First of all there are the large, corporate events held in vast venues, such as the Good food Show at the NEC. These are great for spotting celebrity chefs and the perfect place for a celeb selfie.
Then there are the traditional festivals, all based on the original one first held in Ludlow over 20 years ago and now a twice yearly event at the Castle. Here the focus is on local producers, alongside some splendid and varied entertainment.
Shrewsbury Food Festival burst onto the festival scene in 2013, we were there, and it has been growing like Topsy ever since. This is an amazing outing and this year's event takes place verrrry soon. Come along and say "Hello", watch the chefs rustle up appetising grub in our pans on the Wenlock demo stage and get to use the pans yourself in the Chef's School .
Some festivals are hosted in buildings, from church halls to engine sheds - check out the Severn Valley Home and Garden Fayre in Highley, some are in marquees and some are just a row of exhibitor gazebos in a muddy field.
Shrewsbury Food Festival burst onto the festival scene in 2013, we were there, and it has been growing like Topsy ever since. This is an amazing outing and this year's event takes place verrrry soon. Come along and say "Hello", watch the chefs rustle up appetising grub in our pans on the Wenlock demo stage and get to use the pans yourself in the Chef's School .
Some festivals are hosted in buildings, from church halls to engine sheds - check out the Severn Valley Home and Garden Fayre in Highley, some are in marquees and some are just a row of exhibitor gazebos in a muddy field.
Every craft fair in the land will now have someone selling something delicious and homemade.
Which brings me round to Whitchurch Food Festival - relatively new, still quite small, brought together by 3 volunteers and a councillor - and a delightful day out.
This was my first visit to Whitchurch, not as a visitor, but a sidekick to the irrespresible Chris Burt, executive chef at Momo.No.Ki, the Peach Tree and Havana Republic in Shrewsbury, on stage and demonstrating how easy it can be to create great lookout, great tasting food.....all cooked in our pans of course.
We had huge fun, as you can see in the photos and this was the first public outing for our new collaborative range of pans in conjunction with Fat Punk Studio - take a walk on the wild side
http://www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/Fat-Punk
Which brings me round to Whitchurch Food Festival - relatively new, still quite small, brought together by 3 volunteers and a councillor - and a delightful day out.
This was my first visit to Whitchurch, not as a visitor, but a sidekick to the irrespresible Chris Burt, executive chef at Momo.No.Ki, the Peach Tree and Havana Republic in Shrewsbury, on stage and demonstrating how easy it can be to create great lookout, great tasting food.....all cooked in our pans of course.
We had huge fun, as you can see in the photos and this was the first public outing for our new collaborative range of pans in conjunction with Fat Punk Studio - take a walk on the wild side
http://www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/Fat-Punk
This festival, like all the others in the county, was a fabulous endorsement of the talented array of artisan food producers across Shropshire - we are hugely lucky to have all this great food on our doorsteps.
A huge thank you to everyone involved at Whitchurch Food Festival, see you again next year.
And massive thanks to La Triestina for taking time away from their stand to take our photos
© Netherton Foundry Shropshire 2016
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