Pictures from East Mids Food Fest
It was hot, hot, hot at the East Mids Food & Drink Fest, held at Melton Mowbray cattle market, October 1-2, 2011.
The setting may not have been beautiful but it felt right to hold a food festival in a place where proper agricultural food business has been done day in, day out for hundreds of years. And there was no doubting that numbers were high – the market was packed at peak times.
Great Food magazine escaped from its own stand to take some pictures on the Sunday. Captions to follow…
There were plenty of tasters to be sampled, including Sheep Dip single malt
Cattle market was filled to capacity at peak times
Nigel and Myrtle Allen from Peterborough-based Old Fashioned Pudding Company
Marron liqueurs
Ron Edgar from Marron Cider & Wine, near Market Rasen, Lincs
Helen Wood and Shami Doshi, who run Helsham Chocolates in Leicester
Will Smith from Barn Bacon Company of Newark
The Hedgerow Spirits crew (sloe gin maker). From left: MD Andy Hoyle, Steve Reeson, Steph Reeson, Samantha Fennimore, Norma Fennimore
School of Artisan Food graduate and new Leicestershire Handmade Cheese recruit Michael Thomson hands out Battlefield Blue on the Sparkenhoe stand
Leicestershire Handmade Cheese display
Jason from Mauritian Street Food
The team from Waitrose Oadby handed out hundreds of cookies. From left: Kerry Jordan, Frankie Jordan, John Johnson and Sonya Parra
Not to be outdone by their Waitrose brethren, the chefs from John Lewis in Leicester were on hand to give out samples. From left: Kalvin Coombe, Darren Elliott and Leon Marvin
Cat and Ian Webb from Aldeby Wines of Leicester, who specialise in wines from the South of France
Mark Hughes, founder of Northants-based Taste Gourmet Spice Company
Another Mark Hughes, this time from Melton Mowbray’s Family Butcher of Sherrard Street
Jemma Lonsdale and William Bissill from The Pantry, Ab Kettleby
Alastair Mattinson (BCMiE) from Hedgerow Products of Blaby, Leics (BCMiE stands for Best Chutney Maker in England)
Some of Alastair’s creations
Mark Jones (left) and Denis Gwatkin of Gwatkin Cider, Abbey Dore Herefordshire. Their delicious cider was a rather intoxicating 7%
Michael Darling from Sleaford’s Cogglesford Mill wearing a 200-year-old hat
Parisha (left) and Rama Mistry from Loughborough’s Spice Fusions
Luke Hartland from Mrs King’s Pork Pies of Cotgrave, British Pie Awards’ champion Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Maker 2011
Rob (left) and Webb Freckingham from The Cheese Shop, Nottingham
Annie Wright from Saltby Pasture near Melton gives out samples of her veal, lamb and mutton
Leicestershire’s Chocanana crew! From left: Gabriella Denizot, Karen Denizot and Tony Dale
Bob Pitchfork from Pitchfork’s Pickles, Nottingham
Jeremy Cooper from Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese
Scott Palmer (left) and Dan Mountain from Boston Sausage Co
