As you will see from the Programme
and Newsletters, the Food Festival has grown into a major
event in the Dartmouth Calendar. If you do not yet have your
copy of the programme, they can be found at various outlets
in and around Dartmouth, including the TIC. Below we
highlight some of the fabulous foodie experiences you will
find during the Festival.
***Stop Press*** Tune in to David
Fitzgerald's Saturday Morning Show on BBC Radio
Devon this Saturday to hear Chairman David Jones talking
about the Festival.
***Stop Press*** Devon Story Teller
Old Fairweather will entertain children and
families with his unique storytelling on Sunday 25th in the
Market.
Wednesday 21st October
***The
first food experience of this years Festival is to be
found at the Guildhall and is a Rationing Lunch
for Dartmouth Caring. There may be a little more on
their plates than during the war but the ingredients
will be the same, a trip down memory lane for Luncheon
Club members.Others are welcome to join and should call
Dartmouth Caring on 01803 839354
***Then
for everyone some really exciting food will be found on
the Embankment from
2.30pm, when Mitch
Tonks, Michael Caines and Fergus Henderson will be
demonstrating their own individual cooking styles.
Tasting will follow, get there early for a good
vantage point.
***Patrons
Reception, by invitation only, where patrons,
sponsors and supporters will be enjoying a glass of
Prosecco kindly donated by Tim McLaughlin-Green of
Sommeliers Choice, cava from
St Austell Brewery and delicious canapés from Elaine
at
Entertaining Foods
*** Food for you to taste at the
First Night Party is being prepared by
The Spice Bazaar, The Dart Marina, The Royal Castle,
Browns Hotel, The Apprentice, Saveurs, Smith Street
Deli, Anzac Street Bistro, Phillips Foods and Dart to
Mouth Deli. Mitch
Tonks, Michael Caines and Fergus Henderson will be
demonstrating and talking about their passion for food.
Tickets are at the TIC, only £25, wonderful value
for a fabulous evening of watching, listening, tasting
and of course drinking with James Harris & Mick Jones’s
music adding to the enjoyment.
Thursday 22nd
October
***Today
is the turn of the younger generation to enjoy the
Children's Festival where they will taste new and
exciting things. In the market square, throughout the day,
they will have the opportunity to see Mark Lobb’s amazing
array of fish, eat ‘eggy bread’ made from eggs produced by
Edward Jones’ chickens who will be there on the day, or make
vegetable gnocchi with Russell from Riverford plus much,
much more.
***Following
the Childrens Festival, between
In the evening and
throughout the festival many of our restaurants will be
putting on specially devised Food festival Menus.
***"Chocolat"
will be showing at the Flavel, this performance is
sponsored by Salcombe Choclate Academy and South Devon
Chilli Farm with chocolate to taste before the
performance. Tickets from the Flavel box office.
***Café
Alf Resco is providing the venue and Rustic Supper for
the Festival Food Quiz. SOLD
OUT
***Browns Hotel are repeating their
very successful ‘Fish Night’ whereMark
Lobb will recreate his market stall in the middle of
Browns. All you have to do is chose from a large
selection of fish that Mark will have bought at Brixham
that morning. Mark will fillet the fish and send it to
the kitchen, they will return the fish on platters,
cooked in different styles for your enjoyment. Book
directly with Browns. 01803 832572
Friday 23rd
October
***Get up early and go and
taste Sausages and Devon Hogs Pudding
at Café
Alf Resco . Open from 7am
***Producer’s
Market on the South Embankment complete
with Cooking demonstration area, plenty to
taste, eat and drink including Bigbury Bay
Oysters, a Mussel Bar, Crab and Thai Fishcakes.
***Demonstrations:
In the Castle Kitchens Demo Kitchen on the
Embankment featuring John Burton-Race, The
Seahorse Restaurant and Britannia Naval College.
***Taste
single variety coffee with a master
barista at Dukes Deli in Duke Street. 10:00 -
12:00.
***
Homemade scones, clotted cream, handmade
preserves and a good cup of tea. All avaalable
while you browse stalls at the Big Cream
Tea in aid of Dartmouth Caring. Flavel
Hall 1:00 - 4:00.
***Cheese,
Cider and Apples, what a mouth watering mix
of flavours! If you want to be trying these with
expert guidance, go to the Wildfire Bistro at for this
AONB organised event. Advance bookings only.
Tickets £7. 01803 861384
***Wine Tasting
with the Dartmouth Wine Company in Duke Street. 4:30
- 7:00. Liqueurs and Spirits. Just drop in.
***Wine Tasting.
The Seahorse Restaurant will be opening their doors
for fabulous wine tastings with Sommelier Tim
McLaughlin-Green. For details and to book call the
Seahorse on 01803 835147
***As
an aperitif to the evenings main event visit
Open Galleries Evening, where
you can see some fabulous artwork as well as
enjoying a drink and a nibble of local produce!
***Before
you start jigging to Mad Dog McRea, sample an
Irish Supper with Irish Stew, Colcannon
prepared by
The Royal Castle Hotel and
Manna from
Devon’s
Soda Bread.
Mutton and Lamb from Serin's family farm, hanging and
butchering courtesy of Gribbles Butchers.
Saturday 24th
In
the Market Square as well as on the South Embankment
fabulous local producers with food of all varieties, with
delicious tastes and smells to sample from the stalls and
cooking demonstrations. You will find; breads, cheeses,
wines, ciders, beers, chutneys, jams, puddings, cakes,
meats, chocolates, olives, fish, fudge, pates and pies to
name just a few.
I cannot wait, bang goes the
diet for a few days!!!
***Wine Tasting
with the Dartmouth Wine Company in Duke Street. 11:00 -
5:30. Wines from Mouton Rothschild. Just drop in.
*** Chocolate and
Truffle Tasting with Dolce Vita of Totnes at Duke
Deli. 10:00 - 12:00
***Demonstrations:
In the Castle Kitchens Demo Kitchen on the Embankment and
Aga Kitchen in the Market Square. Philip Watts, Holly Jones,
Shonagh Sim, Sarah Pope, John Burton Race, Mitch Tonks, The
Royal Castle; what a great line up.
Saturday Night- at The Flavel you will find a
wonderful piece of theatre entitled 'SuperstitionMountain', with a
delicious pre show Supper at Saveurs
Sunday 25th
All of the above at the
Market Square and South Embankment Markets as well as
the Cued Speech Lunch at the New Angel.
John Burton-Race and the New Angel Crew kindly hosted
this charity lunch last year and it was such a success
that an encore has been demanded. Book on 01803 839425
but do it quickly because places are selling very fast.
***Demonstrations:
In the Castle Kitchens Demo Kitchen on the Embankment
and Aga Kitchen on the Market Square. Jane Baxter from
Riverford, Richard Hunt for the Grand Hotel Torquay, and
a special performance from Kit Noble and David Jones;
the Kingswear Landladies.
Food Festival Menus
Some Restaurants
around the town will be offering special Food Festival
menus, book directly with them for a fabulous meal. These
restaurants include:
***Anzac Streetwill be celebrating with a
6 course tasting menu using the very best of local fish,
meats and vegetables.
***Browns Hotel have a 4 course menu
focussing on well hung cuts of steak from Jilly Rowdon’s
beasts.
***Resnova Floating Restaurant
is again doing it’s Festival Fish Fest but their will be
dishes for carnivores and vegetarians as well
***Sailswill be serving Taste
of the West Country lunches and dinners from Thursday
onwards.
***RB’s are kicking off their Winter Supper
club on Friday 23rd October and Taylor’s
Restaurant are offering a special Pie & Pudding lunch
menu throughout October.
***Dart to Mouth Deli will
be operating an informal outdoor garden
restaurant in the Old Market during the
Food Festival.
***The Seahorse will be
hosting Vintage Bordeaux Dinners a rare
opportunity for fine wine enthusiasts.
Only very limited supplies are available
so call the restaurant to book a table
during the festival; but do it quickly
on 835147 for details.
What
fabulous choices, how does one decide??
Grand Food Festival Raffle
And don't forget to buy
some raffle tickets only a £1. Just look at what you could
win ....... either as a treat for yourself or as a present
for a relative or very good friend!
1st Prize
- Two nights
accommodation for two at
Brown's Hotel, with dinner for two at
The Seahorse Restaurant on one evening and
The New Angel Restaurant on the other. (prize excludes
wine) 2nd Prize
- Two
nights B&B for two in a
luxury apartment at the
Dart Marina Hotel, with one spa treatment per person in
their award winning health spa.
3rd Prize
- A private cookery workshop for four and two
nights B&B for four at
Manna from Devon cooking school.
Tickets on sale at
Smith Street Deli,
Brown's Hotel, The
Royal Castle, Cafe Alf Resco and will also be available
throughout the Festival
***
In
the Market Square as well as on the South Embankment
fabulous local producers with food of all varieties, with
delicious tastes and smells to sample from the stalls and
cooking demonstrations. You will find; breads, cheeses,
wines, ciders, beers, chutneys, jams, puddings, cakes,
meats, chocolates, olives, fish, fudge, pates and pies to
name just a few.