The first of eight UK Foodies Festivals takes place at Brighton Hove Lawns from the 4th - 6th May 2013. The UK's largest celebration of food and drink will see visitors flock from the surrounding areas to feast on the vast array of culinary activities for the third consecutive year in Brighton.
Eager that people can enjoy a taste of the ocean without the fish, Cordon Vert vegetarian cookery school has created its 'Best of British' Fish Free Ocean Pie. You can have all the great taste, without damaging ever-dwindling fish stocks.
Fairtrade nut company Liberation Foods CIC is determined to make sure consumers don't forget to go NUTS for Fairtrade during this year's Fairtrade Fortnight from February 25th - March 10th 2013 by buying Fairtrade peanuts. Fairtrade peanuts are one of the most readily available of all Fairtrade nuts.
Foodies Festival, the UK's largest celebration of food and drink, returns in 2013 with events scheduled at Brighton, Tatton Park, Hampton Court Palace, Clapham Common, Bristol, Edinburgh and Oxford. In addition, this year will see the launch of Feast in the Park at Battersea Park in August. Now in its eighth year, Foodies Festival is introducing new elements to all events in 2013.
Brighton food festival organisers are expecting their biggest ever weekend this Easter with three anchor events - the Big Sussex Market, Live Food Show and Children's Food Festival - taking over New Road, Jubilee Square and Victoria Gardens - for an epic two days of great food and drink. The Big Sussex Market on Good Friday 29th and Easter Saturday 30th March will see stalls featuring 80 local growers, producers and restaurateurs selling a huge range of great food and drink.
Huddersfield ice cream producer Yummy Yorkshire has joined forces with fellow Yorkshire business, E Oldroyd & Sons Ltd, to launch a new rhubarb flavoured ice cream as part of its commitment to buy and champion Yorkshire produce. The new 'Rhubarb Pannacotta' ice cream flavour is made using Timperley Early rhubarb, grown by Leeds based E Olyroyds & Sons, who are also known as the 'champion of forced rhubarb producers' and are listed as a Rick Stein Food Hero Producer.
