Pics from a bustling Oundle Food Festival
Published July 23, 2012
Oundle Food Festival took place on Saturday July 21 and, unlike last year when it rained all day, the sun put its hat on and partied.
There was a fabulous array of stallholders (including us – Great Food Magazine and Club), all selling a varied selection of local food and drink. The atmosphere was wonderful – locals flocked to Oundle’s marketplace – and many stallholders had sold out by midday.
In the town hall, a series of events were held, including a lively debate on current issues in the food industry, chaired by BBC presenter Sue MacGregor.
We said it last year and we’ll say it again, this compact, intelligently run, varied food festival is one of the very best in the region. Congratulations to organiser Alison Newcomb.
Here are our pictures…
(Above left image by Will Neale)
One of the region’s newest breweries, Nene Valley based in Oundle, sold out of three varieties of real ale
The Squisito stand
There was music and dancing all day, with sounds from Five String Thing
Ross Whitmill and Ross Bearman from Cotswolds-based Ross & Ross Food
Not to be eaten lightly
Steven Burrell (centre), gardener at Cornwall’s Eden Project, handed out cress seeds to children and also took part in The Food Debate
Shawn Plumb, co-founder of Bedfordshire’s Edible Ornamentals chilli farm
Dick Simpson and David Burnett of Nene Valley Brewery. The third person involved in the business is Rupert Farnsworth
George Adams and Alisa Clarke were looking after the stand of Spalding-based pork pie maker Adams & Harlow
Simon Cadge and Gerda Koedijk are the new licensees of the beautiful Pheasant at Keyston
Ice cream sold like hot cakes
Simon Hopper, delivery driver for Boston’s Woodlands Organic Farm, which runs a local veg box delivery scheme
The stand of Essex-based Mrs Sippi flavoured liquers
Oundle’s Market Place was busy all day
Lucy Cufflin (left) and Lucy Lee-Tirrell of Leicester’s Lucy’s Food
Some of Lucy’s rocky road. The Turkish Delight variety is especially delicious
Mary Davenport shows off some Cote Hill Cheese, made on her family farm near Market Rasen, Lincs
Andrew Morgan was promoting his new mainly online business, The Ale Room
Jars of boozy jelly made by Wine Jellar
The Wine Jellar is run by Colin Astley
Great Food contributor Mark Hughes of Gourmet Spice Co was selling his spices, oils and vinegars
Tessa McCourt cooking on the Northfield Farm trailer
Becky Andrew, founder of Cookie Box, was selling an array of cakes, cookies and puds
Cambridgeshire’s Phipps Honey
Paul Richardson, Lisa Glover and Rufus Harper from restaurant Oundle Mill
English Whisky distilled in Norfolk was just one of the products on sale on the Amps Fine Wines stand
Brigitte Dijksterhuis of Kingsthorpe Farm, Polebrook, enjoys a well-earned Pimm’s
The Great Food stand, where we were promoting the now-free-to-join Great Food Club
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