To the delight of foodies throughout the capital, Old Spitalfields Market is hosting a week-long celebration of all things culinary from the 19th July 2010. A special area of the market will be dedicated to showcasing the best in local, regional and international food and drink.

The Flavours food court also includes a demonstration kitchen that will be put through its paces on Wednesday 21st and Friday 23rd of July by chefs from Old Spitalfields Market’s restaurants, including Le Bouchon Breton, Wagamama, The Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Café Caribbean, Androuet and many more.

Visitors to these free events can expect to see the celebrated chefs cooking their signature dishes, which all forms part of OSM’s year-round event schedule, at this world famous centre of food and fashion in Central London.

These demonstrations will take place at 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm on both days and members of the public are welcome to come along, with excellent access from train routes into Liverpool Street, which is a mere five-minute walk away.

In addition to the demonstrations, there will be free tasting samples available and many of OSM’s bars and restaurants will have special week-long offers for city workers and visitors.

Yoann Truwant, from Le Bouchon Breton, said: “We will be offering visitors an insight into traditional French cuisine during our demonstrations. Firstly, we will be showing the public how to make three different types of Tartare, using seafood, fish and beef. I shall also be introducing elements of my oyster classes that will help introduce people to these fabulous shellfish. We’ll talk about different varieties, how to open them, preparation, cooking and what wines are best to accompany them.”

Steve Mangleshot, group executive chef with Wagamama, who is taking part in the OSM Food Week demonstrations said: “The team and I are delighted to bring to life some classic Wagamama dishes at the Old Spitalfields Market celebration of food week. Classics such as the Yaki Soba and Cha Han will be showcased along with tasters which we guarantee will be crowd pleasers.”

Malcolm Ball, chief executive of Wellington Market Company, the organisation responsible for the world-renowned OSM, said: “Old Spitalfields Market is well known for its fashion, antiques and crafts, but there is shortage of market stalls that sell good food and drink produce – particularly during the working week.”

“We have some of Central London’s best restaurants here and I believe it’s only fitting that our customers can gain access to good quality ingredients for home cooking – after all, it’s what made Old Spitalfields Market famous!

“The food and drink producers that will be featured at Flavours food court will offer a variety of fare; celebrating all manner of organisations, from the international through to the smaller artisan producer.

“Provenance plays a big part in how people shop for their ingredients. No longer will merely telling a customer that a cheese is a particular type, or which country a dry-cured ham is from, they want to know the region, the producer, what farm, which chicken, what day of the week. and this is something our producers excel in.

“Flavours will be concentrating on promoting affordable; best-in-class produce for everyone, not just a select few.”

Old Spitalfields Market is a short walk from Liverpool Street Station and Aldgate East Tube – please visit www.oldspitalfieldsmarket.com for further information.

Fortnum & Mason is delighted to announce that for the first time in its 303 year history, it will be taking a taste of its exquisite dining 180 miles from its home at 181 Piccadilly London, to the prestigious RHS Show Tatton Park from 21st to 25th July 2010.

The sister to the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the RHS Show Tatton Park, is a high summer event that takes place in the stunning Cheshire countryside. The show has become renowned for its horticultural talent, vibrant floral displays and wonderful atmosphere.

Fortnum & Mason will host three restaurants: The Brasserie, The Tatton Club and The Parlour. Only the best fresh British seasonal produce of its kind, mostly from small artisan producers who lavish love and care on everything they make, is available at Fortnum’s; the menus at the RHS Show Tatton Park – created by Michelin-starred Development Chef Shaun Hill – will be no exception.

The Brasserie
The Fortnum & Mason Brasserie offers lunch and afternoon tea throughout the Show. All dishes feature the pick of the season’s crop, and make full use of wonderful regional produce. The Brasserie lunch menu features many ingredients from regional producers such as local lamb, Goosnargh chicken, Bury black pudding, Singleton’s Lancashire cheese, Cheshire Cheese and numerous locally grown fresh vegetables and fruits. A bottle of English sparkling wine from Camel Valley makes the perfect accompaniment to lunch in Tatton’s stunning deer park setting.

A more leisurely traditional full afternoon tea is available in the Brasserie of finger sandwiches, rolls, scones, Fortnum’s preserves, biscuits, tea cakes and a selection of Fortnum’s Classic Blend Tea.

The Tatton Club: A Home from Home at the RHS Show Tatton Park
Will offer an All Day Hospitality Package during the RHS Show Tatton Park. Whether entertaining the family with an extra special day out, or treating those all-important clients, The Tatton Club will be your oasis throughout the day, and is the perfect place to relax between forays among the flowers. Guests will be able to enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning, with an exclusive presentation by an Horticultural Expert. The Club is the place to refresh with a full three course lunch, champagne afternoon tea and a free bar. All the dishes on the menu feature the pick of the season’s crop, and make full use of the wonderful regional produce.

The Parlour
The Parlour, a mirror of the Piccadilly restaurant of the same name will be serving Viennoiserie partnered with superior espresso-based coffees and what may just be the Ultimate Hot Chocolate from one of the world’s most revered chocolatiers. Open sandwiches and perhaps a glass of wine make The Parlour the ideal place to while away the afternoon.

No summer celebration is complete without a little something from Fortnum’s, and so we will bringing incredible edibles, terrific teas and luscious lunches to the RHS Show Tatton Park.

The Brasserie
Lunch menus from £32 for two courses, £36 for three courses.
Afternoon tea from £24
Sparkling wine starts at £3.50

For reservations please call 0845 602 5699, or visit http://www.fortnumandmason.com/rhstattonshow.

The RHS Show Tatton Park takes place between 21 and 25 July 2010. To find out more or to purchase tickets please visit www.rhs.org.uk/tattonpark

deliciouslyorkshire, the campaigning brand for the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber (RFG), is showcasing a host of superb producers and an enlarged cookery theatre on the Welcome to Yorkshire stand at the Great Yorkshire Show, held 13-15 July in Harrogate. The highly anticipated 2010 guide to food and drink, ‘Yorkshire’s Own Kitchen: The Guide to the Best Food and Drink from Yorkshire and the Humber which is packed with recipes from celebrities and award-winning chefs, will also be launched.

The Food Producers

More food producers than ever before will be attending under the deliciouslyorkshire banner – with more than forty food producers in the food hall and Womersley Fruit and Herb Vinegars, Deli Delicious Gifts and Yorkshire Hemp taking up specially designed outdoor stands for the first time.

From award-winning cheeses to beautifully crafted cupcakes and hand-reared Yorkshire meat, the deliciouslyorkshire stand includes the best produce the region has to offer.

Curry Cuisine will be launching a Hot Gooseberry Pickle, two years in the making, as well as a Yorkshire Rhubarb Chilli Jam, using PDO protected status Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb from Oldroyd’s farm.
Richard Elmhirst will be attending the show as both President of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and Managing Director of Round Green Deer Farm. The farm is providing the British Deer Farmers Association’s marquee in an effort to recruit more Yorkshire Deer Farmers, as demand for venison is outstripping supply.

Simon Barrett, Founder of The Chilli Jam Man, will be giving Yorkshire consumers their chance to try his hottest jam yet, Yorkshire Dragon, as well as his specially-created Chilli Jam Pork Pies produced in conjunction with Robinson’s Butchers.

Yorkshire’s Own Kitchen

deliciouslyorkshire’s definitive guide to Yorkshire’s food and drink will be launched at the show, and offered at a special introductory price. This year the guide features contributions from gardener and TV personality Alan Titchmarsh in which he recalls childhood memories of mouth-watering homemade grub!

The guide also features a chart of foods in season and a bumper recipe section, supplied by some of the region’s most respected and renowned chefs including James Martin and Rosemary Shrager, so readers can recreate a little taste of Yorkshire at home.

The Cookery Theatre

Compered by Nigel Bardon and Stephanie Moon, the deliciouslyorkshire cookery theatre, based for the first time at the Welcome to Yorkshire stand, is a free opportunity to see culinary perfection in action.

There is a chance to watch inspirational cooking demonstrations from some of the regions highly acclaimed chefs, ask a Michelin starred chef their top tips, learn how to have the perfect Afternoon Tea with Betty’s & Taylor’s of Harrogate, and see top chefs battle it out in ‘Ready, Steady, Cook’ style.

With only a few days until Bristol’s tastiest event of the year: The Bristol Wine & Food Fair from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th July 2010, tickets are going fast! 

Highlights of the Fair include:

• Tasting hundreds of wines from all the main wine producing regions of the world: including France, Spain, Italy, South Africa, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina – and even Newent in Gloucestershire!
• 18 different tutored wine tasting Masterclasses, hosted by wine experts from national press and TV including Tim Atkin MW and Susy Atkins from Saturday Kitchen. (Cost: £8 per head, bookable in advance on www.bristolwineandfoodfestival.com )
• 12 FREE cookery demonstrations from the best Chefs in the South West, including Bristol’s only Michelin-starred brothers Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Inglesias from Casa Mia
• Sampling the best of the South West’s artisan food and drink producers (more than 60 in total!)
• A FREE children’s art and craft activity centre, run by Creative Kids International
• The Bordeaux Quay Cookery School will be running hands-on cookery workshops for children aged 6 – 16, bookable in advance via the website www.bristolwineandfoodfair.com  
• 45 minute trips on board The Matthew around the Bristol Harbourside whilst sipping a glass of chilled Prosecco. (Cost: £8 per head)

Entry tickets are available in advance at the reduced price of £8 per head via the website www.bristolwineandfoodfair.com or on the door at £10 per head. Children U16 go free. We have a PDF file of the full event program for you to download.

The Fifth Food Festival and Classic Car Show in the New Village Hall at Leigh (pronounced Lye), Nr Sherborne is to be held on Saturday 17^th July from 10am-4pm.

In the delightful village surroundings you will be able to taste and buy some of the best food and drink on offer from local producers. The Stallholders will include:-  Alweston Jam and Chutney Empire, Bridfish, Brokewood Farm, Dorset Blue Cheese and Soup Company, Easy Beans, Filbert Bees, Fudges, Gustosecco, Leakers Bakery, Longmeadow Organic Vegetables, Olives Et Al, Reads Coffee Roasters, Sauces of Choice,  Sherborne Castle Estate Wines, Somerset Cider Brandy Co., and The Seed Company. A variety of interesting cars will be on display. There will also be Flower Displays in St Andrew’s Church.

Mat Follas, Master Chef of 2009 will be opening the Show.  He owns The Wild Garlic Restaurant in Beaminster.

Barbecued Hamburgers & Sausages, Refreshments, Ice cream and Beer will be here! Entertainment includes children’s activities, cookery demonstrations and Irish Dancing.

This is proving to be a very successful show, AND will, of course, be in our amazing Village Hall.  Please spread the word to your friends and relations – it really is a day NOT to be missed.

Entrance £2 adults – Children Free

Organiser:  Mrs Elizabeth Turnbull  Email: julian.turnbull@virgin.net