As you may have seen on our News and Shows page, we were in both Bristol and Bath recently for two fun and friendly food shows. And they are FREE!
These two shows were organised by Chloe and Lorna from Love Food Festivals who have a number of festivals in the area during the year designed to get children (and adults) from the Bristol area out into the countryside. They are keen to have a good show for visitors and exhibitors alike, but also, they are about learning how and where our food should come from, how to grow and cook their own food and generally try to spark an interest in the food and its' provenance in various ways including hands on experience, tasting, art and storytelling.
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| Almond pastries and cheese! |
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| Fancy cakes |
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| Sciolti chocolates |
They invite teachers from local schools along with families, countryside education agencies, chefs and farmers to show what resources are available to us and how we can work together to best use and preserve our wonderful countryside. I found these shows to be amongst the most family friendly I have ever attanded as well as having plenty of genuinely enthusiastic food lovers.
Lorna grew up in the Dorset countryside with a passion for the sourcing of local food which she sees as so important in our daily lives. As she says: "we have somehow lost sight of the connection between our food and where it comes from. The aim of Love Food is to build and to encourage this link in every way possible for customers to learn from suppliers and for suppliers to learn from customers."
Two weeks after we had gathered in Bath, we visited the artisan quarter of Bristol for a Halloween special. Lots of stall holders had gone to a lot of trouble with their displays including plenty of scary baking....
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| Pumpkin Cake pops |
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| A variation on the traditional Gingerbread men |
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| Some surprisingly good Beetroot bread |
If you would like to see what these shows are like, the next one is at Dyrham Park near Bath (just off Junction 18 of the M4) on December 11th. The National Trust have very kindly allowed FREE entry to the house and gardens for all children on this day, too. Sadly, we cannot be there for that one as we'll be at Abergavenny that day. But, if you would like to exhibit at one of the Love Food Festivals, give Lorna a call: she is very enthusiastic!
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