For more infomation visit www.waddesdon.org.uk or call 01296 653226 or email: waddesdonmanor@nationaltrust.org.uk

Come and taste some of the finest food and drink that local producers have to offer, experience food from different cultures and learn how to cook some simple but delicious healthy recipes at food demostrations. Admission is FREE.

The Thetford Festival runs from 27th Aug to 5th Sept. The Food & Drink Festival takes place on the last day, Sunday 5th Sept 2010. For more information visit www.thetfordfestival.org.uk  or call 01842 768367 email: kavo@keystonetrust.org.uk  

We have joined with Colchester Carnival to make one fantastic event in Upper Castle Park around Colchester's world famous Castle. There will be lots of family entertainment and we hope a Victorian Fairground. There will of course be the famous oysters and lots of seafood. The Pike Staff Inn will be there for your refreshment and cream teas will be on the lawn. Lots of good food to buy and some old fairground favourites. www.snakeinthegrass.co.uk

For more information email don.quinn@ntlworld.com

The definitive event for showcasing artisan food and drink to trade buyers. Delis, farm shops, independent retailers, restaurants, hotels, caterers and wholesalers are looking to source fine food with provenance, local sourcing and quality at the top of their agenda. For more information visit www.specialityandfinefoodfairs.co.uk

 Trade exhibitors contact: 01268 290228 or email info@essexcountryshow.co.uk

For more information visit: www.essexcountryshow.co.uk

Food Glorious Food A Vibrant Food Show with food exhibitors, cookery demonstrations and piazza.

There will be approx 40 food retailers and producers selling a wide range of food and drink.

Cookery demonstrations in the country kitchen and tempting refreshments in the piazza.

Country Kitchen
TV celebrity chef and food archaeologist Alan Coxon will be appearing in the country kitchen alongside Game-to-Eat chef Rob Marles and marie Taylor who will be cooking with rabbits. A new feature this year is the Micro Brewery Beer Festival where 8 Norfolk Micro Breweries will be competing for the best ale of the show.

For details visit www.livingheritagecountryshows.co.uk

Building on their winning combination of family, food and music, Jimmy's is delighted to announce the first of many chefs and bands who will be lighting up the Harvest weekend.

The nation's favourite Hairy Bikers will be performing on our bigger and better Farmhouse Kitchen stage, bringing their passion for great food and down-to-earth approach to cookery to the festival.

Mercury nominated Kate Rusby, also known as “a superstar of the British acoustic scene” (The Guardian) will be gracing the Music stage. She is widely regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of modern times.

Also bringing their culinary expertise to the festival will be Valentine Warner of What To Eat Now fame, Tom Parker Bowles and Mark Hix. Collectively these three are a towering force in contemporary cooking and food criticism.

Having fun is imperative at Harvest so there will be lots of new and improved children's activities with some old favourites thrown in such as den building, cooking lessons and an all new inspired pirate adventure.

Harvest at Jimmy’s 2010 will have many more mouth-watering food producers and plentiful bars as well as giving you a boutique camping field so you can fully embrace the weekend!

Tickets are available now from www.bigwheeltickets.com. Day tickets are still great value at £32.50.
 

A musical Brunch in Celebration of the Bounty of Harvest.

Tea and toast, froaging for wild food, live music and children's entertainment.

For more information visit www.nortonsdairy.co.uk or tel 01603 891692

2nd Annual Coggeshall Beer Festival,

A celebration of Essex's fine real ales, Kent ciders, East Anglian wines and produce.

Traditional craft demonstrations, children's activities and displays

Open music session, barbecue and vegetarian curry throughout the event

Ceilidh with music by Howe Lane on Saturday night

Free admission, bar and food prices apply.  Well-behaved dogs admitted - must be kept on leads. 

Further details visit www.coggeshall-barn.org.uk or call 01376 562226 or email: coggeshall@nationaltrust.org.uk .

 50 of the very best local food producers, suppliers and farmers will be in attendance, enabling you to talk to them face to face about their products and offering you free tastings and asmples of their delicious goodies!  

Tel: 01638 751128
Email: info@lahogue.co.uk
Website: www.lahogue.co.uk

Now in its ninth year, British Food Fortnight is the biggest national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces. It has become the definitive national celebration of our regional food and drinks, and the health benefits and pleasures of eating quality, fresh, seasonal and regionally distinct produce. It It is proving to be an important influencer in engaging the retail, catering, education and volunteer sectors and in establishing a more robust market for Britain's food and drink.

Many shops, pubs and restaurant in the east of england region will be  taking part with special menus and promotions as will National Trust properties, tourism attractions, hotels, youth hostels and many more. In 2010 the dates of British Food Fortnight will change, for one year only, to co-incide with the London Olympics.

For more information visit www.britishfoodfortnight.co.uk

With 18,000 visitors to the inaugural show in 2008, we are very pleased to be returning once again to Parker’s Piece. Celebrating everything that is good to eat and drink as well as arts crafts & gift marquees and of course the ever popular Produce tent we are also very pleased that the ITV/BBC Gardeners Question Time Roadshow will also be with us to answer all of your gardening queries and, of course, there is the chance to win some fabulous prizes.

Featured events
Gardeners' Question Time at 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Cookery Demonstrations at 12:00 noon, 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM

For more information visit www.oakleighfairs.co.uk/cambridgegardenfestival/ or call 0800 141 2823.

The Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival is a two week celebration of the abundance of good local food and drink to be found in East Suffolk. The Festival takes place throughout East Suffolk from Friday 24th September through to Saturday 9th October 2010.

On Friday 24th September we are organising a Conference entitled ‘Food.  Why we need to change our eating habits and how it can be done.’

At the main Festival weekend at Snape Maltings, on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September, we’ll have over 70 exhibitors showcasing organic vegetables, fresh and smoked fish, rare breed meat and game, cheeses, frozen yoghurt, jams, beer, wine and lager.

The main festival weekend is an impressive two day programme of talks, workshops and cookery demonstrations from top chefs including Matthew Fort, Galton Blackiston, Valentine Warner, Sheila Dillon, Rose Prince,  Tommi Miers, Ruth Watson and Simon Wadham as well as many of your favourite local Suffolk chefs.

Admission at the entrance to the carparks will be £5 per person (under 13s free) which includes a Festival programme and jute shopping bag.  Parking at Snape Maltings is free.

For more information visit: www.aldbeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk

For more information visit: www.greatbritishcheesefestival.co.uk 

Important Dates: British Cheese Awards Judging - Thurs 9 Sept; Export Judging Fri 24 Sept; Awards Dinner Fri 24 Sept; Great British Cheese Festival: Trade Day Fri 24 Sept; Consumer Days, Sat 25 & Sun 26 Sept; British Cheese Week, Sat 25 Sept - Sun 3 Oct 2010;  www.thecheeseweb.com  

Lunch! is the UK's only dedicated event for the food-to-go sector, which makes it the number 1 trade show of choice for meeting the most important buyers in the industry. For more information visit www.lunchshow.co.uk

Slow Food Aylsham presents the 2010 Aylsham Food Festival. Running since 2005 the Ayslaham Food Festival is a celebrationof local food and its producers.

Sat 2nd Oct 2010 is a FARMA accredited Farmers Market in the Market Place.

For more information visit: www.slowfoodaylsham.org.uk

Food Glorius Food A Vibrant Food Show with food exhibitors, cookery demonstrations and piazza.

There will be approx 40 food retailers and producers selling a wide range of food and drink.

Cookery demonstrations in the country kitchen and tempting refreshments in the piazza.

Country Kitchen
Appreaing in the country kitcehn will be Game-to-Eat chef Rob Marles and Susan Broad who will cook with game producing English favourite such as curry.

For details visit www.livingheritagecountryshows.co.uk

 For more information visit www.norfolkfoodfestival.co.uk

Or email: mail@maryruddpr.co.uk; 01362 821415

Retailers, restaurants, canteens and pubs across the country celebrate the great Bramley apple pie. Also celebrate  Bramley Apple Week national event in February each year. 

For more information visit www.bramleyapples.co.uk

Bringing the Spirit of Octoberfest  to the City of London

ESTABLISHED CORPORATE HOSPITALITY EVENT NOW IN ITS EIGHTH YEAR

The London Bierfest has hosted more than 25,000 guests since it began in 2003, all of whom have enjoyed the fantastic atmosphere and entertainment at this unique event. What better way to entertain your clients or colleagues this autumn, than in the relaxed and fun environment of our very own Bierfest?

Witness the transformation of Old Billingsgate Market into a traditional Octoberfest, buzzing with live entertainment and complete with unlimited steins of delicious beer and authentic food.

For more information visit www.londonbierfest.com
 

Fantastic range of foods, wines, beers and spirits, many with "taste before you buy", kitchen accessories, garden plants, plus a full programme of attractions. Sixth year - over 100 stalls.

For more information visit: www.cressingtemple.org.uk

For further details visit www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com

Chocolate Week is a time of pure indulgence involving the country’s best chocolatiers and chocolate shops holding events all over the UK.

We’re currently making plans for Chocolate Week 2010, organising some very special events and, after the success of Chocolate Unwrapped, working on an even better show for this year. The dates for Chocolate Week will be 11th-17th October with Chocolate Unwrapped taking place over the weekend of 16th & 17th October at Vinopolis, London South Bank..
 

For more infomarion visit www.chocolate-week.co.uk or email: kate@nudgepr.co.uk

Whether you work in a restaurant, bar, pub, ethnic restaurant or as an independent, chain or contract caterer, The Restaurant Show offers everything you could posssibly need to make your business more profitable, innovative and efficient. From the 300+ exhibitors and industry experts covering the entire market, you will be able to:

- See some of the best chefs in the world
- Source, see and sample new products from the leading suppliers
- get practical ideas and tips you can implement in your business
- Find out the latest market trends
- See exceptional industry talent first hand
- Gain free advice from leading experts
- Network with the industry
- Improve your wine list with sessions from top sommeliers and suppliers
- and much more.

For more inforamtion and free registration visit www.therestaurantshow.co.uk

A global marketplace for all those involved in the food industry (retail, trade, manufacturing, catering professions, services). SIAL is where business and innovation meet.

For more information visit www.sial.fr

Eating Out The Nutty Way! Restaurants And Cafes Change Their Menus To Celebrate National Nut Day
   
Restaurants and cafés all over the UK are going nuts for National Nut Day by placing at least one ‘nutty’ dish on their menu on October 22 2010. Fairtrade nut company Liberation Foods, which is organising the first National Nut Day in the UK, is working with the support of the Sustainable Restaurant Association to ensure as many establishments as possible take part.

National Nut Day in the UK is being launched by Liberation Foods, the farmer-owned Fairtrade nut company which has pioneered Fairtrade nuts. October 22nd is well-established as National Nut Day in the USA and the farmers and staff at Liberation don’t want British nut fans to miss out any longer. National Nut Day will celebrate all that is great about eating nuts. As well as being a delicious snack and cooking ingredient. National Nut Day is also supported by the Vegetarian Society, the Vegan Society and Sustain, the Alliance for Better Food and Farming.

For more information visit www.nationalnutday.com.

Press/media contact Margaret Rooke, press relations Liberation Foods/National Nut Day margaretrooke@btinternet.com Mob: 0790 44 55 666

Following a succesful event in 2009, the fourth edition of the World Fruit and Veg Show will take place in the ExCel London Exhibition Centre on the 27th and 28th October 2010. This year bookings are already ahead of 2009 where 21 countries were represented by 118 exhibiting, sharing country pavilions and exhibiting as individuals. Tesco will be supporting the event with their Innovation Award, which last year went to one of the smaller exhibitors, Quickshine, which entered a new product they described as a Fruit & Veg SAVER.

For more information visit www.wfvexpo.com

Demand for game is soaring - and so is the popularity of National Taste of Game Week. In fact a week simply isn't enough, so this year BASC is doubling it to NATIONAL TASTE OF GAME FORTNIGHT. For more information visit: www.basc.org.uk  or email: simon.hamlyn@basc.org.uk

Over 250 finest exhibitors of speciality foods. Also Producer Village with produce from small regional producers.

Include Free entry to The Wine Show

For more details visit www.bbcgoodfoodshow.co.uk or tel 0844 581 1361 

For further details please visit: www.livingcrafts.co.uk  

For further details visit www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com

The Seventh Bury St Edmunds Christmas Fayre has extended into the Apex and Moyses Hall Museum. Lots of colourful stalls from all over the UK, dozens of traders from all over the world, a varied collection of fairground attractions and some great on-stage entertainment.

Information line: 01284 764667
Email: tic@stedsbc.gov.uk

For further infmation visit: www.burystedmundschristmasfayre.co.uk

For all enquiries telephone: Richard Berry 01621 773403

For more information visit: www.cressingtemple.org.uk

Taste of Christmas 2010 is the perfect indulgent start to this season's festivities. With a boutique market of gourmet food and great drinks including the Taste Cheese, Taste Chocolate and Taste Wine zones, this is the ideal place to source unique culinary gifts, essential ingredients and gain inspiration for the festive season. This year, Taste of Christmas will showcase 12 of London's top restaurants, serving a taste of festive dishes including; British classics, traditional Italian, modern Indian and fusion cuisine from the Pacific Rim. Also, don't miss the Taste of Christmas demonstration and skills theatres to help you plan for the festive season's entertainment and dining preparations ahead.

For more infomation visit www.tasteofchristmas.com or to exhibit call 0207 471 1092

For further details visit www.spitalfieldsmarket.com

For more information visit: www.bramleyapples.co.uk

Bramley Apple Pie Week runs in October, see entry in relevant month

Trade enquiries to: jenna.patel@william-reed.co.uk or call Jenna Patel on 01293 610335

"The Farm Shop & Deli Show is a new event dedicated to meeting the unique needs of independent delis, farm shops and food halls.  If you produce or supply chocolate, confectionery, charcuterie, meat, olives, sauces, preserves, condiments, chutneys, speciality soft drinks, hot beverages, biscuits, cakes, beers, wines, spirits or speciality packaging then the Farm Shop & Deli Show is your ideal showcase."

For further information visit www.farmshopanddelishow.co.uk

Tastes of Anglia's own annual showcase of over 80 local and regional producers with cookery demonstrations galore and lots of opportunity to meet the Producers.

For more information visit www.feasteast.co.uk or call 01473 785883

For more details visit: www.hertsshow.com

Taste of London 2010 was a great success, with 40 restaurants, top chefs, cookery demonstrations and much much more. With an electric atmosphere and some of the capital's top gastronomic delicacies, not even a little bit of rain and England's goalless draw with Algeria could dampen the spirits of tens of thousands of foodies who took to Regent's Park over the weekend.

If you weren't lucky enough to experience this year's festival for yourself, then be sure to keep 16th-19th June 2011 free when Taste of London will once more be proving to everyone why it is the world's greatest restaurant festival.

If you didn't make it down to Regent's park this weekend for the Taste of London restaurant festival, then all is not lost. Taste of London has teamed up with toptable, Europe's number 1 online restaurant booking website to offer exclusive promotions at an enviable line-up of Taste of London restaurants.
 

For more information visit www.tastefestivals.com or to exhibit call 0207 471 1092

A regional Food festival brought to you by the Essex Chronicle, Essex County Council and Tastes of Anglia. 

For more details email: enquiries@tastesofanglia.com